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Amazon Timestream vs Azure Data Explorer

Amazon Timestream: AWS time-series services: managed InfluxDB today, with serverless LiveAnalytics closed to new customers. Azure Data Explorer: Microsoft's Kusto engine: fast KQL analytics over logs, telemetry and time series at petabyte scale.

key differences

  • Amazon Timestream is primarily a time-series database; Azure Data Explorer is columnar / OLAP.
  • Azure Data Explorer is built for larger datasets (Multi-PB) than Amazon Timestream (≤ 1 PB).
  • Transactions: Amazon Timestream offers none ACID; Azure Data Explorer offers limited.
  • Only Azure Data Explorer has secondary indexes, full-text search, vector search, geospatial, json.
  • Amazon Timestream has a serverless option; Azure Data Explorer does not.

choose amazon-timestream for

  • +IoT telemetry on AWS IoT Core
  • +Managed InfluxDB without running servers
  • +Operational metrics for AWS-hosted apps

best at · Time-series, IoT, Observability

choose azure-data-explorer for

  • +Application and security log analytics
  • +IoT telemetry exploration
  • +Time-series anomaly detection
  • +Interactive dashboards over billions of events

best at · Observability, Real-time analytics, Time-series

Amazon TimestreamAWS time-series services: managed InfluxDB today, with serverless LiveAnalytics closed to new customers.
Azure Data ExplorerMicrosoft's Kusto engine: fast KQL analytics over logs, telemetry and time series at petabyte scale.
overview
Primary model
Time-Series
Columnar / OLAP
Also supports
–
Time-Series, Search Engine, Document
Type
Managed service
Managed service
Status
Active
Active
Developer
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft
First release
2020
2019
Latest version
–
–
License
ProprietaryProprietary AWS service (InfluxDB engine is open source)
ProprietaryProprietary (Azure service)
Free tier
—
✓
popularity
WhichDB Score
3.5
31.2
Rank
#433
#79
GitHub stars
–
–
Stack Overflow questions
155
2.1K
scale & guarantees
Comfortable data size
Large (≤ 1 PB)
Massive (Multi-PB)
Horizontal scaling
Native
Native
Multi-region
None
Read replicas
ACID
None
Limited
Consistency
Eventual
Strong
Schema
Flexible
Flexible
Architecture
Serverless, Distributed
Distributed, Shared storage
deployment
Self-hosted
—
—
Vendor-managed cloud
✓
✓
Serverless
✓
—
Embedded
—
—
Edge
—
—
Clouds
AWS
Azure
capabilities
Transactions
—
—
Joins
✓
✓
Secondary indexes
—
✓
Full-text search
—
✓
Vector search
—
✓
Geospatial
—
✓
JSON
—
✓
Change data capture
—
—
Triggers
—
✓
Stored procedures
—
✓
Materialized views
—
✓
TTL / expiry
✓
✓
Pub/Sub
—
—
Columnar storage
—
✓
In-memory
—
—
Durable persistence
✓
✓
Compression
✓
✓
Encryption at rest
✓
✓
Role-based access
✓
✓
Time travel
—
—
Branching
—
—
Online schema changes
—
—
Streaming ingest
✓
✓
Offline sync
—
—
Runs in WebAssembly
—
—
interfaces
Query languages
SQL, InfluxQL, Flux
KQL, T-SQL (subset)
Client languages
Java, Python, Go, JavaScript, C#, C++
C#, Python, Java, JavaScript, Go
Best for
Time-series, IoT, Observability, Real-time analytics
Observability, Real-time analytics, Time-series, IoT
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Amazon Timestream vs Azure Data Explorer: FAQ

What is the difference between Amazon Timestream and Azure Data Explorer?

Amazon Timestream: AWS time-series services: managed InfluxDB today, with serverless LiveAnalytics closed to new customers. Azure Data Explorer: Microsoft's Kusto engine: fast KQL analytics over logs, telemetry and time series at petabyte scale. Amazon Timestream is primarily a time-series database; Azure Data Explorer is columnar / OLAP. Azure Data Explorer is built for larger datasets (Multi-PB) than Amazon Timestream (≤ 1 PB). Transactions: Amazon Timestream offers none ACID; Azure Data Explorer offers limited.

When should I choose Amazon Timestream over Azure Data Explorer?

Choose Amazon Timestream for IoT telemetry on AWS IoT Core, managed InfluxDB without running servers and operational metrics for AWS-hosted apps. Choose Azure Data Explorer for application and security log analytics; IoT telemetry exploration; and time-series anomaly detection.

Is Amazon Timestream or Azure Data Explorer more popular?

Azure Data Explorer ranks #79 on the WhichDB Score (31.2/100) and Amazon Timestream ranks #433 (3.5/100). Popularity is not fit: check the requirements that matter for your project.

Are Amazon Timestream and Azure Data Explorer open source?

No. Amazon Timestream is proprietary, closed-source software. No. Azure Data Explorer is proprietary, closed-source software.