Cube vs Grafana
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted apps from related categories
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Cube with
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Feature Cube Grafana Category Dashboards & Startpages Monitoring & Status License Apache-2.0 AGPL-3.0 Language Rust TypeScript Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 512 MB 512 MB Deployment docker, kubernetes, source docker, bare-metal, helm GitHub stars ★ 20,572 ★ 76,153 First released 2019 2014 Replaces Looker, AtScale Datadog
Why pick each one
Choose Cube if… Consistent metrics across tools Strong API surface Cube details Choose Grafana if… Beautiful flexible dashboards Broad data source support Strong community Grafana details
Frequently asked questions Is Cube 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 Cube and Grafana free and open-source? Yes. Cube is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Grafana under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Cube and Grafana with Docker? Cube: yes. Grafana: yes.