1. What is OSS, Enterprise or Cloud: which to choose? for? #
Compare the three Grafana editions and know where each feature is available.
The principle #
Available in : ✓ OSS ✓ Enterprise ✓ Cloud
Grafana comes in three editions. OSS: open source (AGPLv3), self-hosted, free. Enterprise: self-hosted, licensed, with extra security, governance features and data source plugins. Cloud: service managed by Grafana Labs, which includes Enterprise features in paid plans and adds Cloud-specific apps.
2. Key features #
What the solution offers.
Overview #
| Feature | Role or availability |
|---|---|
| Dashboards, Explore, alerting, provisioning | OSS, Enterprise, Cloud |
| Reporting PDF, usage insights, recorded queries | Enterprise, Cloud |
| Permissions des sources, team sync, SAML | Enterprise, Cloud |
| Plugins Enterprise (Splunk, ServiceNow, Datadog…) | Enterprise, Cloud |
| IRM, SLO, Synthetic, Application et Frontend Observability, Kubernetes Monitoring, Adaptive Telemetry, Fleet Management, Assistant | Cloud only |
3. Getting started #
First steps.
Step by step #
- List your needs: security, compliance, apps, operations.
- Assess who will operate the platform.
- Try Grafana Cloud with the free plan.
- Compare total cost, operations included.
Check regularly. Feature distribution changes from version to version; each Grafana documentation page states the editions concerned in its header.
Sources #
From the Grafana Labs documentation consulted in November 2026: the split between editions and plans changes.
