VictoriaMetrics — Analytics & Data

What is VictoriaMetrics?

VictoriaMetrics is a high-performance time-series database and monitoring solution built by engineers for engineers. It offers an open-source and enterprise observability stack covering metrics, logs, and traces, designed to handle massive data volumes with simplicity, reliability, and efficiency.

What problem does it solve?

Traditional monitoring tools like Prometheus and InfluxDB often struggle with scalability and cost. VictoriaMetrics addresses this by providing a drop-in replacement for Prometheus that scales seamlessly, reduces compute and storage costs dramatically (as seen in Grammarly's 10x lower AWS bill), and enables long-term metrics retention without data loss.

Who is it for?

VictoriaMetrics is ideal for DevOps teams, SREs, and platform engineers at organizations of all sizes – from research institutions like CERN and Max Planck Institute to enterprises like Grammarly and IHI Terrasun. It's particularly well-suited for those with high-cardinality metrics, large-scale Kubernetes environments, or complex observability needs. However, organizations with very basic monitoring needs might find it overkill compared to simpler tools.

Real-world use cases

Use VictoriaMetrics to monitor Kubernetes clusters and cloud infrastructure, handle millions of metrics per second (as done for Gemini solar panels), replace Prometheus for existing workloads, and store down-sampled metrics for months or years instead of weeks.

• Prometheus compatibility – Drop-in replacement with seamless migration from Prometheus.
• High scalability – Handles millions of metrics per second with low resource usage.
• Metrics, logs & traces – Unified observability stack (VictoriaMetrics, VictoriaLogs, VictoriaTraces).
• Kubernetes & OpenTelemetry support – Native integration with modern containerized environments.
• Anomaly Detection – AI-powered detection for optimized observability.
• On-premise or cloud – Flexible deployment options (open source, Enterprise, or fully managed Cloud).

VictoriaMetrics pricing: from free (open source). Billing model: Freemium.

For comparison: the median starting price in Analytics & Data is $29/month, measured across 274 tools we track. See the full SaaS Pricing Index →

Open Source

Free – Community-supported, includes core VictoriaMetrics database and monitoring, ideal for self-managed setups.

Enterprise

Custom pricing – Includes expert support, advanced features like downsampling, multi-tenancy, and enhanced security for critical workloads.

VictoriaMetrics Cloud

Managed service with flexible pricing based on usage – Fully hosted, out-of-the-box observability with backups, upgrades, and scaling handled for you.

All plans offer a free trial or free tier to start immediately.

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