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Should I use Time-Series PostgreSQL at Petabyte Scale?

From the creators of TimescaleDB — the PostgreSQL platform trusted by enterprises processing trillions of metrics daily. Start a free trial or get a demo. - timescale.com

Depends. Buy if you run Postgres and face serious time-series volume — ingestion speed, compression, and full SQL are real strengths, and Cloudflare runs production workloads on it. Skip it if your metrics fit in plain Postgres; you'd be buying petabyte-scale machinery you don't need.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources; no public pricing tiers found.

Ratings

  • Value for moneyNo public pricing evidence
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • IoT and metrics ingestion at scale
  • Postgres shops needing time-series
  • Observability and monitoring backends
  • Teams wanting full SQL on time-series

Not for

  • Small apps — plain Postgres handles modest metrics fine
  • Teams with no SQL or Postgres experience
  • Workloads that aren't time-series shaped
  • Buyers needing published, predictable pricing

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Enterprise pricing is quote-only — costs stay opaque until you negotiate

medium

Self-hosted open-source vs Tiger Cloud creates feature-gap and migration decisions

medium

Stay current on versions: a privilege-escalation CVE hit 2.8.0–2.9.2

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Built on Postgres — full SQL and standard tooling work
  • Fast ingestion; stores years of data cheaply
  • Cloudflare runs monitoring and Zero Trust analytics on it
  • G2 reviewers praise ease of use and performance
  • Open-source core, local setup in under 10 minutes

Cons

  • No public pricing; contact sales required
  • Privilege-escalation CVE affected versions 2.8.0–2.9.2
  • June 2025 rebrand to TigerData complicates vendor research

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/20/2026 - 10 sources - One known privilege-escalation CVE in TimescaleDB 2.8.0–2.9.2; no breaches found in sources reviewed.

official x2review x3security x2news x3
  • Privilege escalation in TimescaleDB 2.8.0–2.9.2, OpenCVE lists a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting TimescaleDB versions 2.8.0 through 2.9.2.

Key stats

  • Ease of use: 4/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 10

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money. No public pricing evidence
  • Ease of use: 4/5. G2 reviewers praise intuitive interface
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Hypertables, compression, continuous aggregates, full SQL
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 3/5. One privilege-escalation CVE; SOC 2 referenced
  • 2,000+ Customers across 25+ countries
  • $180M Total funding raised as of June 2025 rebrand
  • Trillions Claimed scale of metrics ingested daily
  • Yes Free trial pricing requires contacting sales

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

One known privilege-escalation CVE in TimescaleDB 2.8.0–2.9.2; no breaches found in sources reviewed.

  • Privilege escalation in TimescaleDB 2.8.0–2.9.2OpenCVE lists a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting TimescaleDB versions 2.8.0 through 2.9.2.⁴

What users say

G2 reviewers consistently praise ease of use, intuitive interface, and fast data processing.

“Users consistently praise the ease of use and performance of the product, highlighting their intuitive interface and fast data processing capabilities.”
G2 reviews

Companies that use it

  • Cloudflare⁶
  • NASA
Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources; no public pricing tiers found.

Petabyte-scale time-series on Postgres. Strong with heavy metrics; overkill — and opaque pricing — for small workloads.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources; no public pricing tiers found.

Sources

  1. Tiger Data official sitetigerdata.com
    official
  2. TimescaleDB on GitHubgithub.com
    official
  3. Product security pagetimescale.com
    security
  4. Timescale CVEs — OpenCVEopencve.alliance.unm.edu
    security
  5. G2 reviews — Tiger Datag2.com
    review
  6. How TimescaleDB helped Cloudflare scale analyticsblog.cloudflare.com
    news
  7. Timescale raises $40M Series Bventurebeat.com
    news
  8. Timescale is now TigerDatadev.to
    news
  9. TimescaleDB overviewkern-it.be
    review
  10. Deploy TimescaleDB on Railwayrailway.com
    review

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