Cloudprober vs Grafana

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted monitoring & status options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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FeatureCloudproberGrafana
CategoryMonitoring & StatusMonitoring & Status
LicenseApache-2.0AGPL-3.0
LanguageGoTypeScript
Setup difficultyMediumMedium
Min. RAM128 MB512 MB
Deploymentdocker, kubernetes, binarydocker, bare-metal, helm
GitHub stars★ 694★ 76,153
First released20172014
ReplacesPingdom, CatchpointDatadog

Why pick each one

Choose Cloudprober if…

  • Cloud-native target discovery
  • Single static binary
Cloudprober details

Choose Grafana if…

  • Beautiful flexible dashboards
  • Broad data source support
  • Strong community
Grafana details

Frequently asked questions

Is Cloudprober or Grafana better?

Neither is universally better. Grafana has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Cloudprober and Grafana free and open-source?

Yes. Cloudprober is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Grafana under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Cloudprober and Grafana with Docker?

Cloudprober: yes. Grafana: yes.

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