vioscale
Time-Series DatabasesUnclaimed

InfluxDB

The time series database built to scale with you

Visit websiteCompare alternatives
Also known as
influxdb

What is InfluxDB?

A time series database platform with multiple deployment options: self-managed enterprise, fully managed cloud (dedicated and serverless), and open-source core. Designed for infrastructure monitoring, IoT, and telemetry workloads.

Independently observed

InfluxDB pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
HybridFree tier30-day trial

From free (open source) to custom pricing. Cloud Serverless: $250 free credit then usage-based. Enterprise/Dedicated require contacting sales.

InfluxDB 3 Enterprise

Contact sales
Contact sales

Self-managed, high-performance, fully featured

  • Deploy anywhere: on-prem, private cloud, edge
  • Unlimited scale — no service quotas
  • High availability + read replicas
  • SAML/SSO + OAuth
  • Enterprise-grade security & compliance
  • Technical support SLA

Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB

AWS consumption pricing with existing AWS credits & EDP discounts

InfluxDB 3 on fully managed AWS infrastructure

  • Fully managed on AWS infrastructure
  • Deploy from AWS console in minutes
  • Billed to your AWS account
  • AWS credits & EDP discounts apply
  • Native IAM & VPC integration
  • High availability included

InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated

Contact sales
Contact sales

Single-tenant, fully managed cloud

  • Single-tenant, isolated infrastructure
  • Unlimited scale — no service quotas
  • High availability + read replicas
  • Private networking (add-on)
  • SAML/SSO (add-on)
  • Technical support SLA
  • Disaster recovery support

InfluxDB Cloud Serverless

$250 free credit to start, then usage-based

Pay-as-you-go multi-tenant cloud

  • Multi-tenant
  • Service quotas apply
  • No HA
  • No minimum commitment
  • No credit card required to start

InfluxDB 3 Core (OSS)

Free
Free

Open source for local dev, exploration, and prototyping

  • Self-managed
  • Community supported
  • Full InfluxDB 3 engine
  • Linux, Mac, Docker
  • No HA
  • Community support only

What InfluxDB does

The capabilities that matter for time-series databases, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Query
Query language (SQL / PromQL / InfluxQL-Flux / Graphite)
-
SQL compatibility
-
Ingest
Ingest model
-
Model
Data model
Metrics (labels/tags)
Lifecycle
Downsampling / rollups
-
Retention / TTL
-
Storage
Compression (columnar / delta / Gorilla)
-
Performance
High-cardinality handling
Strong
Scale
Clustering / horizontal scale
Distributed / sharded
Replication / HA
✓
Deployment
Deployment
Self-hosted
Interop
Prometheus remote-write compatible
-
Licensing
Licence class
-
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS
  • Hybrid
  • On-premise
  • Self-hosted

Integrations (1)

Independently observed
  • Telegraf (400+ input/output plugins)

InfluxDB alternatives

Other time-series databases we track, ranked by the same independent score.

Independent · unbought · dated

The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for InfluxDB, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 53 / 100
low · 48%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Security Posture7018.001260.0✓
Release Cadence8812.001060.0✓
Integrations758.00598.9✓
Github Stars857.00594.3✓
Reliability5010.00500.0✓
Capabilities2917.00491.4✓
Price Level806.00480.0✓
Github Activity2220.00440.1✓
Pricing Transparency258.00200.0✓
Package Downloads06.000.0-
Stackoverflow Activity020.000.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d4mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars31,670highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
Capabilities{"clustering":"distributed","data_model":"metrics","deployment":"self_hosted","replication_ha":true,"high_cardinality":"strong"}mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count400mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryRusthighsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxApache-2.0highsource · 2026-08-01 · 95%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Modelcommerciallowsource · 2026-08-01 · 48%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
TransparentNomediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days21mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%
Iso27001Yeshighsource · 2026-08-01 · 75%
Soc2Yeshighsource · 2026-08-01 · 75%