Which is cheaper, Grafana Cloud or PagerDuty?

Pricing varies by tier and usage. Check both tools for current rates.

Does Grafana Cloud have a free tier?

Yes, Grafana Cloud offers a free tier with metricsSeries: 10000, dataRetentionDays: 14, activeUsers: 3, logsGB: 50, tracesGB: 50, profilesGB: 50.

Grafana Cloud has drop-in switching cost. PagerDuty has significant switching cost. Grafana Cloud is easier to switch away from.

Monitoring

Grafana Cloud

Composable observability platform with managed Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo for metrics, logs, and traces

Switching Cost: drop-in

PagerDuty

Incident management and response platform with on-call scheduling, alerting, and AIOps

Switching Cost: significant

Cost modeling varies: hybrid drives Grafana Cloud pricing, while PagerDuty uses per-seat.

Teams prioritizing vendor flexibility should choose {winner} — lower switching costs preserve your future options.

Teams prioritizing vendor flexibility should choose {winner} — lower switching costs preserve your future options.

Pricing Model

Different

Tools charge using different pricing philosophies

Switching Costs

Grafana Cloud

Lower switching costs for easier migration