A clearer shortlist

Compare the trade-offs.

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THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM

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Published plan prices for your team size and usage. Results update as you type. Taxes, currency conversion and unlisted add-ons are excluded, and anything the source did not state is called out rather than guessed.

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Cheapest fit for 1 person, all 2 tools

$15.00/month

$180.00 a year on these plans.

Some figures carry conditions the vendor did not state — see the notes beside each plan.

Plan costs based on your requirements
Tool / plan	Monthly	Per year	What this assumes
Grafana FreeCheapest fit Flat subscription	$0.00	$0.00	Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.
Grafana Pro Flat subscription	$19.00	$228.00	· Published as a starting price. The final cost can be higher depending on options. Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Published as a starting price. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.
Grafana Enterprise Flat subscription	$2,083.33	$25,000.00	· Only annual billing is published; shown as the monthly equivalent of the annual price. Paying month to month may cost more. · Published as a starting price. The final cost can be higher depending on options. Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Published as a starting price. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.
splunk InfrastructureCheapest fit Flat subscription	$15.00	$180.00	· Published as a starting price. The final cost can be higher depending on options. Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Published as a starting price. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.
splunk App & Infra Flat subscription	$60.00	$720.00	· Published as a starting price. The final cost can be higher depending on options. Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Published as a starting price. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.
splunk End-to-End Flat subscription	$75.00	$900.00	· Published as a starting price. The final cost can be higher depending on options. Automatically extracted from the linked pricing source. Published as a starting price. Seat allowances, usage limits, taxes and terms are not confirmed — check them with the provider.

Grafana

Best fit

Personal projects, exploring new ideas, and early-stage startups; Companies with security, compliance, and deployment requirements needing premium support and custom retention

Trade-offs

Free tier has limited usage and 14-day retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, and performance tests; Enterprise plan requires a minimum spend commitment of $25,000 per year

Integrations / export

Not confirmed

splunk

Best fit

Enterprises needing unified security, observability, and AI data platform at petabyte scale.; Organizations requiring scalable, AI-driven analytics and operational insights.

Trade-offs

Potential complexity in managing large-scale data and AI agent governance.; Unmonitored AI models and agents can cause unplanned expenses without proper token usage tracking.

Integrations / export

Over 2,000 integrations and apps available on Splunkbase, including native OpenTelemetry support.

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