Comparison

InfluxDB vs QuestDB

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

QuestDB50

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	InfluxDBLeader	QuestDB
vioscaleAI score	58 / 100medium · 68%	50 / 100medium · 70%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	5,000	7
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.7	4.4
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://www.influxdata.com/trust/	-
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Finfluxdata%2Finfluxdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.questdb%3Aquestdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	10,935	106
Github starsadoption.github_stars	31,759	17,444
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	1	38
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	13	16
Historyrelease.history	20 items	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Rust	Java
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · Popular in GB, US · HQ GB
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

InfluxDB58 / 100medium · 68%

QuestDB50 / 100medium · 70%

Pricing

Free tier

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB✓

Model

InfluxDBcommercial

QuestDBfreemium

Price level

InfluxDBlow

QuestDBlow

Transparent

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB✗

Integrations

Count

InfluxDB5,000

QuestDB7

Security

Disclosure policy

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB–

Gdpr

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB✓

Iso27001

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB–

Scorecard

InfluxDB6.7

QuestDB4.4

Soc2

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB✓

Trust center

InfluxDBhttps://www.influxdata.com/trust/

QuestDB–

Vulnerabilities

InfluxDBCount: 2 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Finfluxdata%2Finfluxdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL

QuestDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.questdb%3Aquestdb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Sla pct

InfluxDB–

QuestDB99.9

Status page

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB–

Adoption

Dependent repos

InfluxDB10,935

QuestDB106

Github stars

InfluxDB31,759

QuestDB17,444

Activity

Commits last 30d

InfluxDB1

QuestDB38

Release

Cadence days

InfluxDB13

QuestDB16

History

InfluxDB20 items

QuestDB20 items

License

Spdx

InfluxDBApache-2.0

QuestDBApache-2.0

Language

Primary

InfluxDBRust

QuestDBJava

Market

Availability

InfluxDBAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

QuestDBAvailable worldwide · Popular in GB, US · HQ GB

Content

Faq

InfluxDB7 items

QuestDB8 items

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	QuestDB
Query
Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite)	SQL	SQL with time-series extensions (SAMPLE BY, ASOF, HORIZON JOIN, N-dimensional ar
SQL compatibility	Full SQL	Full SQL
Ingest
Ingest model	Push	Push
Model
Data model	Metrics (labels/tags)	Wide events
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups	Retention policies	Continuous aggregates
Retention / TTL	Automatic	Automatic
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)	Parquet columnar	columnar with frame compression
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

QuestDBSQL with time-series extensions (SAMPLE BY, ASOF, HORIZON JOIN, N-dimensional ar

SQL compatibility

InfluxDBFull SQL

QuestDBFull SQL

Ingest

Ingest model

InfluxDBPush

QuestDBPush

Model

Data model

InfluxDBMetrics (labels/tags)

QuestDBWide events

Lifecycle

Downsampling / rollups

InfluxDBRetention policies

QuestDBContinuous aggregates

Retention / TTL

InfluxDBAutomatic

QuestDBAutomatic

Storage

Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)

InfluxDBParquet columnar

QuestDBcolumnar with frame compression

Performance

High-cardinality handling

InfluxDBStrong

QuestDBStrong

Scale

Clustering / horizontal scale

InfluxDBDistributed / sharded

QuestDBDistributed / sharded

Replication / HA

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB✓

Deployment

InfluxDBSelf-hosted

QuestDBSelf-hosted

Interop

Prometheus remote-write compatible

InfluxDB✗

QuestDB-

Licensing

Licence class

InfluxDBPermissive OSS

QuestDBPermissive OSS

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

QuestDB

A specialized database engineered to ingest high-volume time-series data at speed, execute queries with minimal latency, and maintain queryable history across tiered storage layers—combining standard SQL with open file formats for portability.

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 2026-09-07verify ↗

QuestDB

HybridFree tier

Open-source Apache 2.0 free tier; QuestDB Cloud and Enterprise plans available via contact/quote

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	QuestDB
WebPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✗	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

InfluxDB✗

QuestDB✓

macOS

InfluxDB✗

QuestDB✓

Windows

InfluxDB✗

QuestDB✓

Linux

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB✓

CLI

InfluxDB✗

QuestDB✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB✓

Self-hosted

InfluxDB✓

QuestDB✓

Hybrid

InfluxDB✗

QuestDB✓

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

QuestDB

19 total

PostgreSQL
Parquet
Arrow
Polars
Pandas
Debezium
Iceberg
MySQL
MongoDB
Cassandra
Kafka
Apache Parquet
Apache Arrow
Claude Code
REST API
Apache Iceberg
Databricks
AWS
Azure

Independently observed

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