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title: "You might be using Grafana, but not Grafana Cloud | Grafana Labs"
description: "Several products share the Grafana name. Tell apart self-hosted Grafana, a cloud provider's managed Grafana, and 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).

## Concerns

You could be thinking, “I already use Grafana, so I must be on Grafana Cloud.” Confusion happens when:

- You aren’t sure whether your Grafana comes from Grafana Labs or from your cloud provider.
- A feature you saw in Grafana Cloud documentation is missing from your setup, and it isn’t clear why.
- You’re unsure which product the docs, pricing, or emails are talking about.

## Ways to use Grafana

Several products carry the Grafana name. They differ by who manages them:

| Product                                              | Management                   | Description                                                                                                       |
|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Grafana OSS**                                      | Installed and managed by you | The open source visualization and monitoring tool                                                                 |
| **Grafana Enterprise**                               | Installed and managed by you | The same open source tool as Grafana OSS, plus paid features such as support, single sign-on, and access controls |
| **Amazon Managed Grafana and Azure Managed Grafana** | Your cloud provider          | A managed Grafana OSS or Enterprise that your cloud provider builds and operates                                  |
| **Grafana Cloud**                                    | Grafana Labs builds and runs | Fully managed observability platform. You may pay through a managed service or through Grafana.                   |

## How to tell which one you have

- **Where you log in**: A login through your cloud provider’s console, such as AWS or Azure, points to a provider-managed Grafana. A login through Grafana Labs points to Grafana Cloud.
- **Who you have an account with**: A managed Grafana on a cloud platform is part of that provider’s account. Grafana Cloud is an account with Grafana Labs.
- **Which docs match your screens**: If Grafana Cloud documentation doesn’t match what you see, you’re probably on a different product.