Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Grafana K6
Grafana k6 clearly comes out ahead of Grafana on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Grafana's paid plans start at $19/mo.
| 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 | DevelopmentSales & CRMSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | error-monitoring | testing-tools |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Grafana K6
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| Feature | grafana | grafana-k6 |
|---|---|---|
| 8X5 Email Support | ||
| 10K Active Series Metrics | ||
| 14 Days Of Data Retention | ||
| 13-Month Metric Retention | ||
| 30 Days Of Data Retention | ||
| 14-Day Data Retention | ||
| 500 K6 Virtual User Hours (Vuh) Per Month | ||
| 24/7 Premium Support | ||
| Access To Grafana Cloud Platform Features | ||
| 30-Day Log, Trace, And Profile Retention | ||
| Ci/Cd Integration | ||
| 50Gb Logs | ||
| Higher Traffic Capacity | ||
| 50Gb Profiles | ||
| Javascript/Typescript Test Authoring | ||
| 50Gb Traces | ||
| Local Test Execution | ||
| Access To Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, And Phlare | ||
| Pay-As-You-Go Pricing | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Scriptable Engine Written In Go | ||
| 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 |
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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 k6 comes out ahead overall, though Grafana can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Grafana and Grafana k6 offer a free tier.
Grafana k6 scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
