Data Visualization
Beautiful, interactive dashboards with charts, graphs, and custom panels
Observability & Monitoring
Deploy Grafana Dashboards
Explore a self-hosted Grafana deployment, from software capabilities to installation considerations and the server resources needed for your workload.
01 / Software overview
What is Grafana?
Grafana is an open-source analytics and interactive visualization web application. It provides charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources like Prometheus, Graphite, and InfluxDB.
- Open-source visualization
- Interactive dashboards
- Multi-source integration
- Alerting system
- Team collaboration
02 / What it does
Capabilities and use cases.
Explore the tools and workflows available in this software, then choose the VPS resources needed to run them.
Real-time Monitoring
Live data updates, alerting, and real-time metrics visualization
Multi-Source Integration
Connect to Prometheus, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, and 50+ data sources
Advanced Analytics
Complex queries, transformations, and statistical analysis capabilities
Custom Dashboards
Build custom dashboards with drag-and-drop interface and reusable panels
Team Collaboration
Share dashboards, annotations, and collaborate with team members
03 / Technical planning
Check compatibility before choosing a plan.
Requirements change between software releases. Review the current upstream documentation and consider peak load when sizing a server.
- Compute & memory
- Account for the application, background services and expected concurrent users.
- OS & dependencies
- Check supported versions, runtime dependencies and installation method.
- Storage & recovery
- Allow space for data growth, application logs and independently tested backups.
- Network & access
- Plan required ports, TLS, firewall rules and administrative access.
04 / Deployment approach
From VPS selection to a running service.
Setup steps vary by software version and operating system. Use this workflow to prepare a controlled deployment.
- 01
Choose a suitable VPS
Compare CPU, memory, storage and billing terms against the application's requirements.
- 02
Prepare your environment
Install a supported OS, update packages, configure SSH keys and restrict exposed ports.
- 03
Install, test and maintain
Follow the software's release-specific instructions, verify access and configure backups and updates.
Plans & pricing
Find the right server for the job.
Start with a small yearly VPS or choose an NVMe cloud server with flexible billing. Compare actual resources before ordering.
Annual starter VPS
Small VPS I
Perfect for small websites and development
NPR 2,999/year
Billed annually. Monthly billing unavailable.
- CPU
- 1 vCPU Core
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 24 GB SSD
- Traffic
- 2 TB Traffic
- 1 IPv4 Address
- US Datacenter
- Basic DDoS Protection
- KVM Virtualization
- Port 25 Blocked
- Not Upgradeable
Configure & order
Choose your final billing term in the secure checkout.
Annual starter VPS
Small VPS II
Ideal for growing websites and applications
NPR 4,999/year
Billed annually. Monthly billing unavailable.
- CPU
- 2 vCPU Core
- Memory
- 2.5 GB RAM
- Storage
- 45 GB SSD
- Traffic
- 3 TB Traffic
- 1 IPv4 Address
- US Datacenter
- Basic DDoS Protection
- KVM Virtualization
- Port 25 Blocked
- Not Upgradeable
Configure & order
Choose your final billing term in the secure checkout.
Recommended cloud VPS
Cloud VPS 1
High-performance cloud VPS with premium features
NPR 2,199/month
Billed monthly, before taxes
- CPU
- 4 vCPU Cores
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 100 GB NVMe
- Traffic
- 30 TB Traffic
- 1 Snapshot Included
- AMD EPYC Processors
- Global Datacenters
- Advanced DDoS Protection
Configure & order
Choose your final billing term in the secure checkout.
Performance cloud VPS
Cloud VPS 2
Enterprise-grade performance for demanding applications
NPR 3,999/month
Billed monthly, before taxes
- CPU
- 6 vCPU Cores
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 200 GB NVMe
- Traffic
- 30 TB Traffic
- 2 Snapshots Included
- AMD EPYC Processors
- Global Datacenters
- Advanced DDoS Protection
Configure & order
Choose your final billing term in the secure checkout.
Performance cloud VPS
Cloud VPS 3
Enterprise-grade performance for demanding applications
NPR 5,999/month
Billed monthly, before taxes
- CPU
- 8 vCPU Cores
- Memory
- 24 GB RAM
- Storage
- 300 GB NVMe
- Traffic
- 30 TB Traffic
- 2 Snapshots Included
- AMD EPYC Processors
- Global Datacenters
- Advanced DDoS Protection
Configure & order
Choose your final billing term in the secure checkout.
Need a custom configuration or migration help?
Our team can help you choose a server before you purchase.
05 / Frequently asked
Questions about Grafana.
Practical answers about the software and common deployment decisions.
Have a different question? Contact usWhat data sources does Grafana support?
Grafana supports over 50 data sources including Prometheus, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and many cloud services like AWS CloudWatch, Google Cloud Monitoring, and Azure Monitor.
Can I use Grafana for infrastructure monitoring?
Yes! Grafana is excellent for infrastructure monitoring. You can create dashboards for server metrics, network performance, application health, and business KPIs using data from various monitoring systems.
Does Grafana include alerting?
Yes, Grafana includes powerful alerting capabilities. You can set up alerts based on metrics, send notifications via email, Slack, PagerDuty, and integrate with incident management systems.
How does Grafana compare to Kibana?
Grafana is more flexible than Kibana and supports many more data sources. While Kibana is primarily designed for Elasticsearch, Grafana can visualize data from any source and provides more customization options for dashboards.
Can I use Grafana for business intelligence?
Yes! Grafana is increasingly used for business intelligence and analytics. You can connect to various databases and create executive dashboards, sales reports, and business metrics visualizations.
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