Grafana by grafana

The open and composable observability and data visualization platform. Visualize metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources like Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Postgres and many more.

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Verdict 82/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner Last release 18 days ago

Self-host Grafana on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $46/year vs Grafana Cloud.

Health score
82 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
/5
GitHub stars
75k
14k forks

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
100
maturity
100
community
93
security
85
sustainability
65
adoption
45

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 75k github.com/grafana/grafana
GitHub forks 14k github.com/grafana/grafana

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age12.6 yearssince Dec 2013
Last commit5 days agoJun 21, 2026
Releases shipped618last: 18 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Replaces these paid SaaS

Grafana is one of the open-source alternatives to:

Grafana Cloud alternatives

Ready to self-host Grafana?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked questions

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