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title: InfluxDB 3 Enterprise documentation
description: InfluxDB 3 Enterprise is a time series database built on InfluxDB 3 Core open source. It is designed to handle high write and query loads using a diskless architecture that scales horizontally. Learn how to use and leverage InfluxDB in use cases such as monitoring metrics, IoT data, and events.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/enterprise/
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product: InfluxDB 3 Enterprise
version: enterprise
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/enterprise/
date: '2026-02-27T09:46:57-06:00'
lastmod: '2026-02-27T09:46:57-06:00'
---

> [!Tip]
> Comparing InfluxDB 3 products or planning a migration from InfluxDB 1 or 2?
> See [Which InfluxDB 3 should I use?](/influxdb3/which-influxdb-3/) for a
> full decision guide.

InfluxDB 3 Enterprise is a database built to collect, process, transform, and store event and time series data, and is ideal for use cases that require real-time ingest and fast query response times to build user interfaces, monitoring, and automation solutions.

Common use cases include:

* Monitoring sensor data
* Server monitoring
* Application performance monitoring
* Network monitoring
* Financial market and trading analytics
* Behavioral analytics

InfluxDB is optimized for scenarios where near real-time data monitoring is essential and queries need to return quickly to support user experiences such as dashboards and interactive user interfaces.

InfluxDB 3 Enterprise is built on InfluxDB 3 Core, the InfluxDB 3 open source release.

Core’s feature highlights include:

* Diskless architecture with object storage support (or local disk with no dependencies)
* Fast query response times (under 10ms for last-value queries, or 30ms for distinct metadata)
* Embedded Python VM for plugins and triggers
* Parquet file persistence
* Compatibility with InfluxDB 1.x and 2.x write APIs

The Enterprise version adds the following features to Core:

* Historical query capability and single series indexing
* High availability
* Read replicas
* Enhanced security (coming soon)
* Row-level delete support (coming soon)
* Integrated admin UI (coming soon)

[Get started with InfluxDB 3 Enterprise](/influxdb3/enterprise/get-started/)