Grafana Introduces Minimum Fee of $19/month for Pro Pay As You Go Plan, Marking Significant Pricing Change
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Grafana's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Kubernetes Monitoring limits added to Free tier: 2.2k host hours / 37k container hours per month; Kubernetes Monitoring added as a new feature across all tiers (Free, Pro, Advanced); Pro Pay As You Go plan minimum fee introduced at $19/month (previously started at $0). Pulse files it as a pricing change (threshold added, feature added, price increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 17, 2026) lists Pro at $19.
Grafana's previous recorded change was "Grafana Introduces Synthetics Monitoring to Free Forever Plan with 100k Monthly Test Executions Included" (Q2 2024). 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
BeforeNo Kubernetes Monitoring limits
AfterKubernetes Monitoring limits
- Pro · FeatureAddedNo Kubernetes MonitoringKubernetes Monitoring
- Pro · PriceAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterPro Pay As You Go plan minimum fee
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Limit | No Kubernetes Monitoring limits | Kubernetes Monitoring limits | Added |
| Pro | Feature | No Kubernetes Monitoring | Kubernetes Monitoring | Added |
| Pro | Price | Not listed | Pro Pay As You Go plan minimum fee | 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 Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where Pro Pay As You Go plan minimum fee now appears.
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Grafana, the last 90 days
Full history- Feb 23, 2026decreaseGrafana splits observability pricing into Process/Write/Retain model
- Q3 2025packagingGrafana Removes Advanced Tier, Restructures Pricing to Enhance Clarity and Decrease Pro Tier Metrics Costs by 18.75%
- 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 · this change
- Q2 2024improvedGrafana Introduces Synthetics Monitoring to Free Forever Plan with 100k Monthly Test Executions Included
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 October 2024?
Yes. Pulse captured Grafana's pricing page on Jul 1, 2024 and again on Oct 1, 2024 and recorded 1 price increase: Pro: Not listed → Pro Pay As You Go plan minimum fee (added).
What changed on Grafana's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Limit: No Kubernetes Monitoring limits → Kubernetes Monitoring limits, added; Pro feature: No Kubernetes Monitoring → Kubernetes Monitoring, added; Pro price: Not listed → Pro Pay As You Go plan minimum fee, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 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 Introduces Synthetics Monitoring to Free Forever Plan with 100k Monthly Test Executions Included" in Q2 2024; Grafana has been tracked since 2023-11-14.