InfluxDB: Differences between InfluxDB and NoSQL databases

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NoSQL databases, such as MongoDB or OpenSearch, store data as documents that group multiple data points together. For example, a document might include a user's name, date of birth and email address. Although these databases excel at document storage, they are not optimised for handling the high volume, time dependent metrics that InfluxDB is engineered to manage.