Observability platforms · October 2026 Edition
Grafana vs OpenObserve
Two of fourteen models named Grafana first on the direct prompt; zero named OpenObserve. Grafana was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and OpenObserve by ten and Grafana carries 62 labels and OpenObserve 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
First-choice share27%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels6216A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Grafana reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.New Relic was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Grafana vs New Relic · Grafana vs Datadog · Grafana vs SigNoz
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the observability platforms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GrafanaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOpenObserve
Direct20
Paraphrase40
Comparative00
Budget-constrained102
Scale-constrained211 against Grafana
Negative304 against Grafana
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Grafana and OpenObserve stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Grafana OpenObserve first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Grafana on the left and OpenObserve on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Grafana and OpenObserve stood in it.
Grafana first, OpenObserve an alternative
2 of 14 modelsOpenObserve was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Mistral SmallGrafana, New Relic alternatives: Middleware.io, OpenObserve
Qwen 3.7 FlashGrafana, New Relic
Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5New Relic alternatives: Atatus, Datadog, Elastic Observability, Grafana, Grafana Labs' LGTM+ stack, Motadata ObserveOps
GPT-5.4 miniNew Relic alternatives: Dynatrace, Grafana
Gemini 3.5 FlashHoneycomb alternatives: Grafana, New Relic
Perplexity SonarDatadog alternatives: Coralogix, Middleware.io, Motadata ObserveOps, OpenObserve
DeepSeek V4 FlashNew Relic alternatives: Elastic Observability, Grafana
Kimi K2New Relic alternatives: Grafana, SigNoz
GPT-6 LunaDatadog alternatives: Grafana, Honeycomb, New Relic
Muse Glimmer 30BDatadog alternatives: Atatus, Middleware.io, New Relic, OpenObserve, Sematext
Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Grok 4.1 FastNew Relic alternatives: Datadog, Dynatrace, Grafana Labs
Llama 4 MaverickNew Relic alternatives: Datadog, Motadata ObserveOps
GLM 4.7 FlashXNew Relic alternatives: Datadog, Grafana + Prometheus, Splunk Observability Cloud
MiniMax M2.5Datadog, Grafana Labs alternatives: Dynatrace
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Grafana leads by thirty-six points.
Grafana39%#1 of 12OpenObserve3%#6 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Grafana leads by twenty-three points.
Grafana27%#1 of 12OpenObserve5%#5 of 12Enterprise
The order flips: OpenObserve leads at enterprise.
OpenObserve2%#6 of 10Grafana0%#8 of 10What the models said about Grafana
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of six in this category shown.
“Using open-source tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, and the ELK ... high Total Cost of Ownership” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“"The Grafana Ghost" vulnerability (CVE-2025-4123) ... Self-hosted instances require diligent patching” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“if you expect "Grafana" to mean one low, flat fee. Cloud usage can be billed across separate meters” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Grafana Cloud if your engineering team has standard microservices/Kubernetes architectures and wants a cost-conscious, highly customizable platform” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For a limited budget, start with open-source platforms like Grafana, OpenObserve, or Zabbix for maximum cost savings and flexibility.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“the best default choice is usually Grafana Cloud with OpenTelemetry, because it gives you a strong free tier” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about OpenObserve
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“OpenObserve: best overall observability platform, with unified telemetry, no per-host fees, and SQL and PromQL querying” Llama 4 Maverick · scale prompt · first choice
“start with open-source platforms like Grafana, OpenObserve, or Zabbix for maximum cost savings” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.