Grafana Transforms Pro Plan to Pure Pay-As-You-Go Model Starting at $0, Renames All Plans
What happened
Between the Nov 14, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024 captures of Grafana's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: Cloud Free plan renamed to 'Free Forever'; Cloud Pro plan renamed to 'Pro Pay As You Go'; Cloud Advanced plan renamed to 'Advanced Premium Bundle'; Pro plan restructured from '$29/month base + usage' to pure pay-as-you-go model starting at $0. Pulse files it as a packaging change (plan renamed, package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 17, 2026) lists Pro at $19.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Grafana. Grafana has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Elastic, Dynatrace and Datadog also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Cloud Free · PlanRenamedCloud Free plan'Free Forever'
- Pro · PlanRenamedCloud Pro plan'Pro Pay
- Cloud Advanced · PlanRenamed
BeforeCloud Advanced plan
After'Advanced Premium Bundle'
- Pro · PackagingChanged
Before'$29/month base + usage'
Afterpure pay-as-you-go model starting
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud Free | Plan | Cloud Free plan | 'Free Forever' | Renamed |
| Pro | Plan | Cloud Pro plan | 'Pro Pay | Renamed |
| Cloud Advanced | Plan | Cloud Advanced plan | 'Advanced Premium Bundle' | Renamed |
| Pro | Packaging | '$29/month base + usage' | pure pay-as-you-go model starting | Changed |
Values as written on Grafana's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Grafana's pricing page (grafana.com) from Nov 14, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where "Cloud Free plan" becomes "'Free Forever'".
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Grafana, pricing history
Full history- Q3 2024improvedGrafana Introduces Minimum Fee of $19/month for Pro Pay As You Go Plan, Marking Significant Pricing Change
- Q2 2024improvedGrafana Introduces Synthetics Monitoring to Free Forever Plan with 100k Monthly Test Executions Included
- Q1 2024improvedGrafana Introduces Frontend Observability with $0.90 per 1k Sessions and New Tier Limits for Enhanced User Experience
- Dec 2023packagingGrafana Transforms Pro Plan to Pure Pay-As-You-Go Model Starting at $0, Renames All Plans · this change
Across Data & Analytics in the same window
All Data & Analytics changes- ElasticJan 11Elastic Introduces 99.95% Uptime SLA for Platinum and Enterprise Tiers in Comparison Table
- DynatraceJan 11Dynatrace Expands Services Flexpoints Pricing with Daily Rates for Lead Consultant and Architect Services
- DatadogJan 11Datadog Introduces AWS Fargate Serverless Application Monitoring at $3 per Active Instance, Enhancing Serverless Performance Insights
Questions about this change
Did Grafana raise prices in January 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Nov 14, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: plan renamed, package change.
What changed on Grafana's pricing page between Nov 14, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024?
Cloud Free plan: Cloud Free plan → 'Free Forever', renamed; Pro plan: Cloud Pro plan → 'Pro Pay, renamed; Cloud Advanced plan: Cloud Advanced plan → 'Advanced Premium Bundle', renamed; Pro packaging: '$29/month base + usage' → pure pay-as-you-go model starting, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Nov 14, 2023 and Jan 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Grafana change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Grafana in the 90 days before this one; Grafana has been tracked since 2023-11-14.