Gain actionable insights with real user monitoring: the latest features in Grafana Cloud Frontend Observability

Grafana Cloud Frontend Observability, powered by the open-source Grafana Faro Web SDK, is a managed real user monitoring solution designed to provide comprehensive insights into end-user experiences of web applications. It allows observability teams to monitor web vitals like page load times, interactivity, and visual stability, ensuring optimal user experiences and quick troubleshooting through error aggregation and prioritization. Recent updates include enhanced integration with Grafana Cloud Application Observability for streamlined correlation between frontend and backend signals, capabilities to upload private source maps for secure error context, and cost control features via adjustable telemetry sampling. This integration aids in faster identification of performance issues, such as excessive time-to-first-byte (TTFB) delays, by tracing them back to their root causes within backend services. Additionally, the service provides a unified view of both website and mobile app services, facilitating comprehensive monitoring and resolution of errors while maintaining code privacy through private source map uploads. Grafana Cloud offers easy setup for Frontend Observability with a forever-free tier supporting 50,000 user sessions per month.