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Grafana vs Ignition by Inductive Automation

On the evidence we track, Grafana leads this comparison with a composite score of 54/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Grafana54
Ignition by Inductive Automation49
Score
vioscaleAI score
Grafana54 / 100high · 75%
Ignition by Inductive Automation49 / 100low · 27%
Pricing
Free tier
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
Model
Grafanafreemium
Ignition by Inductive Automationfreemium
Price level
Grafanalow
Ignition by Inductive Automationlow
Starting price
Grafana–
Ignition by Inductive Automation$3,200
Transparent
Grafana✗
Ignition by Inductive Automation✗
Integrations
Count
Grafana6
Ignition by Inductive Automation1
Security
Certifications
GrafanaFEDRAMP, NATSEC100, PCI DSS, A-LIGN
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Disclosure policy
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Fedramp
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Gdpr
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Iso27001
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Pci
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Scorecard
Grafana6.8
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Soc2
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Trust center
Grafanahttps://grafana.com/security/hall-of-fame/issue_35/
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Grafana1,048
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Github stars
Grafana77,082
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Package downloads weekly
Grafana0
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Stackoverflow questions
Grafana14,000
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Grafana100
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Release
History
Grafana20 items
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
License
Spdx
GrafanaAGPL-3.0
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Language
Primary
GrafanaTypeScript
Ignition by Inductive Automation–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Grafana8 items
Ignition by Inductive Automation5 items

Features

The capabilities each product documents. These tools do not share a category taxonomy, so this aligns what each vendor states rather than a normalised feature set.

Declared feature comparison
FeatureGrafanaIgnition by Inductive Automation
Alerting✓-
Apm✓-
Dashboards✓-
Hostingboth-
Logs✓-
Metrics✓-
On call✓-
Otel native✓-
Rum✓-
Tracing✓-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Grafana

Leader

A comprehensive observability solution that integrates metrics, logs, and traces from multiple sources using OpenTelemetry-native standards, providing dashboards, alerting, and incident management capabilities for teams of any size.

Independently observed

Ignition by Inductive Automation

Ignition allows users to collect data from industrial equipment and systems, build custom applications for monitoring and control, and deploy them across diverse hardware platforms from servers to tablets and remote field devices.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Grafana

Leader
from $0.05/moHybridFree tier

Free forever tier always available. Pro plans from $19/month + usage with volume discounts. Enterprise from $25,000/year with custom terms.

  • FreeFree
    • All Grafana Cloud services with limited usage
    • Community support
    • 14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, and k6 performance tests
  • ProFrom $19/month + usage with automatic volume discounts
    • Everything in Free plan
    • Pay as you go above free tier with volume discounts
    • 8×5 email support
    • 13 months retention for metrics; 30 days retention for logs, traces, profiles, k6 performance tests
    • Adaptive Logs and Metrics cost optimization
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Premium support
    • Custom retention policies
    • Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud)
    • As low as $3 per 1k series for metrics at scale
    • Custom pricing based on annual commit and volume
as of verify ↗

Ignition by Inductive Automation

from $3200Perpetual licenceFree tier

Alarm Management Suite $3,200 (billing period not specified). Free trial available (2-hour timeout, resettable).

  • Alarm Management Suite$3200 one-time
    • Alarm notification with pipeline builder
    • Email notifications and roster management
    • Twilio SMS integration
    • Voice notifications with text-to-speech
    • Unlimited clients, tags, and connections
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
macOS
Grafana✗
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
Windows
Grafana✗
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
Linux
Grafana✗
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓
Self-hosted
Grafana✓
Ignition by Inductive Automation✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Grafana

Leader
10 total
  • Prometheus
  • Loki
  • Elasticsearch
  • InfluxDB
  • Postgres
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Tempo
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Azure Monitor
Independently observed

Ignition by Inductive Automation

1 total
  • Twilio
Independently observed
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