Infrastructure monitoring · November 2026 Edition
Grafana vs Prometheus + Grafana
One of fourteen models named Grafana first on the direct prompt; zero named Prometheus + Grafana. Grafana was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Prometheus + Grafana by ten and Grafana carries 33 labels and Prometheus + Grafana 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Named in nine categories this edition.
First-choice share8%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels3320A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Grafana reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Datadog was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Datadog vs Grafana · Datadog vs Prometheus + Grafana · Zabbix vs Grafana
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the infrastructure monitoring page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GrafanaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPrometheus + Grafana
Direct10
Paraphrase101 against Grafana
Comparative01
Budget-constrained12
Scale-constrained102 against Grafana · 1 against Prometheus + Grafana
Negative002 against Grafana · 1 against Prometheus + Grafana
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Grafana and Prometheus + Grafana stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | ||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Grafana Prometheus + Grafana first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Grafana on the left and Prometheus + Grafana on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Grafana and Prometheus + Grafana stood in it.
Grafana first, Prometheus + Grafana not the choice
1 of 14 modelsPrometheus + Grafana was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashGrafana alternatives: Better Stack, LogicMonitor, New Relic
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniDatadog alternatives: Grafana, New Relic
Grok 4.20Datadog alternatives: Motadata ObserveOps, New Relic, NinjaOne, Prometheus + Grafana, Site24x7, Zabbix
GPT-6 LunaDatadog alternatives: Dynatrace, Grafana, New Relic
Muse Glimmer 30BDatadog, New Relic alternatives: LogicMonitor, ManageEngine OpManager, Prometheus + Grafana, Site24x7, Zabbix
Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Perplexity SonarLogicMonitor alternatives: Better Stack, Datadog, Netdata, Zabbix
Mistral SmallDatadog alternatives: Middleware.io, NinjaOne, Zabbix
DeepSeek V4 FlashLogicMonitor alternatives: New Relic, Paessler PRTG, Site24x7
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashDatadog alternatives: Checkmk, LogicMonitor, Site24x7, Zabbix
Kimi K2Site24x7 alternatives: Coralogix, Motadata ObserveOps, Paessler PRTG, Zabbix
GLM 4.7 FlashXLogicMonitor alternatives: Datadog, New Relic
MiniMax M2.5Site24x7 alternatives: Datadog, LogicMonitor, NinjaOne
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Grafana leads by five points.
Grafana8%#5 of 16Prometheus + Grafana3%#8 of 16Mid-marketThe figures above
Grafana leads by four points.
Grafana8%#5 of 16Prometheus + Grafana4%#7 of 16Enterprise
Grafana leads by two points.
Grafana2%#7 of 14Prometheus + Grafana0%#8 of 14What the models said about Grafana
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Open-source like Zabbix/Prometheus + Grafana work if you have in-house talent for maintenance, but they add operational burden.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Be cautious if it's internet-facing without properly configured authentication, permissions, and network restrictions.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“High learning curve; limited GUI configuration options; requires significant manual config file editing” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
What the models said about Prometheus + Grafana
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Prometheus/Grafana, Zabbix, and similar stacks can reduce license costs but require ongoing operation, scaling, upgrades, configuration, and troubleshooting.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“starting with Zabbix, Prometheus + Grafana, or Checkmk Community gives you enterprise-grade visibility” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“If you have DevOps / Linux skills and use Docker/Kubernetes: Go with Prometheus + Grafana.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Startup / Cloud-Native / K8s-first | Prometheus + Grafana” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.