Databases Time-Series mature
InfluxDB
Purpose-built time-series database
30.0K stars
500 contributors
Since 2020
Purpose-built time-series database
License
MIT
Min RAM
1 GB
Min CPUs
2 cores
Scaling
horizontal
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✕
Offline
✓
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary: monitoring-metrics
- ✓ Primary: iot-data-storage
- ✓ Primary: real-time-analytics
Anti-patterns / when NOT to use
- ✕ Flux language learning curve
- ✕ v3 is a rewrite — migration needed
- ✕ Cardinality limits can be frustrating
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Replaces / alternatives to
Technical specs
Language
GoRust
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Data model
timeseries
Deployment
dockeraptbinary
Community
GitHub stars 30.0K
Contributors 500
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing InfluxData
Funding open_core
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
solosmallmediumenterprise
Industries
general