InfluxDB

A time-series database for metrics, events and sensor data, rebuilt in Rust on Apache Arrow for version 3. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.

Category
database engine
Developer
InfluxData
Created by
Paul Dix, Todd Persen
First release
2013
License
MIT, Apache-2.0
Open source
Yes
Pricing
Free with paid plans
Website
https://www.influxdata.com
Written in
Rust
Data model
Time-series
Storage layout
Column-oriented
Workload
Analytics (OLAP)
Analytics architecture
Not an analytics platform
Query language
SQL, InfluxQL
ACID transactions
No
Schema
Flexible
Deployment
Server, Managed cloud
Scaling
Single node
Create, read, update, delete
Create: fast (Built for high ingest rates); Read: fast (Fast time-range queries); Update: slow (Points are rarely changed, a write replaces one); Delete: slow (Mostly by retention period)

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