Grafana splits observability pricing into Process/Write/Retain model
What happened
Between the Feb 16, 2026 and Feb 23, 2026 captures of Grafana's pricing page, Pulse recorded 10 changes: 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.'. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase, metric change, price decrease, package change, positioning) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 17, 2026) lists Pro at $19.
Grafana's previous recorded change was "Grafana Removes Advanced Tier, Restructures Pricing to Enhance Clarity and Decrease Pro Tier Metrics Costs by 18.75%" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Grafana Introduces New Synthetics Pricing: $5 for 10k API Tests and $50 for 10k Browser Tests, Enhancing Cost Clarity" (Q2 2025), "Grafana Introduces Minimum Fee of $19/month for Pro Pay As You Go Plan, Marking Significant Pricing Change" (Q3 2024) and "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 Datadog, Elastic, New Relic, Sumologic and Dynatrace also changed their Data & Analytics pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Price+600%
Before$0.001
After$0.007 per container hour
- — · Pricing modelMetric change
Price list table updated to reflect monthly unit rates including new Process/Write/Retain breakdown for Logs, Traces, Profiles
- — · Price−17%$0.90$0.75
- Traces · PackagingPackage change
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 · PackagingPackage change
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 · PackagingPackage change
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)
- — · Price−37%$0.04$0.025 per host hour
- — · Price−33%$0.015$0.01 per host hour
- Frontend Observability · Price−17%$0.90$0.75
- — · PositioningReworded
BeforeBuilt for scale. Priced for reality
AfterSend more, charge more is broken. We are changing it
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Price | $0.001 | $0.007 per container hour | +600% |
| — | Pricing model | Price list table updated to reflect monthly unit rates including new Process/Write/Retain breakdown for Logs, Traces, Profiles | Metric change | |
| — | Price | $0.90 | $0.75 | −17% |
| Traces | Packaging | 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) | Package change | |
| Profiles | Packaging | 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) | Package change | |
| Logs | Packaging | 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) | Package change | |
| — | Price | $0.04 | $0.025 per host hour | −37% |
| — | Price | $0.015 | $0.01 per host hour | −33% |
| Frontend Observability | Price | $0.90 | $0.75 | −17% |
| — | Positioning | Built for scale. Priced for reality | Send more, charge more is broken. We are changing it | Reworded |
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 Feb 16, 2026 and Feb 23, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where price reads $0.001 and then $0.007 per container hour.
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Grafana, pricing history
Full history- May 4, 2026improvedGrafana boosts free Assistant AI quota 40x to 200 messages per month
- Apr 13, 2026packagingGrafana rewords Pro plan host hour limits as included allocations
- Apr 3, 2026decreaseGrafana Splits Log Pricing Into Three Stages, Cuts Kubernetes Costs 33%
- Feb 23, 2026decreaseGrafana splits observability pricing into Process/Write/Retain model · this change
- 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
- 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
Across Data & Analytics in the same window
All Data & Analytics changes- DatadogFeb 16Datadog unbundles APM at $36–$47/host, adds Recommendations
- ElasticJan 21Elastic Introduces AI Assistant for Generative AI in Enterprise Plan, Enhancing Observability Features
- New RelicJan 13New Relic Introduces $49/User Charge for Core Users in Standard Tier, Ending Unlimited Access
- SumologicJan 12Sumologic Shifts Pricing Metric from TB to GB Scanned, Enhancing Granularity by 1000x
- DynatraceJan 11Dynatrace Expands Services Flexpoints Pricing with Daily Rates for Lead Consultant and Architect Services
Questions about this change
Did Grafana raise prices in February 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Feb 16, 2026 and Feb 23, 2026 Grafana's pricing page showed 4 price cuts: $0.90 → $0.75 (−17%); $0.04 → $0.025 per host hour (−37%); $0.015 → $0.01 per host hour (−33%); Frontend Observability: $0.90 → $0.75 (−17%).
What changed on Grafana's pricing page between Feb 16, 2026 and Feb 23, 2026?
Price: $0.001 → $0.007 per container hour (+600%); Price list table updated to reflect monthly unit rates including new Process/Write/Retain breakdown for Logs, Traces, Profiles; price: $0.90 → $0.75 (−17%); 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); price: $0.04 → $0.025 per host hour (−37%); price: $0.015 → $0.01 per host hour (−33%); Frontend Observability price: $0.90 → $0.75 (−17%); positioning: Built for scale. Priced for reality → Send more, charge more is broken. We are changing it, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Feb 16, 2026 and Feb 23, 2026; 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; the previous change was "Grafana Removes Advanced Tier, Restructures Pricing to Enhance Clarity and Decrease Pro Tier Metrics Costs by 18.75%" in Q3 2025; Grafana has been tracked since 2023-11-14.