Comparison

InfluxDB vs Prometheus

On the evidence we track, Prometheus leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

InfluxDB full profile →Prometheus full profile →

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InfluxDB61

★Prometheus69

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	InfluxDB	PrometheusLeader
Vioscale score	61 / 100medium · 70%updating	69 / 100medium · 58%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5,000	18
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.9	8.1
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 7 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fprometheus%2Fprometheus&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	5,467
Github starsadoption.github_stars	31,720	65,837
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	9,036,061
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	3	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	19	6
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Rust	Go
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

InfluxDB61 / 100medium · 70%updating

Prometheus69 / 100medium · 58%updating

Pricing

Free tier

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus✓

Model

InfluxDBcommercial

Prometheusopen_source

Price level

InfluxDBlow

Prometheusfree

Transparent

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus✓

Integrations

Count

InfluxDB5,000

Prometheus18

Security

Disclosure policy

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus–

Gdpr

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus✓

Iso27001

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus–

Scorecard

InfluxDB6.9

Prometheus8.1

Soc2

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus–

Vulnerabilities

InfluxDB–

PrometheusCount: 7 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fprometheus%2Fprometheus&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 4 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus–

Adoption

Dependent repos

InfluxDB–

Prometheus5,467

Github stars

InfluxDB31,720

Prometheus65,837

Package downloads weekly

InfluxDB–

Prometheus9,036,061

Activity

Commits last 30d

InfluxDB3

Prometheus100

Release

Cadence days

InfluxDB19

Prometheus6

History

InfluxDB20 items

Prometheus20 items

License

Spdx

InfluxDBApache-2.0

PrometheusApache-2.0

Language

Primary

InfluxDBRust

PrometheusGo

Market

Availability

InfluxDBAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

PrometheusAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Time-Series Databases
Capability	InfluxDB	Prometheus
Query
Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite)	SQL	PromQL
SQL compatibility	Full SQL	Non-SQL
Ingest
Ingest model	Push	Both
Model
Data model	Metrics (labels/tags)	Metrics (labels/tags)
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups	Retention policies	-
Retention / TTL	Automatic	-
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)	Parquet columnar	-
Performance
High-cardinality handling	Strong	Strong
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale	Distributed / sharded	Distributed / sharded
Replication / HA	✓	✓
Deployment
Deployment	Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible	✗	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Permissive OSS	Permissive OSS

Query

Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite)

InfluxDBSQL

PrometheusPromQL

SQL compatibility

InfluxDBFull SQL

PrometheusNon-SQL

Ingest

Ingest model

InfluxDBPush

PrometheusBoth

Model

Data model

InfluxDBMetrics (labels/tags)

PrometheusMetrics (labels/tags)

Lifecycle

Downsampling / rollups

InfluxDBRetention policies

Prometheus-

Retention / TTL

InfluxDBAutomatic

Prometheus-

Storage

Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)

InfluxDBParquet columnar

Prometheus-

Performance

High-cardinality handling

InfluxDBStrong

PrometheusStrong

Scale

Clustering / horizontal scale

InfluxDBDistributed / sharded

PrometheusDistributed / sharded

Replication / HA

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus✓

Deployment

InfluxDBSelf-hosted

PrometheusSelf-hosted

Interop

Prometheus remote-write compatible

InfluxDB✗

Prometheus✓

Licensing

Licence class

InfluxDBPermissive OSS

PrometheusPermissive OSS

What each one is

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

InfluxDB

A purpose-built database engineered to handle continuous, high-velocity time series data at scale. It delivers rapid data ingestion, real-time SQL querying, and seamless scalability across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments.

Independently observed

Prometheus

Leader

A systems monitoring platform that collects metrics from configured targets at regular intervals, evaluates alert rules using PromQL, and triggers notifications. It uses a dimensional data model with key-value labels for flexible metric analysis and dashboarding.

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

HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free tier with $250 credit for 30 days; metered usage-based pricing for Cloud Serverless starting at $0.0025/MB

Cloud ServerlessFree
- Fully managed
- Elastic
- Multi-tenant
- No minimums
- No long-term commitment
Cloud DedicatedContact sales
- Fully managed
- Single-tenant
- Unlimited scale
- Secure private connections
- Enhanced support
ClusteredContact sales
- Self-managed
- On-premise and private cloud
- Unlimited scale
- High availability
- Enterprise-grade security

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Prometheus

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	InfluxDB	Prometheus
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus✓

macOS

InfluxDB✗

Prometheus✓

Windows

InfluxDB✗

Prometheus✓

Linux

InfluxDB✗

Prometheus✓

CLI

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus✗

Self-hosted

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus✓

On-premise

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus✓

Hybrid

InfluxDB✓

Prometheus✗

Integrations

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

InfluxDB

1 total

MailChimp

Independently observed

Prometheus

Leader

17 total

Amazon SNS
Discord
incident.io
Jira
Mattermost
Microsoft Teams
OpsGenie
PagerDuty
Pushover
Rocket.Chat
Slack
Telegram
VictorOps
Webex
WeChat
Webhook
Email

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.