VictoriaMetrics vs Prometheus
Zero of fourteen models named VictoriaMetrics first on the direct prompt; zero named Prometheus. Both were named by all fourteen models and VictoriaMetrics carries 40 labels and Prometheus 43, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the time series databases page.
By framing
VictoriaMetricsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPrometheus
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, VictoriaMetrics and Prometheus were named in the same answer seventy-three times, of the 122 answers naming VictoriaMetrics and the 307 naming Prometheus. In those answers Prometheus took the first choice three times and VictoriaMetrics eleven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | | |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
VictoriaMetrics Prometheus first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, VictoriaMetrics on the left and Prometheus on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
VictoriaMetrics4%#4 of 9Prometheus2%#6 of 9VictoriaMetrics8%#3 of 9Prometheus2%#5 of 9VictoriaMetrics15%#3 of 10Prometheus0%#9 of 10What the models said about VictoriaMetrics
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“VictoriaMetrics' docs explicitly say single-node deployments are not highly available and can have downtime during upgrades/config changes” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“TimescaleDB (if you want SQL simplicity) or VictoriaMetrics (if you want maximum performance per dollar on hardware) are the strongest budget-friendly choices.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“the best overall choice is usually VictoriaMetrics if you want a low-cost, self-hosted metrics/time-series store” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“The best time series database for a company with a limited budget is VictoriaMetrics” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Prometheus
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Prometheus local storage as your only durable, highly available store. ... its local TSDB isn't clustered or replicated.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Prometheus is by default free to use... Prometheus is an excellent choice as a powerful open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.