# InfluxDB vs The PI System Comparison

| | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.4 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 101 | 21 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (59.2% of reviews) | Mid-Market (42.1% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | $0.00 | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### InfluxDB

**Not enough data**

### The PI System


Cons:
- Complex Usability (1 reviews)
- UX Design (1 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 8.7 (82 reviews) | 9.2 (17 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.5 (83 reviews) | 8.5 (17 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.9 (50 reviews) | 9.2 (8 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.7 (48 reviews) | 9.7 (5 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.6 (74 reviews) | 8.2 (16 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 9.1 (37 reviews) | 9.4 (6 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.6 (84 reviews) | 7.3 (17 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

### The PI System

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Meter Data Management Systems

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A |
| **The PI System** | N/A | N/A |

#### Data Management

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Quality - Meter Data Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Aggregation - Meter Data Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Compliance - Meter Data Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Assets Management

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Asset Quality Assurance - Meter Data Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Smart Meter Deployment - Meter Data Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Energy Resource Management - Meter Data Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Manufacturing Intelligence

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A |
| **The PI System** | 8.6/10 | 6 |

#### Data Management

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Aggregation** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 
| **Data Models** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Propagation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data Collection** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 
| **Cleansing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Analytics

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **KPIs** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Real Time** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 
| **Dashboards** | Not enough data | 8.0 (5 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI -  Manufacturing Intelligence

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Data Warehouse

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A |
| **The PI System** | 8.9/10 | 5 |

#### Data Management

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Integration** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 
| **Data Compression** | Not enough data | 9.7 (5 reviews) | 
| **Data Quality** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 
| **Built-In Data Analytics** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) | 
| **In-Database Machine Learning** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 
| **Data Lake Analytics** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 

#### Integration

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **AI/ ML Integration** | Not enough data | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 
| **BI Tool Integration** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | 
| **Data lake Integration** | Not enough data | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 

#### Deployment

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **On-Premise** | Not enough data | 8.0 (5 reviews) | 
| **Cloud** | Not enough data | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 

#### Performance 

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Scalability** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 

#### Security

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Governance** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) | 
| **Data Security** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) | 

#### Generative AI

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **AI Text Generation** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 
| **AI Text Summarization** | Not enough data | 9.3 (5 reviews) | 

### Application Development Platforms

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **InfluxDB** | 7.9/10 | 14 |
| **The PI System** | N/A | N/A |

#### Functionality

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **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 |
| **The PI System** | N/A | N/A |

#### Query latency

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Lower query latency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Continuous queries** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Data latency

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Lower data latency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Data pipeline performance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Connectors

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Faster ingestion** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Built-in connectors** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Scale

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Linearly scalable database** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Storage management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

#### Architecture

| Feature | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Lockless architecture** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (2):** [Time Series Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-databases), [Time Series Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-intelligence)

**Unique to InfluxDB (2):** [Real-time Analytic Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/real-time-analytic-database), [Application Development Platforms ](https://www.g2.com/categories/application-development-platforms)

**Unique to The PI System (4):** [Manufacturing Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/manufacturing-intelligence), [Meter Data Management Systems](https://www.g2.com/categories/meter-data-management-systems), [Stream Analytics Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/stream-analytics), [Data Warehouse Solutions](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-warehouse)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | InfluxDB | The PI System | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 59.2% | 21.1% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 21.4% | 42.1% | 
| **Enterprise** | 19.4% | 36.8% | 

### 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%

#### The PI System

- **Utilities:** 21.1%
- **Manufacturing:** 15.8%
- **Information Technology and Services:** 15.8%
- **Oil & Energy:** 10.5%
- **Mining & Metals:** 10.5%
- **Computer Software:** 10.5%
- **Food & Beverages:** 5.3%
- **Consumer Goods:** 5.3%
- **Building Materials:** 5.3%

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## Alternatives

### Alternatives to InfluxDB

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### Alternatives to The PI System

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- [Amazon Redshift](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-redshift/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (402 reviews)
- [SAP HANA Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (621 reviews)
- [Tealium Customer Data Hub](https://www.g2.com/products/tealium-customer-data-hub/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (474 reviews)
- [Teradata Vantage](https://www.g2.com/products/teradata-teradata-vantage/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (375 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..."

### The PI System

No discussions available for this product.

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