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Grafana vs ProcessSpy
Open-source dashboards for metrics, lacks per-process macOS details
Which to pick
Pick Grafana if you want…
- Open-standard full-stack observability
- Custom observability dashboards
- Open-source code (grafana/grafana on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license)
- Integrations with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus or Kubernetes (on Grafana's list, not ProcessSpy's)
Pick ProcessSpy if you want…
- In-depth macOS process monitoring
- Integrations with macOS 14+, Homebrew or Setapp (on ProcessSpy'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.
- ProcessSpy:ProcessSpy provides deep, real-time monitoring of macOS processes with detailed inspection and historical analysis.
- Best for
- Grafana:Open-standard full-stack observability
- ProcessSpy:In-depth macOS process monitoring
- Who it’s for
- Grafana:Developers, SREs and teams needing full-stack observability and cost-optimized telemetry.
- ProcessSpy:macOS developers, power users and system administrators who need granular process insight.
- Pricing
- Grafana:Freemium
- ProcessSpy:Freemium
- Plans
- Grafana:Free $0 · Pro $19 per month + usage · Enterprise $25,000 per year spend commit
- ProcessSpy:—
- Open source
- Grafana:Yes, 77,033 GitHub stars
- ProcessSpy:—
- Works with
- Grafana:OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Kubernetes, Slack
- ProcessSpy:macOS 14+, Homebrew, Setapp, Gumroad
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.
ProcessSpy features
- Per-process CPU & memory history. Logs and visualizes CPU, memory and thread usage over time with export to CSV.
- Point-and-click discovery. Find a process by clicking anywhere on the screen.
- JavaScript & regex filters. Create advanced search queries across multiple process properties.
- Advanced tree view. Groups child processes and XPC services, showing aggregate CPU, memory and thread totals.
- Menu bar dashboard. Shows real-time system health metrics in a compact drop-down.
- Finished process recall. Remembers terminated processes with command-line, env vars and timestamps.
Grafana vs ProcessSpy FAQ
Is Grafana or ProcessSpy free?+
Grafana has a free plan and paid plans. ProcessSpy has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Grafana or ProcessSpy open source?+
Grafana is open source (grafana/grafana on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for ProcessSpy.
Do Grafana and ProcessSpy integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Grafana lists OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Kubernetes and Slack; ProcessSpy lists macOS 14+, Homebrew, Setapp and Gumroad.
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