# QuestDB alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 160 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where QuestDB holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/questdb/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- TimescaleDB: 69
- InfluxDB: 18
- VictoriaMetrics: 12
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB: 6
- ClickHouse Cloud: 3
- PostgreSQL: 3

## Time series databases

**Small business**: 46 of 84 answers did not name QuestDB (QuestDB is #5 of 8 at 0%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 22 of those 46
- InfluxDB: first choice in 7 of those 46
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB: first choice in 4 of those 46
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 3 of those 46
- VictoriaMetrics: first choice in 3 of those 46
- InfluxDB 3 Core: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Prometheus: first choice in 1 of those 46

**Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name QuestDB (QuestDB is #4 of 10 at 4%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 20 of those 57
- InfluxDB: first choice in 5 of those 57
- VictoriaMetrics: first choice in 4 of those 57
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Prometheus: first choice in 2 of those 57
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 57
- TimescaleDB, now marketed as Tiger Cloud / TigerData: first choice in 1 of those 57

**Enterprise**: 57 of 84 answers did not name QuestDB (QuestDB is #4 of 12 at 5%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 27 of those 57
- InfluxDB: first choice in 6 of those 57
- VictoriaMetrics: first choice in 5 of those 57
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Grafana Mimir: first choice in 2 of those 57
- InfluxDB 3 Enterprise: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Thanos: first choice in 1 of those 57

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