# Amazon Timestream alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 215 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Amazon Timestream holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/amazon-timestream/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- TimescaleDB: 100
- InfluxDB: 25
- VictoriaMetrics: 16
- QuestDB: 9
- PostgreSQL: 7
- Prometheus: 5

## Time series databases

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Amazon Timestream (Amazon Timestream is #7 of 9 at 2%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 43 of those 77
- InfluxDB: first choice in 10 of those 77
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 6 of those 77
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Prometheus: first choice in 4 of those 77
- QuestDB: first choice in 4 of those 77
- VictoriaMetrics: first choice in 4 of those 77
- InfluxDB 3 Core: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Amazon Timestream (Amazon Timestream is #8 of 9 at 0%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 33 of those 78
- InfluxDB: first choice in 10 of those 78
- VictoriaMetrics: first choice in 5 of those 78
- QuestDB: first choice in 4 of those 78
- InfluxDB 3.x: first choice in 1 of those 78
- InfluxDB OSS: first choice in 1 of those 78
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Prometheus: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Amazon Timestream (Amazon Timestream is #5 of 10 at 3%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 24 of those 60
- VictoriaMetrics: first choice in 7 of those 60
- InfluxDB: first choice in 5 of those 60
- InfluxDB 3 Enterprise: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Datadog: first choice in 1 of those 60
- QuestDB: first choice in 1 of those 60
- Timescale Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 60
- TimescaleDB Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 60

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