# Grafana: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 134 judge labels across 9 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/grafana

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Observability platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/observability-platforms/index.md) | 32% | 1 | 4% | 74 |
| [Infrastructure monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/infrastructure-monitoring/index.md) | 8% | 5 | 15% | 33 |
| [Telemetry pipelines](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/telemetry-pipelines/index.md) | 2% | 7 | 6% | 18 |
| [Embedded analytics](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/embedded-analytics/index.md) | 0% | 48 | 0% | 2 |
| [Incident management and on-call](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/incident-management-and-on-call/index.md) | 0% | 57 | 50% | 2 |
| [Log management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/log-management/index.md) | 0% | 30 | 0% | 2 |
| [Error and crash monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/error-and-crash-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 21 | 0% | 1 |
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 38 | 0% | 1 |
| [Website and synthetic monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/website-and-synthetic-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 41 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "The Grafana Stack—Grafana for visualization, Prometheus for metrics, Loki for logs, and Tempo for traces—is a fully open-source, modular observability solution with maximum control and minimal licensing cost" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Telemetry pipelines)
- "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, Observability)
- "1. Open-Source Stack (Most Economical)
Prometheus + Grafana + OpenTelemetry

- Cost: Completely free (open source)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Observability)
- "Safer Alternatives to Consider | Grafana Cloud | Open source foundation, transparent pricing, strong OpenTelemetry" (Kimi K2, Observability)

## And against it

- "Open-source like Zabbix/Prometheus + Grafana work if you have in-house talent for maintenance, but they add operational burden." (Grok 4.20, Infra monitoring)
- "Be cautious if it's internet-facing without properly configured authentication, permissions, and network restrictions." (GPT-6 Luna, Infra monitoring)
- "assess lock-in, incremental pricing, and whether their incident features meet your operational requirements" (Perplexity Sonar, Incidents)
- "High learning curve; limited GUI configuration options; requires significant manual config file editing" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Infra monitoring)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Mistral Small | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Kimi K2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Grafana, from 277 of the 332 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- grafana.com: 103 (its own site)
- newrelic.com: 99
- github.com: 68
- g2.com: 63
- dotcom-monitor.com: 55
- reddit.com: 53
- coralogix.com: 48
- motadata.com: 48
- sherlocks.ai: 47
- last9.io: 45

### Pages cited

- https://dotcom-monitor.com/blog/best-observability-tools: 53
- https://sherlocks.ai/blog/how-to-choose-observability-platform-2026: 42
- https://dupple.com/learn/best-observability-platforms: 33
- https://last9.io/blog/best-observability-tools: 30
- https://motadata.com/blog/best-it-infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 28
- https://uptrace.dev/tools/top-observability-tools: 27
- https://coralogix.com/guides/observability/observability-platforms: 26
- https://ir.com/guides/top-observability-tools-comparison-2026-smbs-vs-enterprise-platforms: 26

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