Grafana
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Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
The open and composable observability platform
How to Replace GrafanaOverview
Features
36 features across 21 categories
AI(4)
Identify anomalies and reduce toil with AI-powered analysis
Automatically correlate and identify related anomalies in your observability data
Add an intelligence layer to telemetry data to automatically correlate related issues and uncover root causes quickly
LLM agent built directly into Grafana Cloud for chat-based operations like fixing dashboards and making stack changes
Alerting(1)
Trigger alerts from any data source with consolidated alert management and action capabilities
Application Monitoring(1)
Monitor application performance with integrated frontend and infrastructure telemetry using OpenTelemetry and Prometheus
Automation(1)
Manage dashboards, datasources, and configurations through declarative JSON or YAML files with version control
Cost Optimization(3)
Identifies commonly ingested log patterns and provides customized recommendations for dropping unused telemetry to reduce log volume by up to 50%
Eliminates unused time series data through aggregation and cardinality optimization to reduce costs by up to 80%
Manage, control, and optimize observability spend with centralized suite of tools
Data Collection(1)
OpenTelemetry Collector distribution with Prometheus pipelines for flexible data collection
Frontend Monitoring(2)
Gain real user monitoring insights and clear visibility into end user experience of web applications
Frontend application observability web SDK for real user monitoring insights
Incident Management(2)
Detect and respond to incidents faster with automated task management and simplified workflows
Reduce toil in on-call management through simpler, engineer-tailored workflows and interfaces
Infrastructure Monitoring(2)
Ensure infrastructure health and performance with pre-built solutions for Kubernetes, cloud, and on-premises environments
Get Kubernetes health, performance, and cost monitoring from cluster to container level
Instrumentation(1)
eBPF auto-instrumentation for automatic telemetry collection without code changes
Integration(5)
Hook into existing data sources via APIs and render data in real time without requiring data migration
Native OTel ingestion without custom metrics or vendor lock-in for standardized telemetry collection
Connect Grafana to data sources, apps, and more via extensible plugin architecture
Get metrics into Prometheus quickly with community-maintained exporters
Native support for Prometheus metrics with PromQL querying and Kubernetes monitoring
Logging(1)
Multi-tenant log aggregation system for storing and querying logs without worrying about volume, costs, or storage limits
Metrics(1)
Scalable and performant metrics backend for aggregating metrics across distributed systems globally
Monitoring(1)
Create, manage, and scale service level objectives with SLO dashboards and error budget alerts
Profiling(1)
Scalable continuous profiling backend for optimizing infrastructure spend and enhancing application performance
Querying(1)
Query high-cardinality data with blazing fast PromQL and Graphite queries
Security(1)
Robust user authentication, authorization, data source permissions, audit logging, and compliance with industry standards
Templates(2)
Try out and share prebuilt visualizations through community dashboard templates
100+ pre-built observability solutions for various monitoring scenarios and use cases
Testing(3)
Load testing and performance testing tool for engineering teams with synthetic monitoring capabilities
Easily run cloud-based performance tests to boost release confidence and velocity
Proactively monitor the performance of APIs and web applications from the user's perspective across global locations
Tracing(1)
High-scale distributed tracing backend for understanding request flow and tracking down issues quickly
Visualization(1)
Create, explore, and share beautiful dashboards to visualize and monitor almost any data source
Pricing
Free
- ✓10k series Prometheus metrics
- ✓50GB logs, 50GB traces, 50GB profiles
- ✓500VUh k6 testing
- ✓20+ Enterprise data source plugins
- ✓100+ pre-built solutions
- ✓3 active AI users
- ✓14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, k6 tests
- ✓Community support
- ✓All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage
Pro
Popular- ✓Pay as you go above Free tier
- ✓8x5 email support
- ✓13 months retention for metrics
- ✓30 days retention for logs, traces, profiles, k6 tests
- ✓Metrics: $6.50 per 1k series
- ✓Logs: $0.05 process, $0.40 write, $0.10 retain
- ✓Traces: $0.05 process, $0.40 write, $0.10 retain
Enterprise
- ✓Minimum commit of $25,000 per year
- ✓Custom retention
- ✓Premium support
- ✓Observability Architect
- ✓Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud)
- ✓Volume discounts available
- ✓Scalable unit pricing based on annual commit
- ✓Full-service offering for security, compliance, and deployment requirements
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Total Cost Comparison
DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 36 features at very easy complexity.
Build vs Buy
Should you build a Grafana alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 36 features.
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Better ValueBuild Your Own
Buying Grafana saves ~$30,120 over 3 years vs building.
Estimates based on 36 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.
Integrations
25 known integrations