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InfluxData versus TigerData (formerly Timescale)
CompareInfluxDataTigerData (formerly Timescale)
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forIoT and sensor-data teamsIoT and sensor telemetry
Who it's not forOrdinary app or business data . use PostgresSmall apps . plain Postgres suffices
PrivacySOC 2 certified; several critical CVEs exist in older self-managed versions, patched in current releases.12No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.16
Support qualityNo direct support evidence foundDedicated customer experience roles; no user support reviews found
Public sentimentG2 averages 4.5/5, but Reddit and forum threads show recurring frustration with breaking version migrations, Flux, and serverless onboarding.¹No independent user reviews surfaced in these sources; public material is almost entirely vendor-published.
Biggest gotchaUsage-based cloud pricing 'varies significantly'; third parties document hidden costs⁴Migrating off a petabyte-scale managed database is slow and expensive . plan your exit path early16

Pick InfluxData when

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

When InfluxData is not a fit

  • 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

Pick TigerData (formerly Timescale) when

  • IoT and sensor telemetry
  • Infrastructure monitoring at terabyte+ scale
  • Postgres-native engineering teams
  • Financial tick and event data

When TigerData (formerly Timescale) is not a fit

  • Small apps . plain Postgres suffices
  • Non-time-series CRUD workloads
  • Teams needing published, predictable pricing
  • No-SQL-skills buyers wanting a no-code store

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
  15. TigerData homepagetigerdata.com
    official
  16. Product security pagetigerdata.com
    security