QuestDB vs VictoriaMetrics
No clear leader: QuestDB (49.9) and VictoriaMetrics (45.0) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for time-series databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
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.
VictoriaMetrics
A high-performance time-series database optimized for storing, querying, and managing large volumes of metrics data cost-effectively, commonly used for monitoring and observability in cloud-native environments.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
QuestDB
- PostgreSQL
- Parquet
- Arrow
- Polars
- Pandas
- Debezium
- Iceberg
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Cassandra
- Kafka
- Apache Parquet
- Apache Arrow
- Claude Code
- REST API
- Apache Iceberg
- Databricks
- AWS
- Azure
VictoriaMetrics
- Prometheus
- Logstash
- Fluentbit
- Promtail
- Elasticsearch
- Loki
- Grafana
- OpenLIT
- S3
- GCS
- Graphite
- InfluxDB
- DataDog
- StatsD
- OpenTSDB
- Kubernetes
- Jaeger
- OpenTelemetry
QuestDB or VictoriaMetrics: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.