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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 133 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where VictoriaMetrics 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/victoriametrics/alternatives

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

- TimescaleDB: 54
- InfluxDB: 23
- InfluxDB 3 Enterprise: 4
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB: 4
- QuestDB: 4
- PostgreSQL: 3

## Time series databases

**Small business**: 48 of 84 answers did not name VictoriaMetrics (VictoriaMetrics is #3 of 8 at 7%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 25 of those 48
- InfluxDB: first choice in 9 of those 48
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 3 of those 48
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB: first choice in 3 of those 48
- InfluxDB 3 Core: first choice in 1 of those 48
- QuestDB: first choice in 1 of those 48

**Mid-market**: 40 of 84 answers did not name VictoriaMetrics (VictoriaMetrics is #3 of 10 at 11%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 10 of those 40
- InfluxDB: first choice in 5 of those 40
- PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB: first choice in 1 of those 40
- TimescaleDB, now marketed as Tiger Cloud / TigerData: first choice in 1 of those 40

**Enterprise**: 45 of 84 answers did not name VictoriaMetrics (VictoriaMetrics is #3 of 12 at 10%).

- TimescaleDB: first choice in 19 of those 45
- InfluxDB: first choice in 9 of those 45
- InfluxDB 3 Enterprise: first choice in 4 of those 45
- QuestDB: first choice in 3 of those 45
- ClickHouse Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Grafana Mimir: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Tiger Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 45

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