Grafana vs Coroot

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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FeatureGrafanaCoroot
CategoryMonitoring & StatusMonitoring & Status
LicenseAGPL-3.0Apache-2.0
LanguageTypeScriptGo
Setup difficultyMediumMedium
Min. RAM512 MB1,024 MB
Deploymentdocker, bare-metal, helmdocker, kubernetes, helm
GitHub stars★ 76,153★ 7,866
First released20142022
ReplacesDatadogDatadog, New Relic

Why pick each one

Choose Grafana if…

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

Choose Coroot if…

  • No code changes required
  • Insightful out of the box
Coroot details

Frequently asked questions

Is Grafana or Coroot 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 Grafana and Coroot free and open-source?

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

Can I run Grafana and Coroot with Docker?

Grafana: yes. Coroot: yes.

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