1. What is Costs, usage and Private Data Source Connect for? #
Track Grafana Cloud consumption and query private data sources without exposing them.
The principle #
Available in : ✕ OSS ✕ Enterprise ✓ Cloud
Grafana Cloud bills by usage: active series, log and trace volume, users. Cost and usage dashboards show consumption and its sources. Private Data Source Connect (PDC) connects Grafana Cloud to a database or service in your private network, through an agent, without opening inbound ports.
2. Key features #
What the solution offers.
Overview #
| Feature | Role or availability |
|---|---|
| Usage et facturation | Consumption per product and trend |
| Attribution des coûts | Split by label, for example per team |
| PDC | Agent in your network, secure outbound tunnel |
3. Getting started #
First steps.
Step by step #
- Review the stack usage.
- Identify the largest contributors.
- For a private database, deploy the PDC agent.
- Create the data source selecting the PDC network.
Self-hosted. The question is different: Grafana sits in your network, but you manage storage and capacity.
Sources #
From the Grafana Labs documentation consulted in November 2026: the split between editions and plans changes.
