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NameInfluxDB
DescriptionDBMS for storing time series, events and metrics
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score22.09
Rank#28  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overview
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdb
Initial release2013
Current release2.7.6, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
Data schemeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Strings
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.no
Secondary indexesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version only
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version only
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts
More information provided by the system vendor
InfluxDB
News

How to Visualize Time Series Data with InfluxDB 3 & Apache Superset
6 November 2025

Part 1: Digital Twins and Predictive Maintenance
4 November 2025

What’s New in InfluxDB 3.6: Ask AI, Simple Quick Start, and Smarter Automation
30 October 2025

Query Distinct Tag Values in Under 30ms with the InfluxDB 3 Distinct Value Cache
27 October 2025

How to Use the Power BI Desktop InfluxDB 3 ODBC Connector
24 October 2025

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Recent citations in the news

Scale read operations with Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB read replicas
3 September 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

How InfluxDB 3 Brings Processing Directly Into the Database
17 September 2025, The New Stack

AWS and InfluxData Expand Strategic Offering with InfluxDB 3 on Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB
16 October 2025, Business Wire

Engineering a Time Series Database Using Open Source: Rebuilding InfluxDB 3 in Apache Arrow and Rust
10 September 2025, infoq.com

InfluxData rolls out InfluxDB 3 to power real-time apps at scale
15 April 2025, Blocks and Files

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