Grafana

Grafana is a self-hosted observability platform built on open standards like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus. It brings together metrics, logs, traces, profiles, and business data into a single view, so engineering and SRE teams can troubleshoot across their entire stack without jumping between tools.

It's built for teams that want the flexibility of open source without the overhead of managing infrastructure themselves. Hundreds of plugins and integrations let you connect existing data sources rather than replacing them.

Key capabilities include:

• Adaptive Telemetry automatically identifies high-value data and aggregates the rest, cutting telemetry costs by up to 80% without manual filtering rules
• AI-assisted analysis helps interpret production telemetry and accelerate root cause analysis, plus tooling to evaluate and monitor production AI agents
• Unified signal map correlates metrics, logs, and traces so teams can move from alert to fix without context-switching
• Incident response and synthetic monitoring built in, covering the full reliability workflow rather than just data collection
• Compliance certifications including FedRAMP, PCI DSS, SOC Type II, and GDPR, making it viable for regulated industries

Compared to alternatives like Dynatrace or Coralogix, Grafana's differentiator is its open-source foundation. The core Grafana stack is community-driven, and the cloud product extends it with managed infrastructure, enterprise features, and cost controls. You're not locked into proprietary agents or data formats.

For teams already using OpenObserve or Uptrace and considering a managed path, Grafana Cloud offers a broader feature surface with the same commitment to open standards. A free tier is available with no time limit, and paid plans scale with usage.