# InfluxDB OSS: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/influxdb-oss

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Time series databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/time-series-databases/index.md) | 0% | 39 | 33% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Purpose-built ingestion and retention features" (Perplexity Sonar, Time series DBs)

## And against it

- "InfluxDB was acquired by Tick, which made their open-source license more restrictive recently." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Time series DBs)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named InfluxDB OSS, from 5 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- tigerdata.com: 5
- github.com: 4
- influxdata.com: 4
- nora.nerc.ac.uk: 3
- docs.victoriametrics.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- guideflow.com: 2
- kx.com: 2
- sourceforge.net: 2
- spyro-soft.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://tigerdata.com/learn/how-to-choose-an-iot-database: 4
- https://influxdata.com/learn/what-is-time-series-database: 3
- https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527832/7/N527832CR.pdf: 3
- https://tigerdata.com/learn/best-managed-time-series-databases-in-2026: 3
- https://docs.victoriametrics.com/victoriametrics/faq: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/time-series-databases/small-business: 2
- https://github.com/Guo-astro/engineering-handbook/blob/main/content/hld/part-4-data-systems/06-time-series-databases.md: 2
- https://github.com/ismanf/just-system-design/blob/main/04-databases/time-series-databases.md: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.