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Difference between InfluxDB and PostgreSQL

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1. InfluxDB : InfluxDB is a time-series database and is known for its high availability and storage. It was developed by InfluxData in 2013. It is open-source licensed software and is widely used in retrieval of time series data. It is used in real-time analytics and monitoring of data. It does partitioning by sharding. InfluxDB is implemented in the Go language. InfluxDB is easy to use and has high scalability. 2. PostgreSQL : PostgreSQL is a database that has an object-relational model and was developed by the PostgreSQL Global Development group in 1989. It is a powerful free, open-source software. It is also known as Postgres. PostgreSQL is supported by the majority of operating systems and has a good performance. It is an extended version of SQL and has additional features. It mainly works on the principle of ACID. It is implemented in C language. 
Difference between InfluxDB and PostgreSQL :

S.NO. InfluxDB PostgreSQL
1. InfluxDb was developed in 2013 by InfluxData. PostgreSQL was developed in 1989 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group.
2. It is implemented in Go programming language. It is implemented in C programming language.
3. It has Time series DBMS as its primary database model. It has relational DBMS as its primary database model.
4. Linux, OS X are the server operating systems of InfluxDb. FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD are the server operating systems of PostgreSQL.
5. The rating of InfluxDB is lower than PostgreSQL. The rating of PostgreSQL is higher than InfluxDB.
6. It does not has XML support. It has XML support.
7. It does not have server-side scripts. It has server-side scripts.
8. Foreign key concept is not present in InfluxDB. Foreign key concept is present in PostgreSQL.
9. It provides in-memory capability of the system. It does not provide in-memory capability of the system.
10. It does not follow ACID properties. It follows ACID properties.
11. In InfluxDB partitioning is done by sharding. PostgreSQL has partitioning by range.

Last Updated : 09 Feb, 2023
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