# VictoriaMetrics: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 63 judge labels across 4 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/victoriametrics

## 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) | 11% | 3 | 4% | 57 |
| [Telemetry pipelines](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/telemetry-pipelines/index.md) | 2% | 12 | 0% | 1 |
| [Infrastructure monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/infrastructure-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 27 | 0% | 4 |
| [Log management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/log-management/index.md) | 0% | 54 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose established options like Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, or ClickHouse for most use cases" (MiniMax M2.5, Time series DBs)
- "VictoriaMetrics consumes up to 70% less RAM and 80% less disk space than standard Prometheus" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Telemetry pipelines)
- "Often praised as a drop-in Influx replacement—stable, efficient, Prometheus-compatible, and scalable." (Grok 4.20, Time series DBs)
- "Monitoring / long-term metrics with minimal operational burden and storage cost → VictoriaMetrics." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Time series DBs)

## And against it

- "its cluster design prioritizes availability over consistency, and moving data from single-node to cluster requires re-ingestion" (GPT-6 Luna, Time series DBs)
- "not ideal for logs, events, or diversified time series data" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Time series DBs)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named VictoriaMetrics, from 132 of the 165 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- tigerdata.com: 84
- influxdata.com: 73
- github.com: 70
- questdb.com: 47
- g2.com: 45
- db-engines.com: 44
- gane.ai/index: 34
- sourceforge.net: 33
- docs.victoriametrics.com: 32 (its own site)
- spyro-soft.com: 25

### Pages cited

- https://db-engines.com/en/ranking/time+series+dbms: 42
- https://github.com/ismanf/just-system-design/blob/main/04-databases/time-series-databases.md: 42
- https://tigerdata.com/learn/the-best-time-series-databases-compared: 35
- https://influxdata.com/comparison: 34
- https://questdb.com/blog/best-time-series-databases: 33
- https://influxdata.com/learn/what-is-time-series-database: 29
- https://tigerdata.com/learn/best-managed-time-series-databases-in-2026: 26
- https://spyro-soft.com/blog/industry-4-0/choosing-the-best-time-series-database-for-your-iot-needs-a-comparison: 25

## In its own words

What VictoriaMetrics's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Simple, Reliable & Efficient Observability (https://victoriametrics.com/)
- For: Engineers (https://victoriametrics.com/)
- Price stated: Ask for Pricing (https://victoriametrics.com/plans-features)
- Free plan or trial: Free Forever (https://victoriametrics.com/plans-features)
- Certifications: FIPS 140-3, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II
- Customers named: Adidas, Brandwatch, CERN, Cornell University, DFKI, DSV, DreamHost, Grammarly

## What it publishes

Every page victoriametrics.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 943 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 219 pages, 17 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-11
- case study: 10 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-12-24
- conference or event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-09-29
- report or ebook: 20 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-11 blog: The most expensive half hour of an incident https://victoriametrics.com/blog/the-most-expensive-half-hour-of-an-incident
- Recent: 2026-09-08 blog: Victoriametrics august 2026 ecosystem updates https://victoriametrics.com/blog/victoriametrics-august-2026-ecosystem-updates
- Recent: 2026-09-07 blog: Postgres 19 https://victoriametrics.com/blog/postgres-19
- Recent: 2026-09-07 blog: Two cats two dogs four vendors and the model ai couldnt find https://victoriametrics.com/blog/two-cats-two-dogs-four-vendors-and-the-model-ai-couldnt-find
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: Go swiss table map https://victoriametrics.com/blog/go-swiss-table-map
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: The life of a metric https://victoriametrics.com/blog/the-life-of-a-metric

## 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.