MetricFire vs VictoriaMetrics
MetricFire
metricfire.com
VictoriaMetrics
victoriametrics.comSide by side
| Figure | MetricFire | VictoriaMetrics |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $16/mo | $200/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 4 |
| Spec score · Cloud Monitoring | 7.8 (#12) | 8.1 (#9) |
| Founded | 2012 | 2018 |
| Integrations | The site lists integrations including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Heroku, Telegraf, Prometheus, Redis, and PostgreSQL. | The plans and features page lists ingestion support for Influx, Graphite, OpenTSDB, RemoteWrite, DataDog, NewRelic, and OpenTelemetry, plus Grafana datasource support for logs. |
| Intended users | The pricing page describes Intro for individuals, Basic for small teams and startups, and Core for growing teams with scaling metrics. | The enterprise tiers are described for small teams, growing businesses and platform teams, production workloads at scale, and organizations standardizing observability. |
| Security | MetricFire says credentials are encrypted at rest and in transit, and access uses least-privilege policies and two-factor authentication. | VictoriaMetrics lists TLS/HTTPS, JWT, LDAP, SSO, identity-provider integration, and mTLS between cluster components among its security features. |
| Support | All plans include email and live chat support from experienced engineers, and customers can arrange technical support meetings. | Enterprise support includes expert technical support and guidance, while community users have open-source community support options. |
Plans
MetricFire
- Intro$16 a month
- Basic$84 a month
- Core$429 a month
- Design Your Perfect PlanPriced on request
VictoriaMetrics
- VictoriaMetrics Open SourceFree
- VictoriaMetrics Cloud — VictoriaLogs$200 a month
- VictoriaMetrics Cloud — VictoriaMetrics$200 a month
- VictoriaMetrics EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
MetricFire
MetricFire is a web and API service that runs Graphite and Grafana for monitoring metrics, dashboards, and alerting. Custom application metrics can arrive over TCP, UDP, HTTP POST, or StatsD without an agent or SDK. Built-in Graphite alerting connects with Slack, PagerDuty, and email. Listed integrations include AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Heroku, Telegraf, Prometheus, Redis, and PostgreSQL, alongside Kubernetes, serverless, and synthetic monitoring. Intro costs $16 a month billed annually and includes 500 metrics, six-month retention, 30-second resolution, two team users, 10 alerts, and unlimited dashboards. Basic is $84 a month billed annually with 1,000 metrics and two-year retention; Core is $429 a month billed annually with 5,000 metrics and the same listed allowances. A custom plan is available by contacting MetricFire. There is no free plan, but a 14-day trial is offered.
VictoriaMetrics
VictoriaMetrics is a time-series database and monitoring solution for collecting, querying, and retaining metrics. Its observability stack also covers logs and traces, with open-source, enterprise, and managed cloud offerings. The open-source single-node and cluster versions cost nothing. VictoriaMetrics Cloud is fully managed, with operations, automated backups, software updates, and dedicated resources; its page advertises a free 30-day trial. Cloud plans start at $200 a month for VictoriaMetrics and $200 a month for VictoriaLogs, with capacity tiers, deployment limits, and hourly usage metering. The platform supports Prometheus-compatible scraping and PromQL-compatible workflows, as well as MetricsQL. Listed ingestion options include InfluxDB line protocol, Graphite, OpenTSDB, RemoteWrite, DataDog, NewRelic, OpenTelemetry, and others. Deployment options include on-premises, hybrid, and cloud. Security features include TLS/HTTPS, JWT, LDAP, SSO, identity-provider integration, and mTLS between cluster components. Enterprise support includes technical help and guidance; community users have open-source community support options.