Is Timescale Cloud free?

Yes. Timescale Cloud has a Scale plan at $0/month.

What is the cheapest paid Timescale Cloud plan?

Performance starts at $30/month, then $0.18 per extra GB storage.

How much does Timescale Cloud cost for 50 GB storage?

At 50 GB storage per month, the cheapest option is Scale at about $9.00/month before taxes and add-ons.

How is Timescale Cloud billed?

Compute billed hourly by size. Storage per GB-month after compression; tiered storage is cheaper.

What are the best Timescale Cloud alternatives?

Popular alternatives are ClickHouse Cloud, InfluxDB Cloud. Compare their plans side by side on this page.

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Q: How much does Timescale Cloud cost?

Timescale Cloud has 3 plans: Scale ($0/mo, then $0.18 per GB storage); Performance ($30/mo, then $0.18 per GB storage); Enterprise (Custom quote).

Tiger Cloud (Timescale) — Postgres for time-series and real-time analytics.

Starts at: $30/mo
Free plan: Yes
Plans: 3
Billed by: GB storage

Plans at a glance

Timescale Cloud plans and prices

Estimated from public pricing

Cost calculator

Timescale Cloud cost calculator

Storage

50 GB

Performance estimate

$39/mo

$30/mo, then $0.18 per GB storage

Estimate covers the main usage meter only; taxes and add-ons are excluded.

Timescale Cloud plans at 50

vs alternatives (cheapest plan)

How much does Timescale Cloud cost per month?


5	$0.90	$31	Custom
25	$4.50	$35	Custom
50	$9.00	$39	Custom
250	$45	$75	Custom
1,000	$180	$210	Custom

Scale: $0.90
Performance: $31
Enterprise: Custom

Scale: $4.50
Performance: $35
Enterprise: Custom

Scale: $9.00
Performance: $39
Enterprise: Custom

250

Scale: $45
Performance: $75
Enterprise: Custom

1,000

Scale: $180
Performance: $210
Enterprise: Custom

Cheapest plan per volume highlighted. "—" means the plan does not allow that volume.

Timescale Cloud plan feature comparison


Backups & restore	14-day PITR	3-day PITR	Custom
Branching	Forks	Forks	Forks
Compute	Up to 32 CPU	From 0.5 CPU	Custom
Database engine	Postgres + Timescale	Postgres + Timescale	Postgres + Timescale
Regions / clouds	AWS multi-region	AWS	AWS
Storage	Tiered storage	Per GB-month	Custom
Support	Priority	Email	Dedicated
Uptime SLA	99.95%	99.9%	99.99%

Backups & restore

Scale: 14-day PITR
Performance: 3-day PITR
Enterprise: Custom

Branching

Scale: Forks
Performance: Forks
Enterprise: Forks

Compute

Scale: Up to 32 CPU
Performance: From 0.5 CPU
Enterprise: Custom

Database engine

Scale: Postgres + Timescale
Performance: Postgres + Timescale
Enterprise: Postgres + Timescale

Regions / clouds

Scale: AWS multi-region
Performance: AWS
Enterprise: AWS

Storage

Scale: Tiered storage
Performance: Per GB-month
Enterprise: Custom

Support

Scale: Priority
Performance: Email
Enterprise: Dedicated

Uptime SLA

Scale: 99.95%
Performance: 99.9%
Enterprise: 99.99%

How Timescale Cloud pricing works

Timescale Cloud bills compute size and storage per GB-month with automatic compression and tiering.

Compute billed hourly by size.
Storage per GB-month after compression; tiered storage is cheaper.

Timescale Cloud is best for

Metrics and IoT data

Postgres-compatible analytics

Financial tick data

Timescale Cloud alternatives

ClickHouse Cloud

$11/mo at 50

Columnar OLAP · Sub-second analytics · SQL

Timescale Cloud vs ClickHouse Cloud

InfluxDB Cloud

$0.10/mo at 50

Time-series native · Telegraf · IoT metrics

Timescale Cloud vs InfluxDB Cloud

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Source: official Timescale Cloud pricing page. Estimated. Prices change — confirm before buying.