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Google Cloud Bigtable vs InfluxDB comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 15, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud Bigtable
Ranking in Non-Relational Databases
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Managed NoSQL Databases (10th)
InfluxDB
Ranking in Non-Relational Databases
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (7th), Network Monitoring Software (13th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (14th), NoSQL Databases (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Non-Relational Databases category, the mindshare of Google Cloud Bigtable is 5.8%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of InfluxDB is 6.1%, down from 6.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Non-Relational Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
InfluxDB6.1%
Google Cloud Bigtable5.8%
Other88.1%
Non-Relational Databases
 

Featured Reviews

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Team Lead at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Consistent performance and seamless cloud integration enhance analytics capabilities while reducing management complexity
One point for improvement in Google Cloud Bigtable is that people have confusion in mapping. There are many similar products available, and Google has managed services for similar products as well. It would be easier if the journey of knowing when to use Google Cloud Bigtable versus other Cloud SQL and alternates such as Cloud Spanner is made clearer for users. Regarding additional functionality for Google Cloud Bigtable, I am uncertain if LLMs can be integrated or if Google Cloud Bigtable can act as a vector store for LLM-specific use cases where we are interacting or using generative AI capabilities.
Mugeesh Husain - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead, Software at Energybox
Time series data has been managed efficiently for IoT sensors but reporting still needs improvement
How InfluxDB can be improved is relevant since for Energy Box, we face certain issues. We have customers worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe, but when we expanded to China two years ago, they indicated that they do not support the cloud version there. Our application is built on the cloud, which required us to create a separate application for Azure China, which was painful for us. The second issue involves frequent version changes. For example, we started with version one, transitioned to version two, and I heard they are considering InfluxDB version three, reverting to earlier practices. InfluxDB should improve without completely changing its approach. Now we have to redo our work for InfluxDB version three. Regarding needed improvements, the documentation is sufficient, but pricing presents a challenge. InfluxDB has standard pricing, which is acceptable for large companies. However, for startups in our position, they should provide special discounts so everyone can utilize it. The pricing should adapt as companies grow, which is a reasonable expectation.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution is very convenient."
"Stability-wise, it is a simple solution. I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the backup and replication service."
"This solution is much more scalable than more traditional databases - at least the ones we are aware of."
"The most valuable feature is the backup and replication service."
"The main benefit I receive from Google Cloud Bigtable is the managed service part."
"Bigtable is very user-friendly where streaming data is required."
"As a time series database, it is very powerful and lightweight, and it can deal with heavy workloads very easily."
"My advice for others looking into using InfluxDB is to use it the same way I did, because it is really stable, easy and friendly to use, and it is a great product overall."
"The solution is very powerful."
"InfluxDB works as expected with excellent scalability and stability, which is critical for our application."
"InfluxDB positively impacts my organization because I have optimized my database storage, and by using powerful queries, I am able to find my data logs efficiently and also manage logging."
"While I would rate InfluxDB a ten on a scale of one to ten, users should be thoughtful about matching the engine to their specific needs."
"Overall, InfluxDB delivered excellent performance, stability, and simplicity for telemetry-driven use cases."
"The most valuable features are aggregating the data and integration with Graphana for monitoring."
 

Cons

"The pricing of the solution needs to be improved."
"This product needs better security and transparency, and the price should be reduced."
"I've used Bigtable for about three or four years."
"The program is rather expensive - it depends on the size of your data."
"The cost of this product is too expensive."
"The lagging problem of the product I face is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The cost of this product is too expensive."
"Improvement should be made as per customer recommended and requirements."
"It is challenging to get long-running backups while running InfluxDB in a Microsoft Azure Kubernetes cluster."
"InfluxDB can improve by including new metrics on other technologies. They had some changes recently to pool data from endpoints but the functionality is not good enough in the industry."
"In terms of features that I would like to see or have, in the community version, some features are not available. I would like to have clustering and authentication in the community version."
"In terms of features that I would like to see or have, in the community version, some features are not available. I would like to have clustering and authentication in the community version."
"The solution doesn't have much of a user interface."
"It is challenging to get long-running backups while running InfluxDB in a Microsoft Azure Kubernetes cluster."
"The solution doesn't have much of a user interface."
"I haven't seen a return on investment; unfortunately, I cannot share relevant metrics such as time saved, fewer employees needed, or money saved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would like to see better pricing. It is not too expensive, but it isn't cheap either."
"We are using the open-source version of InfluxDB."
"InfluxDB is open-source, but there are additional costs for scaling."
"The tool is an open-source product."
"InfluxDB recently increased its price. It is very expensive now."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Google Cloud Bigtable?
One point for improvement in Google Cloud Bigtable is that people have confusion in mapping. There are many similar products available, and Google has managed services for similar products as well....
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud Bigtable?
My main use case for Google Cloud Bigtable is mainly for advertisement-related analytics-related use cases.
What advice do you have for others considering Google Cloud Bigtable?
Regarding integration with Google Cloud Bigtable and other Google Cloud services such as Dataflow, Dataproc, and BigQuery, we have not done that integration, but there are connectors available. Som...
What needs improvement with InfluxDB?
InfluxDB can be improved by addressing issues such as performance drops, queries being more difficult to understand, and its high memory usage. InfluxDB is not suitable for relational databases lik...
What is your primary use case for InfluxDB?
My main use case for InfluxDB is storing a time series database and analyzing data changes over time. I use InfluxDB to store my infrastructure and application metrics, logs, events, and data, and ...
What advice do you have for others considering InfluxDB?
I would advise others looking into using InfluxDB that if they want to store a time series database for monitoring, logging, and event-based tasks, and also want long-term retention of the database...
 

Also Known As

Google BigTable, BigTable
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Sample Customers

Cognite, Dow Jones, Loblaw Digital
ebay, AXA, Mozilla, DiDi, LeTV, Siminars, Cognito, ProcessOut, Recommend, CATS, Smarsh, Row 44, Clustree, Bleemeo
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