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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 235 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where TDengine 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/tdengine/alternatives

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

- TimescaleDB: 116
- InfluxDB: 35
- VictoriaMetrics: 22
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB: 7
- QuestDB: 7
- InfluxDB 3 Enterprise: 4

## Time series databases

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name TDengine (TDengine is #7 of 8 at 0%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 48 of those 82
- InfluxDB: first choice in 17 of those 82
- VictoriaMetrics: first choice in 6 of those 82
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB: first choice in 5 of those 82
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 3 of those 82
- QuestDB: first choice in 2 of those 82
- InfluxDB 3 Core: first choice in 1 of those 82
- PostgreSQL plus TimescaleDB: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name TDengine (TDengine is #7 of 10 at 0%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 29 of those 73
- InfluxDB: first choice in 8 of those 73
- VictoriaMetrics: first choice in 7 of those 73
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB: first choice in 2 of those 73
- Prometheus: first choice in 2 of those 73
- QuestDB: first choice in 2 of those 73
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 73
- TimescaleDB, now marketed as Tiger Cloud / TigerData: first choice in 1 of those 73

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name TDengine (TDengine is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 39 of those 80
- InfluxDB: first choice in 10 of those 80
- VictoriaMetrics: first choice in 9 of those 80
- InfluxDB 3 Enterprise: first choice in 4 of those 80
- QuestDB: first choice in 3 of those 80
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Grafana Mimir: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Amazon Timestream: first choice in 1 of those 80

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