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Grafana vs SigNoz: catalog facts
Grafana	SigNoz
Free Grafana OSS is free and open source. Grafana Cloud and Enterprise are paid.	Freemium Open-source self-hosted edition is free; SigNoz also offers a paid cloud version.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
One dashboard can mix data from many different back ends Large library of ready-made community dashboards	Combines APM, logs, traces and metrics in one open source platform Built on open standards like OpenTelemetry rather than a proprietary agent
Enterprise data sources, reporting and role-based access are paid features Alerting has changed shape between major versions, so older guides mislead	Running your own ClickHouse-backed stack adds operational overhead versus a hosted SaaS Feature parity with mature commercial APM tools is still catching up
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted, Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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