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title: "Advantages of Prometheus remote write | Grafana Labs"
description: "Learn about the advantages of remote write and when you should use it"
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# Advantages of Prometheus remote write

There are multiple ways to send Prometheus metrics to Grafana Cloud, but using the remote write feature offers several key benefits. Watch video ->

You should consider using Prometheus remote write if you:

- Already have a Prometheus setup and prefer not to install Grafana Alloy or any other collectors.
- Want to explore Grafana Cloud without making significant changes to your existing configuration.
- Intend to send only certain metrics to Grafana Cloud while keeping other metrics stored locally in your Prometheus.

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### More to explore (optional)

- [What is Prometheus?](/docs/grafana-cloud/introduction/what-is-observability/prometheus/)