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Comparison

Grafana vs Middleware

On the evidence we track, Middleware leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Grafana54
★Middleware71
Score
vioscaleAI score
Grafana54 / 100high · 75%
Middleware71 / 100medium · 74%
Pricing
Free tier
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Model
Grafanafreemium
Middlewarefreemium
Price level
Grafanalow
Middlewarelow
Starting price
Grafana–
Middleware$0.30
Transparent
Grafana✗
Middleware✓
Integrations
Count
Grafana6
Middleware450
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Grafana✓
Middleware–
Fedramp
Grafana✓
Middleware–
Gdpr
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Iso27001
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Pci
Grafana✓
Middleware–
Scorecard
Grafana6.8
Middleware–
Soc2
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Grafana1,048
Middleware–
Github stars
Grafana77,082
Middleware–
Package downloads weekly
Grafana0
Middleware–
Stackoverflow questions
Grafana14,000
Middleware–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Grafana100
Middleware–
Release
History
Grafana20 items
Middleware–
License
Spdx
GrafanaAGPL-3.0
Middleware–
Language
Primary
GrafanaTypeScript
Middleware–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Grafana8 items
Middleware7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for observability tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Signals
Metrics
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Log management
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Distributed tracing
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Application performance monitoring
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Real-user monitoring
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Response
Alerting
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
On-call / incident management
Grafana✓
Middleware-
Insight
Dashboards
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Standards
OpenTelemetry-native
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Deployment
Hosting
GrafanaCloud + self-hosted
MiddlewareCloud only

What each one is

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

Grafana

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

Middleware

Leader

A platform that helps teams monitor cloud systems and applications in real-time, automatically detect problems, analyze their root causes, and resolve them efficiently.

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

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 ↗

Middleware

Leader
from $0.30/gbUsage-basedFree tier14-day trial

Free tier with 100GB/month. Pay-as-you-go from $0.3/GB. Custom pricing with BYOC option.

  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited Users
    • Community Based Support
    • 14 day retention
  • Pay As You Go$0.3/GB logs, metrics, traces; $1 per 1K RUM sessions
    • Error solving with OpsAI
    • Ingestion Control & Data Pipeline
    • 30 day retention
    • SSO and Security Features
    • Dedicated Slack/MS Teams Channel
  • BYOCContact sales
    • Dedicated Account Team
    • Multi-year Contract Discounts
    • Custom Data Retention
    • Bring Your Own Cloud
    • 24x7 Support
    • +3 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✓
Middleware✗
iOS
Grafana✗
Middleware✓
Android
Grafana✗
Middleware✓
macOS
Grafana✗
Middleware✓
Windows
Grafana✗
Middleware✓
Linux
Grafana✗
Middleware✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Grafana✓
Middleware✓
Self-hosted
Grafana✓
Middleware✓

Integrations

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

In common (4)
  • Prometheus
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • OpenTelemetry

Grafana

10 total - 6 not shared
  • Loki
  • Elasticsearch
  • InfluxDB
  • Postgres
  • Tempo
  • Azure Monitor
Independently observed

Middleware

Leader
15 total - 11 not shared
  • Slack
  • Google Cloud
  • Stripe
  • Amazon S3
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Docker
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • Go
  • iOS
Independently observed
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Grafana or Middleware: which one depends on you

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.