# GreptimeDB vs Prometheus

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Prometheus

| Attribute | GreptimeDB | Prometheus |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 49.7 (62% (medium)) | 69.1 (58% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 100 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 5,467 |
| adoption.github_stars | 6,573 | 65,837 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 9,036,061 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A time-series and observability database that consolidates multiple signal types—metrics, logs, traces, and events—into a single queryable system using standard protocols like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus. It uses columnar storage on object storage for cost-effective scalability and provides both open-source and fully-managed cloud deployment options. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"clustering":"distributed","data_model":"both","deployment":"managed","compression":"columnar","downsampling":"continuous_aggregates","ingest_model":"both","licence_class":"source_available","retention_ttl":"automatic","query_language":"SQL and PromQL","replication_ha":true,"high_cardinality":"strong","sql_compatibility":"full_sql","prometheus_remote_write":true}` | `{"clustering":"distributed","data_model":"metrics","deployment":"self_hosted","ingest_model":"both","licence_class":"permissive_oss","query_language":"PromQL","replication_ha":true,"high_cardinality":"strong","sql_compatibility":"non_sql","prometheus_remote_write":true}` |
| integrations.count | 8 | 18 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenTelemetry"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"InfluxDB"},{"name":"Loki"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"VictoriaLogs"},{"name":"Jaeger"},{"name":"MySQL"}]` | `[{"name":"Amazon SNS"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"incident.io"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"OpsGenie"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Pushover"},{"name":"Rocket.Chat"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Telegram"},{"name":"VictorOps"},{"name":"Webex"},{"name":"WeChat"},{"name":"Webhook"},{"name":"Email"}]` |
| language.primary | Rust | Go |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","summary":"Free, open-source","features":["High-performance ingestion","High-performance query","Multi-protocol support (OTLP, Prometheus, InfluxDB)","Log query endpoints","Cluster deployment","Horizontal scalability","Basic authentication and access control","Data encryption"],"description":"Community edition available on GitHub","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"GreptimeDB Enterprise Fully-Managed","summary":"From $290/month, fully-managed","features":["Unlimited data storage and retention","Completely isolated resource control and network","Fully-managed and customizable deployment topology","SQL, PromQL, OpenTelemetry support","Automatic scaling and optimization","Read-write separation","Tiered caching","Auto-backup with multi-region replicas","Enterprise web dashboard","Role-based access control","Comprehensive audit trail","SLA-backed response times"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":290,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Fully-managed cloud deployment with guaranteed resources and automatic scaling","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"data_storage":"Unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"GreptimeDB Enterprise Bring Your Own Cloud","summary":"Custom pricing, contact sales","features":["Installation service for your infrastructure or AWS account","Full data sovereignty and control","Advanced technical support","Custom SLA and dedicated account management","Operational tools and UI","Enterprise-ready extensions","All core capabilities from open-source","Professional-tier features"],"description":"Enterprise deployment in your own cloud infrastructure with full data sovereignty","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $290/month (fully-managed). Free open-source tier. Custom enterprise pricing for self-hosted deployments.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://greptime.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T23:05:49.493Z","startingPrice":{"amount":290,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://prometheus.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T16:35:31.505Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | high | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 3 | 6 |
| release.history | 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| `[{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.14.0","date":"2026-08-18T08:49:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.14.0-rc.0","date":"2026-08-11T11:05:32Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.14.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.13.2","date":"2026-07-30T13:25:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.13.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.13.1","date":"2026-07-10T10:34:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.5.5","date":"2026-07-09T08:41:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.13.0","date":"2026-07-01T14:09:29Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.13.0-rc.1","date":"2026-06-22T16:45:27Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.13.0-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.13.0-rc.0","date":"2026-07-09T08:16:34Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.13.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.5.4","date":"2026-06-17T15:14:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.12.0","date":"2026-05-28T17:40:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.12.0-rc.0","date":"2026-05-19T10:46:20Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.12.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.11.3","date":"2026-04-27T15:56:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.11.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.5.3","date":"2026-04-27T14:55:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.11.2","date":"2026-04-13T15:17:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.11.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.5.2","date":"2026-04-13T15:17:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.11.1","date":"2026-04-07T15:53:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.11.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.11.0","date":"2026-04-02T12:07:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.11.0-rc.0","date":"2026-03-30T10:14:19Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.11.0-rc.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.10.0","date":"2026-02-26T01:19:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/tag/v3.10.0-rc.1","date":"2026-02-20T00:59:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v3.10.0-rc.1"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 8.1 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgreptimeteam%2Fgreptimedb&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"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"}` |

## Capabilities (Time-Series Databases)

| Capability | GreptimeDB | Prometheus |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite) | SQL and PromQL | PromQL |
| SQL compatibility | Full SQL | Non-SQL |
| **Ingest** |  |  |
| Ingest model | Both | Both |
| **Model** |  |  |
| Data model | Both | Metrics (labels/tags) |
| **Lifecycle** |  |  |
| Downsampling / rollups | Continuous aggregates | - |
| Retention / TTL | Automatic | - |
| **Storage** |  |  |
| Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla) | columnar | - |
| **Performance** |  |  |
| High-cardinality handling | Strong | Strong |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Clustering / horizontal scale | Distributed / sharded | Distributed / sharded |
| Replication / HA | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Managed | Self-hosted |
| **Interop** |  |  |
| Prometheus remote-write compatible | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Source-available | Permissive OSS |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:22:49.216Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*