Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Logz.io
Logz.io clearly comes out ahead of Grafana Cloud on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Grafana Cloud's paid plans start at $19/mo.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Grafana Labs | Logz.io |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentHR & RecruitingCybersecurity & InfoSecSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | observability-apm | devops |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | grafana-cloud | logzio |
|---|---|---|
| 10K Active Series Per Month | ||
| Advanced Alerting | ||
| 13 Months Retention For Metrics | ||
| Ai-Based Copilot | ||
| 14 Days Retention For Metrics, Logs, Traces, Profiles, & K6 Performance Tests | ||
| Api Access | ||
| 30 Days Retention For Logs, Traces, Profiles, & K6 Performance Tests | ||
| Compliance Certifications (Soc-2, Hipaa, Gdpr) | ||
| 8X5 Email Support | ||
| Dedicated Support | ||
| All Grafana Cloud Services With Limited Usage | ||
| Distributed Tracing | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Everything In Community | ||
| Custom Retention | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| Deployment Flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Or Bring Your Own Cloud) | ||
| Extended Retention | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Infrastructure Monitoring | ||
| Pay As You Go Above The Free Tier | ||
| Log Management | ||
| Premium Support | ||
| Role-Based Access Control | ||
| Sso And Saml |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Logz.io comes out ahead overall, though Grafana Cloud can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Grafana Cloud and Logz.io offer a free tier.
Logz.io scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
Grafana Cloud is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
