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
/vmuifor 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
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |