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Reflex vs Grafana
Grafana excels when you already run Prometheus, Loki, or cloud metrics and want visualization. Reflex targets operators who want production issues fixed on the server — not another panel to babysit at 3am.
| Topic | Reflex | Grafana |
|---|---|---|
| Total cost of ownership (typical stack) | One subscription covers server operations, Git-driven deploys with health gating and rollback where your tier allows, uptime-style checks, and Brain-led remediation — see Pricing for current tiers. | Teams often pay for a server panel, separate deploy automation, monitoring/alerting, and ad-hoc incident tooling — each with its own renewal, integration work, and on-call runbook. |
| Primary focus | Opinionated repair platform with agent + Brain + optional Pipeline | Visualization and alerting layer atop metrics/logs you operate |
| Operational load | Playbooks and policies ship with the product | You design dashboards, alert routes, and runbooks |
| Self-hosted cost | Per-server SaaS tiers — no TSDB cluster to babysit | Free core, but engineering time for HA storage and upgrades |
| When Grafana fits | — | Mature observability teams with existing Prometheus/Loki estates |
| When Reflex fits | Small fleets that need fixes, not another DIY observability science project | — |
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