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Best Cortex Alternatives in 2026

12 apps from time-series databases ranked against Cortex on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    GreptimeDB AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted $290/mo7.2
    Cortex vs GreptimeDB
  2. 2
    InfluxDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.4
    Cortex vs InfluxDB
  3. 3
    LinDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Cortex vs LinDB
  4. 4
    DolphinDB Free plan apiextensionLinuxself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Cortex vs DolphinDB
  5. 5
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo6.3
    Cortex vs Grafana k6
  6. 6
    QuestDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.3
    Cortex vs QuestDB
  7. 7
    TDengine Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $281.25/mo6.3
    Cortex vs TDengine
  8. 8
    VictoriaMetrics Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $200/mo6.3
    Cortex vs VictoriaMetrics
  9. 9
    Prometheus Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free6.2
    Cortex vs Prometheus
  10. 10
    TimescaleDB Free trial self-hosted $30/mo5.8
    Cortex vs TimescaleDB
  11. 11
    Axibase Time Series Database apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.7
    Cortex vs Axibase Time Series Database
  12. 12
    GroveStreams Free trial Web $599/mo5.4
    Cortex vs GroveStreams
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