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InfluxData is the company behind InfluxDB, a time series database.

Last updated September 11, 2026

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Overview

InfluxData is the company behind InfluxDB, which it describes as the #1 time series database. The company states it was founded in 2012 and that it created InfluxDB to store, analyze, and act on data that changes every second. Its product line includes InfluxDB 3 Core, an open source single-node engine for real-time data, and InfluxDB 3, which it markets for financial workloads.

History

InfluxData states it was founded in 2012 and that it created InfluxDB to solve the challenge of storing, analyzing, and acting on data that changes every second. The company says that for more than a decade it has defined the time series database category, and that millions of developers and thousands of organizations rely on InfluxDB to power real-time systems, industrial AI, and observability platforms. Evan Kaplan is described as CEO of InfluxData, the company behind InfluxDB, and as having joined InfluxData in 2016.

Products and positioning

Time series database for real-time systems and physical AI

  • InfluxDB

    Time series database for real-time systems; the company states it has 1B+ downloads and 1M+ live open source instances.

  • InfluxDB 3 Core

    Open source single-node, recent-data engine built for speed, with MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses.

  • InfluxDB 3

    Marketed for financial workloads with high-volume ingest, sub-10ms queries, low-cost historical retention, and cloud, hybrid, or on-prem deployment.

  • Telegraf

    The company states 5B+ Telegraf downloads and 400+ official Telegraf plugins.

Recent events

  • Reported

    InfluxData and PTC integrate InfluxDB with ThingWorx[6]

    InfluxData and PTC announced that InfluxDB will become the time series engine for PTC’s ThingWorx platform, with InfluxDB Cloud to be sold, delivered, and supported directly by PTC for specified deployments.

  • Reported

    InfluxDB Cloud becomes available on Microsoft Azure[6]

    InfluxData announced that InfluxDB Cloud is available on Microsoft Azure, extending its availability across the three major cloud platforms named in the announcement.

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