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Grafana Pricing

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At a glance

Self-hosted free under AGPL v3. Grafana Cloud free tier available. Cloud Pro from $19/mo + usage. Enterprise from a $25,000/year spend commit.

Self-hosting cost

Grafana is open source under the AGPL v3 license — the software itself costs nothing to run. Your real cost is the infrastructure you run it on plus the time to operate it.

Free & cheaper AI Monitoring & Observability

same category, free plan or open-source license

DatadogFree tier (5 hosts), Pro from $15/host/mo, Enterprise from $23/host/mo.PostHogopen sourceFree plan with monthly product limits and 1-year retention; paid pay-as-you-go has $0 base, no per-seat charges, free tiers on every product, 1M product analytics events free and 5K session recordings free.Arize Phoenixopen sourceFree open-source / Arize Cloud for productionLangfuseopen sourceHobby free / Core from $29/mo / Pro from $199/mo
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FAQ

How much does Grafana cost?

Self-hosted free under AGPL v3. Grafana Cloud free tier available. Cloud Pro from $19/mo + usage. Enterprise from a $25,000/year spend commit.

Does Grafana have a free plan?

Yes — Grafana is open source and free to use.

Can you self-host Grafana for free?

Grafana is open source under the AGPL v3 license — the software itself is free to run; you only pay for your own infrastructure.

What are free or cheaper Grafana alternatives?

Datadog, PostHog, Arize Phoenix are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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