# InfluxDB vs QuestDB Comparison | | InfluxDB | QuestDB | |---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.4 out of 5 | 4.8 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 101 | 35 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (59.2% of reviews) | Small-Business (66.7% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | $0.00 | No pricing available | --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | InfluxDB | QuestDB | |---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 8.7 (82 reviews) | 8.9 (26 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.5 (83 reviews) | 9.0 (27 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.9 (50 reviews) | 9.2 (19 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.7 (48 reviews) | 9.0 (12 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.6 (74 reviews) | 9.8 (25 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 9.1 (37 reviews) | 9.4 (11 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.6 (84 reviews) | 9.6 (26 reviews) | --- ## 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 ### QuestDB #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial Yes --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Application Development Platforms | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **InfluxDB** | 7.9/10 | 14 | | **QuestDB** | N/A | N/A | #### Functionality | Feature | InfluxDB | QuestDB | |---|---|---| | **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 | ### Real-time Analytic Database | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A | | **QuestDB** | N/A | N/A | #### Query latency | Feature | InfluxDB | QuestDB | |---|---|---| | **Lower query latency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Continuous queries** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Data latency | Feature | InfluxDB | QuestDB | |---|---|---| | **Lower data latency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data pipeline performance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Connectors | Feature | InfluxDB | QuestDB | |---|---|---| | **Faster ingestion** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Built-in connectors** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Scale | Feature | InfluxDB | QuestDB | |---|---|---| | **Linearly scalable database** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Storage management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Architecture | Feature | InfluxDB | QuestDB | |---|---|---| | **Data security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Lockless architecture** | Not enough data | Not enough data | --- ## 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) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | InfluxDB | QuestDB | |---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 59.2% | 66.7% | | **Mid-Market** | 21.4% | 18.2% | | **Enterprise** | 19.4% | 15.2% | ### 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% #### QuestDB - **Computer Software:** 24.2% - **Financial Services:** 21.2% - **Information Technology and Services:** 6.1% - **Oil & Energy:** 6.1% - **E-Learning:** 3.0% - **Entertainment:** 3.0% - **Environmental Services:** 3.0% - **Investment Banking:** 3.0% - **Logistics and Supply Chain:** 3.0% - **Machinery:** 3.0% - **Other:** 24.2% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to InfluxDB - [Tiger Data](https://www.g2.com/products/tiger-data/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (33 reviews) - [Druid](https://www.g2.com/products/druid/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (31 reviews) - [KX](https://www.g2.com/products/kx-kx/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (51 reviews) - [Firebase](https://www.g2.com/products/firebase/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (303 reviews) - [Android Studio](https://www.g2.com/products/android-studio/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (641 reviews) - [Retool](https://www.g2.com/products/retool/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (357 reviews) - [SAP HANA Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (621 reviews) - [Visual Studio](https://www.g2.com/products/visual-studio/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (3975 reviews) - [Prometheus](https://www.g2.com/products/prometheus/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (62 reviews) - [OutSystems](https://www.g2.com/products/outsystems/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1422 reviews) ### Alternatives to QuestDB - [Prometheus](https://www.g2.com/products/prometheus/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (62 reviews) - [Druid](https://www.g2.com/products/druid/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (31 reviews) - [Tiger Data](https://www.g2.com/products/tiger-data/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (33 reviews) - [Amazon Timestream](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-timestream/reviews) — 3.7/5 stars (22 reviews) - [Epsilon3](https://www.g2.com/products/epsilon3/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (260 reviews) - [KX](https://www.g2.com/products/kx-kx/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (51 reviews) - [TDengine](https://www.g2.com/products/tdengine/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (15 reviews) - [CrateDB](https://www.g2.com/products/cratedb/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (85 reviews) - [Aerospike](https://www.g2.com/products/aerospike/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (83 reviews) - [Google Cloud BigTable](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigtable/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (41 reviews) --- ## 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..." ### QuestDB No discussions available for this product. --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/influxdata-influxdb-vs-questdb)