Time Series Database (TSDB) for InfluxDB® is available in two editions: Basic Edition and High-availability Edition. This topic describes how to view the edition of a TSDB for InfluxDB® instance and provides a comparison between the editions.
View the edition of a TSDB for InfluxDB® instance
You can view the instance edition in the Basic Information section of the Instance Details page.
Comparison between editions
Edition | Description | Scenarios |
Basic Edition | Provides single-node instances. | Personal learning, small and medium-sized DevOps monitoring, time series data collection and analysis of application metrics and IoT sensors, and development and testing of small and medium-sized enterprises |
High-availability Edition | Provides a three-node architecture that is based on the Raft consensus protocol and applicable to more than 80% of scenarios. | Metric collection and business monitoring of large and medium-sized enterprises in the fields such as IoT, container, and industrial production |
For more information about the instance types that are supported by each edition, see Instance types and billing and Instance types and billing.