Prompt
What should I use instead of InfluxDB for metrics storage?
Latest observation
It depends on what you mean by “instead of InfluxDB”:
- If you want Prometheus-style metrics: use Prometheus for scraping and short/medium retention, plus long-term storage via Thanos, Cortex, or Grafana Mimir.
- If you want a general-purpose time-series database: consider TimescaleDB (PostgreSQL-based), VictoriaMetrics, or QuestDB.
- If you want logs + metrics + traces in one stack: consider Grafana Loki for logs, Prometheus/Mimir for metrics, and Tempo for traces.
- If you need high ingest and simple ops: VictoriaMetrics is often the closest practical replacement for metrics.
- If you want SQL and easier analytics: TimescaleDB or even ClickHouse can work well.
Quick recommendations
- Best drop-in-ish replacement for metrics: VictoriaMetrics
- Best ecosystem/support: Prometheus + Mimir/Thanos
- Best if you already use PostgreSQL: TimescaleDB
- Best for large-scale analytics on metric-like data: ClickHouse
How to choose
Pick based on:
- Write rate / cardinality
- Retention period
- Need for PromQL compatibility
- Operational simplicity
- Whether you need alerting and dashboards built-in
If you tell me:
- your ingest rate,
- retention,
- whether you use PromQL,
- cloud vs self-hosted,
I can suggest the best concrete replacement.
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