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Alternatives to InfluxDB
23 logging tools sit alongside InfluxDB in this directory. Below is what separates each from InfluxDB on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 19
- Cheaper to start
- 1
- InfluxDB starts at
- Free, then $0.0025/per MB ingested
Why people look past InfluxDB
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. InfluxDB has a free tier, and starts at $0.0025/per MB ingested against a category median of $6/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Open source monitoring and alerting toolkit for cloud native environments
- 1 tier to InfluxDB's 2.
Time-series database built on PostgreSQL for real-time analytics
Priced and rated the same as InfluxDB on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Fast open source time-series database for high throughput ingestion
Priced and rated the same as InfluxDB on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Monitoring for cron jobs, websites, and background tasks
- Starts $1.9975 a monitor/month dearer, at $2/monitor/month.
- 3 tiers to InfluxDB's 2.
LLM reliability platform with open-source observability and evaluation
Priced and rated the same as InfluxDB on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Status pages with uptime monitoring and compliance-ready incident tracking
- Starts $29.9975 a month dearer, at $30/month.
- 4 tiers to InfluxDB's 2.
Every InfluxDB alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| InfluxDB (this page) | Free, then $0.0025/per MB ingested | - | 2 | |
| PrometheusTime series database for metrics and monitoring with similar data model and high write throughput. | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs InfluxDB |
| TimescaleDBPostgreSQL extension for time series data with full SQL support and different approach to time series storage. | Free | - | 2 | vs InfluxDB |
| QuestDBPurpose-built time series database with high ingestion rates and columnar compression. | Free | Open-source | - | vs InfluxDB |
| Cronitor | Free, then $2/monitor/month | Pay-per-monitor plus user seats | 3 | vs InfluxDB |
| Traceloop | Free | Freemium with pay-as-you-go enterprise option | 2 | vs InfluxDB |
| Openstatus | Free, then $30/month | - | 4 | vs InfluxDB |
| Healthchecks | Free, then $5/month | Per-job monitoring with fixed tiers | 4 | vs InfluxDB |
| incident.io | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs InfluxDB |
| FireHydrant | Free, then $25/responder-month | Subscription | 3 | vs InfluxDB |
| Checkly | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs InfluxDB |
| Filebeat | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs InfluxDB |
| Fluentd | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs InfluxDB |
| ELK Stack | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs InfluxDB |
| Coralogix | Free, then $0.42/per GB (logs ingestion) | Usage-based | - | vs InfluxDB |
| Fluent Bit | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs InfluxDB |
| Azure Monitor | Free | Usage-based | 1 | vs InfluxDB |
| Grafana Loki | Free | Freemium | - | vs InfluxDB |
| Better Stack | Free, then $25/month | Freemium | 5 | vs InfluxDB |
| Dynatrace Logs | Free | Subscription | 1 | vs InfluxDB |
| Uptime.com | On request | Subscription | - | vs InfluxDB |
| Rootly | $20/user-month | Subscription | 4 | vs InfluxDB |
| Datadog Logs | $0.1/per GB ingested per month | Usage-based | - | vs InfluxDB |
| AppDynamics | $6/month | Subscription | 3 | vs InfluxDB |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the InfluxDB badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (19)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Prometheus , Free
- TimescaleDB , Free
- QuestDB , Free
- Cronitor , Free, then $2/monitor/month
- Traceloop , Free
- Openstatus , Free, then $30/month
- Healthchecks , Free, then $5/month
- incident.io , Free
Cheaper than InfluxDB (1)
Entry price under InfluxDB's $0.0025/per MB ingested. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Grafana Loki , Free
What you would be giving up
InfluxDB is most often brought in for monitoring, iot data, financial data, log analytics, observability. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If InfluxDB is broadly right and the question is cost, the InfluxDB pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Logging category lists everything the directory holds, and best logging tools ranks them.
InfluxDB runs on cloud, docker, linux, macos, windows, aws, google cloud, azure. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about InfluxDB alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to InfluxDB?
- 23 other logging tools are listed in this directory, led by Prometheus, TimescaleDB, QuestDB, Cronitor. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to InfluxDB?
- 19 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Prometheus, TimescaleDB, QuestDB, Cronitor, Traceloop.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to InfluxDB?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under InfluxDB's $0.0025/per MB ingested: Grafana Loki at Free.
- Is there a reason to switch away from InfluxDB?
- Nothing in the data flags one. InfluxDB has a free tier, and starts at $0.0025/per MB ingested against a category median of $6/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from InfluxDB?
- InfluxDB is most often brought in for monitoring, iot data, financial data, log analytics, observability. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to InfluxDB?
- Prometheus, QuestDB, Filebeat, Fluentd, ELK Stack, Fluent Bit are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these InfluxDB alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Logging, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare InfluxDB against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against InfluxDB covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every logging tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Logging category, 23 tools beside InfluxDB. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.