TL;DR - Influxdb
- InfluxDB is a time series database optimized for metrics, events, and real-time analytics
- It handles high write and query loads for monitoring, IoT, and observability workloads
- Free tier available, Cloud pricing based on usage
Pricing: Free plan available
Best for: Growing teams
Pricing Plans
Most Popular
Free
Free
Serverless
- Time series
- 5 dashboards
- 30 days retention
Usage-based
Free
Scale
- Pay for writes/queries
- Longer retention
- Unlimited dashboards
About Influxdb
InfluxDB stores and queries time-series data. Metrics, IoT data, analytics—the time-series database built specifically for temporal data patterns.
The query language handles time. The storage is optimized for series. The ecosystem is established.
Applications storing time-series data often choose InfluxDB for purpose-built temporal storage.
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Influxdb FAQ
InfluxDB OSS is free. InfluxDB Cloud has free tier (30-day data, 5MB writes). Cloud paid plans based on usage.
InfluxDB is a time-series database. Store metrics, events, and real-time analytics. Popular for monitoring and IoT.
InfluxDB is push-based, better for IoT. Prometheus is pull-based, better for Kubernetes. Both excellent for different use cases.
Metrics collection, IoT sensor data, real-time analytics, and monitoring. High write throughput for time-series data.