

For similar capabilities to Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics, consider Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB. It offers simplified data ingestion and single-digit millisecond query response times for real-time analytics. Learn more [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//timestream/latest/developerguide/timestream-for-influxdb.html).

# How it works
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The following sections provide an overview of Amazon Timestream for Live Analytics service components and how they interact.

After you read this introduction, see the [Accessing Timestream for LiveAnalytics](accessing.md) sections to learn how to access Timestream for Live Analytics using the console, AWS CLI, or SDKs.

**Topics**
+ [Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics concepts](concepts.md)
+ [Architecture](architecture.md)
+ [Writes](writes.md)
+ [Storage](storage.md)
+ [Queries](queries.md)
+ [Scheduled queries](scheduled-query.md)
+ [Timestream Compute Unit (TCU)](tcu.md)