# OpenTSDB: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 15 judge labels across 1 category by 11 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/opentsdb

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Time series databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/time-series-databases/index.md) | 0% | 79 | 53% | 15 |

## And against it

- "Why avoid: Built on top of Hadoop and HBase, OpenTSDB requires a massive infrastructure footprint" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Time series DBs)
- "Avoid if you lack Hadoop expertise: OpenTSDB ... it has effectively reached end-of-life" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Time series DBs)
- "Avoid at all costs: OpenTSDB, KairosDB" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Time series DBs)
- "Officially abandoned (end year: 2024)" (Kimi K2, Time series DBs)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named OpenTSDB, from 32 of the 37 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- tigerdata.com: 25
- github.com: 22
- influxdata.com: 22
- docs.influxdata.com: 13
- cratedb.com: 11
- questdb.com: 11
- tdengine.com: 9
- db-engines.com: 7
- gane.ai/index: 7
- nora.nerc.ac.uk: 7

### Pages cited

- https://github.com/ismanf/just-system-design/blob/main/04-databases/time-series-databases.md: 15
- https://influxdata.com/blog/why-time-series-database-influxdb: 10
- https://tigerdata.com/learn/the-best-time-series-databases-compared: 10
- https://questdb.com/blog/best-time-series-databases: 8
- https://github.com/quanpan302/KB-engineering-handbook/blob/main/content/hld/part-4-data-systems/06-time-series-databases.md: 7
- https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527832/7/N527832CR.pdf: 7
- https://github.com/Guo-astro/engineering-handbook/blob/main/content/hld/part-4-data-systems/06-time-series-databases.md: 6
- https://influxdata.com/blog/dont-let-time-series-data-break-your-relational-database: 6

## In its own words

What OpenTSDB's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The Scalable Time Series Database (https://opentsdb.net/)

## What it publishes

Every page opentsdb.net exposes, read 2026-10-05: 5 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:


## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.