QuestDB vs. InfluxDB

Looking for peak time-series? Amplify ingestion and query speeds and significantly reduce infrastructure costs and complexity.

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QuestDB is a time series database truly built by developers for developers. We found that QuestDB provides a unicorn solution to handle extreme TPS while also offering a simplified SQL programming interface.

>Viet Lee
CTO, Aquis Exchange

Simply the fastest time-series database

Highest cardinality? Check

QuestDB significantly outpaces InfluxDB in pure performance. Ingest speeds are 5-12x faster, while more complex queries can see orders of magnitude improvement. Overcome infrastructure bottlenecks and break free from cardinality limits. Bring all your unique values!

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No DSL required. Enjoy simple SQL.

Reduce complexity and accelerate time-to-value.

Downsample data

Aggregate data into one-minute intervals, reduce the granularity and size of the dataset for efficiency.

Flux

from(bucket: "example-bucket")
    |> range(start: -1h)
    |> filter(fn: (r) =>
        r._measurement == "cpu" and
        r.cpu == "cpu-total"
    )
    |> aggregateWindow(every: 1m, fn: mean)

QuestDB

SELECT timestamp,
       avg(cpu),
       avg(cpu-total)
FROM 'example-bucket'
WHERE timestamp > dateadd('h', -1, now())
SAMPLE BY 1m;

ASOF Joins

Join two tables and get a column from each table where the timestamp matches.

Flux

f1 = from(bucket: "example-bucket-1")
    |> range(start: "-1h")
    |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == "f1")
    |> drop(columns: "_measurement")

f2 = from(bucket: "example-bucket-2")
    |> range(start: "-1h")
    |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == "f2")
    |> drop(columns: "_measurement")

union(tables: [f1, f2])
    |> pivot(
        rowKey: ["_time"],
        columnKey: ["_field"],
        valueColumn: "_value"
    )

QuestDB

SELECT a.timestamp, f1, b.timestamp, f2
FROM 'example-table-1' a
ASOF JOIN 'example-table-2' b;

QuestDB was our choice for real time data due to high performance, open source, high flexibility and great support. Performance was significantly better than the competition and we believe that QuestDB will become market leading.

>Lasse Tarp
Software Group manager, Copenhagen Atomics

QuestDB SQL

// QuestDB Rust client

  use questdb::{
      Result,
      ingress::{
          Sender,
          Buffer,
          TimestampNanos
      }
  };

  fn main() -> Result<()> {
      let mut sender = Sender::from_conf(
          "http::addr=localhost:9000;"
      )?;
      let mut buffer = Buffer::new();
      buffer
          .table("sensors")?
          .symbol("id", "toronto1")?
          .column_f64("temperature", 20.0)?
          .column_i64("humidity", 50)?
          .at(TimestampNanos::now())?;
      sender.flush(&mut buffer)?;
      Ok(())
  }

Full ILP compatibility

One string away from top performance

QuestDB supports the InfluxDB Line Protocol (ILP). Apply first-party ILP via the official QuestDB clients. Top performance, useful feedback and clear docs. Upgrade your ingress with a string change. Well documented clients are available for Java, Go, Python, Rust, .NET and Node.js, and more.

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Using QuestDB, we deliver time series datasets with real-time market data from a top 10 blockchain. This outperforms a legacy cloud-based data platform at a fraction of the cost, reducing TCO by >90%.

>Daniel Siedentopf
Senior Software Developer, XRP Ledger

Apache 2.0 plus Enterprise

Always open source, or Enterprise

Open source under Apache 2.0. Enterprise for premium features like distributed clusters, role-based access control, support SLAs and more. That's it. Clear and simple!

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We switched from InfluxDB to QuestDB to get queries that are on average 300x faster utilizing 1/4 of the hardware, without ever overtaxing our servers.

>Armenak Mayalian
CTO, Toggle

Future roadmap, from our community

Blazing speed, bright future

Globally distributed, hyper-fast next generation database

Open formats: Leverages existing open formats. No vendor lock-in.
Apache Parquet: Enhanced compression and encoding, for ingress or egress.
Super read/write: In-memory processing via Apache Arrow, combined with SQL.
Full stream: Stream market data in from feeds or sensors, apply Parquet on read
Direct to Parquet?: Bypass QuestDB ingest, query Parquet directly from the object store
Versatile ecosystem: Diverse clients connect to your data, app, AI and ML frameworks

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