InfluxDB
by InfluxDB · Time series database for telemetry, edge and sensor data
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Overview
InfluxDB is a time series database for continuous, high-resolution data from sensors, edge devices and infrastructure. Data is written at high ingest rates with compression-based storage and queried with SQL through client libraries for Python, JavaScript, Go, C# and Java. It runs self-managed on-prem, at the edge or in a private cloud, or as a service managed by InfluxData or AWS.
- Best for
- Engineering teams storing high-rate sensor and telemetry data on-prem, at the edge or in managed cloud.
- Pricing
- InfluxDB 3 Core is free and open source, Cloud Serverless is usage-based ($0.0025/MB in, $0.012 per 100 queries, $0.002/GB-hour storage, $0.09/GB out) with $250 of starting credit, while Enterprise, Cloud Dedicated and Telegraf Enterprise (from $18,000/year) are custom-priced through sales.
- Runs on
- WebmacOSLinuxSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- 400+ Telegraf plugins for collecting data from existing tools
- SQL queries via Python, JavaScript, Go, C# and Java client libraries
- Same engine self-managed on-prem, at the edge or in the cloud
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 certified across products
Trade-offs
- Open source Core is single-node: no HA, no SSO, community support only
- Enterprise and Cloud Dedicated prices are quoted only through sales
- Cloud Serverless is multi-tenant with service quotas and no high availability
- On Cloud Dedicated, SAML/SSO and private networking are paid add-ons
How InfluxDB markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on InfluxDB’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Time series starts with InfluxDB”
- Angle: Scale / performance
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from InfluxDB’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
API quality
Public API surface: machine-readable spec, official SDKs, documented auth, errors, rate limits and versioning.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Pricing transparency
Whether real prices are published, self-serve signup exists, and usage costs are knowable without a sales call.
Changelog
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Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
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Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
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