Grafana vs. Plecto

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Grafana
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Grafana is a data visualization tool developed by Grafana Labs in New York. It is available open source, managed (Grafana Cloud), or via an enterprise edition with enhanced features. Grafana has pluggable data source model and comes bundled with support for popular time series databases like Graphite. It also has built-in support for cloud monitoring vendors like Amazon Cloudwatch, Microsoft Azure and SQL databases like MySQL. Grafana can combine data from many places into a single dashboard.
$0
Plecto
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Plecto helps companies around the world understand their performance by visualizing KPIs and real-time data in a transparent and engaging way. Plecto's software offers personalizable widgets and unique gamification options to increase employees' engagement and motivation at work.
$870
per quarter for the first 10 licenses
Pricing
GrafanaPlecto
Editions & Modules
Grafana Cloud - Pro
$8
per month up to 1 active user
Grafana Cloud - Free
Free
10k metrics + 50GB logs + 50GB traces up to 3 active users
Grafana Cloud - Advanced
Volume Discounts
custom data usage custom active users
Grafana - Enterprise Stack
Custom Pricing
Medium
starts at $870
per quarter for the first 10 licenses
Large
starts at $1350
per quarter for the first 10 licenses
Enterprise
Custom Quote
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GrafanaPlecto
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details20% discount for annual billing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
GrafanaPlecto
Features
GrafanaPlecto
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
8.2
7 Ratings
1% above category average
Plecto
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports7.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.37 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
7.9
6 Ratings
1% above category average
Plecto
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis7.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.36 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages7.56 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
8.4
6 Ratings
2% above category average
Plecto
-
Ratings
Publish to Web8.16 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.36 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Grafana
8.5
6 Ratings
9% above category average
Plecto
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
GrafanaPlecto
Small Businesses
Supermetrics
Supermetrics
Score 9.9 out of 10
Supermetrics
Supermetrics
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Supermetrics
Supermetrics
Score 9.9 out of 10
Supermetrics
Supermetrics
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Analytics Engine
IBM Analytics Engine
Score 8.5 out of 10
IBM Analytics Engine
IBM Analytics Engine
Score 8.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
GrafanaPlecto
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.6
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
GrafanaPlecto
Likelihood to Recommend
Grafana Labs
Just about any organization with more than one server and more than one cluster as it scales very well. Configuration of the application takes time and finesse to fine tune to where the balance of load time and getting data quickly meets. The plugins add load time but fine tuning for the application to meet demand needs nailed down at implementation
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Plecto
No answers on this topic
Pros
Grafana Labs
  • Alerting through many different medium as Slack, Email, Webhook etc
  • Beautiful and unlimited number of dashboards to view your metrics and tweak them as you please
  • Log aggregation and powerful Logql to filter and view your logs
  • Microservices monitoring
  • Large number of plugins and data sources to collect your metrics from almost anywhere
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Plecto
No answers on this topic
Cons
Grafana Labs
  • There are some settings which we can't configure from UI (Web Console).
  • We've open[ed] up configuration files in command line text editors and manually do the settings e.g. LDAP/SSO configuration.
  • In terms of visualization, it's best, but it doesn't support log analysis otherwise it could destroy business of all other visualization tools.
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Plecto
No answers on this topic
Usability
Grafana Labs
It is infinitely flexible. If you can imagine it, Grafana can almost certainly do it. Usability may be in the eye of the beholder however, as there is time needed to curate the experience and get the dashboards customized to how it makes sense to you. I know one thing they are working on are more templates, based on data sources
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Plecto
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Grafana Labs
Grafana blows Nagios out of the water when it comes to customization. The ability to feed almost any data source makes it very versatile and the cost is great.
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Plecto
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Grafana Labs
  • Grafana has replaced many higher priced tools
  • The integrations are seemless with multiple backends
  • Combining graphs and dashboards from multiple data sources is a game changer
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Plecto
No answers on this topic
ScreenShots

Plecto Screenshots

Screenshot of some live KPI dashboards.Screenshot of a contest, to motivate employees.Screenshot of the Plecto Reward Store, available to help motivate employees.Screenshot of an example of the ready-to-go dashboard templates.Screenshot of the Plecto mobile app, used to track performance on the go.