Prometheus vs. InfluxDB
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Product |  Prometheus |  InfluxDB |
|---|---|---|
| Tagline | Monitoring system and time series database. | Real-time insights from time series data. |
| Description | Prometheus is an open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit that collects metrics via a pull model and stores them in a time-series database. | InfluxDB is a purpose-built time series database for high-volume writes and real-time analytics, widely used for DevOps monitoring, IoT, and financial data. |
| Category | Monitoring Observability | Database As a Service |
| Pricing | Free (open source) Prometheus is a free, open-source (Apache 2.0) CNCF project with no paid tier or license fee. Costs, if any, come only from self-hosting in… | $0 (OSS) to $800+/month (Cloud) InfluxDB OSS: Free and open source Cloud Free: 30-day trial Cloud Usage-Based: From $0.002/MB writes, $0.01/query Cloud Dedicated: From $80… |
| Deal | No active deal | No active deal |
| Founded | 2012 | 2013 |
| Headcount | 1-10 employees | 201-500 employees |
| HQ | Remote (CNCF) | San Francisco, California |
| Featured clients | SoundCloud, DigitalOcean, CoreOS | IBM, Cisco, eBay, Tesla |