Managed Service for Grafana is a cloud-native O&M data visualization platform on Alibaba Cloud. It provides production-ready Grafana workspaces -- logically isolated Grafana environments where you build dashboards, set up alerts, and explore metrics, logs, and traces -- without provisioning servers or managing software updates.
Each workspace comes pre-integrated with Alibaba Cloud data sources, including database services, Message Queue, Managed Service for Prometheus, Simple Log Service (SLS), CloudMonitor, Application Real-Time Monitoring Service (ARMS), and Elasticsearch. Preset dashboards for these services provide immediate visibility into your cloud infrastructure.
Managed Service for Grafana is fully compatible with open-source Grafana. For details about the open-source project, see Grafana official documentation.
Why use Managed Service for Grafana?
Zero infrastructure overhead
Alibaba Cloud handles server provisioning, high availability, security patches, and version upgrades. Deploy Grafana workspaces quickly and focus on building dashboards rather than maintaining infrastructure.
Unified data view across sources
Connect Alibaba Cloud services, self-managed data stores in Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) such as Elasticsearch and InfluxDB, and third-party cloud data sources within a single workspace. Correlate metrics, logs, and traces across systems in one view.
Fine-grained access control
Manage who can view and edit dashboards and data sources through Alibaba Cloud Single Sign-On (SSO) or your own account system. Set permissions at the data source and dashboard level.
Key features
Cloud service integrations
Pre-built integrations with ARMS, Managed Service for Prometheus, CloudMonitor, SLS, and Elasticsearch provide ready-to-use data source configurations, preset dashboards, and alert rules. Start monitoring immediately after connecting a data source.
VPC data sources
Connect data stores running in multiple VPCs within the same region to a single workspace. Query and alert on VPC-hosted data alongside cloud service data without migrating or duplicating anything.
Multi-source queries
Query across multiple data sources in a single panel. Rename, aggregate, and group data sources, and run calculations that combine data from different systems.
Alerts
Create, manage, and silence alerts from a centralized interface. Define alert conditions across any connected data source.
Plug-in ecosystem
Extend your workspace with Grafana plug-ins that connect to additional data sources through APIs and render data in real time. No data migration required -- plug-ins read directly from your existing data stores.
Panel editor
Build and customize visualizations through a consistent panel editor. Configure data options, apply transformations, and adjust display settings across all panel types from a single interface.
Billing
For pricing details and billing rules, see Billing rules.
What's next
Create a workspace to start building dashboards.
Review billing rules to understand pricing.