Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Elastic Rum
Elastic RUM clearly comes out ahead of Grafana Faro on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Grafana Faro has a free tier; Elastic RUM does not. Grafana Faro's paid plans start at $19/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Grafana Labs | Elastic |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apm | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Elastic Rum
usage based
usage based
| Feature | grafana-faro | elastic-rum |
|---|---|---|
| 50K Sessions Per Month | ||
| Alerting | ||
| 50K Sessions Per Month Included | ||
| Distributed Tracing | ||
| 8X5 Email Support | ||
| Machine Learning For Anomaly Detection | ||
| Access To All Grafana Cloud Products | ||
| Real User Monitoring (Rum) | ||
| Access To Frontend Observability | ||
| Service Maps | ||
| Enhanced Support | ||
| Unified Analysis | ||
| Higher Retention | ||
| Volume Discounts |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Elastic RUM comes out ahead overall, though Grafana Faro can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Grafana Faro offers a free tier; Elastic RUM does not currently list one.
Elastic RUM scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
