Grafana Introduces Frontend Observability with $0.90 per 1k Sessions and New Tier Limits for Enhanced User Experience
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024 captures of Grafana's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: Free tier: Frontend Observability limit of 50k sessions added; Advanced tier: 100k frontend sessions included in base usage; Pro tier: 50k frontend sessions included in base usage; Frontend Observability added as a new product offering with pricing at $0.90 per 1k sessions. Pulse files it as a packaging change (threshold added, feature added) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 17, 2026) lists Pro at $19.
Grafana's previous recorded change was "Grafana Transforms Pro Plan to Pure Pay-As-You-Go Model Starting at $0, Renames All Plans" (Dec 2023). 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.
- — · LimitAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterFrontend Observability limit of 50k sessions
- Advanced · LimitThreshold added
Advanced tier: 100k frontend sessions included in base usage
- Pro · LimitThreshold added
Pro tier: 50k frontend sessions included in base usage
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Frontend Observability
AfterFrontend Observability
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Limit | Not listed | Frontend Observability limit of 50k sessions | Added |
| Advanced | Limit | Advanced tier: 100k frontend sessions included in base usage | Threshold added | |
| Pro | Limit | Pro tier: 50k frontend sessions included in base usage | Threshold added | |
| — | Feature | No Frontend Observability | Frontend Observability | Added |
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 Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where Frontend Observability limit of 50k sessions now appears.
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Grafana, the last 90 days
Full history- Q2 2025improvedGrafana Introduces New Synthetics Pricing: $5 for 10k API Tests and $50 for 10k Browser Tests, Enhancing Cost Clarity
- 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 · this change
- Dec 2023packagingGrafana Transforms Pro Plan to Pure Pay-As-You-Go Model Starting at $0, Renames All Plans
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 April 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: threshold added, feature added.
What changed on Grafana's pricing page between Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024?
Limit: Not listed → Frontend Observability limit of 50k sessions, added; Advanced tier: 100k frontend sessions included in base usage; Pro tier: 50k frontend sessions included in base usage; feature: No Frontend Observability → Frontend Observability, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Grafana change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Grafana in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Grafana Transforms Pro Plan to Pure Pay-As-You-Go Model Starting at $0, Renames All Plans" in Dec 2023; Grafana has been tracked since 2023-11-14.