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Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring

Ch 297.0of 46Container Monitoring
  1. 1Runs onLinux, self-hosted, Web
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Supported platformsKubernetes, Amazon EKS, Google GKE, Azure AKS, GKE Autopilot, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShift, and EKS on AWS Fargate
  4. 4Container metricsYes
  5. 5Resource alertsYes
  6. 6Image monitoringYes
  7. 7Runtime eventsYes
  8. 8Container log collectionYes
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Overview

Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring is ranked #29 of 46 in container monitoring on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring plans and pricing

All plans
Pro 2,232 host hours included per month · 37,944 container hours included per month grafana.com · 21 Sept 2026
Free Free Always free 2,232 host hours & 37,944 container hours per month · Community support · No credit card required grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Enterprise Scalable unit price based on annual commit Minimum commit of $25,000 per year · Premium support · Deployment flexibility grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Pro Platform fee of $19 per month includes the listed usage; then pay as you go 2,232 host hours & 37,944 container hours per month included · 8×5 email support · Automatic volume discounts grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026

Compared on container monitoring

Free plan
Yesgrafana.com
Supported platforms
Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Google GKE, Azure AKS, GKE Autopilot, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShift, and EKS on AWS Fargategrafana.com
Container metrics
Yesgrafana.com
Resource alerts
Yesgrafana.com
Image monitoring
Yesgrafana.com
Runtime events
Yesgrafana.com
Container log collection
Yesgrafana.com

Facts

Purpose
Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring provides dashboards and alerts for monitoring and troubleshooting Kubernetes fleets, including resource usage, health, performance, and costs.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Unified view
The application lets users inspect Kubernetes objects and troubleshoot infrastructure from one interface.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Built-in features
The product includes cost and resource-efficiency tools, job and energy monitoring, alerts, recording rules, and predictions.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Telemetry collection
Grafana Alloy collects Kubernetes metrics, events, and Pod logs, receives application traces, and sends data to Grafana Cloud.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Cost monitoring
Cost views use OpenCost to estimate Kubernetes infrastructure costs and show allocations across clusters, namespaces, workloads, Pods, and containers.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Application integrations
Application telemetry can be sent through OpenTelemetry, Zipkin, or Jaeger receivers, or gathered through compatible Prometheus integrations.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Supported Kubernetes platforms
The Helm chart supports Kubernetes including EKS on EC2 and GKE, EKS on Fargate, AKS, GKE Autopilot, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, and Red Hat OpenShift.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Cloud-only availability
Kubernetes Monitoring is available only in Grafana Cloud and supports only data sources hosted in Grafana Cloud.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Billing meters
For plans using the current model, billing is based on active Kubernetes host hours and active container hours reported by kube-state-metrics.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Separate telemetry charges
Telemetry from other products on the same cluster, including NGINX integration and Application Observability, is billed separately from Kubernetes Monitoring.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Security certifications
Grafana Labs lists ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications, PCI compliance, a GDPR data processor agreement, and participation in the Cloud Security Alliance STAR program.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Setup requirements
The Helm setup requires a Grafana Cloud account, a Kubernetes cluster, kubectl and Helm, and the Admin role to install alerts.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026
Company
Grafana Labs is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, and was founded in 2014.grafana.com · 3 Oct 2026

Company

Founded
2014grafana.com · 28 Sept 2026
Headquarters
New York, New York, USAgrafana.com · 28 Sept 2026

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