Timescale Is Now TigerData
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·June 17, 2025jabiko
We've been using TimescaleDB/TigerData for over five years now and it has proven to be a reliable component of our project. We process and store hundreds of data points for a six-digit number of industrial robots and TimescaleDB is what makes that possible. While I can't speak for Timescale Cloud, the managed service for TimescaleDB on Azure has been rock solid.
One annoying thing is that tiered storage is not available on their Azure offering, and also in general it feels like managed service for TimescaleDB is the unloved stepchild of their offering.
But yes, I hope the team continues their amazing work, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the project develops in the future.
ethagnawl
This makes a certain amount of sense because it seems like the actual timescale DB extension/support/etc. they offer is becoming exponentially less important to their company as a result of their pgvectorscale offering. (I'm sure the post says as much.)
I did some work using pgvectorscale and their hosted offering a few months back and the product and the team were a delight to work with. I wish TigerData well.
rbaudibert
TIL you can have GIFs as the `og:image` and Slack and friends will render them as GIFs, actually wild
morelish
Choosing a name like that made me think they were acquired by TigerBeetle. Come on like
lukaslalinsky
At first I thought they were sold and the new owner didn't like the original name, but it doesn't seem to be the case. I don't really understand, why would somebody change a recognizable brand.
blitzar
pivot from time to ai
NewJazz
TimescaleDB will continue to be used to refer to the timeseries postgresql extension. One offering from what they consider to be a larger set of offerings.
jitl
Because they don’t want to be pigeonholed as “just time series things”. They continue selling a product called timescale, so I don’t think it’s a loss of brand in much measure.
rattray
Copying what I viewed as the key parts:
> The majority of workloads on our Cloud product aren’t time-series. Companies are running entire applications on us... So we are now “TigerData.” We offer the fastest PostgreSQL. ... Our cloud offering is “Tiger Cloud.” Our logo stays the same: the tiger, looking forward, focused and fast... Our open source time-series PostgreSQL extension remains TimescaleDB. Our vector extension is still pgvectorscale. Why “Tiger”? The tiger has been our mascot since 2017, symbolizing the speed, power, and precision we strive for in our database.
Given the logo (and internal company culture around the tiger mascot), I understand where they're coming from, but with the name conflicts (TigerBeetle, WiredTiger, etc) I do wish they'd chosen something else -- like maybe TiScaleDB and give a titanium sheen, do triple duty with the tiger and the Timescale heritage?
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0xdeafbeef
There is already tidb :)
conradev
TigerData is bold, fast, and built to power the next era of software.
igitur
When I saw the headline I immediately thought that TigerData is somehow related to the TigerBeetle.
apgwoz
So there’s TigerData and TigerBeetle. I wish they would have chosen a different fast cat…
kajecounterhack
I know what you mean, but still Tiger Beetles are an insect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_beetle
apgwoz
I thought about that, but, but it’s not the comparison of the second word, it’s the strength of the first. Read this list:
* Tiger Shark * Tiger Beetle * Tiger Data * Tiger Games * Tiger Woods * Tiger Attack * Tiger Snake * Wild Tiger
Only one stands out as not like the others. Tiger is too strong a word. The second word disappears.
alexpadula
WildcatDB, though uses a cheetah for the logo RocksDB uses an I believe tiger for the logo as well. Postgres with the elephant, MariaDB with the seal.
pcthrowaway
Also WiredTiger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiredTiger
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smokel
> There are no more “SQL vs. NoSQL” debates. MongoDB, Cassandra, InfluxDB, and other NoSQL databases are seen as technical dead ends. Snowflake and Databricks are acquiring PostgreSQL companies. No one talks about Hadoop. The Lakehouse has won.
That's quite some statement. Boy, would I have loved to live in a world where marketing rhetoric and scientific opinion were easier to distinguish.
baggiponte
Yeah they might be good but the marketing is really bold and, to a certain extent, arrogant if not outright disgusting.
ovaistariq
BTW there is another TigerData which predates this rename by a month: https://library.princeton.edu/about/library-news/2025/introd...
justinmitchel
> "Our cloud offering is “Tiger Cloud.” Our logo stays the same: the tiger, looking forward, focused and fast. Some things do not change. Our open source time-series PostgreSQL extension remains TimescaleDB. Our vector extension is still pgvectorscale."
Cool!
"Why “Tiger”? The tiger has been our mascot since 2017, symbolizing the speed, power, and precision we strive for in our database. Over time, it’s become a core part of our culture: from weekly “Tiger Time” All Hands and monthly “State of the Tiger” business reviews, to welcoming new teammates as “tiger cubs” to the “jungle.”
Cringe...!!!