ClearOps vs Grafana
Already pay for Grafana? ClearOpsis the AI-native correction layer that sits on top, learns each stream's baseline, and lands a drafted action plan on every anomaly.
| Capability | Grafana | ClearOps |
|---|---|---|
| Detection basis | PromQL threshold queries and fixed alert rules; alerts when a series crosses a hand-tuned line | Per-stream ML baseline; alerts on statistically significant deviation |
| False-positive behavior | Pages on every rule breach — noise scales with the number of rules and panels you've authored | 94% of false positives filtered before they reach the team |
| What lands in your hands | A dashboard panel and a Slack/email ping; the next step is up to the viewer | A drafted corrective action plan per anomaly, human-reviewed |
| Where the work happens | In Grafana UI or Slack/PagerDuty; engineer context-switches out of the ITSM ticket to triage | In the ITSM ticket your team already works (ServiceNow, Jira SM) |
| Relationship to existing stack | You already have Grafana — ClearOps reads your existing Prometheus / Loki / Tempo streams | Connects in; reads your streams; pushes drafts to your ITSM |
| Data sovereignty | Self-host Grafana OSS or pay for Grafana Cloud; data still flows to wherever the stack is deployed | Cloud-resident in your account; deployable in regulated environments |
| Mid-market fit / pricing posture | Per-active-series and log-GB pricing scales with telemetry volume, not with the value you get from an alert | 6-week pilot on one production stream; no pricing conversation until you have seen a plan run on your data |
| Time to first signal | Immediate on existing rules, but every breach pages | Short baseline-learning window; first drafted action plan lands within a week |
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What the team feels
ClearOps filters 94% of false positives before they reach the team and lands a drafted corrective action plan — affected systems, root-cause hypothesis, next three steps — on every flagged anomaly. The on-call arrives with a plan, not an alarm.
What it costs to try
A 6-week pilot on one production stream. ClearOps reads the data you already have; the existing Grafana dashboard stays where it is. No pricing conversation until a plan has run on your data.