Grafana Cloud
Managed observability platform offering dashboards, metrics, logs, and traces with a generous always-free tier. · Grafana · Observability
Overview
Grafana Cloud provides a managed observability platform with free access to metrics, logs, and traces, ideal for small teams and projects.
Good fit
Use Grafana Cloud to quickly set up dashboards, metrics, logs, and traces without managing infrastructure.
- monitoring SaaS apps
- dev/test environments
- small teams
- open source projects
Not a fit
Avoid if you need unlimited data retention, advanced integrations, or want to self-host for full control.
- need on-premise hosting
- require unlimited retention
- have strict data residency needs
Quickstart · 5 steps
- Sign up for a Grafana Cloud account.
- Create a new stack from the dashboard.
- Connect your data sources (Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, etc.).
- Import or build dashboards to visualize your data.
- Set up alerts as needed.
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