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Grafana k6 Cloud pricing (2026)
Grafana k6 Cloud starts at $0/mo (Free) as checked on 2026-09-02, read from Grafana k6 Cloud's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for DevOps teams already on Grafana stack. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $0/mo (Free)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA No · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: DevOps teams already on Grafana stack; shift-left CI/CD performance testing; developer-owned load testing
As of · every figure below links to its source
Grafana k6 Cloud plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | flat | 500 virtual user hours (VUh) per month included. No credit card required. Community support. Access to all Grafana Cloud free-tier features. | grafana.com |
| Pro | $19 | — | flat | $19/month platform fee plus $0.15 per VUh (volume discounts available). First 500 VUh/month included (shared with Free tier allocation). 8x5 email support. Usage-metered above the free allocation; unit rate $0.15/VUh. | grafana.com |
| Enterprise | not priced monthly | — | custom | Annual commit minimum $25,000/year. VUh rate as low as $0.05. Supports up to 1 million concurrent VUs. Deployment options: Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud. Premium support. | grafana.com |
Last verified 2026-09-02. https://grafana.com/products/cloud/k6/ and https://grafana.com/pricing/ fetched directly 2026-06-15. Integrations from https://grafana.com/docs/k6/latest/misc/integrations/ fetched 2026-06-15. No HIPAA/BAA mention on pricing pages. Re-verified 2026-09-02 against the live pricing page; published figures unchanged.
Price changes
Price on record
$19/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Capabilities
Integrations: GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, Azure Pipelines, Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus, InfluxDB, Grafana Dashboards, Elasticsearch, Amazon CloudWatch.
Key features: Open-source k6 core with cloud execution and distributed testing from 20+ global locations; Browser and protocol-level testing in one tool; Cloud Insights for automated performance issue detection; Native integration with Grafana observability stack for correlated load + metrics analysis.
Plan limits: Free: 500 VU hours/month, community support only; Pro: $19/month platform fee + $0.15/VU hour, 8x5 email support; Enterprise: minimum $25K/year commit, as low as $0.05/VU hour, up to 1M concurrent VUs.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Grafana k6 Cloud cost?
Grafana k6 Cloud starts at $0/mo (Free); it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-09-02.
Does Grafana k6 Cloud support HIPAA?
Grafana k6 Cloud HIPAA support: No. SOC 2: Yes. GDPR: Yes.
Does Grafana k6 Cloud have a free plan?
Grafana k6 Cloud free tier: Yes.
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