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Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) uses custom pricing as of July 2026. Contact Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) directly for a personalized quote. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.

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  • Free tier: No free tier available

Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) offers 1 pricing tiers: Prometheus.

Compared to other apm & monitoring software, Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) is positioned at the budget-friendly price point.

  • 7 documented hidden costs beyond list price

How much does Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) cost?

Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) uses custom pricing across 1 plan. Contact Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) directly for a personalized quote. Plans include Prometheus (custom pricing).

Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) Pricing Overview

Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) uses custom pricing — contact their sales team for a quote. The Prometheus plan requires contacting sales for a custom quote.

There are at least 7 documented hidden costs beyond Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted)'s list price, including implementation, training, and add-on fees.

This pricing was last verified in June 16, 2026 from 1 independent source.

Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) uses custom, quote-based pricing — plans are priced on request rather than published.

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Complexity and Learning CurveLimited Log ManagementLimited Built-in StorageScalability Challenges

How Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) Pricing Compares

Software Starting Price Top Price
Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) Custom Custom
AppDynamics $6/user/month $50/user/month
Microsoft Application Insights $0.05/month $2.3/month
Dynatrace $1.4/user/month $58/user/month
Honeycomb Free $130/user/month
Instana Free $79.5/user/month

7 Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) Hidden Costs Beyond the List Price

Beyond the listed price, Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) has at least 7 documented hidden costs that can significantly increase total cost of ownership.

Watch for 7 hidden costs
  • AWS Server Instances $552 per month
    high 1 source
    industry "xlarge instances (8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM each) could cost approximately $552 per month ($276 per month per instance)."
  • Node Cluster Infrastructure $800 to $1,200 per month
    high 1 source
    industry "Including node\_exporter, kube-state-metrics, and Alertmanager, the infrastructure cost for a 100-node cluster can reach $800 to $1,200 per month."
  • Small Deployment VPS $40-80/month
    medium 1 source
    industry "For smaller deployments (10-20 targets), a VPS with 4GB RAM might cost $40-80/month."
  • EBS gp3 Volume $8 per month
    low 1 source
    industry "A 100 GB EBS gp3 volume costs $8 per month."
  • HA Prometheus Storage $16 per month
    low 1 source
    industry "For 30-day retention with two HA replicas, this would be $16 per month."
  • Long-term S3 Storage $82.80 per month
    medium 1 source
    industry "Retaining 12 months of data (e.g., 10 GB per day after compression, totaling 3.6 TB) in S3 Standard costs approximately $82.80 per month ($0.023 per GB)."
  • Thanos S3 API Fees $50 to $150 per month
    medium 1 source
    industry "S3 API Costs: Thanos can generate $50 to $150 per month in S3 API fees due to frequent GET and LIST requests (at $0.0004 per 1,000 GET requests)."
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Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) Pricing FAQ

01 Does Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) have a free plan?

Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) does not offer a free plan.

02 Does Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) offer custom or enterprise pricing?

Yes. Prometheus + Grafana (self-hosted) prices its Prometheus tier(s) on a custom, contact-sales basis.

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