Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Grafana Cloud
Grafana Cloud clearly comes out ahead of Splunk Observability Cloud on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Grafana Cloud has a free tier; Splunk Observability Cloud does not. Paid plans start at $19/mo for Grafana Cloud and $15/mo for Splunk Observability Cloud.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | saas tool |
| Company | Grafana Labs | Splunk |
| 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 |
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| Feature | grafana-cloud | splunk-observability-cloud |
|---|---|---|
| 10K Active Series Per Month | ||
| 200+ Out-Of-The-Box Integrations | ||
| 13 Months Retention For Metrics | ||
| Ai-Driven Real-Time Alerts | ||
| 14 Days Retention For Metrics, Logs, Traces, Profiles, & K6 Performance Tests | ||
| Application Performance Monitoring (Apm) | ||
| 30 Days Retention For Logs, Traces, Profiles, & K6 Performance Tests | ||
| Everything In Infrastructure Monitoring | ||
| 8X5 Email Support | ||
| Kubernetes Navigator | ||
| All Grafana Cloud Services With Limited Usage | ||
| Log Observer Connect | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Opentelemetry Data Ingestion | ||
| Custom Retention | ||
| Real User Monitoring (Rum) | ||
| Deployment Flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Or Bring Your Own Cloud) | ||
| Sla | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Streaming Analytics Architecture | ||
| Pay As You Go Above The Free Tier | ||
| Synthetic Monitoring | ||
| Premium Support |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Grafana Cloud comes out ahead overall, though Splunk Observability Cloud can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Grafana Cloud's paid plans start at $19/mo and Splunk Observability Cloud's start at $15/mo, so Splunk Observability Cloud is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Grafana Cloud offers a free tier; Splunk Observability Cloud does not currently list one.
Splunk Observability Cloud 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.
