# Prometheus + Grafana: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 45 judge labels across 9 categories by 12 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/prometheus-grafana

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Infrastructure monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/infrastructure-monitoring/index.md) | 4% | 7 | 10% | 20 |
| [Application performance monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/application-performance-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 16 | 11% | 9 |
| [Network monitoring and management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/network-monitoring-and-management/index.md) | 0% | 64 | 40% | 5 |
| [Observability platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/observability-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 70 | 60% | 5 |
| [AIOps platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/aiops-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 53 | 0% | 2 |
| [Data quality and observability](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/data-quality-and-observability/index.md) | 0% | 71 | 0% | 1 |
| [Error and crash monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/error-and-crash-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 47 | 100% | 1 |
| [Telemetry pipelines](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/telemetry-pipelines/index.md) | 0% | 79 | 0% | 1 |
| [Website and synthetic monitoring](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/website-and-synthetic-monitoring/index.md) | 0% | 47 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "starting with Zabbix, Prometheus + Grafana, or Checkmk Community gives you enterprise-grade visibility" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Infra monitoring)
- "If you have DevOps / Linux skills and use Docker/Kubernetes: Go with Prometheus + Grafana." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Infra monitoring)
- "Startup / Cloud-Native / K8s-first | Prometheus + Grafana" (Kimi K2, Infra monitoring)
- "Open-source or lightweight alternatives (like Prometheus + Grafana, OpenTelemetry with SigNoz, or Netdata) often deliver better value for many teams." (Grok 4.20, APM)

## And against it

- "Avoid if you do not have a dedicated SRE or DevOps team." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Observability)
- "Prometheus is not designed for error tracking" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Error monitoring)
- "Prometheus/Grafana, Zabbix, and similar stacks can reduce license costs but require ongoing operation, scaling, upgrades, configuration, and troubleshooting." (Perplexity Sonar, Infra monitoring)
- "can reduce license costs, but the organization assumes upgrades, scaling, retention, reliability, and on-call responsibilities" (Perplexity Sonar, Observability)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Prometheus + Grafana, from 109 of the 130 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- motadata.com: 55
- netdata.cloud: 38
- newrelic.com: 30
- middleware.io: 28
- g2.com: 23
- signoz.io: 23
- coralogix.com: 22
- hackmd.io: 22
- xitoring.com: 22
- checkmk.com: 20

### Pages cited

- https://motadata.com/blog/best-it-infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 46
- https://middleware.io/blog/infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 28
- https://netdata.cloud/resources/best-infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 24
- https://xitoring.com/blog/best-infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 21
- https://ninjaone.com/blog/best-infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 19
- https://hackmd.io/@davidwenham/infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 15
- https://sematext.com/blog/infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 15
- https://signoz.io/comparisons/infrastructure-monitoring-tools: 14

## In its own words

What Prometheus + 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: Plans to suit every scale (https://grafana.com/)
- Starting price: 19 (https://grafana.com/products/cloud/)
- Free plan or trial: The Free Forever plan (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.