Observability Apm · pricing · Updated November 2026
Grafana Cloud pricing (2026)
Grafana Cloud's paid plans start at $19/mo (Pro) as checked on 2026-11-01, read from Grafana Cloud's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for Prometheus-native and OpenTelemetry shops wanting hosted Grafana. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $19/mo (Pro)
- Free tier: Yes
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- 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
As of · every figure below links to its source
Grafana Cloud plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | Flat monthly | 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 / quote | $19/month platform fee plus usage-based costs: metrics $6.50/1k series, logs from $0.40/GB write, $0.05/GB process and $0.10/GB retain, traces from $0.40/GB write, $0.05/GB process and $0.10/GB retain, 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 | not priced monthly | — | Custom / quote | Annual commit starting at $25,000/year. Volume discounts: metrics from $3/1k series, custom retention. Includes enterprise plugins, priority support. | grafana.com |
Last verified 2026-11-01. Official pricing page https://grafana.com/pricing/ fetched 2026-06-14. HIPAA/BAA status could not be confirmed from publicly accessible pages, so neither is recorded. Grafana Cloud pricing is composable and usage-based beyond the $19/month Pro platform fee.
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.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Grafana Cloud, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Grafana Cloud. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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Pro. Re-read 2026-11-01: the price stands at $19. The note said logs and traces at $0.50/GB (write plus process); the page now reads "Starts at $0.050/GB Process i Starts at $0.400/GB Write i Starts at $0.100/GB Retain i".
Capabilities
Integrations: Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Loki, Tempo, Datadog.
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.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Grafana Cloud cost?
Grafana Cloud's paid plans start at $19/mo (Pro), and it lists a $0 plan (Free); it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-11-01.
What are cheaper alternatives to Grafana Cloud?
Cheaper observability apm than Grafana Cloud (entry $19/mo) include Dynatrace at $1.40/mo. Verified 2026-11-01.
Does Grafana Cloud support HIPAA?
Grafana Cloud's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA. Its public pages also state SOC 2 and GDPR compliance.
Does Grafana Cloud have a free plan?
Yes — Grafana Cloud publishes a free tier.
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