Prometheus vs VictoriaMetrics
| Prometheus | VictoriaMetrics | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | No | Yes |
| Paid from | Free | $200/mo |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | self_hosted | both |
| SQL support | No | No |
| Retention policies | Yes | Yes |
| Horizontal scaling | No | Yes |
| Query languages | PromQL | MetricsQL, PromQL |
| Ingestion methods | HTTP pull scraping; Pushgateway; Remote Write; OpenMetrics backfilling | Prometheus scraping, Prometheus remote write, Prometheus exposition, InfluxDB line protocol, Graphite plaintext, OpenTSDB, JSON line, CSV, native binary, DataDog, NewRelic, OpenTelemetry, Zabbix Connector |
| Paid from | 200 /mo |
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