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Grafana

★ 65k

The de-facto open dashboarding platform — visualize metrics, logs, and traces from any source.

Grafana does the job of Datadog, self-hosted. It is AGPL-licensed, so a hosted fork has to publish its changes, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. Datadog bills $70 for it. 65k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Datadog.

Licence
AGPL-3.0
Self-hosting
Medium
The paid one costs
$70
GitHub stars
65k
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Is it actually a replacement?

We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:

How Grafana runs

Where it runs

Grafana runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

Grafana questions

Is Grafana open source?

Yes — it is released under AGPL-3.0.

Can Grafana replace Datadog?

Our verdict on Datadog is YES. Netdata (73k stars), Uptime Kuma (68k stars), Grafana (65k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Datadog — self-host in one command and stop paying $15/mo.

Can I self-host Grafana?

Yes — we rate it medium to self-host, and it runs on your server.

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