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Best Cortex Alternatives in 2026

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

  1. 1
    InfluxDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 8.0
    Cortex vs InfluxDB
  2. 2
    QuestDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.8
    Cortex vs QuestDB
  3. 3
    VictoriaMetrics Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $200/mo7.8
    Cortex vs VictoriaMetrics
  4. 4
    DolphinDB Free plan apiextensionLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.5
    Cortex vs DolphinDB
  5. 5
    TDengine Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $281.25/mo7.5
    Cortex vs TDengine
  6. 6
    LinDB Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.4
    Cortex vs LinDB
  7. 7
    Prometheus Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWebWin Free7.2
    Cortex vs Prometheus
  8. 8
    Apache IoTDB Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin Free7.1
    Cortex vs Apache IoTDB
  9. 9
    GreptimeDB AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted $290/mo7.1
    Cortex vs GreptimeDB
  10. 10
    Grafana k6 Free plan Linux $19/mo6.9
    Cortex vs Grafana k6
  11. 11
    TimescaleDB Free trial self-hosted $30/mo6.8
    Cortex vs TimescaleDB
  12. 12
    Axibase Time Series Database apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.6
    Cortex vs Axibase Time Series Database
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