Grafana splits observability pricing into Process/Write/Retain model
What changed
Kubernetes Monitoring container hour pricing increased from $0.001 to $0.007 per container hour ($0.50/container)
Price list table updated to reflect monthly unit rates including new Process/Write/Retain breakdown for Logs, Traces, Profiles
Frontend Observability session pricing decreased from $0.90 to $0.75 per 1k sessions
Traces pricing model restructured from simple per-GB ingestion ($0.50/GB) to granular Process/Write/Retain model ($0.05 Process, $0.40 Write, $0.10 Retain)
Profiles pricing model restructured from simple per-GB ingestion ($0.50/GB) to granular Process/Write/Retain model ($0.05 Process, $0.40 Write, $0.10 Retain)
Logs pricing model restructured from simple per-GB ingestion ($0.50/GB) to granular Process/Write/Retain model ($0.05 Process, $0.40 Write, $0.10 Retain)
Application Observability host hour pricing decreased from $0.04 to $0.025 per host hour ($18/host)
Kubernetes Monitoring host hour pricing decreased from $0.015 to $0.01 per host hour ($7.20/host)
Price list updated Frontend Observability rate from $0.90 to $0.75 per 1k sessions
Hero messaging changed from 'Built for scale. Priced for reality.' to 'Send more, charge more is broken. We are changing it.'
Before and after
Feb 16, 2026 vs Feb 23, 2026Kubernetes Monitoring container hour pricing increased from $0.001 to $0.007 per container hour ($0.50/container)
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