Grafana Pricing 2026

Plans, hidden costs, and cheaper alternatives compared

Is Grafana worth the price?

9/10

Grafana OSS is completely free for self-hosted visualization.

Grafana Cloud Free gives 10K metrics series, 50GB logs, and 14-day retention at no cost. The Pro plan at $19/month base + usage charges is affordable for small teams but costs scale with data volume.

Enterprise starts at $25,000/year minimum.

Pricing Plans

Free Trial

Free

Always free

All Grafana Cloud services
10K metrics series
50GB logs
14-day retention

Pro

$19/month base

Plus usage

8×5 support
13 months metrics
30 days logs/traces
99.5% SLA

Enterprise

$25,000/year minimum

Spend commitment

Premium support
Custom retention
BYOC options
Custom SLA

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Hidden Costs & Gotchas

Metrics overage at $6.50 per 1,000 active series adds up with high-cardinality data

Each active visualization user costs $8/month on Pro

AI features cost $20/user/month

14-day retention on Free; 30 days on Pro (logs/traces)

Enterprise requires $25,000/year minimum commitment

Which Plan Do You Need?

DevOps teams building observability stacks

Companies wanting unified metrics/logs/traces

Self-hosters comfortable with Prometheus + Grafana OSS

Teams outgrowing free tiers on Datadog or New Relic

Our Recommendation

startup

Cloud Free tier is generous for small deployments. Self-host Grafana OSS with Prometheus for zero cost if you have the ops capacity.

enterprise

Adaptive Metrics can reduce metrics costs by up to 80%. Enterprise pricing ($3/1K series with volume discounts) is significantly cheaper than Datadog at scale.

How Grafana Compares to Competitors

Far cheaper than Datadog at scale (Datadog custom metrics cost $5-$8 per 100 series). New Relic offers 100GB free ingest but per-seat pricing at $49-$169/user. Elastic is free self-hosted but Cloud starts at $95/month.

Grafana Pricing FAQ

How much does Grafana cost?

Grafana starts at $19/month on the Pro plan. It offers 2 paid tiers ranging from $19/month up to $25000/month. A free plan is also available with limited features.

Does Grafana have a free plan?

Yes. Grafana offers a free plan called "Free". It includes: All Grafana Cloud services, 10K metrics series, 50GB logs.

Does Grafana offer a free trial?

Yes, Grafana offers a free trial. No credit card is typically required to start the trial, though this may vary.

What is the cheapest Grafana paid plan?

The cheapest paid plan for Grafana is "Pro" at $19/month. Key features include: 8×5 support, 13 months metrics, 30 days logs/traces.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Grafana?

Yes. Popular alternatives to Grafana include Prometheus, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic. Free alternatives include Prometheus, New Relic, Logz.io. Compare them side-by-side on Toolradar.