Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring
Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring gives teams dashboards and alerts for inspecting Kubernetes fleets and troubleshooting infrastructure from one interface.
What Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring is
Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring gives teams dashboards and alerts for inspecting Kubernetes fleets and troubleshooting infrastructure from one interface. It covers resource use, health, performance, and costs, with tools for resource efficiency, job and energy monitoring, recording rules, and predictions. Grafana Alloy collects Kubernetes metrics, events, and Pod logs, and can receive application traces. Cost views use OpenCost to estimate infrastructure costs and show allocations across clusters, namespaces, workloads, Pods, and containers. Application telemetry can arrive through OpenTelemetry, Zipkin, or Jaeger receivers, or compatible Prometheus integrations. The Helm chart supports Kubernetes platforms including EKS, GKE, AKS, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, and Red Hat OpenShift. It is available only through Grafana Cloud and supports only data sources hosted there. A free plan is available at no cost, with 2,232 host hours and 37,944 container hours per month, community support, and no credit card requirement. Current-model billing uses active host and container hours; telemetry from certain other products is billed separately.
Good
- Free plan includes monthly host and container hours.
- Dashboards and alerts cover fleet health and performance.
- Cost views break allocations down by cluster and workload.
- Supports multiple Kubernetes platforms, including EKS and AKS.
- Grafana Labs lists ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications.
Watch out
- Available only in Grafana Cloud.
- Supports only data sources hosted in Grafana Cloud.
- Other product telemetry on the cluster is billed separately.
- Helm setup requires Admin role to install alerts.
Who it suits
It suits teams that need a hosted view of Kubernetes health, telemetry, resource efficiency, and cost allocations. Setup requires a Grafana Cloud account, a cluster, kubectl, Helm, and the Admin role to install alerts.
Verdict
Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring combines Kubernetes telemetry, alerts, and cost allocation in one hosted service. Check its cloud-only data-source scope and usage-based billing details against your setup.
Plans and prices
From Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 2,232 host hours & 37,944 container hours per month · Community support · No credit card required · Always free |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Minimum commit of $25,000 per year · Premium support · Deployment flexibility · Scalable unit price based on annual commit |
| Pro | — | 2,232 host hours & 37,944 container hours per month included · 8×5 email support · Automatic volume discounts · Platform fee of $19 per month includes the listed usage; then pay as you go |
The facts
Each one read from Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Application integrations
- Application telemetry can be sent through OpenTelemetry, Zipkin, or Jaeger receivers, or gathered through compatible Prometheus integrations.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Supported Kubernetes platforms
- The Helm chart supports Kubernetes including EKS on EC2 and GKE, EKS on Fargate, AKS, GKE Autopilot, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, and Red Hat OpenShift.checked 3 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing meters
- For plans using the current model, billing is based on active Kubernetes host hours and active container hours reported by kube-state-metrics.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Cost monitoring
- Cost views use OpenCost to estimate Kubernetes infrastructure costs and show allocations across clusters, namespaces, workloads, Pods, and containers.checked 3 Oct 2026
What it does
- Built-in features
- The product includes cost and resource-efficiency tools, job and energy monitoring, alerts, recording rules, and predictions.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Cloud-only availability
- Kubernetes Monitoring is available only in Grafana Cloud and supports only data sources hosted in Grafana Cloud.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Grafana Cloud Kubernetes Monitoring provides dashboards and alerts for monitoring and troubleshooting Kubernetes fleets, including resource usage, health, performance, and costs.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security certifications
- Grafana Labs lists ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications, PCI compliance, a GDPR data processor agreement, and participation in the Cloud Security Alliance STAR program.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Separate telemetry charges
- Telemetry from other products on the same cluster, including NGINX integration and Application Observability, is billed separately from Kubernetes Monitoring.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Setup requirements
- The Helm setup requires a Grafana Cloud account, a Kubernetes cluster, kubectl and Helm, and the Admin role to install alerts.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Telemetry collection
- Grafana Alloy collects Kubernetes metrics, events, and Pod logs, receives application traces, and sends data to Grafana Cloud.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Unified view
- The application lets users inspect Kubernetes objects and troubleshoot infrastructure from one interface.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- Grafana Labs is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, and was founded in 2014.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2014checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- New York, New York, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
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