How to Build Your Own Timescale (Tiger Cloud)
Replace Timescale (Tiger Cloud) with a custom build. Time-Series PostgreSQL at Petabyte Scale
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 40 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 40 features
Security(6 features)
Multi-factor authentication and role-based access controls
Encryption at rest and in transit for data security
Complete encryption of data in all states
IP-based access control and firewall rules
VPC and private networking with multi-attach VPC support
+1 more in this category
Reliability(5 features)
Automated backups with point-in-time recovery
Cross-region backups for disaster recovery
High availability with automated multi-AZ failover and replicas
Advanced replication across multiple nodes
Point-in-time recovery to restore data to specific timestamps
Performance Optimization(4 features)
Time- and key-based partitioning for fast reads and writes
Ability to independently scale compute and storage
Add-on for increased IOPS and bandwidth performance
Horizontal read scaling with read replicas
Compliance(3 features)
GDPR compliance support
HIPAA compliance for healthcare data
SOC 2 Type II certification for compliance
Monitoring(3 features)
Detailed logging and insight collection
Export metrics and logs to observability tools
Performance monitoring and insights dashboard
Analytics(2 features)
Visualization and dashboard creation capabilities
200+ SQL functions for time-based analytics
Database(2 features)
Full relational database capabilities with Postgres
Optimized time-series data storage and querying
Integration(2 features)
Integration with AWS Transit Gateway for networking
Ingest from Kafka and S3, replicate to Iceberg
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DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 40 features at easy complexity.