The AI-Powered Industrial Data Historian
A more powerful, more affordable, and more open alternative solution to traditional data historians like PI System.
TDengine Historian includes TDengine TSDB and TDengine IDMP
PI alternative
All features of PI System — PI Data Archive, AF, Datalink, Vision — and more
AI-powered
Generate panels, analyses, and events, and get AI-driven insights about your data
Industry-proven
1,000+ global customers and 50M+ tags in large production deployments
Historian Overview
Architecture
Industrial Data Sources
OPC UA, MQTT, PI, PLCs, SCADA, enterprise connectors, files, cloud streams
TDengine Historian
Connectors + TSDB + data contextualization + visualizations + analysis + AI copilot
Data Consumption
Control room operators and process engineers, data analysts and scientists; AI agents and applications
Included
TDengine TSDB
High-performance, scalable time-series database for IIoT
TDengine IDMP
Data modeling, contextualization, standardization, visualization, analytics, and events
Best Fit
- PI System alternative
- Multi-site industrial operations
- Edge-to-cloud historian deployments
- AI-enabled operational visibility
Trusted by industrial teams modernizing mission-critical data infrastructure
What it is
A complete historian, not just a database
TDengine Historian is built for teams that need industrial time-series storage, equipment context, dashboards, event-oriented analysis, and AI-generated insights in one modern platform.
Data contextualization
Enrich industrial data with business semantics by dynamically linking raw data streams to real business entities.
Visualization
Turn industrial data into visual insights by automatically generating panels and dashboards based on business priorities.
Advanced analytics
Batch analysis, regression, forecasting, anomaly detection, imputation, correlation, and clustering
AI-generated
AI-recommended panels and analyses, natural-language prompting, and AI-powered data insights from panels.
Who it’s for
Built for industrial teams modernizing legacy historians
Best for teams that need more than a database: historian capabilities, contextualization, dashboards, operational insight, and a practical path away from legacy systems like PI System.
Manufacturing
Support production visibility, equipment monitoring, and historian modernization across plants and lines.
Renewable Energy
Support fleet visibility, performance monitoring, and historian modernization across distributed energy assets.
Oil & Gas
Support remote asset monitoring, operational visibility, and historian modernization across field operations.
Water Utilities
Support asset monitoring, operational visibility, and historian modernization across treatment and distribution systems.
What’s included
TDengine Historian includes TDengine TSDB and IDMP
TDengine TSDB
High-ingestion time-series storage and querying built for industrial workloads, telemetry, and long-term historian data management.
- High-ingestion data pipelines
- Efficient long-term storage
- Standard SQL querying
- Scale for distributed operations
TDengine IDMP
Industrial data modeling, contextualization, dashboards, event-based analysis, and AI-assisted operational workflows.
- Industrial context
- Enterprise connectors
- Event-oriented operational views
- AI-assisted exploration
Why teams choose it
A modern alternative to legacy historian stacks
Lower cost
Modern historian capabilities without the layered pricing complexity of legacy platforms.
Modern architecture
Support on-prem, edge, cloud, and hybrid deployments with less friction.
Open ecosystem
Integrate with your existing systems and avoid unnecessary lock-in.
AI-ready operations
Enable faster analysis, investigation, and operational insight.
Migration path
Migrate from PI System without a rip-and-replace project
Use TDengine’s migration approach to stream real-time data, backfill historical data, and modernize in phases while preserving operational continuity.
Migration Flow
1
Connect to existing PI data sources
2
Stream real-time data into TDengine
3
Backfill historical data as needed
4
Modernize applications and dashboards over time
Predictable Pricing for a Modern Historian
Transparent pricing for a complete industrial data historian with deployment flexibility and without requiring separate purchases for core data management and historian workflows.
Ready to Modernize Your Historian Stack?
Use TDengine Historian to improve operational visibility, and build AI-ready industrial data workflows.
