Best Grafana alternatives
Grafana handles monitoring well but pricing can escalate quickly. Many teams look for simpler, cheaper, or open-source alternatives.
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Datadog
Free tier
Cloud-scale monitoring and observability platform for infrastructure, applications, and logs.
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Application monitoring platform focused on error tracking, performance monitoring, and session replay.
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BetterStack
Free tier
Uptime monitoring, log management, and incident management platform with a clean, modern interface.
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New Relic
Free tier
Full-stack observability platform with APM, infrastructure, logs, and browser monitoring.
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Uptime Robot
Free tier
Simple uptime monitoring service that checks your websites every 5 minutes and alerts you when they go down.
Quick comparison: Grafana vs Datadog
| Feature | Grafana | Datadog |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | $15/host/mo |
Grafana comparisons
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Datadog vs Grafana
Grafana is the free option; Datadog charges $15/host/mo but may offer more polish. Here is how they compare.
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Sentry vs Grafana
Grafana is the free option; Sentry charges $26/mo but may offer more polish. Here is how they compare.
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BetterStack vs Grafana
Grafana is the free option; BetterStack charges $24/mo but may offer more polish. Here is how they compare.
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Grafana vs New Relic
Grafana gives you open source and self-hosting; New Relic is a managed service. Which trade-off works for you?
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Grafana vs Uptime Robot
Grafana gives you open source and self-hosting; Uptime Robot is a managed service. Which trade-off works for you?
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Grafana vs Checkly
Grafana gives you open source and self-hosting; Checkly is a managed service. Which trade-off works for you?
More Monitoring tools
Datadog
Cloud-scale monitoring and observability platform for infrastructure, applications, and logs.
Sentry
Application monitoring platform focused on error tracking, performance monitoring, and session replay.
BetterStack
Uptime monitoring, log management, and incident management platform with a clean, modern interface.
New Relic
Full-stack observability platform with APM, infrastructure, logs, and browser monitoring.
Uptime Robot
Simple uptime monitoring service that checks your websites every 5 minutes and alerts you when they go down.
Checkly
API and browser monitoring with Playwright tests, deployed via code.
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