| Attribute |  GrafanaOpen source |  PrometheusOpen source |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Primary focus | Open source dashboards and observability across many data sources | Open-source, pull-based metrics monitoring and alerting toolkit |
| Deployment | Self-hosted / Web | Self-hosted |
| Source model | Open source | Open source |
| Pricing model | freemium | open source |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Windows desktop | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Not specified | Not specified |
| Overview | Grafana is an open source visualization and dashboarding platform that queries metrics, logs, and traces from Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, and dozens of other backends, with Grafana Cloud offering a hosted option. | Prometheus scrapes time-series metrics from instrumented targets, stores them locally, and evaluates alerting rules with PromQL, forwarding alerts to Alertmanager. It has no built-in dashboarding or long-term storage layer of its own. |
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| ITHub profile | View full profile → | View full profile → |
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