questdb
The premium Open Source alternative to InfluxDB
🎯 Best for:Applications requiring ultra-fast ingestion and real-time SQL analytics on time-stamped data.
What is questdb?
Replaces general-purpose databases for time-series workloads with a column-oriented storage engine. It utilizes SIMD instructions and memory-mapped files to ingest millions of rows per second with SQL support.
Tech Stack
JavaDatabase & Storage
Why questdb?
- • Extremely high performance
- • Postgres wire protocol support
- • Low latency queries
Limitations
- • Limited out-of-order support
- • No built-in visualization
- • Clustering is Open Core
3/5/2026
Last Update
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Forks
811
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on InfluxDB)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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