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Aggregations.io vs Grafana
Grafana is a dashboard engine; Aggregations.io adds the real-time aggregation and auto-documentation layer on top of it.
Aggregations.ioReal time metrics using your Analytics Data
GrafanaOpen-source dashboards and observabilityWhich to pick
Pick Aggregations.io if you want…
- Real-time metrics from existing analytics pipelines
- Integrations with Segment, Kafka or Grafana (on Aggregations.io's list, not Grafana's)
Pick Grafana if you want…
- Open-standard full-stack observability
- Open-source observability dashboards
- A free plan to start with
- Open-source code (grafana/grafana on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license)
- Integrations with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus or Kubernetes (on Grafana's list, not Aggregations.io's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Aggregations.io:Aggregations.io turns your existing analytics events into real-time metrics, dashboards and alerts without extra SDKs.
- Grafana:Grafana Cloud is an open-source-based observability platform that unifies metrics, logs, traces, profiles and business data.
- Best for
- Aggregations.io:Real-time metrics from existing analytics pipelines
- Grafana:Open-standard full-stack observability
- Who it’s for
- Aggregations.io:Product and engineering teams that already collect event data and need live observability.
- Grafana:Developers, SREs and teams needing full-stack observability and cost-optimized telemetry.
- Pricing
- Aggregations.io:Paid
- Grafana:Freemium
- Plans
- Aggregations.io:Standard $105 per month
- Grafana:Free $0 · Pro $19 per month + usage · Enterprise $25,000 per year spend commit
- Open source
- Aggregations.io:—
- Grafana:Yes, 77,033 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Aggregations.io:Segment, Kafka, Grafana
- Grafana:OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Slack
Aggregations.io features
- Real-Time Metrics. Stream analytics events to Grafana dashboards and alerts instantly.
- AutoDocs. Automatically generate searchable, versioned schemas for all events and properties.
- Grafana Plugin. Native plugin for visualizing and alerting alongside other data sources.
- Flexible Ingestion. Accept raw JSON via webhook, Segment, Kafka or any HTTP POST without SDKs.
- Security & Privacy. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest; raw data retained only 12 hours.
- Multi-User Organizations. Robust permissions with no per-seat charges.
Grafana features
- AI Assistant. Ask natural-language questions, build dashboards and run investigations directly from Grafana, Slack or the terminal.
- Adaptive Telemetry. Automatically identifies low-value data and aggregates it, cutting telemetry spend by up to 80%.
- Full-stack observability. Unified view of metrics, logs, traces, profiles and synthetic monitoring on a single map.
- OpenTelemetry-native. Native support for OpenTelemetry and Prometheus with hundreds of plugins and integrations.
- Cost Management. Pay-as-you-go pricing with volume-based discounts and a free tier that includes all services.
- Compliance & Security. FedRAMP, NIST-100, PCI-DSS, GDPR and SOC-2 certifications for enterprise use.
Aggregations.io vs Grafana FAQ
Is Aggregations.io or Grafana free?+
Aggregations.io is paid, from $105/month (Standard), with a free trial. Grafana has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Aggregations.io or Grafana open source?+
Grafana is open source (grafana/grafana on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Aggregations.io.
Do Aggregations.io and Grafana integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Aggregations.io lists Segment, Kafka and Grafana; Grafana lists OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Kubernetes and Slack.
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