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title: "How to send data? | Grafana Labs"
description: "Choosing the right method to send data"
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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).

## Choosing the right method

The right method depends on what telemetry you have and what format it’s already in.

[Decision tree for sending data to Grafana Cloud](send-data-decision-tree.svg "Decision tree for sending data to Grafana Cloud")

## Quick reference

| Your current setup      | Method to use                  |
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Prometheus              | Prometheus remote write        |
| InfluxDB                | InfluxDB exporter → Prometheus |
| Graphite                | Telegraf or OpenTelemetry      |
| OpenTelemetry (metrics) | OTLP to Mimir                  |
| OpenTelemetry (logs)    | OTLP to Loki                   |
| Any HTTP client         | HTTP API to Loki               |