GreptimeDB vs RRDtool
| GreptimeDB | RRDtool | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | $290/mo | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Android, api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | 290 /mo | — |
| Deployment | both | self_hosted |
| SQL support | Yes | — |
| Retention policies | Yes | Yes |
| Horizontal scaling | Yes | — |
| Query languages | SQL, PromQL, Log Query | — |
| Ingestion methods | Prometheus Remote Write, OpenTelemetry OTLP/HTTP, Loki Push API, Elasticsearch Bulk API, InfluxDB Line Protocol, MySQL, PostgreSQL, gRPC, HTTP | command line; standard-input pipes; Perl; Python; Ruby; Lua; Tcl |
Both are listed in Best Time-Series Databases. On Samsung Mobile US Press, GreptimeDB scores higher on our published basis.