InfluxDB Alternatives

InfluxDB is described as 'Open source time series database, purpose-built by InfluxData for monitoring metrics and events, provides real-time visibility into stacks, sensors, and systems. Use InfluxDB to capture, analyze, and store millions of points per second, meet demanding SLA’s, and chart a' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to InfluxDB for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, SaaS, Mac and Windows apps. The best InfluxDB alternative is Prometheus, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like InfluxDB are Grafana Loki, Hydra Postgres Analytics, VictoriaMetrics and Citus Data.

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  1. Prometheus icon

    Prometheus

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    Prometheus is an open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit originally built at SoundCloud. Since its inception in 2012, many companies and organizations have adopted Prometheus, and the project has a very active developer and user community.

    70 Prometheus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Cloudron
    • Docker Hub
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    • Prometheus is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to InfluxDB.

    • Prometheus is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to InfluxDB.

    • Prometheus is Free and Open SourceInfluxDB is Freemium and Open Source
  2. Grafana Loki icon

    Grafana Loki

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    Grafana Loki is a horizontally-scalable, highly-available, multi-tenant log aggregation system inspired by Prometheus. It is designed to be very cost effective and easy to operate. It does not index the contents of the logs, but rather a set of labels for each log stream.

    60 Grafana Loki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Grafana Loki is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to InfluxDB.

    • Grafana Loki is Free and Open SourceInfluxDB is Freemium and Open Source
  4. Hydra Postgres Analytics icon

    Hydra Postgres Analytics

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    Hydra is an open source, column-oriented Postgres. Query billions of rows instantly, no code changes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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    • Hydra Postgres Analytics is the most popular SaaS alternative to InfluxDB.

    • Hydra Postgres Analytics is Freemium and Open SourceInfluxDB is also Freemium and Open Source
    • Hydra Postgres Analytics is CustomizableInfluxDB is not according to our users
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    VictoriaMetrics

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    VictoriaMetrics can be used as long-term storage for Prometheus or for vmagent.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    It doesn't crash and doesn't lose data. It needs less RAM and CPU. It doesn't break during upgrades.

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    • VictoriaMetrics is Free and Open SourceInfluxDB is Freemium and Open Source
  6. Citus Data icon

    Citus Data

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    Citus gives you the Postgres you love, plus the superpower of distributed tables. 100% open source. Now with schema-based sharding in Citus 12.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Levitate By Last9 icon

    Levitate By Last9

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    Levitate is a mission-critical time series database that allows control over queries and storage to build a cost-effective and toil-free foundation for operational readiness. It's built for high query performance, high availability, and low latency writing.

    9 Levitate By Last9 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • Levitate By Last9 is the most popular Web-based alternative to InfluxDB.

    • Levitate By Last9 is the most popular commercial alternative to InfluxDB.

    • Levitate By Last9 is Paid and ProprietaryInfluxDB is Freemium and Open Source
  9. QuestDB icon

    QuestDB

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    QuestDB is a relational column-oriented database designed for time series and event data. It uses SQL with extensions for time series to assist with real-time analytics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Cortex Project icon

    Cortex Project

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    Cortex provides horizontally scalable, highly available, multi-tenant, long term storage for Prometheus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     

  11. RRDTool

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    RRDtool (acronym for round-robin database tool) aims to handle time-series data like network bandwidth, temperatures, CPU load, etc. The data are stored in a round-robin database (circular buffer), thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. Axibase Time Series Database icon

    Axibase Time Series Database

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    ATSD is purpose-built for analyzing and reporting on massive volumes of time-series data collected at high frequency. Features include data analytics, visualization, data forecasting, reporting, alerting. All in one product built for big data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  13. TimescaleDB icon

    TimescaleDB

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    An open-source database built for analyzing time-series data with the power and convenience of SQL — on premise, at the edge or in the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  14. OpenTSDB icon

    OpenTSDB

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    OpenTSDB is a distributed, scalable Time Series Database (TSDB) written on top of HBase. OpenTSDB was written to address a common need: store, index and serve metrics collected from computer systems (network gear, operating systems, applications) at a large scale, and make this...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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