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Comparison

Grafana vs Sematext

On the evidence we track, Sematext leads this comparison with a composite score of 69/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Grafana full profile →Sematext full profile →
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Grafana64
★Sematext69
Score
Vioscale score
Grafana64 / 100high · 76%
Sematext69 / 100low · 49%
Pricing
Free tier
Grafana✓
Sematext✓
Model
Grafanafreemium
Sematextfreemium
Price level
Grafanalow
Sematextlow
Transparent
Grafana✗
Sematext✓
Integrations
Count
Grafana7
Sematext100
Security
Disclosure policy
Grafana✓
Sematext–
Fedramp
Grafana✓
Sematext–
Gdpr
Grafana✓
Sematext–
Iso27001
Grafana✓
Sematext–
Pci
Grafana✓
Sematext–
Scorecard
Grafana6.8
Sematext–
Soc2
Grafana✓
Sematext–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Grafana✓
Sematext✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Grafana1,048
Sematext–
Github stars
Grafana76,431
Sematext–
Package downloads weekly
Grafana100,948
Sematext–
Stackoverflow questions
Grafana14,000
Sematext–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Grafana100
Sematext–
Release
History
Grafana20 items
Sematext–
License
Spdx
GrafanaAGPL-3.0
Sematext–
Language
Primary
GrafanaTypeScript
Sematext–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Grafana7 items
Sematext–

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Grafana

A full-stack observability platform that ingests telemetry data from multiple sources and provides dashboards, alerting, incident management, and AI-assisted troubleshooting. Supports open standards including OpenTelemetry and can be deployed as a cloud service or self-hosted.

Independently observed

Sematext

Leader

Cloud-based and self-hosted observability solution that integrates infrastructure monitoring, log management, distributed tracing, and synthetic monitoring in a unified interface. Offers per-product, per-host, or per-monitor billing with no hidden overage charges.

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 ↗

Sematext

Leader
from $2/moUsage-basedFree tier14-day trial

From $2.8/host/month for infrastructure monitoring. 14-day free trial, no commitment. Metered pricing with no overage charges.

  • LogsFrom $5/month
    • Log ingestion
    • Log analytics
    • Searching and filtering
  • Infra MonitoringFrom $2.8/host/month
    • Host metrics
    • Container monitoring
    • System performance
  • Service MonitoringFrom $8.64/month
  • TracingFrom $19/month
  • SyntheticsFrom $2/monitor/month
    • API monitoring
    • Uptime monitoring
    • Performance monitoring
  • Synthetics Standard$29/month
  • Synthetics Pro$99/month
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Grafana✓
Sematext✓
iOS
Grafana✓
Sematext✗
Android
Grafana✓
Sematext✗
CLI
Grafana✓
Sematext✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Grafana✓
Sematext✓
Self-hosted
Grafana✓
Sematext✓

Integrations

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

In common (2)
  • Elasticsearch
  • Kubernetes

Grafana

7 total - 5 not shared
  • Prometheus
  • Loki
  • InfluxDB
  • Postgres
  • AWS
Independently observed

Sematext

Leader
14 total - 12 not shared
  • Syslog
  • Angular
  • Custom Webhooks
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Akka
  • Ember
  • Next.js
  • Logstash
  • Kibana
  • Apache Solr
  • OpenSearch
Independently observed

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