# KX, Milvus vs InfluxDB Comparison | | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.6 out of 5 | 4.7 out of 5 | 4.4 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 51 | 12 | 101 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (58.0% of reviews) | Small-Business (45.5% of reviews) | Small-Business (59.2% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | $0.00 | Free | $0.00 | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### KX Pros: - Speed (6 reviews) - Performance (5 reviews) Cons: - Learning Curve (7 reviews) - Difficult Learning (3 reviews) ### Milvus **Not enough data** ### InfluxDB **Not enough data** --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 8.9 (35 reviews) | 9.1 (11 reviews) | 8.7 (82 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 6.7 (38 reviews) | 8.5 (11 reviews) | 8.5 (83 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.5 (24 reviews) | 7.5 (10 reviews) | 8.9 (50 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.9 (14 reviews) | 8.6 (7 reviews) | 8.7 (48 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.7 (33 reviews) | 8.7 (10 reviews) | 8.6 (74 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 9.0 (12 reviews) | 9.0 (7 reviews) | 9.1 (37 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.6 (42 reviews) | 10.0 (11 reviews) | 8.6 (84 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### KX #### Entry-Level Pricing Plan: Free Price: $0.00 Description: Rate-limited plan for quickly and easily getting started with kdb+. Key Features: - Fastest query speed ​ - In-memory compute engine​ - Extreme scalability ​ [Browse all 3 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/kx-kx/pricing) #### Free Trial Yes ### Milvus #### Entry-Level Pricing Plan: Free & Open Source Price: Free Description: Milvus is open source software and free to use under the Apache 2.0 license. To learn more, visit: https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/blob/master/LICENSE Key Features: - Easy to use - Blazing fast - Highly available [Learn more about Milvus](https://www.g2.com/products/milvus/reviews) #### Free Trial Yes ### 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 --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Columnar Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **KX** | 8.4/10 | 22 | | **Milvus** | N/A | N/A | | **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A | #### Storage | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Data Model** | 8.8 (20 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Types** | 9.5 (22 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Availability | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Auto Sharding** | 7.9 (14 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Auto Recovery** | 7.6 (16 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Replication** | 9.0 (16 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Performance | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Integrated Cache** | 9.1 (17 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Role-Based Authorization** | 8.0 (15 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Authentication** | 7.9 (18 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Audit Logs** | 7.7 (14 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Encryption** | 8.2 (16 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Support | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Multi-Model** | 7.7 (11 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Operating Systems** | 9.1 (16 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Application Development Platforms | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **KX** | N/A | N/A | | **Milvus** | N/A | N/A | | **InfluxDB** | 7.9/10 | 14 | #### Functionality | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Ease of Use** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.2 (12 reviews) | | **File Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (9 reviews) | | **Multi-Language Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 6.9 (8 reviews) | | **Customization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.6 (9 reviews) | | **Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.2 (11 reviews) | | **Help Guides** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (9 reviews) | | **Patching & Updates** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (9 reviews) | ### Vector Database | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **KX** | 8.7/10 | 10 | | **Milvus** | 9.0/10 | 7 | | **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A | #### Data Indexing | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Semantic Search** | 8.0 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Indexing Data** | 9.3 (10 reviews) | 9.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Filters | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Accurate Search** | 8.5 (10 reviews) | 9.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Single Stage Filtering - Vector Database** | 9.1 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Real-time Analytic Database | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **KX** | 8.3/10 | 10 | | **Milvus** | N/A | N/A | | **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A | #### Query latency | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Lower query latency** | 8.8 (10 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Continuous queries** | 8.3 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Data latency | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Lower data latency** | 8.9 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data pipeline performance** | 8.0 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Connectors | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Faster ingestion** | 8.0 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Built-in connectors** | 7.0 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Scale | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Linearly scalable database** | 8.9 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Storage management** | 8.3 (10 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Architecture | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Data security** | 8.1 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Lockless architecture** | 8.3 (9 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### AWS Marketplace | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **KX** | N/A | N/A | | **Milvus** | N/A | N/A | | **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A | #### Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **KX** | N/A | N/A | | **Milvus** | N/A | N/A | | **InfluxDB** | N/A | N/A | #### Retrieval intelligence - AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Advanced relevance tuning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Query understanding & expansion** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Multistage retrieval & re-ranking** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Context-aware & personalized search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Embedding & model management - AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Embedding versioning & lifecycle management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Multimodal search support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Pluggable embedding & LLM providers** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### LLM retrieval & RAG optimization - AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Retrieval pipeline orchestration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **LLM-aware retrieval optimization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Hybrid retrieval strategy optimization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Data Enrichment & Index Intelligence - AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Incremental & streaming index updates** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Built-in data enrichment** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Security & governance - AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Fine-grained access controls** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data residency & retention policies** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Audit logs & retrieval traceability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Operations, observability & reliability - AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms | Feature | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Search analytics & relevance debugging** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **High availability & disaster recovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | --- ## Categories **Unique to KX (6):** [Columnar Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/columnar-databases), [Time Series Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-intelligence), [Time Series Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-databases), [Stream Analytics Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/stream-analytics), [Real-time Analytic Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/real-time-analytic-database), [Vector Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/vector-database) **Unique to Milvus (3):** [Vector Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/vector-database), [AWS Marketplace Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/aws-marketplace), [ AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/ai-search-retrieval-infrastructure-platforms) **Unique to InfluxDB (4):** [Real-time Analytic Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/real-time-analytic-database), [Time Series Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-databases), [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 | KX | Milvus | InfluxDB | |---|---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 24.0% | 45.5% | 59.2% | | **Mid-Market** | 18.0% | 36.4% | 21.4% | | **Enterprise** | 58.0% | 18.2% | 19.4% | ### By Industry #### KX - **Financial Services:** 46.0% - **Banking:** 12.0% - **Capital Markets:** 10.0% - **Investment Banking:** 6.0% - **Investment Management:** 4.0% - **Computer Software:** 4.0% - **Professional Training & Coaching:** 2.0% - **Online Media:** 2.0% - **Management Consulting:** 2.0% - **Information Technology and Services:** 2.0% - **Other:** 10.0% #### Milvus - **Computer Software:** 27.3% - **Legal Services:** 9.1% - **Internet:** 9.1% - **Information Technology and Services:** 9.1% - **Financial Services:** 9.1% - **Education Management:** 9.1% - **Computer & Network Security:** 9.1% - **Business Supplies and Equipment:** 9.1% - **Aviation & Aerospace:** 9.1% #### 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% - 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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..." --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/kx-kx-vs-milvus-vs-influxdata-influxdb)