Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Grafana and Highlight.io score closely across Staquest's six weighted dimensions, with no decisive overall winner. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $19/mo for Grafana and $50/mo for Highlight.io.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Grafana Labs | Highlight.io |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentSaaS & Cloud | Data & AnalyticsMarketingSaaS & Cloud |
| Categories | error-monitoring | analytics |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | grafana | highlightio |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Retention Policies | ||
| 10K Active Series Metrics | ||
| 500 Monthly Sessions | ||
| 13-Month Metric Retention | ||
| Ai Error Grouping | ||
| 14-Day Data Retention | ||
| Custom Msas & Slas | ||
| 24/7 Premium Support | ||
| Data Export & User Reporting | ||
| 30-Day Log, Trace, And Profile Retention | ||
| Filters For Data Ingest | ||
| 50Gb Logs | ||
| Rbac & Audit Logs | ||
| 50Gb Profiles | ||
| Saml & Sso | ||
| 50Gb Traces | ||
| Unlimited Dashboards | ||
| 8X5 Email Support | ||
| Unlimited Projects | ||
| Access To Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, And Phlare | ||
| Unlimited Seats | ||
| Community Support | ||
| Up To 15 Seats | ||
| Community-Built Plugins | ||
| Up To 2 Projects | ||
| Core Visualization And Querying | ||
| Up To 3 Dashboards | ||
| Deployment Flexibility (Public Or Federal Cloud) | ||
| Up To 7 Day Retention | ||
| Enhanced Security (Saml, Oidc, Ldap) |
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Grafana's paid plans start at $19/mo and Highlight.io's start at $50/mo, so Grafana is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Grafana and Highlight.io offer a free tier.