5 steps to start saving on your observability bill with Grafana Cloud Adaptive Metrics

Grafana Cloud's Adaptive Metrics feature addresses the challenge of reducing observability costs by optimizing metrics management and cardinality, as many metrics generated are unused yet still incur costs. By aggregating unused and partially used metrics, Adaptive Metrics ensures users pay only for the metrics they use, leading to significant cost savings. Since its introduction, early adopters have reported a 25% reduction in time series, saving tens of thousands of dollars. The recent addition of a user-friendly interface enhances this feature by providing visibility and transparency in creating aggregation rules, allowing users to view, visualize, and download customized recommendations directly from the Grafana UI. Available across all Grafana Cloud tiers, the feature simplifies the process of applying recommendations through CLI or API, with significant metrics reductions visible in the billing dashboard. Grafana Labs is continuously enhancing Adaptive Metrics, with features such as automatic recommendations, robust search capabilities, and default availability in the Cloud Free tier, aiming to further streamline and maximize the utility of this cost-saving tool.