Grafana
Dashboards for metrics, logs, and traces.
Key features
- Combines metrics, logs, traces, profiles, and business data
- Assistant reads production telemetry to speed root-cause work
- Aggregates lower-priority telemetry and can cut costs 80%
- Connects existing tools through OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and plugins
- Includes synthetic monitoring, load testing, and incident response
- Category
- Dev Tools
- Who it's for
- For individual teams and organizations, from startups to the Fortune 500, that need observability.
- Tags
- monitoringobservabilitytesting
- Website
- grafana.com
- Listed
- 2026-09-15
Frequently asked questions
Is Grafana free?
Grafana has a free plan, with paid tiers for more usage or features.
What is Grafana used for?
Dashboards for metrics, logs, and traces. Typical uses: combines metrics, logs, traces, profiles, and business data; assistant reads production telemetry to speed root-cause work; aggregates lower-priority telemetry and can cut costs 80%.
What are the best Grafana alternatives?
Alternatives in the same category include Sentry, Agent Toolkit for AWS, Clerk, Deno, Docker.
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