# Grafana Cloud pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Free). Among the 8 observability apm we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** grafana.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
**Integrations:** Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Loki, Tempo, Datadog
**Best for:** Prometheus-native and OpenTelemetry shops wanting hosted Grafana; Teams requiring flexible, usage-based pricing with a free starting tier; Engineering teams already using open-source Grafana wanting a managed upgrade
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | — | flat | 10k active metrics series (14-day retention), 50 GB logs/traces ingested (14-day retention), 2,232 host hours Kubernetes monitoring, 50k frontend sessions. Always free, no credit card required. | grafana.com |
| Pro | $19 | — | custom | $19/month platform fee plus usage-based costs: metrics $6.50/1k series, logs $0.50/GB (write+process), traces $0.50/GB, Kubernetes monitoring $0.01/host-hour (~$7.20/host/month), application observability $0.025/host-hour (~$18/host/month), Grafana visualization $8/active-user, IRM $20/active-user. 30-day retention on logs/traces. | grafana.com |
| Enterprise | Quote-only | — | custom | Annual commit starting at $25,000/year. Volume discounts: metrics from $3/1k series, custom retention. Includes enterprise plugins, priority support. | grafana.com |

**Key features:** Open ecosystem built on Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and Mimir — no vendor lock-in; Adaptive Telemetry automatically filters unnecessary data, saving 35-50% on costs; AI Assistant with agentic workflows, prebuilt dashboards, and intelligent alerting; Composable observability: metrics, logs, traces, and profiling in one platform; FedRAMP High and SOC 2 certified for enterprise and government deployments.

**Plan limits:** Free: 10k active metrics series (14-day retention), 50 GB logs/traces (14-day retention); Free: 50k frontend sessions, 2,232 Kubernetes host-hours; Pro: 30-day log/trace retention; usage costs apply beyond free allowances; Enterprise: annual commit starting at $25,000/year.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-14
Provenance: Official pricing page https://grafana.com/pricing/ fetched 2026-06-14. HIPAA/BAA status could not be confirmed from publicly accessible pages; set to null. Grafana Cloud pricing is composable and usage-based beyond the $19/month Pro platform fee.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/observability-apm/grafana-cloud/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Grafana Cloud's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-14 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/observability-apm/grafana-cloud/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl