About · DuckDB
DuckDB.
An in-process analytical SQL database — "SQLite for analytics."
Primary use cases
- · Analytics
- · Embedded
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DuckDB vs TimescaleDB.
An in-process analytical SQL database — "SQLite for analytics." · A Postgres extension that turns it into a high-performance time-series database.
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§ Quick Verdict
Pick DuckDB if you need embedded.
Pick TimescaleDB if you need time-series.
Both fit analytics.
§ At a Glance
- Analytical databases
- Category
- Time-series
- 2019
- First released
- 2017
- MIT
- License
- Apache 2 / TSL
- C++
- Written in
- C
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Yes
- Free tier
- Yes
- 38,260
- GitHub stars
- 22,652
- yesterday
- Last push
- yesterday
- v1.5.2
- Latest release
- 2.27.0
§ Use Case Coverage
● fits · ○ not a primary fit
Where each one fits.
- ● ●
Analytics
Aggregations and scans over large datasets.
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Embedded
In-process database for mobile, desktop, or CLI apps.
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Time-series
Metrics, IoT, financial ticks, monitoring data.
DuckDB TimescaleDB
Coverage reflects each tool's primary, well-supported use cases — not every workload it can technically handle. Tools listed as missing a case can often serve it with extra work, but a tool designed for it will be a better default.
About · TimescaleDB
TimescaleDB.
A Postgres extension that turns it into a high-performance time-series database.
Primary use cases
- · Time-series
- · Analytics
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