# Grafana Mimir: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/grafana-mimir

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Time series databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/time-series-databases/index.md) | 0% | 16 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "like Thanos, Grafana Mimir, or VictoriaMetrics for historical archiving" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Time series DBs)
- "Grafana Mimir if you're already deep in the Grafana ecosystem" (Kimi K2, Time series DBs)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 Mimir, from 7 of the 13 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- grafana.com: 4 (its own site)
- github.com: 3
- questdb.com: 3
- zairalabs.ai: 3
- db-engines.com: 2
- docs.influxdata.com: 2
- docs.victoriametrics.com: 2
- influxdata.com: 2
- nora.nerc.ac.uk: 2
- sourceforge.net: 2

### Pages cited

- https://zairalabs.ai/guide/guides/time-series-database-compared: 3
- https://db-engines.com/en/ranking/time+series+dbms: 2
- https://grafana.com/oss/mimir: 2
- https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527832/7/N527832CR.pdf: 2
- https://questdb.com/enterprise: 2
- https://sourceforge.net/software/time-series-databases: 2
- https://apica.io/cost-savings: 1
- https://ar5iv.labs.arxiv.org/html/2301.12561: 1

## In its own words

What Grafana Mimir's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Fully-managed, highly-scalable metrics service in Grafana Cloud with built-in features to optimize cost. (https://grafana.com/pricing/)
- Price stated: free: $0; pro: Starts at $6.50/ 1k series; enterprise: Prices are as low as $3/ 1k series (https://grafana.com/pricing/)
- Starting price: 6.50 (https://grafana.com/pricing/)
- Free plan or trial: Always free (https://grafana.com/pricing/)
- Certifications: FedRAMP, PCI DSS, GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Customers named: BlackRock, Pegasystems, Lovable, LATAM Airlines, Delivery Hero, ASOS, Sailpoint, Mux

## Record

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