# InfluxDB vs Prometheus Comparison

| | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.4 out of 5 | 4.5 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 101 | 62 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (59.2% of reviews) | Mid-Market (39.3% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | $0.00 | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### InfluxDB

**Not enough data**

### Prometheus

Pros:
- Easy Integrations (7 reviews)
- Integrations (6 reviews)

Cons:
- Learning Curve (4 reviews)
- Difficult Learning (2 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.7 (82 reviews) | 8.8 (54 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.5 (83 reviews) | 8.2 (55 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.9 (50 reviews) | 8.2 (39 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.7 (48 reviews) | 8.1 (31 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.6 (74 reviews) | 7.9 (42 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 9.1 (37 reviews) | 8.7 (21 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.6 (84 reviews) | 8.6 (50 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### InfluxDB

#### Entry-Level Pricing

Plan: Free

Price: $0.00

Description: Rate-limited plan for quickly and easily getting started with InfluxDB.

Key Features:
- Writes: 5MB/5 minutes
- Queries: 300MB/5 minutes
- Dashboards: 5

[Browse all 3 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/influxdata-influxdb/pricing)

#### Free Trial

Yes

### Prometheus

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Database Management Systems (DBMS)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A |
| **Prometheus** | 8.1/10 | 13 |

#### Management

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data dictionary** | Not enough data | 8.0 (11 reviews) | 
| **Data Replication** | Not enough data | 8.3 (11 reviews) | 
| **Query Language** | Not enough data | 8.5 (12 reviews) | 
| **Data Modeling** | Not enough data | 8.2 (10 reviews) | 
| **Performance Analysis** | Not enough data | 7.9 (13 reviews) | 

#### Maintenance

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Migration** | Not enough data | 8.7 (9 reviews) | 
| **Backup and Recovery** | Not enough data | 8.0 (10 reviews) | 
| **Multi-User Environment** | Not enough data | 8.6 (12 reviews) | 

#### Security

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Encryption** | Not enough data | 7.8 (10 reviews) | 
| **User Access Control** | Not enough data | 7.3 (10 reviews) | 

### Application Development Platforms

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **InfluxDB** | 7.9/10 | 14 |
| **Prometheus** | N/A | N/A |

#### Functionality

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Ease of Use** | 8.2 (12 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **File Management** | 8.5 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-Language Support** | 6.9 (8 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Customization** | 7.6 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality** | 8.2 (11 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Help Guides** | 8.5 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Patching & Updates** | 8.5 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Container Monitoring

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A |
| **Prometheus** | 8.3/10 | 20 |

#### Alerts management

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Multi-mode alerts** | Not enough data | 7.8 (15 reviews) | 
| **Opimization alerts** | Not enough data | 8.1 (16 reviews) | 
| **Incident alerts** | Not enough data | 8.9 (17 reviews) | 

#### Monitoring

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Resource utilization** | Not enough data | 8.5 (17 reviews) | 
| **Real-time monitoring** | Not enough data | 9.4 (19 reviews) | 
| **Performance baseline** | Not enough data | 8.8 (16 reviews) | 
| **API monitoring** | Not enough data | 8.3 (17 reviews) | 

#### Automation

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Resolution automation** | Not enough data | 8.6 (14 reviews) | 
| **Automation** | Not enough data | 8.6 (16 reviews) | 

#### Analysis

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Search** | Not enough data | 8.0 (14 reviews) | 
| **Reporting** | Not enough data | 8.2 (17 reviews) | 
| **Visualization** | Not enough data | 7.7 (18 reviews) | 
| **Track trends** | Not enough data | 8.5 (16 reviews) | 

#### Issue Resolution

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Root cause identification** | Not enough data | 8.2 (14 reviews) | 
| **Resolution guidance** | Not enough data | 7.8 (13 reviews) | 
| **Proactive identification** | Not enough data | 7.7 (14 reviews) | 

### Real-time Analytic Database

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A |
| **Prometheus** | N/A | N/A |

#### Query latency

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Lower query latency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Continuous queries** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Data latency

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Lower data latency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data pipeline performance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Connectors

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Faster ingestion** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Built-in connectors** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Scale

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Linearly scalable database** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Storage management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Architecture

| Feature | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Lockless architecture** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Time Series Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-databases)

**Unique to InfluxDB (3):** [Real-time Analytic Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/real-time-analytic-database), [Time Series Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-intelligence), [Application Development Platforms ](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development-platforms)

**Unique to Prometheus (2):** [Container Monitoring Tools](https://www.g2.com/categories/container-monitoring-tools), [Database Management Systems (DBMS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-management-systems-dbms)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | InfluxDB | Prometheus | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 59.2% | 32.8% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 21.4% | 39.3% | 
| **Enterprise** | 19.4% | 27.9% | 

### By Industry

#### InfluxDB

- **Information Technology and Services:** 23.7%
- **Computer Software:** 18.6%
- **Telecommunications:** 5.2%
- **Financial Services:** 5.2%
- **Automotive:** 4.1%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 4.1%
- **Industrial Automation:** 4.1%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 3.1%
- **Research:** 2.1%
- **Broadcast Media:** 2.1%
- **Other:** 27.8%

#### Prometheus

- **Computer Software:** 29.5%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 24.6%
- **Internet:** 6.6%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 4.9%
- **Telecommunications:** 4.9%
- **Architecture & Planning:** 3.3%
- **Information Services:** 3.3%
- **Logistics and Supply Chain:** 3.3%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 1.6%
- **Media Production:** 1.6%
- **Other:** 16.4%

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## Alternatives

### Alternatives to InfluxDB

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- [Sumo Logic](https://www.g2.com/products/sumo-logic/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (399 reviews)
- [Snowflake](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (753 reviews)

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## Top Discussions

### InfluxDB

- Title: [Is InfluxDB free to use?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-influxdb-free-to-use) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Yes. We can use the docker image of Influx DB and use it directly on any machine from local server to production server."
- Title: [What is InfluxDB used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-influxdb-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "It is a time-series database, with high performance and short learning curve."
- Title: [currenlty there is no plugin for getting Hbase metrics using TICK stack, kindly have a look on it so that influx can be more useful.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/25392-currenlty-there-is-no-plugin-for-getting-hbase-metrics-using-tick-stack-kindly-have-a-look-on-it-so-that-influx-can-be-more-useful) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "You may be able to use the Jolokia2 plugin with Telegraf to do this: 

https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/jolokia2

There..."
- Title: [Why the CPU usage gets 100% for long time untill I reboot the node?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/why-the-cpu-usage-gets-100-for-long-time-untill-i-reboot-the-node) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)*
  > **Top comment:** "Without the logs, it's difficult to tell what may be causing this. Have you reached out to our support team for help..."

### Prometheus

- Title: [What is Prometheus used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-prometheus-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Prometheus is primarily used for monitoring and alerts in IT systems, especially to track the performance of applications and infrastructure."
- Title: [What does Prometheus do?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-does-prometheus-do) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Promothesus is metrics dashboard for your microservices which is based on monitoring your application"

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/influxdata-influxdb-vs-prometheus)