Skip to main content

Guides tagged “grafana”

8 guides

  • 9 min read

    Best Open Source Power BI Alternatives 2026

    Replace Power BI with free self-hosted BI tools. Metabase, Apache Superset, Grafana, and Redash compared on features, self-hosting, and cost for 2026.

    power-bi · metabase · superset

  • 8 min read

    Best Open Source Datadog Alternatives for Metrics, Logs, and APM in 2026

    Datadog costs $15-35/host/month. The best open source alternatives: Grafana+Prometheus, Netdata, SigNoz, VictoriaMetrics, and Zabbix — compared by use case.

    datadog · monitoring · observability

  • 11 min read

    Grafana + Prometheus + Loki 2026

    Set up a complete self-hosted observability stack with Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki in 2026. Metrics, logs, alerting, and pre-built dashboards — all in Docker.

    grafana · prometheus · loki

  • 12 min read

    Self-Host Grafana + Prometheus: Full Metrics Stack 2026

    Self-host Grafana and Prometheus for infrastructure monitoring in 2026. Complete Docker Compose stack with Node Exporter, cAdvisor, Alertmanager, and Loki.

    grafana · prometheus · monitoring

  • 12 min read

    Self-Host Prometheus + Grafana 2026

    Self-host the Prometheus + Grafana monitoring stack in 2026. Apache 2.0 — scrape metrics from servers, Docker, databases. Alertmanager for alerts now.

    prometheus · grafana · monitoring

  • 10 min read

    Self-Host Loki: Log Aggregation Splunk Alternative 2026

    Self-host Grafana Loki in 2026. AGPL 3.0, ~24K stars, Go — log aggregation with Promtail. Query logs with LogQL, correlate with Prometheus metrics in Grafana.

    loki · grafana · logging

  • 8 min read

    Grafana vs Uptime Kuma 2026

    Compare Grafana and Uptime Kuma — the complete observability platform vs the focused uptime monitor. Different tools for different needs Updated for 2026.

    grafana · uptime-kuma · monitoring

  • 9 min read

    Self-Hosting Grafana for Observability 2026

    Complete guide to self-hosting Grafana with Prometheus — Docker Compose setup, data sources, dashboard creation, alerting, and production tips for 2026.

    grafana · monitoring · self-hosting

All tags