--- title: I'm a Grafana expert. Here's why I'm moving on | daily.dev description: A former Grafana Community Engineer shares why they're moving away from Grafana and recommends alternatives for 2026: Honeycomb for enterprises wanting to drop... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-a-grafana-expert-here-s-why-i-m-moving-on-musah4xlu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I'm a Grafana expert. Here's why I'm moving on | daily.dev og:description: A former Grafana Community Engineer shares why they're moving away from Grafana and recommends alternatives for 2026: Honeycomb for enterprises wanting to drop... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-m-a-grafana-expert-here-s-why-i-m-moving-on-musah4xlu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MusAh4xLU.png og:image:alt: I'm a Grafana expert. Here's why I'm moving on og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I'm a Grafana expert. Here's why I'm moving on **[builder.io](https://daily.dev/sources/builderio)** · [@zuchka](https://daily.dev/zuchka) · 1 min read · 39 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary A former Grafana Community Engineer shares why they're moving away from Grafana and recommends alternatives for 2026: Honeycomb for enterprises wanting to drop the LGTM stack, SigNoz for OSS-focused teams wanting less sprawl, Langfuse/Phoenix for LLM debugging, and agent-native analytics for prompt-to-dashboard workflows. A comparison table is linked. ## Content I was Grafana's first Community Engineer. I helped build plugins still in use today. Here's why I'm moving on — and what I'd use instead in 2026: → Honeycomb if you're done operating the LGTM stack (and you're an enterprise) → SigNoz if you want to stay OSS but kill the sprawl → Langfuse/Phoenix if you're debugging LLMs, not infra → Agent-Native Analytics if you want prompt-to-dashboard for your whole team Full breakdown + comparison table here: [https://builder.io/blog/the-best-grafana-alternatives](https://builder.io/blog/the-best-grafana-alternatives) ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@hemna** · 5 upvotes > No self hosted option for honeycomb. dead on arrival. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Grafana trust problem](https://daily.dev/posts/the-grafana-trust-problem-rpyvryzcn) · Hacker News · 57 upvotes · 4 comments - [Observability Is Converging. 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