OpenTelemetry with Grafana Cloud
Grafana Cloud is made for OpenTelemetry so you can observe everything with open standards and get AI-powered insights.
No vendor lock-in
Choose the platform underpinned by open source and committed to open standards—because you want to, not because you have to
Any telemetry type
Grafana Cloud natively supports OpenTelemetry, whether you're using metrics, logs, traces, or profiles—or all of the above
AI-powered, full-stack observability
Monitor everything from infrastructure to applications. Start fast and resolve incidents faster with the help of our AI assistant
Trusted by everyone from startups to the Fortune 500
Grafana Cloud + OpenTelemetry
Open standards are critical to getting insights across all your signals, and Grafana Cloud gives you one view for all your telemetry
'Big tent' in action
Rely on proven open standards at scale with battle-tested open source databases for OpenTelemetry metrics, logs, traces, and profiles—we're one of the biggest contributors to the project
Bring all your data together by integrating hundreds of data sources into one unified platform
Choose the standard that fits, whether you're using Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, or both
An entire suite of observability solutions
Full-stack observability compatible with OpenTelemetry thanks to a combination of a rich set of attributes with a semantic understanding of relationships
Auto-discovery of system elements, built into graph of connected entities
Support beyond OpenTelemetry for areas still maturing in the open source project, like Prometheus-only instrumentation, profiling, and frontend observability
Migrate to OpenTelemetry
OpenTelemetry is quickly becoming the de facto standard for observability, and Grafana Cloud can support you at every step of the journey
Unprecedented vendor neutrality
One standard for metrics, logs, traces, and profiles
One SDK for all your signals, with strong backward compatibility and support
Massive ecosystem, with hundreds of instrumentations and integrations, and supported by virtually every observability vendor
One cloud for every level of OpenTelemetry maturity
Migrate with ease with the open observability cloud
Collect, process, and export telemetry with Alloy, our distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector with native pipelines for Prometheus
Operate at scale with confidence by centrally managing multiple telemetry collector deployments with Fleet Management
Quickly adopt application observability with Beyla, an open source eBPF-based auto-instrumentation tool created by Grafana Labs and now part of the OpenTelemetry project
Real stories from real customers
“When we needed a replacement for our previous proprietary vendor, my team recognized that going to Grafana Cloud was a direction that unlocked more flexibility for us in the future. It was definitely a factor in your favor versus some of the ’trade one vendor lock-in for different lock-in’ situations… Having made the jump to OpenTelemetry as part of working with Grafana, I lose less sleep about what could potentially come next."
Neil LaughlinVP of Infrastructure, Release, Reliability & Quality Engineering, Optro
Perfect for personal projects, exploring new ideas, and early-stage startups. No charges ever.
All Grafana Cloud services, with usage limits
Adaptive Telemetry, AI Assistant, and much more
Community support
14 days retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests
Ready for scaling with more retention, basic support, and usage-based pricing.
Unlimited access to all Grafana Cloud services; simply pay as you go above the free tier
Adaptive Telemetry, AI Assistant, and much more
8X5 email support
13 months retention for metrics; 30 days retention for logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests
A full-service offering for companies with security, compliance, and deployment requirements.
Premium support
Custom retention
Deployment flexibility (Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud)
Why choose Grafana Cloud
Open & unified platform
OpenTelemetry-native observability and no lock-in, with out-of-the-box solutions like Kubernetes Monitoring, Application Observability, Grafana SLO, and RUM delivered in one unified experience.
Cost efficiency
Optimize costs without sacrificing insight with Adaptive Telemetry, which filters out unused data so your budget goes toward what actually drives value. Pair with cost management tools that help you monitor, control, and tune spend.
AI & automation
Grafana Assistant powers agentic workflows, prebuilt dashboards, intelligent filters, and customized alerts—surfacing the data you need for faster, more efficient incident response.
Welcome to
The open observability cloud
Built on open source, open standards, and open ecosystems
