# RRDtool: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/rrdtool

## 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% | 67 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Avoid for anything beyond tiny/embedded setups." (Grok 4.20, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 RRDtool, from 2 of the 2 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- arxiv.org: 2
- tigerdata.com: 2
- basekick.net: 1
- blog.colinbreck.com: 1
- cratedb.com: 1
- db-engines.com: 1
- en.wikipedia.org: 1
- g2.com: 1
- geeksforgeeks.org: 1
- github.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.03533: 1
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.13982: 1
- https://basekick.net/blog/best-time-series-databases-2026: 1
- https://blog.colinbreck.com/from-a-time-series-database-to-a-key-operational-technology-for-the-enterprise-part-i: 1
- https://cratedb.com/data/time-series-database: 1
- https://db-engines.com/en/ranking/time+series+dbms: 1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_IoTDB: 1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grafana: 1

## 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.