# Grafana: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/grafana

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Dashboards and data visualization](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/dashboards-and-data-visualization/index.md) | 0% | 17 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Free open-source for metrics/visualization (great for time-series data like monitoring)" (Grok 4.20, BI & dashboards)
- "Grafana (for analytics)" (Kimi K2, BI & dashboards)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Grafana, from 2 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- admetrics.io: 1
- basedash.com: 1
- datapallas.com: 1
- growdataplatform.ai: 1
- marketintelligencetools.com: 1
- moldstud.com: 1
- reddit.com: 1
- rollstack.com: 1
- sap.com: 1
- trustradius.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://admetrics.io/compare/best-business-intelligence-software-tools: 1
- https://basedash.com/blog/free-bi-tools-free-plans-and-trials-compared-2026: 1
- https://datapallas.com/docs/modernize-legacy-bi: 1
- https://growdataplatform.ai/blog/navigating-challenges-in-working-bi-solutions-for-common-pitfalls: 1
- https://marketintelligencetools.com/rankings/data-dashboard-tools: 1
- https://moldstud.com/articles/p-top-10-bi-tools-for-data-driven-decision-making-a-comprehensive-guide: 1
- https://moldstud.com/articles/p-unveiling-the-newest-bi-tools-a-comprehensive-review-for-developers-in-2024: 1
- https://reddit.com/r/BusinessIntelligence/comments/1122vjq/tableau_has_been_killed_by_salesforce_past_and: 1

## The company

Grafana; https://grafana.com. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Grafana's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Full-stack observability with Grafana Cloud (https://grafana.com/)
- For: individual teams or across an organization (https://grafana.com/)
- Price stated: The Free Forever plan; Plans to suit every scale (https://grafana.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://grafana.com/pricing/)
- Free plan or trial: The Free Forever plan; Jump right in, no registration required. (https://grafana.com/)
- Certifications: FedRAMP, PCI DSS, GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Hosting: Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, Bring Your Own Cloud
- Customers named: BlackRock, Pegasystems, Lovable, LATAM Airlines, Delivery Hero, ASOS, Sailpoint, Mux

## What it publishes

Every page grafana.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 24060 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1964 pages, 13 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-14
- case study: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2021-04-10
- webinar or virtual event: 175 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 537 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-11
- report or ebook: 78 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 24 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-09-24
- template or tool: 21 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 140 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 6 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-10
- news or press: 79 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-01
- Recent: 2026-09-14 blog: Digital experience monitoring with grafana cloud session replay synthetic checks and faster investigations https://grafana.com/blog/digital-experience-monitoring-with-grafana-cloud-session-replay-synthetic-checks-and-faster-investigations/
- Recent: 2026-09-10 blog: Synthetic monitoring labels update https://grafana.com/blog/synthetic-monitoring-labels-update/
- Recent: 2026-09-09 blog: How to monitor cypress tests with grafana cloud https://grafana.com/blog/how-to-monitor-cypress-tests-with-grafana-cloud/
- Recent: 2026-08-27 blog: Identify anomalies outlier detection forecasting how grafana cloud uses ai ml to make observability easier https://grafana.com/blog/identify-anomalies-outlier-detection-forecasting-how-grafana-cloud-uses-ai-ml-to-make-observability-easier/
- Recent: 2026-08-27 blog: How to measure and improve instrumentation quality for better full stack observability https://grafana.com/blog/how-to-measure-and-improve-instrumentation-quality-for-better-full-stack-observability/
- Recent: 2026-08-25 blog: The grafana ai sdk for go a shared foundation for building ai applications https://grafana.com/blog/the-grafana-ai-sdk-for-go-a-shared-foundation-for-building-ai-applications/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.