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title: "InfluxDB | Grafana Labs"
description: "Sending InfluxDB metrics to Grafana Cloud"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## InfluxDB to Grafana Cloud

**What it’s for:** Teams with existing InfluxDB infrastructure who want to send metrics to Grafana Cloud.

For InfluxDB metrics, you can use either the InfluxDB exporter or Telegraf as a bridge to Grafana Cloud.

[InfluxDB to Grafana Cloud flow](influxdb-flow.svg "InfluxDB to Grafana Cloud flow")

## Option 1: InfluxDB exporter

**Best for:** Teams who want to keep existing InfluxDB writers unchanged

| Pros                                       | Cons                                     |
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| No changes to InfluxDB writers             | Requires running the exporter service    |
| Transparent protocol translation           | Some InfluxDB features don’t map cleanly |
| Can remote write directly to Grafana Cloud | Additional component to maintain         |
| Supports InfluxDB line protocol v1 and v2  |                                          |

## Option 2: Telegraf

| Pros                                    | Cons                   |
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------|
| Direct push via Prometheus remote write | Another tool to manage |
| Simple configuration                    | InfluxData ecosystem   |
| Well-documented, mature                 |                        |

## Documentation

View the full documentation. *Learning path coming soon!*

[InfluxDB exporter](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/metrics/metrics-influxdb/) [Telegraf for InfluxDB](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/metrics/metrics-influxdb/push-from-telegraf/)