Open Source

Time series databases are essential tools in any software engineer’s toolbelt. Their development has been shaped by user needs and countless open source contributors, leading to the healthy ecosystem of options we see today. In this article, you’ll see how time series databases came about, and why so many are open source.

A software license change may have a short term impact on revenue, but the long-term damage can be consequential and take time to fix. Read our CTO’s take on open source software licenses vs revenue growth rates.

Read about our Q2 2024 achievements, the roadmap for VictoriaMetrics, the latest news on VictoriaLogs, and more!

Monitoring Proxmox hypervisor via VictoriaMetrics and Proxmox’s built-in metric server

Learn about the different types of managed monitoring services available on the market, and why you might consider picking one of them to manage your monitoring infrastructure.

We’re happy to share customer research today demonstrating that VictoriaMetrics is the world’s most cost-efficient monitoring solution! Read the post for details!

We compared the performance and resource usage of Grafana Agent, Prometheus Agent Mode, and VictoriaMetrics vmagent to help readers make informed decisions when choosing an agent for their monitoring needs.

Read this momentum release to learn more about VictoriaMetrics achieving 320% growth in 2023 & hitting 268 million downloads of our open source time series database and monitoring solution.

Read how to set up Kubernetes costs monitoring with VictoriaMetrics.

In this blog post, we’ll explain the controversy over the BSL, and why we believe remaining open source helps businesses remain sustainable for the long-term.