Item: InfluxDB
Rating: 9
Author: Stephane Abitbol

Overall Satisfaction with InfluxDB

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

InfluxDB is being used by our IT teams in conjunction with other products (Grafana, Kafka, Chronograf). This allows us to analyze and troubleshoot issues based on metrics collected across our IT infrastructure within InfluxDB. So far, InfluxDB is performing extremely well in terms of data indigestion and query speeds. We will continue using this software as it absolutely meets our requirements.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Time series data
Very fast queries
Many options to configure and tune database

Cons

GUI based administrator console

Return on Investment

Help accelerate problem resolution time

Support Rating

We have worked with the InfluxDB support team a few times so far and it has been positive. Issues submitted are worked on promptly and we have good feedback.

Key Insights

Do you think InfluxDB delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with InfluxDB's feature set?

Yes

Did InfluxDB live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of InfluxDB go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy InfluxDB again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Dynatrace, IBM Tivoli NetCool/OMNIbus

Likelihood to Recommend

InfluxDB is a time series database and should be used in that intent. Each data ingestion streams should be properly configured to ensure optimal database performance. InfluxDB works very well but like any other databases requires maintenance and tuning. We have been using the TICK stack and are very happy with the results.

Comments

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Al Sargent
commented 4 years ago
Influxer here. It appears you said that a con of InfluxDB was no GUI based administrator console. That was true at the time of your review, but InfluxDB 2.0, released in November 2020, now has a GUI based administrator console. You can see more in our docs: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2.0/

InfluxDB is a solid time series database