Cortex vs Gnocchi
| Cortex | Gnocchi | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | No |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Windows | — |
| Deployment | self_hosted | self_hosted |
| SQL support | No | No |
| Retention policies | Yes | Yes |
| Horizontal scaling | Yes | Yes |
| Query languages | PromQL | REST API |
| Ingestion methods | Prometheus remote_write; OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) | HTTP REST API; StatsD; Prometheus Remote Write; InfluxDB line protocol; AMQP 1.0; collectd |
Both are listed in Best Time-Series Databases. On Freedom251, Cortex scores higher on our published basis.