TDengine Enterprise vs. OSS

To better meet the data processing needs of enterprises and users across various industries, TDengine comprises three offerings:

• TDengine OSS is a free, open-source time-series database. Its source code is licensed under the AGPL and publicly available on GitHub.

• TDengine Enterprise delivers an enterprise-grade feature set built on TDengine OSS and tailored to the needs of industrial enterprises. Key enterprise features include:

  • Zero-code connectors for a variety of data sources:

    • Industrial protocols like MQTT and OPC

    • Traditional data historians like PI System and Wonderware

    • Other databases like InfluxDB and PostgreSQL

  • Tiered storage with Amazon S3 support to reduce long-term storage costs

  • Edge–cloud synchronization to replicate and centralize data across your organization

  • Advanced security features, including:

    • Role-based access control (RBAC)

    • User behavior auditing

    • Data encryption at rest and in transit

  • 24/7 expert technical support

• TDengine Cloud delivers all features of TDengine Enterprise as a fully managed service that can run on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Feature Comparison

Database Operations and Management

	OSS	Enterprise	Cloud
Insert data	✅	✅	✅
Query data	✅	✅	✅
Clustering	✅	✅	✅
CLI, import/export, and other basic tools	✅	✅	✅
Tiered storage	❌	✅	✅
Incremental backup	❌	✅	✅
Views	❌	✅	✅
Data compaction	❌	✅	✅

Additional Features

	OSS	Enterprise	Cloud
Caching	✅	✅	✅
Data subscription	✅	✅	✅
Stream processing	✅	✅	✅
Visualization	✅	✅	✅
Client libraries	✅	✅	✅
Web-based management	✅	✅	✅
Kafka integration	✅	✅	✅
Data replication	❌	✅	✅
Data sharing	❌	✅	✅
PI System integration	❌	✅	✅
MQTT integration	❌	✅	✅
OPC integration	❌	✅	✅
VPC peering	❌	❌	✅

Security Capabilities

	OSS	Enterprise	Cloud
User privilege controls	❌	✅	✅
Data encryption at rest	❌	✅	✅
Data encryption in transit	❌	✅	✅
User behavior auditing	❌	✅	✅
IP whitelisting	❌	✅	✅

Services

	OSS	Enterprise	Cloud
Professional technical support	❌	✅	✅
Managed service	❌	❌	✅