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Grafana vs Lightrun
Grafana is an open-source dashboarding tool; Lightrun provides AI-driven incident investigation and runtime debugging.
GrafanaOpen-source dashboards and observability
LightrunConnecting developers to their live applications Which to pick
Pick Grafana if you want…
- Open-standard full-stack observability
- Dashboard & visualization
- Open-source code (grafana/grafana on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license)
- Integrations with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus or Kubernetes (on Grafana's list, not Lightrun's)
Pick Lightrun if you want…
- Live observability for enterprise applications
- Integrations with GitHub, Bitbucket or Jira (on Lightrun's list, not Grafana's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Grafana:Grafana Cloud is an open-source-based observability platform that unifies metrics, logs, traces, profiles and business data.
- Lightrun:Lightrun adds live logs, metrics and traces to running code for real-time observability and AI-agent troubleshooting.
- Best for
- Grafana:Open-standard full-stack observability
- Lightrun:Live observability for enterprise applications
- Who it’s for
- Grafana:Developers, SREs and teams needing full-stack observability and cost-optimized telemetry.
- Lightrun:Support, SRE, platform engineering and developers needing live runtime context.
- Pricing
- Grafana:Freemium
- Lightrun:Freemium
- Plans
- Grafana:Free $0 · Pro $19 per month + usage · Enterprise $25,000 per year spend commit
- Lightrun:Free Plan $0
- Open source
- Grafana:Yes, 77,033 GitHub stars
- Lightrun:—
- Works with
- Grafana:OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Slack
- Lightrun:Slack, GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, IntelliJ, PyCharm
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.
Lightrun features
- Live runtime evidence. Collect logs, metrics, traces and dumps from code without redeploying.
- AI-driven investigation. Conversational assistant triages incidents and suggests remediations.
- Multi-instance debugging. Debug Kubernetes, serverless and other instances in real time.
- IDE integrations. Plugins for IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, VS Code and other editors.
- Enterprise system connectors. Integrates with SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps and more.
- Role-based access & SSO. RBAC, SSO, SCIM and SAML support for secure team collaboration.
- Audit & compliance. Full audit logs, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA aligned security.
- Custom connector setup. Unlimited APM, telemetry and third-party integrations via custom connectors.
Grafana vs Lightrun FAQ
Is Grafana or Lightrun free?+
Grafana has a free plan and paid plans. Lightrun has a free plan (Free Plan) and paid plans.
Is Grafana or Lightrun open source?+
Grafana is open source (grafana/grafana on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Lightrun.
Do Grafana and Lightrun integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list Slack. Grafana also lists OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Kubernetes; Lightrun also lists GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira, ServiceNow and 7 more.
On DevHunt
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