Trace vs. Grafana Cloud

Trace is a cutting-edge automated platform designed for KPI analysis that enables teams to grasp the underlying factors affecting business metrics without the burden of sifting through dashboards or experiencing extended wait times for insights. By employing metric trees, it connects KPIs to their core drivers within a collaborative and computable performance model, facilitating analyses that are not only reproducible and transparent but also lead to reliable AI-driven insights. Trace carefully analyzes performance, pinpoints and prioritizes key drivers of change, compares actual results with forecasts, identifies anomalies, and investigates different segments, thereby allowing teams to move swiftly from questions to clear explanations in just minutes. Unlike traditional dashboards that simply present historical data or AI assistants that depend on user input for exploratory tasks, Trace empowers its AI agent with integrated analytical features to independently carry out the analyst's workflow. In addition, teams can embark on their analytical journey with just one or two key performance indicators, tailor templates to fit their needs, and effortlessly connect the platform to their data warehouse without requiring extensive data migration or reconfiguration, which guarantees a seamless onboarding process. This remarkable functionality positions Trace as an essential resource for organizations striving to improve their analytical capabilities and gain deeper insights into performance drivers, ultimately fostering a data-driven culture. By streamlining the analysis process, Trace not only saves time but also enhances decision-making across various levels of the organization.

Grafana Labs provides the leading AI-powered observability platform, built around Grafana—the most widely adopted open source technology for dashboards and visualization. Recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Observability Platforms, Grafana Labs supports more than 25 million users and thousands of organizations worldwide, from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Grafana Cloud is the open observability cloud, delivering full-stack visibility across modern applications, infrastructure, and digital services. Built on open source, open standards, and open ecosystems, the platform unifies metrics, logs, traces, and profiles into a scalable observability experience that helps teams detect issues earlier, resolve incidents faster, and operate more efficiently. At the core of Grafana Cloud is the open-source LGTM stack: Grafana for dashboards and visualization, Mimir for scalable metrics, Loki for logs, and Tempo for distributed tracing. Native OpenTelemetry and Prometheus support make it easy to collect telemetry from any environment, while hundreds of integrations connect existing systems and tools—allowing organizations to extend observability without vendor lock-in. Grafana Cloud also introduces powerful AI-driven observability capabilities. Grafana Assistant helps teams explore data, investigate incidents, and troubleshoot faster through an intelligent interface built for engineers. Adaptive Telemetry identifies high-value signals and aggregates the rest, helping organizations reduce telemetry costs while maintaining operational insight. With solutions spanning Kubernetes monitoring, application and infrastructure observability, frontend monitoring, database observability, incident response, synthetic monitoring, and performance testing, Grafana Cloud delivers the clarity teams need to move faster and operate with confidence.