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Should I use InfluxData?

Suite of offerings that make it easy to deploy, operate, and scale InfluxDB. - influxdata.com

Depends. Buy it if you run IoT, industrial, or infrastructure monitoring at volume and can absorb version migrations. Skip it for ordinary application data or if you need long-term stability and predictable bills.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources: G2, Reddit, community forums, CVE databases, funding trackers, and vendor pages.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo direct support evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

Free / Cloud Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
InfluxDB CloudUsage-based
Enterprise / Self-ManagedContact sales

Best for

  • IoT and sensor-data teams
  • Industrial (IIoT) monitoring
  • DevOps metrics with Grafana
  • High-volume time-series at scale

Not for

  • Ordinary app or business data — use Postgres
  • Small projects wanting version stability
  • Teams without bandwidth for repeated migrations
  • Budget-sensitive buyers fearing usage-based bills

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Usage-based cloud pricing 'varies significantly'; third parties document hidden costs

high

Quotas apply even on paid plans; per-bucket costs hard to predict

high

v1→v2→v3 breaking changes; users ask if upgrading 'is even worth it'

medium

Flux deprecation and version changes break existing scripts

Pros and cons

Pros

  • 4.5/5 across 103 G2 reviews
  • Free tier to get started
  • SOC 2 certified
  • Named G2 Leader for time-series databases
  • Strong momentum in industrial data and IoT

Cons

  • Painful v1→v2→v3 migration path questioned by users
  • Flux query language confused and frustrated users
  • Core rewrite from Go to Rust signals ongoing platform churn
  • 'Horrible developer experience' reported on serverless cloud
  • Service quotas apply even on paid plans

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/21/2026 - 14 sources - SOC 2 certified; several critical CVEs exist in older self-managed versions, patched in current releases.

official x1review x6security x3news x4
  • CVE-2022-36640 (critical), InfluxDB before v1.8.10 lacked authentication on certain endpoints; upgrade to a patched version.
  • CVE-2019-20933 (critical), Critical vulnerability in older InfluxDB releases; fixed in later versions.
  • Telegraf critical vulnerabilities, GitHub issue flags 3 known critical-severity vulnerabilities in Telegraf.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 14

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Usage-based pricing varies widely; quotas even on paid plans
  • Ease of use: 2/5. 'Horrible developer experience' reported on serverless cloud
  • Feature depth: 4/5. G2 Leader in time-series; broad platform
  • Support quality. No direct support evidence found
  • Security posture: 3/5. SOC 2 certified; critical CVEs in older versions
  • 4.5/5 G2 rating 103 reviews
  • Yes Free tier Free tier; Enterprise free for at-home use
  • $171M Total funding Across 6 rounds
  • $75M Est. ARR 2024 estimate

Pricing

Free / Cloud Free

Free

  • Limited ingest and queries
  • Good for testing and home use

InfluxDB Cloud

Usage-based

  • Pay per storage, queries, data in
  • Costs vary significantly by workload

Enterprise / Self-Managed

Not disclosed

  • Clustering and HA options
  • Enterprise free for at-home use

Security

SOC 2 certified; several critical CVEs exist in older self-managed versions, patched in current releases.

  • CVE-2022-36640 (critical)InfluxDB before v1.8.10 lacked authentication on certain endpoints; upgrade to a patched version.12
  • CVE-2019-20933 (critical)Critical vulnerability in older InfluxDB releases; fixed in later versions.
  • Telegraf critical vulnerabilitiesGitHub issue flags 3 known critical-severity vulnerabilities in Telegraf.

What users say

G2 averages 4.5/5, but Reddit and forum threads show recurring frustration with breaking version migrations, Flux, and serverless onboarding.

“Horrible developer experience while getting started with Influx”
InfluxData Community forums
“Upgrading Influxdb from v1.x to v2.x - is it even worth it?”
Reddit, r/influxdb
“Is InfluxDB 3 a safe long-term bet, or are we risking another”
Reddit, r/influxdb

Companies that use it

  • Vonage
  • IT Squared
Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources: G2, Reddit, community forums, CVE databases, funding trackers, and vendor pages.

Solid 4.5/5 time-series DB for IoT and monitoring — but repeated breaking upgrades and usage pricing make it a commitment.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources: G2, Reddit, community forums, CVE databases, funding trackers, and vendor pages.

Sources

  1. InfluxDB Reviews — G2g2.com
    review
  2. InfluxData seller reviews — G2 (4.5/5, 103 reviews)g2.com
    review
  3. InfluxDB Pricing & Review: Cost Models, Hidden Costs — CubeAPMcubeapm.com
    review
  4. InfluxData Software Pricing — Vendrvendr.com
    review
  5. Upgrading InfluxDB from v1.x to v2.x — Redditreddit.com
    review
  6. Horrible developer experience with Influx serverless — Communitycommunity.influxdata.com
    review
  7. InfluxDB Named a Leader in G2 Grid Report — BusinessWirebusinesswire.com
    news
  8. InfluxData Raises $81M — Business Insiderbusinessinsider.com
    news
  9. InfluxData Funding — Multiples.vcmultiples.vc
    news
  10. InfluxData Revenue Est. $75M ARR — GetLatkagetlatka.com
    news
  11. InfluxDB is SOC 2 Certified — InfluxDatainfluxdata.com
    security
  12. CVE-2022-36640 — Strixstrix.ai
    security
  13. InfluxDB CVEs — OpenCVEapp.opencve.io
    security
  14. InfluxDB Pricing — InfluxDatainfluxdata.com
    official

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