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title: "Send metrics overview | Grafana Labs"
description: "Introduction to metrics ingestion methods"
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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).

## Send metrics

**What you’ll do in this module:**

You’ll explore metrics ingestion methods:

- **Prometheus remote write** for teams already running Prometheus
- **InfluxDB** for sending InfluxDB metrics
- **Graphite** for Graphite-compatible metrics
- **OpenTelemetry** for OTLP metrics
- **Decision framework** to help you choose the right method
- **Hands-on option** with a guided learning path for Prometheus

**Estimated time:** 8-10 minutes