Comparison

InfluxDB vs KairosDB

On the evidence we track, InfluxDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 58/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★InfluxDB58
KairosDB30
Score
vioscaleAI score
InfluxDB58 / 100medium · 68%
KairosDB30 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tier
InfluxDB✓
KairosDB–
Model
InfluxDBcommercial
KairosDBopen_source
Price level
InfluxDBlow
KairosDBfree
Transparent
InfluxDB✓
KairosDB–
Integrations
Count
InfluxDB5,000
KairosDB3
Reliability
Status page
InfluxDB✓
KairosDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
InfluxDB10,935
KairosDB32
Github stars
InfluxDB31,759
KairosDB1,761
Package downloads weekly
InfluxDB–
KairosDB3
Activity
Commits last 30d
InfluxDB1
KairosDB0
Release
Cadence days
InfluxDB13
KairosDB92
History
InfluxDB20 items
KairosDB15 items
License
Spdx
InfluxDBApache-2.0
KairosDBApache-2.0
Language
Primary
InfluxDBRust
KairosDBJava
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
InfluxDB7 items
KairosDB6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for time-series databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Query
Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite)
InfluxDBSQL
KairosDBREST API, Graphite protocol
SQL compatibility
InfluxDBFull SQL
KairosDBNon-SQL
Ingest
Ingest model
InfluxDBPush
KairosDBPush
Model
Data model
InfluxDBMetrics (labels/tags)
KairosDBMetrics (labels/tags)
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
InfluxDBRetention policies
KairosDBContinuous aggregates
Retention / TTL
InfluxDBAutomatic
KairosDBManual
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
InfluxDBParquet columnar
KairosDB-
Performance
High-cardinality handling
InfluxDBStrong
KairosDBStrong
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
InfluxDBDistributed / sharded
KairosDBDistributed / sharded
Replication / HA
InfluxDB✓
KairosDB✓
Deployment
Deployment
InfluxDBSelf-hosted
KairosDBSelf-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
InfluxDB✗
KairosDB-
Licensing
Licence class
InfluxDBPermissive OSS
KairosDBSource-available

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

InfluxDB

Leader

A time-stamped data repository engineered to accept high-volume streams of metrics and contextual events, then return query results with minimal latency. Common use cases include infrastructure monitoring, system performance analysis, and real-time business intelligence.

Independently observed

KairosDB

KairosDB is a time series database built on Cassandra that supports multiple cluster architectures with separated read and write paths, allowing efficient data management across distributed systems.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

InfluxDB

Leader
HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free tier with usage-based pricing. Enterprise options require quote.

  • InfluxDB Cloud ServerlessFree
  • InfluxDB Cloud DedicatedContact sales
  • InfluxDB ClusteredContact sales
as of verify ↗

KairosDB

Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Linux
InfluxDB✓
KairosDB✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
InfluxDB✓
KairosDB✗
Self-hosted
InfluxDB✓
KairosDB✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

InfluxDB

Leader
2 total
  • MailChimp
  • Telegraf
Independently observed

KairosDB

3 total
  • Cassandra
  • Graphite
  • Telnet
Independently observed
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