Cortex vs M3
| Cortex | M3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Retention policies | Yes | Yes |
| Horizontal scaling | Yes | Yes |
| Query languages | PromQL | PromQL, Graphite, M3QL |
| Ingestion methods | Prometheus remote_write; OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP) | Prometheus remote write, StatsD, Carbon plaintext, InfluxDB line protocol, JSON |
Both are listed in Best Time-Series Databases. On Freedom251, Cortex scores higher on our published basis.