Grafana
The open and composable observability platform.
Overview
Grafana is a multi-platform open source analytics and interactive visualization web application. It provides charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources. Grafana allows you to create, explore, and share dashboards with your team and foster a data-driven culture. It is widely used for visualizing time-series data for infrastructure and application analytics.
✨ Key Features
- Data Visualization (Graphs, Charts, Dashboards)
- Support for multiple data sources
- Alerting
- Annotations
- Templating
- Plugin ecosystem
🎯 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
- Visualizing metrics from Prometheus for infrastructure monitoring
- Creating custom dashboards for a wide variety of data sources
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Log management as a primary function (though it can be done with Loki)
- Teams looking for an all-in-one, out-of-the-box monitoring solution
🏆 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
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Grafana Cloud Advanced and Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: Open-source and free to self-host. Grafana Cloud has a free tier.
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