Graphite vs InfluxDB
| Graphite | InfluxDB | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | No | Yes |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Web, Linux | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Deployment | self_hosted | both |
| Retention policies | Yes | Yes |
| Horizontal scaling | Yes | Yes |
| Query languages | Graphite Render API target expressions | SQL, InfluxQL |
| Ingestion methods | Plaintext, Pickle, AMQP | line protocol, HTTP API, client libraries, Telegraf, influxdb3 CLI |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| SQL support | — | Yes |
Both are listed in Best Time-Series Databases, Best Metrics Monitoring Tools. On Inferse, InfluxDB scores higher on our published basis.