# Grafana vs Prometheus — Fit & Features

Canonical: https://trutool.co/compare/grafana-vs-prometheus
Author: Sandeep (https://trutool.co/authors/sandeep)

Compare Grafana and Prometheus by use case, features, limitations, and evaluation questions.

## Compare fit, features, and limitations

### Grafana
Observability dashboards and monitoring.
Best fit: Engineering and operations teams considering Grafana for this job: Observability dashboards and monitoring.
- Observability dashboards and monitoring
Before you choose: Test signal coverage, alert noise, retention, incident handoffs, and usage-based billing in the exact plan you intend to use.
Pricing: https://grafana.com
- [Read Grafana profile](https://trutool.co/tools/grafana): Read Grafana profile

### Prometheus
Open-source systems monitoring.
Best fit: Engineering and operations teams considering Prometheus for this job: Open-source systems monitoring.
- Open-source systems monitoring
Before you choose: Test signal coverage, alert noise, retention, incident handoffs, and usage-based billing in the exact plan you intend to use.
Pricing: https://prometheus.io
- [Read Prometheus profile](https://trutool.co/tools/prometheus): Read Prometheus profile