Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Grafana
Grafana clearly comes out ahead of Grafana Faro on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $19/mo for Grafana and $19/mo for Grafana Faro.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Grafana Labs | Grafana Labs |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | error-monitoring | observability-apm |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | grafana | grafana-faro |
|---|---|---|
| 8X5 Email Support | ||
| 10K Active Series Metrics | ||
| 50K Sessions Per Month | ||
| 13-Month Metric Retention | ||
| 50K Sessions Per Month Included | ||
| 14-Day Data Retention | ||
| Access To All Grafana Cloud Products | ||
| 24/7 Premium Support | ||
| Access To Frontend Observability | ||
| 30-Day Log, Trace, And Profile Retention | ||
| Enhanced Support | ||
| 50Gb Logs | ||
| Higher Retention | ||
| 50Gb Profiles | ||
| Volume Discounts | ||
| 50Gb Traces | ||
| Access To Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, And Phlare | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Community-Built Plugins | ||
| Core Visualization And Querying | ||
| Custom Retention Policies | ||
| Deployment Flexibility (Public Or Federal Cloud) | ||
| Enhanced Security (Saml, Oidc, Ldap) | ||
| Enterprise Plugins | ||
| Enterprise Plugins (Oracle, Servicenow, Etc.) | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| Reporting And Pdf Exports | ||
| Saml/Sso Authentication | ||
| Self-Hosted Deployment |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Grafana comes out ahead overall, though Grafana Faro can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Grafana's paid plans start at $19/mo and Grafana Faro's start at $19/mo, so Grafana is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Grafana and Grafana Faro offer a free tier.
