| 1 | # Export Metrics to External Time-Series Databases |
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| 3 | Netdata natively provides long-term metrics retention through its tiered database design. This architecture delivers significantly longer retention (months to years) and faster queries (typically 20+ times faster) compared to other common time-series databases. |
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| 5 | For integration with other observability tools, Netdata includes exporters that copy metrics to third-party time-series databases for additional analysis or integration with other tools. |
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| 7 | ## Exporting Capabilities |
| 8 | |
| 9 | The exporting engine provides these key features: |
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| 11 | - **Multi-database support**: Export to [more than thirty](#supported-databases) databases including InfluxDB, Prometheus, Graphite, ElasticSearch, and more |
| 12 | - **Downsampling**: Configure export intervals from Netdata's per-second metrics (e.g., per minute) |
| 13 | - **Simultaneous exports**: Send metrics to multiple time-series databases at once |
| 14 | - **Flexible data processing**: Export metrics as-collected, normalized averages, or sum/volume over configured intervals |
| 15 | - **Selective exporting**: Filter specific charts based on your needs and allocated resources |
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| 17 | ## Supported Databases |
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| 19 | Netdata exports metrics to the following databases through various [connectors](/src/exporting/README.md#supported-connectors). Each connector includes documentation with [enabling instructions](/docs/exporting-metrics/enable-an-exporting-connector.md). |
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| 21 | | Database | Supported Connectors | |
| 22 | |:------------------------:|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:| |
| 23 | | **AppOptics** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 24 | | **AWS Kinesis** | [AWS Kinesis Data Streams](/src/exporting/aws_kinesis/README.md) | |
| 25 | | **Azure Data Explorer** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 26 | | **Azure Event Hubs** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 27 | | **Blueflood** | [Graphite](/src/exporting/graphite/README.md) | |
| 28 | | **Chronix** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 29 | | **Cortex** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 30 | | **CrateDB** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 31 | | **ElasticSearch** | [Graphite](/src/exporting/graphite/README.md), [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 32 | | **Gnocchi** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 33 | | **Google BigQuery** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 34 | | **Google Cloud Pub/Sub** | [Google Cloud Pub/Sub Service](/src/exporting/pubsub/README.md) | |
| 35 | | **Graphite** | [Graphite](/src/exporting/graphite/README.md), [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 36 | | **InfluxDB** | [Graphite](/src/exporting/graphite/README.md), [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 37 | | **IRONdb** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 38 | | **JSON** | [JSON document databases](/src/exporting/json/README.md) | |
| 39 | | **Kafka** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 40 | | **KairosDB** | [Graphite](/src/exporting/graphite/README.md), [OpenTSDB](/src/exporting/opentsdb/README.md) | |
| 41 | | **M3DB** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 42 | | **MetricFire** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 43 | | **MongoDB** | [MongoDB](/src/exporting/mongodb/README.md) | |
| 44 | | **New Relic** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 45 | | **OpenTSDB** | [OpenTSDB](/src/exporting/opentsdb/README.md), [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 46 | | **PostgreSQL** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) via [PostgreSQL Prometheus Adapter](https://github.com/CrunchyData/postgresql-prometheus-adapter) | |
| 47 | | **Prometheus** | [Prometheus scraper](/src/exporting/prometheus/README.md) | |
| 48 | | **TimescaleDB** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md), [netdata-timescale-relay](/src/exporting/TIMESCALE.md) | |
| 49 | | **QuasarDB** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 50 | | **SignalFx** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 51 | | **Splunk** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 52 | | **TiKV** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 53 | | **Thanos** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 54 | | **VictoriaMetrics** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
| 55 | | **Wavefront** | [Prometheus remote write](/src/exporting/prometheus/remote_write/README.md) | |
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| 57 | :::tip |
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| 59 | **Can't find your preferred external time-series database?** Ask our [community](https://community.netdata.cloud/) for solutions, or file an [issue on GitHub](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/new?assignees=&labels=bug%2Cneeds+triage&template=BUG_REPORT.yml). |
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| 61 | ::: |