Grafana Faro review
A flexible web RUM SDK with free usage, Grafana integrations, and self-hosted deployment.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Nov 2026
Grafana Faro is an open-source JavaScript SDK for real user monitoring in browser-based applications. It is designed for developers, DevOps teams, and SREs that need frontend performance, error, interaction, session, and trace data. Faro can send telemetry to a self-managed collector or Grafana Cloud, making it relevant to teams that want control over deployment or already work within the Grafana ecosystem. It is focused on web applications rather than native mobile apps.
Pricing is structured around monthly sessions. The Free plan is always free, requires no credit card, and includes up to 50k sessions per month with community support. The Pro plan costs $19 per month, includes 50k sessions per month, and adds pay-as-you-go usage, 8×5 email support, and automatic volume discounts. Enterprise uses custom pricing, with a scalable unit price based on annual commit, premium support, and deployment options across Public Cloud, Federal Cloud, or Bring Your Own Cloud. The published plans make Faro accessible for smaller teams while providing a path for higher-volume deployments.
Its strongest fit is with teams that want a broad view of web behavior inside an existing observability stack. Faro covers Web Vitals, frontend performance metrics, rejected promises, exceptions, logs, user journeys, events, geographic breakdowns, and client-side traces through OpenTelemetry-JS. Integrations include Grafana Cloud, Loki, Tempo, Mimir, and Grafana Application Observability, with backend trace correlation available. Session Replay is offered as an add-on. Teams monitoring web applications and valuing open-source deployment options should find the scope compelling; teams focused on native mobile apps or requiring retention beyond 30 days should look elsewhere.
Questions about Grafana Faro
Does Grafana Faro have a free plan? Yes, there is a free plan; paid plans start at $19/mo (Pro).
What does Grafana Faro run on? Web. It runs in the cloud and self-hosted.
What does Grafana Faro integrate with? 6 integrations, including Grafana Cloud, Grafana Loki, Grafana Tempo, Grafana Mimir and OpenTelemetry-JS.
Who is Grafana Faro built for? Small businesses, mid-market companies and enterprises (our editorial estimate).
Grafana Faro pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free plan includes up to 50k sessions per month
- Tracks Web Vitals, errors, interactions, geography, and sessions
- Connects frontend telemetry with Grafana and OpenTelemetry tools
- Where it doesn't
- Web-focused rather than native mobile monitoring
- Free plan includes community support only
- Published retention period is 30 days
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