Database & Data Management · pricing
Timescale pricing
Timescale publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- $30/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Timescale plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance | $30/month | 5 | Entry tier |
| Scale | $36/month | 5 | +$6/month, 5 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 4 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Performance
$30/monthThe entry tier. It covers 4 database services, up to 8 cpu / 32gb memory per service, up to 16tb disk per service, 3-day point-in-time recovery, basic support (9-5 et).
Scale
$36/monthOver Performance, this tier adds:
- Unlimited database services
- Up to 32 CPU / 128GB memory per service
- Up to 64TB disk per service
- 14-day point-in-time recovery
- Multi-node HA replicas, SOC 2 report
Enterprise
On requestOver Scale, this tier adds:
- Up to 64 CPU / 256GB memory per service
- Cross-region backups
- SAML SSO, HIPAA compliance
- 24/7 support with 1-hour Sev1 response
What the product covers
The full Timescale feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
core
- Hypertables
- Native compression
- Read replicas
analytics
- Continuous aggregates
security
- Point-in-time recovery
- Private networking
People bring Timescale in for iot and sensor data storage, operational and infrastructure metrics, time-series analytics dashboards, financial and market tick data. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Timescale are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Database & Data Management
Too few database & data management tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timescale (this page) | $30/month | subscription | - | |
| SurrealDB | Free | usage-based | - | vs Timescale |
| MotherDuck | Free, then $250/month | usage-based | - | vs Timescale |
| DataGrip | Free, then $8.25/month | subscription | - | vs Timescale |
| Ninox | On request | subscription | - | vs Timescale |
| Grist | On request | subscription | - | vs Timescale |
| Knack | On request | subscription | - | vs Timescale |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Timescale badges page.
Before you pay for Timescale
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $30/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Timescale against the tools that do have one before committing.
Timescale runs on web, api, and is published by Tiger Data. The full record is on the Timescale review, and the rest of the category is under best database & data management tools.
Timescale pricing questions
- How much does Timescale cost?
- Timescale publishes 3 tiers, from $30/month for Performance up to On request for Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is $30/month.
- Does Timescale have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Timescale is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Performance and Scale on Timescale?
- Scale costs $36/month against $30/month, and adds unlimited database services, up to 32 cpu / 128gb memory per service, up to 64tb disk per service, 14-day point-in-time recovery.
- Is the Enterprise plan on Timescale worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is up to 64 cpu / 256gb memory per service, cross-region backups, saml sso, hipaa compliance, 24/7 support with 1-hour sev1 response. It costs On request against $30/month for Performance. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which database & data management tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 7 database & data management tools listed alongside Timescale have a free tier: SurrealDB, MotherDuck, DataGrip, Cloudinary.
- What am I actually paying for with Timescale?
- The record lists 6 features across 3 areas: core, analytics, security. In practice it is brought in for iot and sensor data storage, operational and infrastructure metrics, time-series analytics dashboards.
- Does Timescale charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Timescale prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Timescale against before paying?
- The closest database & data management tools in this directory are SurrealDB, MotherDuck, DataGrip, Ninox. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Timescale covering price, platforms and features.