InfluxDB
The Time Series Data Platform
★ 4.3
Purpose-built time-series database for metrics, events, and real-time analytics. Ideal for IoT, monitoring, and observability workloads.
freemium
Pricing
Yes
Self-Hostable
Features
- ✓ Purpose-built for time-series
- ✓ High write throughput
- ✓ Automatic data downsampling
- ✓ SQL and InfluxQL query languages
- ✓ Built-in visualization (Chronograf)
- ✓ Continuous queries
- ✓ Retention policies
- ✓ Telegraf agent ecosystem
Pros
- + Optimized for time-series workloads
- + High ingestion rates
- + Built-in downsampling
- + Great Grafana integration
- + Telegraf plugin ecosystem
Cons
- − Not for general-purpose queries
- − v2 vs v3 migration complexity
- − High memory usage at scale
- − Learning curve for Flux language