{"id":29501,"date":"2025-11-06T01:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T09:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdengine.com\/?p=29501"},"modified":"2025-11-06T19:30:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T03:30:34","slug":"cloud-experience-tdengine-vs-pi-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdengine.com\/cloud-experience-tdengine-vs-pi-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Experience: TDengine vs. PI System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #141414;color:#141414\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #141414;color:#141414\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tdengine.com\/cloud-experience-tdengine-vs-pi-system\/#One_Unified_Platform_vs_Two_Connected_Systems\" >One Unified Platform vs. Two Connected Systems<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tdengine.com\/cloud-experience-tdengine-vs-pi-system\/#Cloud_Deployment_Comparison\" >Cloud Deployment Comparison<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tdengine.com\/cloud-experience-tdengine-vs-pi-system\/#Edge%E2%80%93Cloud_Synchronization\" >Edge&#8211;Cloud Synchronization<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tdengine.com\/cloud-experience-tdengine-vs-pi-system\/#Why_the_Difference_Matters\" >Why the Difference Matters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tdengine.com\/cloud-experience-tdengine-vs-pi-system\/#Final_Take\" >Final Take<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Moving industrial time-series workloads to the cloud should make your data infrastructure easier to manage. But that depends on whether your database gives you the same product everywhere or adds another layer of complexity. This is where TDengine and AVEVA PI System take different paths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"One_Unified_Platform_vs_Two_Connected_Systems\"><\/span>One Unified Platform vs. Two Connected Systems<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>TDengine delivers a <strong>single, consistent experience<\/strong> whether you deploy on-premises or in the cloud. The same engine, SQL, and client libraries power all TDengine offerings regardless of location, and you can move workloads freely between edge and cloud deployments without rewriting code or changing tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI System, by contrast, <strong>does not support cloud computing;<\/strong> customers that require cloud services must <strong>additionally purchase AVEVA CONNECT data services,<\/strong> a separate SaaS platform that runs exclusively on Microsoft Azure. To send data there, you also need a PI-to-CONNECT agent that publishes data from your on-premises PI Server to the cloud service. In practice, that means operating and securing two platforms: your local historian and the cloud data service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloud_Deployment_Comparison\"><\/span>Cloud Deployment Comparison<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-144\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-144\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\">TDengine<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">PI System + AVEVA Connect<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Platform<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">On-prem: Windows or Linux<br \/>\nCloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">On-prem: Windows only<br \/>\nCloud: Azure only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Engine<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Same core engine everywhere<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Separate cloud service (AVEVA CONNECT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Data Movement<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Direct access; no extra broker or agent<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Requires data-transfer agent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">App Compatibility<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Identical SQL, APIs, and clients<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Different models for PI System and AVEVA CONNECT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Operational Scope<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">One platform to deploy \/ monitor<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Two platforms + integration layer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-144 from cache -->\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Edge%E2%80%93Cloud_Synchronization\"><\/span>Edge&#8211;Cloud Synchronization<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>TDengine is built for <strong>seamless <a href=\"https:\/\/tdengine.com\/edge-cloud-sync\/\">edge&#8211;cloud synchronization<\/a>,<\/strong> giving enterprises the flexibility to deploy nodes at each site while also maintaining a centralized cloud platform where data from all sites is consolidated. At the edge, TDengine handles real-time data ingestion, buffering, and analytics, and in the event of an outage, <strong>edge nodes continue to operate,<\/strong> ensuring no data is lost. Once the connection is restored, TDengine<strong> automatically backfills<\/strong> historical data to the cloud or central server. For enterprises that are fully on-premises, this architecture can also be used for synchronizing edge nodes to a data center or corporate office instead of the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-element-602f2e48\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2978\" height=\"1028\" class=\"gb-media-4b867efc\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch.png?strip=all&sharp=1\" title=\"edge-cloud-arch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1 2978w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch-300x104.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1 300w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch-1024x353.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1 1024w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch-768x265.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1 768w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch-1536x530.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1 1536w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch-2048x707.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1 2048w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=595 595w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1191 1191w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1786 1786w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=2382 2382w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=450 450w, https:\/\/eujqw4hwudm.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edge-cloud-arch.png?strip=all&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figcaption class=\"gb-text\">This diagram shows a renewable energy operator consolidating data from solar, wind, and battery storage operations on the edge to a centralized data center.<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All TDengine instances, whether at the edge or in the cloud, share a consistent schema, asset framework, and metadata model. That means data from different facilities, lines, or regions can be analyzed together with zero transformation or reconfiguration. Enterprises gain a <strong>single, coherent view of operational data across every site,<\/strong> while still maintaining the ability to act locally on the edge for latency-sensitive or safety-critical use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, PI System\u2019s hybrid cloud strategy <strong>depends on external components<\/strong> such as PI-to-CONNECT agents and AVEVA CONNECT data services to bridge on-premises and cloud environments. This approach provides connectivity but not true synchronization: data must be published, replicated, or reformatted before it can be used in the cloud. As a result, real-time visibility and unified data modeling across sites are harder to achieve, and maintaining consistency between local and cloud systems requires additional configuration and operational effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_the_Difference_Matters\"><\/span>Why the Difference Matters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With TDengine, you can run the same software at the edge, in the cloud, or both, and <strong>never experience compatibility issues or struggle with different interfaces.<\/strong> A single set of tools covers data ingestion and processing as well as system monitoring, backup, and security. And TDengine&#8217;s continuous, automated synchronization eliminates the need for custom scripts or third-party replication software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, TDengine supports <strong>AWS, Azure, and GCP,<\/strong> so enterprises with existing cloud operations can select the service provider they prefer. Organizations that want to offload administrative work can select our fully managed <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.tdengine.com\">TDengine Cloud<\/a>, while those looking for more control can deploy self-hosted TDengine on their cloud servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By contrast, PI System\u2019s cloud path through Azure-only AVEVA CONNECT adds another SaaS environment to configure, monitor, and budget for. In practice, this extra layer makes it <strong>harder to maintain a seamless experience<\/strong> across the entire data lifecycle, and already overburdened IT teams end up managing two distinct systems instead of one unified platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"gb-text\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Take\"><\/span>Final Take<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your cloud strategy is about portability and operational simplicity, TDengine offers a true \u201crun-anywhere\u201d model: one engine, one experience, on-premises or in the cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PI System\u2019s approach provides cloud connectivity, but at the cost of managing two distinct layers: the on-premises historian and the CONNECT Data Services platform. 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