Powerful Visualization
Interactive dashboards with drag-and-drop panels
Rich visualization library with over 30 panel types
Real-time data updates and time range controls
Template variables for dynamic dashboards
Custom panel plugins for specialized visualizations
Annotation support for event correlation
Unified Observability
Single pane of glass for metrics, logs, and traces
Correlate data across multiple sources
End-to-end distributed tracing visualization
Centralized alerting system
Service health monitoring
Root cause analysis tools
Metrics with Grafana Mimir
Horizontally scalable, highly available time series database
Cost-effective long-term metrics storage
Multi-tenancy with complete isolation
Global query federation
Unlimited cardinality for metrics
Native Prometheus compatibility
Logs with Grafana Loki
Index-free logging for cost-effective storage
Log exploration with LogQL query language
Label-based log filtering similar to Prometheus
Distributed log aggregation
Log streaming capabilities
Log volume metrics and analytics
Traces with Grafana Tempo
Scalable distributed tracing backend
Cost-efficient trace storage
Native OpenTelemetry integration
Trace to logs and metrics correlation
Service graph visualization
High cardinality trace search
Alerts and Incident Management
Unified alerting across all data sources
Multi-dimensional alert rules
Alert grouping and silencing
On-call scheduling and rotation
Incident response workflows
Notification channels for various services
Data Source Flexibility
Support for 100+ data sources out of the box
SQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)
Cloud provider metrics (AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Google Cloud)
Time series databases (Prometheus, InfluxDB, Graphite)
Distributed tracing systems (Jaeger, Zipkin)
Custom data source plugins
Enterprise Features
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Team-based resource organization
White-labeling and custom branding
Enhanced authentication options
Data source permissions
Reporting and PDF export
Developer-Friendly Platform
Comprehensive HTTP API
Plugin development framework
Terraform providers for infrastructure as code
Grafana Operator for Kubernetes
Declarative dashboard definitions
Custom data source development