Keep vs Grafana Alerting

Keep8.9Visit GAGrafana Alerting8.8Visit

Higher score Keep #5 in Alert Management Software 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Keep

vs

GA Grafana Alerting #6 in Alert Management Software 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Grafana

• Keep fits best

  Teams wanting automation and AI correlation

• Grafana Alerting fits best

  Grafana-centered monitoring teams

Advertiser disclosure: iTechGuides is reader-supported. Vendors can pay for top positions in our rankings and for a place on other products' pages, and we may earn a commission when you click some links. Bought places stand at the number bought; this page and our disclosure say so. Paying vendors may get a fuller, more detailed review from our editors, and that review can change their score. How we rank.

Side by side

Feature	Keep 8.9/10 Visit ↗	GAGrafana Alerting 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.8
Ranking	#5 in Alert Management Software	#6 in Alert Management Software
Best for	Teams wanting automation and AI correlation	Grafana-centered monitoring teams
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$199/mo	$20/user/mo (best)
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Desktop, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Integrations	10 integrations	5 integrations
Features Keep 4/4 · Grafana Alerting 4/4
Alert deduplication	✓	✓
Routing rules	✓	✓
Alert enrichment	✓	✓
Suppression rules	✓	✓
Specs
Included alert volume	200 /mo	Not checked yet
Alert retention	14 days	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Deduplicates and groups alerts to reduce noise. Automates responses with configurable workflow triggers and actions. Connects monitoring, incident, ticketing, and communication tools.	Create alerts from multiple data sources with queries and expressions Route and group notifications using label-based policies Silences, mute timings, templates, and high-availability delivery
Cons	Startup is limited to 5 workflows, 1 integration, and 1 user. Growth caps deduplicated alerts at 200 per month and retention at 14 days. AI correlation and enterprise controls are reserved for Enterprise + AI.	The Free plan is limited to 3 active IRM users per month Pro pricing is per active IRM user, billed monthly Enterprise pricing is custom
Our verdict	Keep is an open-source alert management and AIOps platform for SRE, operations, and engineering teams that need to bring alerts from monitoring and incident tools into one interface. It groups and deduplicates incoming alerts, adds context… Read the review →	Grafana Alerting helps teams create, manage, route, group, silence, and deliver alerts from metrics and logs across multiple data sources. It is available in Grafana OSS for self-managed deployments and in Grafana Cloud as a managed… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Keep — where it wins

  • Deduplicates and groups alerts to reduce noise.
  • Automates responses with configurable workflow triggers and actions.
  • Connects monitoring, incident, ticketing, and communication tools.

  Where it doesn't

  • Startup is limited to 5 workflows, 1 integration, and 1 user.
  • Growth caps deduplicated alerts at 200 per month and retention at 14 days.
  • AI correlation and enterprise controls are reserved for Enterprise + AI.

• Grafana Alerting — where it wins

  • Create alerts from multiple data sources with queries and expressions
  • Route and group notifications using label-based policies
  • Silences, mute timings, templates, and high-availability delivery

  Where it doesn't

  • The Free plan is limited to 3 active IRM users per month
  • Pro pricing is per active IRM user, billed monthly
  • Enterprise pricing is custom

• Keep8.9/10 · Free plan

  Keep groups and enriches alerts, then automates response workflows across connected tools.

  Visit KeepFull verdict →
• GAGrafana Alerting8.8/10 · Free plan

  Flexible multi-source alert management for Grafana-centered teams.

  Visit GrafanaFull verdict →