BTrDB vs RRDtool
| BTrDB | RRDtool | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Linux, self-hosted | Windows, Linux |
| Deployment | self_hosted | self_hosted |
| SQL support | No | — |
| Horizontal scaling | Yes | — |
| Ingestion methods | Python Stream.insert API; PyArrow table insertion; pandas DataFrame insertion | command line; standard-input pipes; Perl; Python; Ruby; Lua; Tcl |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Retention policies | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Time-Series Databases. On Everything Xiaomi, BTrDB scores higher on our published basis.