Is Timescale or Knack better?

Neither clearly leads. Timescale starts at $30/month and Knack at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Timescale or Knack?

Timescale starts at $30/month and Knack at On request.

Does Timescale or Knack run on more platforms?

Timescale runs on web, api. Knack runs on Web.

What is Timescale best used for?

Timescale is most often used for iot and sensor data storage, operational and infrastructure metrics, time-series analytics dashboards, financial and market tick data. Of those, iot and sensor data storage and operational and infrastructure metrics are not what Knack is typically brought in for.

What can Timescale do that Knack cannot?

Timescale covers Hypertables, Native compression, Continuous aggregates, Point-in-time recovery.

Database & Data Management · head to head

Timescale vs Knack

Timescale

Database & Data Management

PostgreSQL platform for time-series and analytical workloads

From: $30/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

Knack

Database & Data Management

Build online databases and apps without code

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Timescale it is built on Postgres, so it inherits Postgres's vertical-scaling limits compared to purpose-built distributed time-series systems.; Knack plans are priced by number of records and objects rather than users, ranging from $110 to $300 per month as data volume grows

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Timescale and Knack actually diverge.

Attributes where Timescale and Knack differ
Attribute	Timescale	Knack
Starting price	$30/month	On request
Platforms	web, api	Web

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Database & Data Management).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Timescale

Hypertables
Native compression
Continuous aggregates
Point-in-time recovery
Read replicas
Private networking

Only in Knack

Nothing recorded that Timescale does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Timescale

IoT and sensor data storagenot Knack
Operational and infrastructure metricsnot Knack
Time-series analytics dashboardsnot Knack
Financial and market tick datanot Knack

Knack

No use cases recorded yet. See the Knack review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Timescale

It is built on Postgres, so it inherits Postgres's vertical-scaling limits compared to purpose-built distributed time-series systems.
The free trial is time-limited (30 days) rather than a permanent free tier.
Enterprise features like HIPAA compliance and cross-region backups require custom-priced Enterprise plans, not available on entry tiers.
Multi-node horizontal scaling and read replicas are gated behind the higher-priced Scale plan.

Knack

Plans are priced by number of records and objects rather than users, ranging from $110 to $300 per month as data volume grows

Pricing, plan by plan

Timescale

$30/month

Performance$30/month
- 4 database services
- Up to 8 CPU / 32GB memory per service
- Up to 16TB disk per service
Scale$36/month
- Unlimited database services
- Up to 32 CPU / 128GB memory per service
- Up to 64TB disk per service
Enterprise$undefined/month
- Up to 64 CPU / 256GB memory per service
- Cross-region backups
- SAML SSO, HIPAA compliance

Knack

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Knack review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Timescale if

You need hypertables.
You work on web, api.
You also want native compression.

Timescale review

Choose Knack if

Nothing in the data separates Knack from Timescale on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Knack review

Questions people ask

Is Timescale or Knack better?: Neither clearly leads. Timescale starts at $30/month and Knack at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Timescale or Knack?: Timescale starts at $30/month and Knack at On request.
Does Timescale or Knack run on more platforms?: Timescale runs on web, api. Knack runs on Web.
What is Timescale best used for?: Timescale is most often used for iot and sensor data storage, operational and infrastructure metrics, time-series analytics dashboards, financial and market tick data. Of those, iot and sensor data storage and operational and infrastructure metrics are not what Knack is typically brought in for.
What can Timescale do that Knack cannot?: Timescale covers Hypertables, Native compression, Continuous aggregates, Point-in-time recovery.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Timescale: What does Timescale (Tiger Data) cost?

Tiger Cloud starts at $30/month for the Performance plan (4 database services, up to 8 CPU/32GB RAM), $36/month for Scale (unlimited services, multi-node HA), and custom Enterprise pricing for larger deployments.

Source

Timescale: Is there a free trial and what does it include?

New users get a 30-day trial of the Performance plan with no credit card required, letting them test hypertables, compression and continuous aggregates before paying.

Source

Timescale: How is usage billed?

Billing is monthly in arrears with hourly-metered compute and storage based on average GB consumed per hour; mid-month plan changes are pro-rated and customers can cancel anytime.

Source

Timescale vs Knack

Timescale

Knack

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Timescale

Only in Knack

What people use each for

Timescale

Knack

Where each one falls short

Timescale

Knack

Pricing, plan by plan

Timescale

Knack

Which should you pick?

Choose Timescale if

Choose Knack if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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