Open-source alternatives to Grafana Cloud
5 self-hostable open-source projects that replace Grafana Cloud, ranked by computed health score with real self-hosting cost. Save up to $46/yr per seat by self-hosting on a $4.13/mo VPS.
Why people leave Grafana Cloud
- Per-active-user pricing on top of metric/log volume
- Free tier caps trigger forced upgrades
- Long-term data retention costs scale fast
- Egress fees on data export
Self-host the open-source Grafana stack and pay only for the VPS hosting it.
The 5 alternatives, ranked by health
Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams.
VictoriaMetrics: fast, cost-effective monitoring solution and time series database
OpenObserve is an open-source observability platform for logs, metrics, traces, and frontend monitoring. A cost-effective alternative to Datadog, Splunk, and Elasticsearch with 140x lower storage costs and single binary deployment.
A self-hosted data logger for your Tesla [main maintainer=@JakobLichterfeld]
◢ High-perfomance, self-hosted and privacy-focused web analytics service. Written in Go.
Cost comparison vs Grafana Cloud
Self-hosting cost on cheapest plan meeting requirements vs Grafana Cloud entry tier ($8/mo).
| Project | Self-host /mo | Grafana Cloud /mo | Save /yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| netdata | $4.13 | $8+ | $46 | Deploy → |
| VictoriaMetrics | $4.13 | $8+ | $46 | Deploy → |
| openobserve | $4.13 | $8+ | $46 | Deploy → |
| teslamate | $4.13 | $8+ | $46 | Deploy → |
| analytics | $4.13 | $8+ | $46 | Deploy → |
Pick your alternative
Most operators land on netdata (top health score in this category; cheapest VPS path is netdata on hetzner for $4.13/mo).
Data refreshed daily. Pricing for Grafana Cloud sourced from official site.