InfluxDB Cloud

influxdata.com/products/influxdb-cloud
Database
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Collect, store, and analyze all time series data in a fully managed database

How to Replace InfluxDB Cloud

Overview

InfluxDB Cloud is a fully managed, serverless time series database platform that enables users to collect, store, and analyze time series data from anywhere. It offers native SQL support, unlimited cardinality, and superior data compression with open interoperability with major data ecosystems. The platform provides both serverless and dedicated deployment options with automatic scaling and optimized performance for real-time insights.

Features

18 features across 11 categories

Cost Optimization(1)

90% Reduction in Storage Costs

Achieves 90% reduction in storage costs compared to InfluxDB Open Source

Also in: OpenAI API, Neon, Melio

Data Collection(1)

Telegraf Data Collection

Uses Telegraf, a plugin-driven server agent with over 300 plugins written in Go, to collect time series data from databases, applications, systems, and IoT sensors with minimal memory footprint

Also in: Insider CDP, Lytics, monday.com

Data Management(1)

Single Datastore for All Time Series Data

Collect, analyze, and store metric, event, and tracing data to open new use cases and simplify data pipelines

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Deployment(1)

Single Tenant ClusterPremium

InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated offers a single tenant cluster with capacity-based pricing and support included

Also in: Kubernetes Dashboard, Hugging Face, Bitwarden

Developer Tools(2)

Client Libraries

Access InfluxDB Cloud via powerful client libraries for Arduino, C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Node.js, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Scala, and Swift

Robust APIs

Programmatic access to InfluxDB Cloud through a robust set of APIs common across InfluxDB Open Source and Cloud allowing code to run locally or against the database as a service

Also in: Jobber, Hugging Face, 1Password

Integration(2)

Google Data Studio Integration

Connect to Google Data Studio and other BI or data warehouses with open source ODBC and JDBC plugins based on Flight SQL

Open Data Format Support

Interoperable with data ecosystems using Apache Parquet, an open data interchange format allowing use of data science tools to operate directly on Parquet files for machine learning or analytical tasks

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Performance(4)

100x Faster Queries for High Cardinality Data

Provides 100x faster queries for high cardinality data compared to InfluxDB Open Source

45x Better Write Throughput

Provides 45x better write throughput compared to InfluxDB Open Source

45x Faster Queries for Recent Data

Delivers 45x faster queries for recent data compared to InfluxDB Open Source

Low Latency Queries

Work with leading-edge data by keeping live and recently queried data in hot storage tier, built using Apache Arrow, an in-memory columnar format optimized for speed

Also in: Jira Service Management, Hugging Face, WordPress.com

Pricing(1)

Pay-as-You-Go Pricing

Free to start with InfluxDB Cloud Serverless, only paying for what you use

Query(2)

Apache Arrow Flight SQL Support

Explore and analyze data using SQL and community-driven Apache Arrow Flight SQL-compatible libraries

Native SQL Support

Easy learning curve with native SQL support for queries with an intuitive visual script editor that provides multiple ways to build and write SQL

Scalability(2)

Automatic Elastic Scaling

InfluxDB Cloud Serverless provides automatic, elastic scaling that adjusts resources based on demand

Unlimited Cardinality

Ingest high volume and high cardinality data without impacting performance and continuously ingest, transform, and analyze hundreds of millions of time series data points per second

Storage(1)

Superior Data Compression

High compression storage using Apache Parquet file format that persists data to cloud object store, saving more data in less space while reducing costs

Pricing

InfluxDB Cloud Serverless

Popular
Free to start
  • Automatic elastic scaling
  • Pay only for what you use
  • Full feature set

InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated

Custom
  • Single tenant cluster
  • Capacity-based pricing
  • Support included

Cost Calculator

Pricing data not available for InfluxDB Cloud. Check their website for current pricing.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a InfluxDB Cloud alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 18 features.

Buy InfluxDB Cloud

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying InfluxDB Cloud saves ~$18,480 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 18 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

6 known integrations

Apache Arrow Flight SQLApache ParquetGoogle Data StudioJDBCODBCTelegraf