Grafana
Open-source dashboards and observability
SubscriptionMonitoringOpen Source3 impressions
Grafana is a free alternative to Datadog.
Grafana Cloud is an open-source-based observability platform that unifies metrics, logs, traces, profiles and business data.
- for
- Developers, SREs and teams needing full-stack observability and cost-optimized telemetry.
- pricing
- freemium
- license
- AGPL-3.0
Key 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.
Use cases
- Root-cause analysis of production incidents using AI-driven investigations.
- Monitoring Kubernetes clusters with built-in cost and health metrics.
- Profiling application performance and resource usage with continuous profiling.
- Creating unified dashboards for business and engineering telemetry.
- Optimizing telemetry spend by automatically aggregating low-value data.
Grafana pricing
- Free$0All Grafana Cloud services with usage limits · Adaptive Telemetry & AI Assistant · Community support · 14-day retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles
- Pro$19/month + usageUnlimited access to all services, pay-as-you-go beyond free tier · 8×5 email support · 13-month metrics retention, 30-day logs/traces retention
- Enterprise$25,000/year spend commitPremium support · Custom retention · Deployment flexibility (Public, Federal or BYOC) · Custom pricing and compliance options
Grafana vs alternatives
 Grafana |  Datadog |  Better Stack | .jpg?auto=compress&fit=max&w=64) OpenObserve |  groundcover | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Open-standard full-stack observability | Integrated monitoring & security | Uptime & incident status | Self-hosted petabyte-scale observability | Cost-focused cloud observability |
| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription | Free |
| DevHunt upvotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| Launched | — | — | — | Apr 2026 | Feb 2024 |
- Grafana vs Datadog: Datadog is a commercial monitoring platform with built-in security features, whereas Grafana focuses on open-source standards and extensible plugins.
- Grafana vs Better Stack: Better Stack offers uptime monitoring and status pages, but lacks Grafana's full-stack observability and AI assistant capabilities.
- Grafana vs OpenObserve: OpenObserve is an open-source observability stack for petabyte scale, while Grafana provides a managed SaaS with AI-driven workflows and cost optimization.
- Grafana vs groundcover: groundcover provides cloud-native observability focused on cost-effective metrics, whereas Grafana adds logs, traces, AI assistant and broader integrations.
Grafana FAQ
What is included in the Free tier?+
The Free tier provides all Grafana Cloud services with limits on active series, data retention and community-only support.
How does Adaptive Telemetry reduce costs?+
It automatically aggregates low-value telemetry, cutting spend by up to 80% while keeping high-value signals.
Can I use Grafana Cloud with my existing tools?+
Yes, Grafana Cloud connects to existing data sources via open standards and hundreds of plugins without requiring a rip-and-replace.
What support is available on the Pro plan?+
Pro customers receive 8×5 email support and higher data retention limits.
How is pricing calculated for usage?+
Usage is billed per unit (e.g., $6.50 per 1k active series for metrics) with automatic volume discounts as consumption grows.
Summarized by DevHunt from grafana.com · Oct 1, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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