
About VictoriaMetrics
VictoriaMetrics is an open source time series database and monitoring tool. It accepts data from Prometheus-compatible setups and offers separate products for logs and traces.
What it does
VictoriaMetrics stores metrics over long periods and works as a backend for Prometheus setups. The wider VictoriaMetrics stack adds products for logs and distributed traces, so teams can keep their observability data in one family of tools.
Key features
- Prometheus compatible time series storage
- Open source core with enterprise and cloud options
- Separate products for logs and distributed traces
- Support for OpenTelemetry data
- Anomaly detection as a separate product
Who it's for
Platform and SRE teams that run Prometheus at scale and want a faster or leaner backend. Teams that want one open source stack for metrics, logs and traces will also find it useful.
Pricing and good to know
The core database is open source under the Apache-2.0 license on GitHub. Enterprise support, a fully managed cloud service and anomaly detection are offered as separate products. The project runs in Kubernetes environments and supports OpenTelemetry.
Highlights
- Prometheus compatible time series storage
- Separate products for logs and traces
- Works with OpenTelemetry data
- Enterprise support and a managed cloud option
- Anomaly detection as a separate product












