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Flare vs Grafana
Grafana provides generic dashboards and observability, whereas Flare offers built-in error tracking for Laravel/PHP.
FlareComplete error tracking & performance monitoring for Laravel, PHP and JavaScript
GrafanaOpen-source dashboards and observabilityWhich to pick
Pick Flare if you want…
- Laravel-focused error and performance monitoring
- Integrations with Laravel, PHP or Livewire (on Flare's list, not Grafana's)
Pick Grafana if you want…
- Open-standard full-stack observability
- Custom 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 Flare's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Flare:Full-stack error tracking, performance monitoring and logging for Laravel, PHP and JavaScript apps.
- Grafana:Grafana Cloud is an open-source-based observability platform that unifies metrics, logs, traces, profiles and business data.
- Best for
- Flare:Laravel-focused error and performance monitoring
- Grafana:Open-standard full-stack observability
- Who it’s for
- Flare:Laravel, PHP and JavaScript developers and teams needing integrated observability.
- Grafana:Developers, SREs and teams needing full-stack observability and cost-optimized telemetry.
- Pricing
- Flare:Paid
- Grafana:Freemium
- Plans
- Flare:Hobby $9 per month · Standard $29 per month · Growth $69 per month · Premium $279 per month
- Grafana:Free $0 · Pro $19 per month + usage · Enterprise $25,000 per year spend commit
- Open source
- Flare:—
- Grafana:Yes, 77,033 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Flare:Laravel, PHP, Livewire, React, Vue, Svelte, GitHub, GitLab
- Grafana:OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Slack
Flare features
- Error Tracking. Collects exceptions and occurrences with full context and root-cause details.
- Performance Monitoring. Measures request times, database queries, API calls and Core Web Vitals.
- Log Streaming. Real-time log aggregation with instant search and filters.
- AI-assisted Investigation. Provides AI suggestions to help resolve errors without leaving Flare.
- Integrations. Connects to GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear, Slack and other dev tools.
- Framework Support. First-class Laravel, PHP, Livewire, and JavaScript (React, Vue, Svelte) integration.
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.
Flare vs Grafana FAQ
Is Flare or Grafana free?+
Flare is paid, from $9/month (Hobby), with a free trial. Grafana has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Flare 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 Flare.
Do Flare and Grafana integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list Slack. Flare also lists Laravel, PHP, Livewire, React and 6 more; Grafana also lists OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Kubernetes.
On DevHunt
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.