Startups: Apply today for up to $100,000 in Grafana Cloud credits

Grafana Labs has launched the Grafana Labs Startup Program to provide eligible startups with up to $100,000 in Grafana Cloud credits for 12 months or until their next funding round, aiming to alleviate financial pressures associated with scaling while offering flexible observability solutions. This initiative, announced at ObservabilityCON 2024, addresses the challenges startups face with cost-prohibitive observability solutions and proprietary lock-ins by offering an open and composable platform. New and existing Grafana Cloud users, especially those with less than $10 million in funding and fewer than 25 employees, are encouraged to apply. The program supports startups with managed services for logs, traces, metrics, and more, alongside a 20% discount post-credit depletion, access to enterprise plugins, 24/7 support, and collaboration with Grafana's integrations team. Telemetry management platform Datable.io, among the first participants, credits the program for enabling them to focus on business growth without worrying about monitoring costs, highlighting Grafana Cloud's flexibility and openness as key benefits.