InfluxDB vs RRDtool
| InfluxDB | RRDtool | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | Yes | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows | Windows, Linux |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | both | self_hosted |
| SQL support | Yes | — |
| Retention policies | Yes | Yes |
| Horizontal scaling | Yes | — |
| Query languages | SQL, InfluxQL | — |
| Ingestion methods | line protocol, HTTP API, client libraries, Telegraf, influxdb3 CLI | command line; standard-input pipes; Perl; Python; Ruby; Lua; Tcl |
Both are listed in Best Time-Series Databases. On Samsung Mobile US Press, InfluxDB scores higher on our published basis.