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Grafana Cloud

Hosted dashboards, metrics, logs, traces and application observability.

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Websitegrafana.com
CategoryMonitoring
PricingFreemium
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ABOUT

What is Grafana Cloud?

Grafana Cloud is the hosted observability platform from Grafana Labs, offering metrics (via Mimir and Prometheus), logs (via Loki) and traces (via Tempo) in a single stack. It provides the same Grafana dashboarding experience that teams already use self-hosted, without the operational overhead. The free tier is one of the most generous among full-stack observability platforms.

BEFORE YOU SIGN UP

What you should know

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Unified observability stackMetrics, logs and traces in one platform with a consistent query language (PromQL, LogQL, TraceQL) and shared dashboards.
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Generous free tier10k metric series, 50 GB logs and 50 GB traces per month is enough for substantial personal projects and small team deployments.
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Complex setup for advanced use casesBasic monitoring is straightforward, but configuring recording rules, alerts and service graphs requires familiarity with the Grafana ecosystem.
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Costs can grow quicklyLog ingest beyond the free tier is priced per GB and can become expensive for high-volume applications. Metric cardinality also impacts pricing.

COMMUNITY

From the forums

The r/grafana subreddit generally regard Grafana Cloud as the gold standard for open-source observability. Users appreciate the seamless integration between metrics, logs and traces in a single query interface. Complaints center on the complexity of configuration and the fact that costs can escalate unpredictably at scale, especially with log volume.

— Community sentiment · Reddit

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is Grafana Cloud free forever?＋

Yes, the free tier is permanent with no time limit. It includes 10k metric series, 50 GB of logs and 50 GB of traces for up to 3 users.

Can I use Grafana Cloud with self-hosted data sources?＋

Yes, Grafana Cloud can query self-hosted Prometheus, Loki and Tempo instances, as well as dozens of other data sources via the Grafana plugin ecosystem.

How does Grafana Cloud compare to Datadog?＋

Grafana Cloud is based on open-source components (Prometheus, Loki, Tempo) and generally offers more generous free tiers. Datadog provides more out-of-box integrations but at a higher cost.