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title: "What's new in Grafana | Grafana documentation"
description: "Learn about new and updated features in Grafana."
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# What’s new in Grafana

> You can use Grafana Cloud to avoid installing, maintaining, and scaling your own instance of Grafana. [Create a free account](/auth/sign-up/create-user?pg=docs-grafana-next-whatsnew) to get started, which includes free forever access to 10k metrics, 50GB logs, 50GB traces, 500VUh k6 testing & more.

For release highlights, deprecations, and breaking changes in self-managed Grafana releases, refer to these “What’s new” pages for each version.

For information on new Grafana Cloud highlights, refer to [What’s new from Grafana Labs](/whats-new).

> Note
> 
> For Grafana versions prior to v9.2, additional information might also be available in the archived release notes. To access archived release notes, use the documentation for the minor version you want to see.
> 
> For example, to view the release notes for Grafana v8.5.13, go to [https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v8.5/release-notes/](/docs/grafana/v8.5/release-notes/).

For a complete list of every change, with links to pull requests and related issues when available, see the [Changelog](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).

## Grafana 13

- [What’s new in 13.0](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v13-0/)

## Grafana 12

- [What’s new in 12.4](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v12-4/)
- [What’s new in 12.3](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v12-3/)
- [What’s new in 12.2](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v12-2/)
- [What’s new in 12.1](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v12-1/)
- [What’s new in 12.0](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v12-0/)

## Grafana 11

- [What’s new in 11.6](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v11-6/)
- [What’s new in 11.5](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v11-5/)
- [What’s new in 11.4](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v11-4/)
- [What’s new in 11.3](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v11-3/)
- [What’s new in 11.2](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v11-2/)
- [What’s new in 11.1](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v11-1/)
- [What’s new in 11.0](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v11-0/)

## Grafana 10

- [What’s new in 10.4](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v10-4/)
- [What’s new in 10.3](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v10-3/)
- [What’s new in 10.2](/docs/grafana/next/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v10-2/)
- [What’s new in 10.1](whats-new-in-v10-1/)
- [What’s new in 10.0](whats-new-in-v10-0/)

## Grafana 9

- [What’s new in 9.5](whats-new-in-v9-5/)
- [What’s new in 9.4](whats-new-in-v9-4/)
- [What’s new in 9.3](whats-new-in-v9-3/)
- [What’s new in 9.2](whats-new-in-v9-2/)
- [What’s new in 9.1](whats-new-in-v9-1/)
- [What’s new in 9.0](whats-new-in-v9-0/)

## Grafana 8

- [What’s new in 8.5](whats-new-in-v8-5/)
- [What’s new in 8.4](whats-new-in-v8-4/)
- [What’s new in 8.3](whats-new-in-v8-3/)
- [What’s new in 8.2](whats-new-in-v8-2/)
- [What’s new in 8.1](whats-new-in-v8-1/)
- [What’s new in 8.0](whats-new-in-v8-0/)