Tech riderRev. 22 Sept 2026
Graphite
- 1Runs onWeb, Linux
- 2CostsNot stated by the maker
- 3Deploymentself hosted
- 4Retention policiesYes
- 5Horizontal scalingYes
- 6Query languagesGraphite Render API target expressions
- 7Ingestion methodsPlaintext, Pickle, AMQP
6 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: graphiteapp.org
Overview
Graphite is ranked #22 of 36 in time-series databases on Specifiction. It runs on Web, Linux.
Compared on time-series databases
- Deployment
- self_hostedgraphiteapp.org
- Retention policies
- Yesgraphiteapp.org
- Horizontal scaling
- Yesgraphiteapp.org
- Query languages
- Graphite Render API target expressionsgraphiteapp.org
- Ingestion methods
- Plaintext, Pickle, AMQPgraphiteapp.org
Company
- Founded
- 2006graphiteapp.org · 28 Sept 2026
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Where it ranks on Specifiction
- Best Time-Series Databases in 2026#22 of 36
- Best Metrics Monitoring Tools in 2026#26 of 33
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Sources
- graphiteapp.org· checked 28 Sept 2026