Grafana vs SigNoz
Three of fourteen models named Grafana first on the direct prompt; zero named SigNoz. Grafana was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and SigNoz by thirteen and Grafana carries 74 labels and SigNoz 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Named in eight categories this edition.
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 observability platforms page.
By framing
GrafanaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSigNoz
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Grafana and SigNoz were named in the same answer ninety-one times, of the 332 answers naming Grafana and the 211 naming SigNoz. In those answers SigNoz took the first choice six times and Grafana thirty-two.
Every model, every framing
| 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 SigNoz first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Grafana on the left and SigNoz on the right.The direct prompt
Grafana first, SigNoz not the choice
3 of 14 modelsSigNoz was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Grafana38%#1 of 13SigNoz11%#3 of 13Grafana32%#1 of 10SigNoz5%#4 of 10What 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.
“Grafana OSS (with Prometheus, Loki, Tempo) or New Relic's free tier are typically the strongest options for a company with a limited budget.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
“1. Open-Source Stack (Most Economical) Prometheus + Grafana + OpenTelemetry - Cost: Completely free (open source)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Safer Alternatives to Consider | Grafana Cloud | Open source foundation, transparent pricing, strong OpenTelemetry” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about SigNoz
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Signoz | Lacking documentation, inadequate customer support” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Move to SigNoz Cloud when you need more capacity—it offers the best balance of simplicity, features, and predictable pricing” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“SigNoz (Best All-Around Value & Simplicity) ... widely considered the best open-source alternative to Datadog” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“The best observability platform for a company with a limited budget is SigNoz” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
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.