Comparison

Redash vs Grafana Labs

Redash lands on Depends, and Grafana Labs lands on Worth it.

Redash

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if your team writes SQL and wants free, self-hosted dashboards over many data sources.

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Grafana Labs

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

Buy if your engineering team needs unified metrics, logs, and traces across real infrastructure . the free tier and open ecosystem are best-in-class.

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Redash versus Grafana Labs
Compare	Redash	Grafana Labs
Verdict	Depends	Worth it
Best for	SQL-comfortable analysts	DevOps and SRE teams
Who it's not for	Non-technical teams wanting drag-and-drop BI	Non-technical teams wanting simple uptime alerts
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^²	Multiple CVEs patched in 2025-2026 (including a critical account-takeover flaw) plus a 2025 internal codebase breach; vendor reports no customer impact.
Support quality	No direct evidence; only third-party marketplace support	No direct support evidence found
Public sentiment	Users like Redash for fast, basic SQL-driven visualization but lean on other BI tools for advanced analytics.^⁷	Users praise the feature depth and open ecosystem but frequently complain about cost creep and dashboard complexity.¹³
Biggest gotcha	Confirm the supported hosting path; a community blog references a discontinuation decision¹⁰	Usage-based pricing spikes with log and trace volume; costs climb quietly

Pick Redash when

SQL-comfortable analysts
Engineering-led startups
Self-hosting teams
Quick query sharing

When Redash is not a fit

Non-technical teams wanting drag-and-drop BI
Buyers needing advanced analytics out of the box
Teams that won't maintain a server
Anyone wanting vendor SLAs and dedicated support

Pick Grafana Labs when

DevOps and SRE teams
Kubernetes and cloud-native stacks
Multi-source telemetry consolidation
Open-source-first engineering orgs

When Grafana Labs is not a fit

Non-technical teams wanting simple uptime alerts
Small apps with one dashboard's worth of metrics
Teams without budget for usage-based billing surprises
Orgs wanting zero-maintenance monitoring

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