Dashboard tools in 2026
Build dashboards over metrics, logs and traces from one or many data sources. This list has 9 dashboard tools. Of these, 7 are open source, 7 have a free plan and 7 can be self-hosted. Checked by hand on 30 September 2026.
- 1
Amazon Managed Grafana
Fully managed Grafana workspaces on AWS with IAM Identity Center login and built-in CloudWatch, Prometheus and X-Ray data sources, billed per active user.
- 2
Azure Managed Grafana
Managed Grafana service on Azure with Entra ID sign-in and Azure Monitor, Azure Data Explorer and Prometheus data sources set up.
- 3
Chronograf
InfluxData's web UI for InfluxDB 1.x: builds dashboards over InfluxQL queries and manages Kapacitor alert rules.
- 4
Elastic Stack (ELK)
Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana and Beats: full-text indexing and search of logs with Kibana dashboards and alerting. Self-host the free distribution or buy Elastic Cloud.
- 5
Grafana
Open source dashboards and alerting over Prometheus, Loki, Elasticsearch, SQL databases and many other data sources.
- 6
Nightingale
Open source alerting and dashboard platform that sits on Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, Elasticsearch and other sources, with alert rules and notification routing.
- 7
OpenSearch
Apache-licensed fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana run under the Linux Foundation. Indexes and searches logs, with OpenSearch Dashboards, alerting and trace analytics plugins.
- 8
Perses
CNCF open source dashboard tool with an open dashboard specification: Prometheus, Tempo and Loki panels, dashboards as code, and Kubernetes-native deployment.
- 9
Smashing
Ruby (Sinatra) framework for team wallboard dashboards built from widgets that pull data from scripts and APIs; community fork of Shopify's Dashing.
Side by side
| Tool | Pricing | Free plan | Open source | Self-hosted | Many data sources | Prometheus source | SQL sources | Alerting | Template variables | Dashboards as code | Sharing | Annotations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Managed Grafana | Paid | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Azure Managed Grafana | Paid | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | - |
| Chronograf | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | Yes |
| Elastic Stack (ELK) | Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grafana | Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nightingale | Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | Yes | Yes |
| OpenSearch | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | Yes | - | Yes | - | - |
| Perses | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| Smashing | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | - | Yes | - | - |
Yes: confirmed in the tool's documentation. No: documented as not offered. -: not confirmed. Plans and prices change; check each tool's own site before you decide.
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