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Grafana vs splunk

Plans read from both vendors' own pricing pages, with the same seats and billing applied to each. splunk is a verified alternative to Grafana: it does the same main job for a similar customer.

Grafana

Grafana Cloud is an AI-powered observability platform built on open standards that unifies metrics, logs, traces, profiles, and business data. It supports full-stack observability and integrates with existing tools without requiring rip-and-replace, offering features like AI assistant, adaptive telemetry for cost optimization, and incident response management.

Starting price: From $19.00/mo, free plan available
Price clarity: Price clarity grade C, 65 out of 100 65 of 100
Category: Developer tools
Platforms: Not confirmed
Good fit for: Personal projects, exploring new ideas, and early-stage startups. Companies with security, compliance, and deployment requirements needing premium support and custom retention
Limitations: 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

splunk

Splunk is a data platform that unifies petabyte-scale machine data for security, observability, and trusted AI. It enables real-time data search, analysis, and visualization to detect threats, prevent downtime, and optimize AI and infrastructure performance.

Starting price: From $15.00/mo
Price clarity: Price clarity grade C, 57 out of 100 57 of 100
Category: Data & analytics
Platforms: Available as cloud SaaS, on-premises, private cloud, and air-gapped environments., Splunk Cloud Platform is a managed SaaS service with fast deployment and scalability.
Good fit for: Enterprises needing unified security, observability, and AI data platform at petabyte scale.. Organizations requiring scalable, AI-driven analytics and operational insights.
Limitations: 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.

What each one costs your team

THE COST FOR YOUR TEAM

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Cheapest fit for 1 person, all 2 tools

$15.00/month

$180.00 a year on these plans.

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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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