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Grafana

Open and cloud-native observability platform for dashboards, metrics, logs, and traces.

Setup complexity

medium

Platforms

Web, Linux, Windows, macOS

Current version

Latest activity signal

Version release 2/27/2026

Original release date

Not specified

Current version release date

2/27/2026

Freshness score

70/100

Overview

Grafana is a core platform in modern observability stacks and is widely used across both open-source and enterprise operations. Its broad ecosystem and compatibility with Prometheus and OpenTelemetry make it a common default for engineering telemetry dashboards. Adding Grafana ensures strong coverage of practical monitoring stacks.

Best Use Cases

  • Monitor production behavior, investigate incidents, and improve system reliability.
  • Ship and operate production apps with reliable deployment and infrastructure workflows.
  • Connect Grafana into existing stacks with integrations like Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Loki.
  • Use when teams can invest moderate setup effort for stronger long-term workflow gains.
  • Evaluate it in pilot workflows first, then scale usage as the team proves ROI.

Integrations

PrometheusOpenTelemetryLoki

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