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title: "Get started in Grafana Cloud | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "How to get started with Grafana Cloud"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Get started with Grafana Cloud

You have several ways to get started with Grafana Cloud, but the first step is to sign up for an account.

## Set up your account

[Set up your account](/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/get-started/set-up-your-account/): [create a Grafana Cloud account](/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/get-started/set-up-your-account/create-account/), then connect or send your data.

### Connect externally managed data to Grafana Cloud

Connect your [externally managed data](/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/get-started/set-up-your-account/connect-send/#externally-managed-data-connected-to-grafana-cloud) to Grafana Cloud with a data source, and create a dashboard to visualize your data.

### Send data to Grafana Cloud

Send your telemetry data to Grafana Cloud. To learn more, refer to [Data managed in Grafana Cloud](/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/get-started/set-up-your-account/connect-send/#data-managed-in-grafana-cloud).

## Learn observability concepts

If you are new to Grafana Cloud and observability, [learn key observability concepts](/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/get-started/learn/) such as what observability is, Prometheus, time series, metrics, dashboards, histograms, and plugins.

## Explore

[Set up your account  
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Create your Grafana Cloud account, connect or send data, explore demo data, and use the Instrumentation Hub to instrument your services.](/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/get-started/set-up-your-account/)

[Learn observability concepts  
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New to observability? Learn key concepts such as what observability is, Prometheus, time series, metrics, dashboards, histograms, and plugins.](/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/get-started/learn/)

[Migrate  
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Move from a self-managed Grafana OSS or Enterprise instance to Grafana Cloud, either manually or with the Grafana Cloud Migration Assistant.](/docs/grafana-cloud/learn-and-build/get-started/migrate/)