Grafana Cloud vs SigNoz Cloud
Default scenario: At 3,000 GB log ingest / month, 50 monitored hosts, estimated bills are $14,402/yr for SigNoz Cloud and $22,248/yr for Grafana Cloud. That’s a $7,846 difference before accounting for different features or operating costs.
The services may differ in features, performance, support and the work you need to do yourself. Read the notes and test what matters to your setup.
Your selected usage
3,000 GB log ingest / month, 50 monitored hosts
- Grafana Cloud: $22,248/yr estimated
- SigNoz Cloud: $14,402/yr estimated
Estimated costs at different usage levels
| Usage | Grafana Cloud | SigNoz Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Startup100 GB log ingest / month, 5 monitored hosts | $960/yrPro · $25 logs + $36 hosts | $588/yr$0 logs + $0 hosts |
| Mid-size3,000 GB log ingest / month, 50 monitored hosts | $22,248/yrPro · $1,475 logs + $360 hosts | $14,402/yr$1,151 logs + $0 hosts |
| Large50,000 GB log ingest / month, 500 monitored hosts | $343,128/yrPro · $24,975 logs + $3,600 hosts | $240,002/yr$19,951 logs + $0 hosts |
About 30 days of searchable log retention. Vendors billing per event assume ~1 KB per event; custom metrics, traces and users are extra. Try your own numbers against all logs & monitoring providers.
Side by side
| Grafana Cloud | SigNoz Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Managed Grafana, Loki, Mimir and Tempo with a generous free tier and usage-based Pro plan; open-source stack can also be self-hosted. | Managed OpenTelemetry-native logs, traces and metrics on ClickHouse, billed per GB and per million metric samples, with no per-host or per-user fees. |
| Headquarters | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Parent jurisdiction | 🇺🇸 United States | 🇺🇸 United States |
| EU self-serve plan | Available; check eligible plans and regions | Available; check eligible plans and regions |
| GDPR DPA | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | payg | subscription |
| Free tier | 50 GB logs, 10k metric series, 2,232 host hours per month (14-day retention). | 30-day free trial. Startups can get Teams at $19/month for 12 months. |
| Open source | Yes · self-hostable | Yes · self-hostable |
| Source last checked | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Pricing evidence | Modeled rates | Published rates |
Which should you choose?
SigNoz Cloud has the lower estimated bill at every usage level we tested, from 300 GB log ingest / month, 5 monitored hosts to 300,000 GB log ingest / month, 5,000 monitored hosts.
Choose Grafana Cloud if…
Our data shows no advantage on price, residency, jurisdiction or licensing. Compare features in the notes below.
Choose SigNoz Cloud if…
- it has the lower estimated bill at Startup, Mid-size and Large usage
Based on estimated list-price bills and the facts above. Features, performance and support aren’t scored.
Grafana Cloud pricing
Published rates converted using workload assumptions. Read the notes. Host cost uses Kubernetes Monitoring, not plain VM metric series. APM and the included host-hour deduction are excluded.
| Plan | Base fee / month | Log ingestion + retention / GB | Monitored host / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Pro | $19 | $0.5 | $7.2 |
Pro is $19/month platform fee plus usage, with the free-tier allowances included. Logs are $0.50/GB ($0.05 ingest + $0.40 write + $0.10 retention) with 30-day retention. Host price uses Kubernetes Monitoring at $0.01/host-hour (~$7.20/host/month); Application Observability (APM) is $0.025/host-hour (~$18). Plain VM host metrics are instead billed as metric series ($6.50 per 1k series). The free 2,232 host hours (~3 hosts) also apply on Pro but aren't deducted here. EU stack regions are selectable on Free and Pro. Enterprise has a $25,000/yr minimum.
Grafana Cloud plan limits, full rates and cheaper alternatives · official pricing page
SigNoz Cloud pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply.
| Base fee / month | Log ingestion + retention / GB |
|---|---|
| $49 | $0.4 |
Teams plan: $49/month minimum that includes $49 of usage. List rates: logs and traces $0.30/GB with 15-day retention; metrics $0.10 per million samples. Longer retention costs more per GB; SigNoz's long-term storage table lists $0.40/GB for 30 days hot storage, used here. The $49 covers ~122 GB at that rate. No per-host pricing ("monitor any number of hosts"); metrics are billed per sample, so per_host_month is 0. Enterprise starts at $4,000/month (dedicated cloud, BYOC or supported self-hosted). Data centers in the US, EU and India. SigNoz Inc., San Francisco (founded in India). Processor terms are included in the privacy policy at signoz.io/privacy.
SigNoz Cloud plan limits, full rates and cheaper alternatives · official pricing page
Frequently asked questions
Is Grafana Cloud cheaper than SigNoz Cloud?
SigNoz Cloud has the lower estimated bill at every usage level we tested, from 300 GB log ingest / month, 5 monitored hosts to 300,000 GB log ingest / month, 5,000 monitored hosts. At 3,000 GB log ingest / month, 50 monitored hosts, the estimates are $22,248/yr for Grafana Cloud and $14,402/yr for SigNoz Cloud. Estimates use list prices and leave out features, support and operating costs.
Do Grafana Cloud and SigNoz Cloud offer EU data residency?
Both offer EU data residency on a self-serve plan. Check which plans and regions qualify.
Do Grafana Cloud and SigNoz Cloud have a free tier or trial?
Grafana Cloud: 50 GB logs, 10k metric series, 2,232 host hours per month (14-day retention). SigNoz Cloud: 30-day free trial. Startups can get Teams at $19/month for 12 months.
Where are Grafana Cloud and SigNoz Cloud based?
Grafana Cloud is headquartered in the United States. SigNoz Cloud is headquartered in the United States.