Compare Datadog and Grafana Cloud free tiers side by side. Pricing, limits, change history, and risk assessment for developers.

Datadog vs Grafana Cloud

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-08-14.

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Verdict

Both Datadog and Grafana Cloud offer free tiers. Datadog provides "Free" while Grafana Cloud offers "Free".

A verdict here is not a fixed property of the vendor. A one-off pricing event demotes a vendor while its recorded date falls in the last 180 days and then lapses on its own, with nothing about the vendor having changed; a standing condition — a free tier withdrawn, a product retired — does not lapse with time. A badge carrying a date states the record it rests on; a badge with no date rests on no record in force.

Datadog

Riskstable
CategoryMonitoring
TierFree
Verified2026-08-12
Last read2026-08-12
Changes0 recorded
Infrastructure monitoring free for up to 5 hosts with 1-day metric retention

Grafana Cloud

Riskstable
CategoryMonitoring
TierFree
Verified2026-08-14
Last read2026-09-17
Changes1 recorded
Free tier includes access to all Grafana Cloud services with limited usage, 14-day retention, and community support. 10k metric series, 50 GB logs, and 50 GB traces are included. A $19/month platform fee is required for 10k active series, 50 GB ingested logs/traces, and 30 days retention.

Pricing Change History

Datadog

No recorded pricing changes for Datadog.

Grafana Cloud

restructured discovered 2026-09-02 · effective date unknown high impact
The free tier now includes access to all Grafana Cloud services with limited usage, 14-day retention for metrics, logs, traces, profiles, & k6 performance tests, and community support. The free tier includes 10k metric series, 50 GB logs, and 50 GB traces. A $19/month platform fee is now required for 10k active series, 50 GB ingested logs/traces, and 30 days retention. Source ↗

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