Open Source Grafana Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Grafana is Kibana. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Grafana and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Grafana are Metabase, Wazuh, HyperDX and Apache Superset.

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Grafana alternatives page was last updated Aug 22, 2024
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  1. Kibana icon

    Kibana

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    Easily visualize data pushed into Elasticsearch from Logstash, es-hadoop or 3rd party technologies like Apache Flume, Fluentd, and many others.

    40 Kibana alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Kibana screenshot 1

    Kibana Features

    1.  Log filter
    2.  Log parsing
    3.  Data analytics
    4.  Log storage
    5.  Integrated Search
    6.  Data visualization

    Kibana VS Grafana

     

    • Almost everyone thinks Kibana is a great Grafana alternative.

    • Kibana is the most popular Windows alternative to Grafana.

    • Kibana is the most popular Open Source alternative to Grafana.

    • Kibana is Freemium and Open SourceGrafana is Free and Open Source
  2. Metabase icon

    Metabase

     45 likes
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    Metabase is a simple and powerful analytics tool which lets anyone learn and make decisions from their company’s data. No technical knowledge required! We hope you love it.

    52 Metabase alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Heroku
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    Metabase screenshot 1

    Metabase Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Linux-based
    3.  REST API

    Metabase VS Grafana

     
  4. Wazuh icon

    Wazuh

     21 likes
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    Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It is capable of protecting workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments.

    23 Wazuh alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Website

    Properties

    1.  Security-focused

    Features

    1.  Vulnerability management
    2.  Integration with SIEM
    3.  Data visualization
    4.  Event management
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Ad-free

    Wazuh VS Grafana

     
    Comments about Wazuh as an Alternative to Grafana
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    Negative •Jul 5, 2024
    0

    Wazuh is a security tool, not a dashboard tool.

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    • Wazuh is Free and Open SourceGrafana is also Free and Open Source
  5. HyperDX icon

    HyperDX

     17 likes
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    An open source observability platform: Unify session replays, logs, traces, and errors – all without the Datadog price tag.

    63 HyperDX alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    HyperDX screenshot 1

    HyperDX Features

    1.  Application Monitoring
    2.  Metrics

    HyperDX VS Grafana

     
  6. Apache Superset icon

    Apache Superset

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    modern, enterprise-ready business intelligence web application.

    33 Apache Superset alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    Apache Superset screenshot 1

    Apache Superset Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Data analytics
    3.  Reporting
    4.  Data visualization

    Apache Superset VS Grafana

     
  7. DeepFlow icon

    DeepFlow

     5 likes
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    Unify your cloud-native monitoring with zero-code eBPF, advanced profiling, and 10x storage efficiency.

    55 DeepFlow alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    DeepFlow screenshot 1

    DeepFlow Features

    1.  No Coding Required

    DeepFlow VS Grafana

     
  9. OpenSearch icon

    OpenSearch

     7 likes
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    OpenSearch is a community-driven, open source search and analytics suite derived from Apache 2.0 licensed Elasticsearch 7.10.2 & Kibana 7.10.2. It consists of a search engine daemon, and a visualization and user interface, OpenSearch Dashboards.

    33 OpenSearch alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    OpenSearch Dashboards

    OpenSearch Features

    1.  Import CSV Data
    2.  Business Dashboards
    3.  Charts
    4.  Reporting
    5.  Real-time dashboard
    6.  Metrics
    7.  Drag and Drop
    8.  Graphs
    9.  Interactive map
    10.  Interactive Visualization

    OpenSearch VS Grafana

     
  10. Pretzel icon

    Pretzel

     8 likes
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    Pretzel is an open-source, offline browser-based tool for fast and intuitive data exploration and visualization. It can handle large data files, runs locally in your browser, and requires no backend setup.

    31 Pretzel alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    Pretzel screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Import CSV Data
    3.  Data analytics
    4.  AI-Powered
    5.  Browser-based
    6.  Support for WebAssembly
    7.  Data visualization

    Pretzel VS Grafana

     
    Comments about Pretzel as an Alternative to Grafana
    Guest
    Negative •Jul 5, 2024
    0

    Pertzel is not an online dashboard tool.

    Grafana Icon
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    • Pretzel is Free and Open SourceGrafana is also Free and Open Source
    • Pretzel is Privacy focusedGrafana is not according to our users
  11. KSysGuard icon

    KSysGuard

     23 likes
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    KSysGuard, also known as KDE System Guard and KDE System Monitor, is designed to make simple process control available to a user without needing to do any special setup - the defaults are usually perfectly adequate.

    27 KSysGuard alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    KSysGuard screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    This app is unmaintained and no longer released by the KDE community. You can take a look at Plasma System Monitor icon Plasma System Monitor instead.

    KSysGuard Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  CPU Monitoring
    5.  History graphs

    KSysGuard VS Grafana

     
    Comments about KSysGuard as an Alternative to Grafana
    Guest
    Negative •Jul 29, 2024
    0

    They aren't even built for the same reason. Completely unrelated

    Grafana Icon
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    • KSysGuard is Free and Open SourceGrafana is also Free and Open Source
  12. SigNoz icon

    SigNoz

     18 likes
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    Open source observability platform. SigNoz helps developers find issues in their deployed applications & solve them quickly.

    180 SigNoz alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    SigNoz screenshot 1

    SigNoz Features

    1.  Application Monitoring
    2.  APM monitoring
    3.  Server Monitoring

    SigNoz VS Grafana

     
  13. ThingsBoard icon

    ThingsBoard

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    ThingsBoard is an open-source IoT platform for data collection, processing, visualization, and device management. It enables device connectivity via industry standard IoT protocols and supports both cloud and on-premises deployments.

    1 ThingsBoard alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
    ThingsBoard screenshot 1

    ThingsBoard Features

    1.  IOT Analytics

    ThingsBoard VS Grafana

     
  14. Redash icon

    Redash

     21 likes
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    Redash helps you make sense of your data. Connect and query your data sources, build dashboards to visualize data and share them with your company.

    66 Redash alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    Redash screenshot 1

    Redash Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Import CSV Data
    3.  Drag and Drop
    4.  Data visualization

    Redash VS Grafana

     
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