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LinDB alternatives
LinDB is an open-source, cloud-native database for time-series metrics used in IoT and IT operations monitoring. Its schema-free model uses metrics, tags, and fields; LinQL offers SQL-like queries, and rollups run automatically at minute, hour, and day intervals. It supports replicas, horizontal scaling, multiple IDCs, and ingestion through client libraries, HTTP REST, and InfluxDB Line Protocol. Deployment is available on Linux, Windows, and macOS, with ETCD as its only external dependency.
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InfluxDB
Free plan APILinuxMac+3Managed deployment options and broad data-source integrations — InfluxDB adds native SQL, a built-in Python processing engine, and managed deployment options alongside its open-source single-node edition.
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Prometheus
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+2Open-source systems monitoring and alerting — Prometheus is a monitoring and alerting toolkit with PromQL, HTTP scraping, and target discovery rather than LinDB's distributed, multi-IDC database.
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TDengine
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3Industrial data ingestion, analytics, and visualization — TDengine adds industrial-source connections, built-in ETL, visualization, and AI applications to its distributed time-series database.
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VictoriaMetrics
by VictoriaMetricsFree plan APILinuxMac+3Metrics, logs, and traces across deployment types — VictoriaMetrics covers metrics, logs, and traces and supports Prometheus-compatible workflows, while LinDB focuses on numeric time-series data.
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Warp 10
Free plan APILinuxMac+3Time-series analysis with Geo Time Series — Warp 10 adds Geo Time Series and more than 1,300 analysis functions, with Standalone, Standalone+, and Distributed versions.
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Apache IoTDB
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3Industrial IoT with edge-cloud collaboration — Apache IoTDB focuses on industrial IoT and edge-cloud collaboration, with time alignment across devices and sensors and time-dimension aggregation.
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CnosDB
Free plan APILinuxMac+1 - 9
DolphinDB
Free plan APIExtensionLinux+3 - 10
BTrDB
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted - 11
FiloDB
Free plan APILinuxMac+1 - 12
Axibase Time Series Database
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 13
GreptimeDB
Free plan AndroidAPILinux+4 - 14
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Cortex
Free plan APILinuxMac+2 - 16
M3
Free plan APILinuxMac+1 - 17
Graphite
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 18
openGemini
Free plan APILinuxMac+2 - 19
OpenTSDB
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 20
Gnocchi
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted - 21
KairosDB
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 22
RRDtool
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1 - 23
SiriDB
Free plan APILinuxMac+1 - 24
TimeBase
Free plan APIExtensionLinux+3
The main constraint is its data scope: LinDB stores numeric time series with accuracy up to the second, not text records or finer-grained data. Its deployment choices also center on self-managed binaries and clusters. When comparing alternatives, weigh whether you need a managed service, a different query or analytics approach, broader integrations, industrial-data handling, or a monitoring toolkit. Also check ingestion methods, deployment options, and the specific kinds of time-series data each product supports before switching.