Understand your options

The core question that separates the Grafana options, and the options you'll compare

The operational responsibilities of running Grafana OSS or Enterprise yourself

What you get and what you don't with the free, open source edition

What Enterprise adds on top of OSS for organizations

What the fully managed observability platform provides

Marketplace purchasing versus cloud-provider managed Grafana

Side-by-side comparison of OSS, Enterprise, and Grafana Cloud

How pricing works for each deployment option

What skills your team needs for each deployment option

How each deployment option handles data location and regulatory requirements

A structured decision tree to help you choose your Grafana deployment option

Migration paths between deployment options

Links to get started with your chosen deployment option