Victoriametrics

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

VictoriaMetrics is a high-performance Prometheus-compatible TSDB — drop-in replacement for Prometheus with 7-10× less memory and 70× faster ingestion. Full PromQL + MetricsQL extensions. Single binary, no external DB needed.

The "Prometheus you wish you had" — same API, same dashboards, dramatically better resource profile at scale.

What it's for

  • Prometheus replacement — same queries, less RAM, faster ingestion
  • Long-term metrics storage — months/years of metric retention
  • Multi-cluster aggregation — federate metrics from multiple Prometheus instances
  • Real-time monitoring — sub-100ms queries at scale
  • Cloud-native observability — Kubernetes-friendly architecture

Who it's for

  • SRE teams scaling Prometheus past its memory limits
  • Platform engineering teams building multi-tenant observability
  • Cost-conscious teams running monitoring on cheaper hardware
  • High-cardinality workloads that Prometheus struggles with
  • Multi-cluster orgs aggregating metrics centrally

Why teams pick VictoriaMetrics over alternatives

  • Apache 2.0 — fully open
  • Resource efficient — 7-10× less RAM than Prometheus
  • PromQL compatible — drop-in for existing dashboards
  • MetricsQL — extends PromQL with useful additions
  • Single binary — operational simplicity
  • Active development — backed by VictoriaMetrics Inc.

Integrations

  • Prometheus — accept remote_write from any number of Prometheus instances
  • Grafana — use as Prometheus data source (auto-detected)
  • Telegraf / Vector / FluentBit — direct ingestion
  • Push gateway — Prometheus pushgateway compatible
  • MQTT / Kafka — via vmagent
  • Alertmanager — vmalert as Alertmanager-compatible rule evaluator
  • Client libraries — every Prometheus client library works

Notable users & community

  • 12k+ GitHub stars
  • Used by Adidas, Wix, Razorpay, ESL Gaming for production observability
  • Backed by VictoriaMetrics Inc. with sustainable commercial cluster + enterprise
  • Active Slack community
  • Featured in Prometheus-alternative comparisons + CNCF observability guides

Tips & operations

  • Single-node vs cluster — single fits most use cases up to 1M metrics/sec
  • Retention — default -retentionPeriod=12 (months); tune per cost
  • PromQL compatibility — most queries work; some edge cases differ
  • Remote write — point Prometheus at /api/v1/write
  • Cardinality limits — VictoriaMetrics handles high-cardinality MUCH better than Prometheus
  • Backup via vmbackup — official backup utility

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:latest
  • Persistent volume: /opt/victoriametrics/data
  • Port 8428 exposed
  • 12-month retention by default
  • Built-in VMUI at /vmui for ad-hoc queries
  • HTTPS via Let's Encrypt reverse proxy
  • Auto-detection by Grafana on same VPS as Prometheus data source
  • Backup hook covers data volume
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