Grafana
Open-source observability and dashboarding
Grafana is the open-source visualization and dashboarding standard. Works with Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and dozens of data sources. Grafana Cloud offers a managed experience.
Panel Reviews
The Builder
Developer Perspective
“The dashboard ecosystem is unmatched. Prometheus + Grafana is the standard stack for infrastructure monitoring.”
The Skeptic
Reality Check
“Open source keeps you honest on pricing. Grafana Cloud is competitive with Datadog at a fraction of the cost.”
The Futurist
Big Picture
“The LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) is a credible open-source alternative to the entire Datadog suite.”
Community Sentiment
“Still the gold standard for visualizing time-series data from Prometheus — nothing comes close”
“Grafana Cloud's free tier is surprisingly generous, migrated from self-hosted with zero friction”
“Every time I think about replacing Grafana I spend 20 minutes with alternatives and come back”
“The plugin ecosystem is incredible — built a custom panel for our IoT fleet in an afternoon”