Import and ingest data

By default, you add data to your Timescale Cloud service using SQL inserts. You can also import data from other tools, and build data ingest pipelines. A data ingest pipeline can increase your data ingest rates using batch writes, instead of inserting data one row or metric at a time.

• Import data

  You can Import data into your Timescale Cloud service from:

  • CSV
  • Parquet
  • MySQL

• Ingest data

  You can ingest data into your Timescale Cloud service from:

  • Kafka
  • Telegraf

Any tool that can read or write to PostgreSQL also works with Timescale Cloud.