G2

Asim N.

SDE

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/8/2022

"Pros and Cons of using Influx"

4/5

What do you like best about Influx?

The points I like about influxDb are:

1. The query is simple and very similar to SQL that we use in day-to-day task

2. The integration of influxDb with the application, with statsD as well as with grafana dashboard is very easy.

3. It is a feature-rich DB, and it supports regex which allow us to create very effective dashboards.

4. Better community support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Influx?

The points I don't like about influx DB are:

1. It doesn't support all kinds of queries the way Prometheus does

2. Takes more disk space than Prometheus

3. Not much effective to track applications proactively, but suitable for event logging Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Influx:

The selection of the right DB depends upon the requirement. There are many alternatives out there but influx DB has some key features that make it different from others, especially the query part, and its distributed nature gives it an edge over others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Influx solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using the influx DB for tracking the business and tech metrics through statsD protocol. We use Prometheus as well and influxDb for monitoring purposes, and as influx db queries are similar to SQL queries it is easier to write and understand by almost all developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.