Grafana Cloud Application Observability
8.9#2 in log management softwareFrom $0.03 a monthFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
VisitGrafana Cloud Application Observability vs Last9 Real User Monitoring
Last9 Real User Monitoring
5.9#22 in real user monitoringAndroidiOSWeb
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | Last9 Real User Monitoring |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Grafana Labs lists its headquarters as New York, New York, USA, and its founding year as 2014. | Last9 says it was made in California and has operated since 2020. |
| Founded | 2014 | 2020 |
| Integrations | Grafana Cloud connection tiles support Java, .NET, Beyla, Grafana Alloy, OTLP, and the upstream OpenTelemetry Collector. | Last9 lists more than 100 integrations, including Grafana, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Datadog, AWS, Azure, New Relic, Google Cloud, Slack, Docker, Prometheus, and MySQL. |
| Pricing model | New customers from February 13, 2026 pay $0.025 per host hour plus $0.50 per 1,000 active metric series and $0.50 per GB for traces, logs, and profiles. | RUM spans and logs are priced as ingested telemetry under Last9's usage-based model rather than by recorded session. |
| Purpose | Grafana Cloud Application Observability provides out-of-the-box application monitoring and uses OpenTelemetry and Prometheus data to support root-cause analysis. | Real User Monitoring captures performance, error, and network data from people using web and mobile apps and links issues to backend traces. |
Grafana Cloud Application Observability plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$0.03 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Last9 Real User Monitoring plans
- Custom pricingPriced on request
Pick Grafana Cloud Application Observability if…
It suits software engineers who need to detect anomalies, investigate causes, and address application problems. Teams using OpenTelemetry or Prometheus can use its listed compatibility and Alloy pipelines.
Pick Last9 Real User Monitoring if…
Last9 RUM suits teams monitoring web and mobile app performance, errors, and network behavior alongside backend traces. Its SDKs cover web, Android, iOS, React Native, and Flutter.