TimescaleDB
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Jan 11, 2026first mention
Oct 27, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“if you’re evaluating postgres, check out timescaledb.”
“TimescaleDB + pgvectorscale instead of a hosted vector DB (~75% cheaper)”
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“I use TimescaleDB which is fast with the compression.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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All comments 4
“if you’re evaluating postgres, check out timescaledb.”
“TimescaleDB + pgvectorscale instead of a hosted vector DB (~75% cheaper)”
“I use TimescaleDB which is fast with the compression.”
“I have GBs of time-series data in a TimescaleDB database.”