Grafana
The open and composable observability platform.
Overview
Grafana is a popular open-source platform for monitoring and observability. It allows you to query, visualize, alert on, and understand your metrics no matter where they are stored. Grafana is often used in conjunction with time series databases like Prometheus, InfluxDB, and Graphite. Grafana Labs also offers a fully managed Grafana Cloud service.
✨ Key Features
- Data Visualization (Dashboards, Panels)
- Multiple Data Source Support
- Alerting
- User and Team Management
- Plugins and Extensions
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Open-source and highly extensible
- Vendor-neutral, supports a wide range of data sources
- Beautiful and flexible visualizations
Unique Value: Provides a single pane of glass for all your metrics, logs, and traces, regardless of where they are stored, enabling you to create a unified observability experience.
🎯 Use Cases (5)
✅ Best For
- Creating unified dashboards from multiple data sources
- Visualizing time series data from Prometheus and other databases
- Building custom monitoring and observability solutions
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Log aggregation and search (better handled by tools like Elasticsearch)
- End-to-end APM (better handled by tools like Datadog or New Relic)
🏆 Alternatives
Offers more flexibility and data source support than Kibana, and is more focused on time series data than general BI tools like Tableau.
💻 Platforms
✅ Offline Mode Available
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: Grafana Cloud: 3 users, 10k series metrics, 50GB logs
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