<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>About Grafana on Grafana Labs</title><link>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/introduction/</link><description>Recent content in About Grafana on Grafana Labs</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="/docs/grafana/v12.4/introduction/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Grafana Enterprise</title><link>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/introduction/grafana-enterprise/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:43:06 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/introduction/grafana-enterprise/</guid><content><![CDATA[&lt;h1 id=&#34;grafana-enterprise&#34;&gt;Grafana Enterprise&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Grafana Enterprise is a commercial edition of Grafana that includes additional features not found in the open source version.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Building on everything you already know and love about Grafana open source, Grafana Enterprise includes &lt;a href=&#34;#enterprise-data-sources&#34;&gt;exclusive data source plugins&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&#34;#enterprise-features&#34;&gt;additional features&lt;/a&gt;. You also get 24x7x365 support and training from the core Grafana team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To learn more about Grafana Enterprise, refer to &lt;a href=&#34;/enterprise&#34;&gt;our product page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;enterprise-features-in-grafana-cloud&#34;&gt;Enterprise features in Grafana Cloud&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many Grafana Enterprise features are also available in paid &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana-cloud/&#34;&gt;Grafana Cloud&lt;/a&gt; accounts. For details, refer to &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana-cloud/introduction/understand-grafana-cloud-features/&#34;&gt;Grafana Cloud features&lt;/a&gt;. For pricing and plans, refer to &lt;a href=&#34;/pricing/&#34;&gt;Grafana Cloud pricing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To migrate to Grafana Cloud, refer to 
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/administration/migration-guide/&#34;&gt;Migrate from Grafana Enterprise to Grafana Cloud&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;authentication&#34;&gt;Authentication&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Grafana Enterprise includes integrations with more ways to authenticate your users and enhanced authentication capabilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;team-sync&#34;&gt;Team sync&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-team-sync/&#34;&gt;Team sync&lt;/a&gt; allows you to set up synchronization between teams in Grafana and teams in your auth provider so that your users automatically end up in the right team.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Supported auth providers:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/auth-proxy/#team-sync-enterprise-only&#34;&gt;Auth Proxy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/azuread/#team-sync-enterprise-only&#34;&gt;Entra ID OAuth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/github/#configure-team-synchronization&#34;&gt;GitHub OAuth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/generic-oauth/#configure-team-synchronization&#34;&gt;Generic OAuth integration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/gitlab/#configure-team-synchronization&#34;&gt;GitLab OAuth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/google/#configure-team-synchronization&#34;&gt;Google OAuth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/enhanced-ldap/#ldap-group-synchronization-for-teams&#34;&gt;LDAP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/okta/#configure-team-synchronization-enterprise-only&#34;&gt;Okta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/saml/#configure-team-sync&#34;&gt;SAML&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;enhanced-ldap-integration&#34;&gt;Enhanced LDAP integration&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With 
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/enhanced-ldap/&#34;&gt;enhanced LDAP integration&lt;/a&gt;, you can set up active LDAP synchronization.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;saml-authentication&#34;&gt;SAML authentication&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/saml/&#34;&gt;SAML authentication&lt;/a&gt; enables users to authenticate with single sign-on services that use Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&#34;protected-roles&#34;&gt;Protected roles&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With 
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-access/configure-authentication/#protected-roles&#34;&gt;protected roles&lt;/a&gt;, you can define user roles that are exempt from being converted from one authentication type to another when changing auth providers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;enterprise-features&#34;&gt;Enterprise features&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Grafana Enterprise adds the following features:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/administration/roles-and-permissions/access-control/&#34;&gt;Role-based access control&lt;/a&gt; to control access with role-based permissions.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/administration/data-source-management/#data-source-permissions&#34;&gt;Data source permissions&lt;/a&gt; to restrict query access to specific teams and users.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/administration/data-source-management/#query-and-resource-caching&#34;&gt;Data source query and resource caching&lt;/a&gt; to temporarily store query results in Grafana to reduce data source load and rate limiting.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/dashboards/create-reports/&#34;&gt;Reporting&lt;/a&gt; to generate a PDF report from any dashboard and set up a schedule to have it emailed to whomever you choose.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/dashboards/share-dashboards-panels/#export-a-dashboard-as-pdf&#34;&gt;Export dashboard as PDF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/configure-custom-branding/&#34;&gt;Custom branding&lt;/a&gt; to customize Grafana from the brand and logo to the footer links.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/dashboards/assess-dashboard-usage/&#34;&gt;Usage insights&lt;/a&gt; to understand how your Grafana instance is used.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/administration/recorded-queries/&#34;&gt;Recorded queries&lt;/a&gt; to see trends over time for your data sources.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-database-encryption/#encrypting-your-database-with-a-key-from-a-key-management-service-kms&#34;&gt;Vault integration&lt;/a&gt; to manage your configuration or provisioning secrets with Vault.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-security/audit-grafana/&#34;&gt;Auditing&lt;/a&gt; tracks important changes to your Grafana instance to help you manage and mitigate suspicious activity and meet compliance requirements.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-request-security/&#34;&gt;Request security&lt;/a&gt; makes it possible to restrict outgoing requests from the Grafana server.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
    &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana/v12.4/setup-grafana/configure-grafana/settings-updates-at-runtime/&#34;&gt;Settings updates at runtime&lt;/a&gt; allows you to update Grafana settings at runtime without requiring a restart.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;enterprise-data-sources&#34;&gt;Enterprise data sources&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;With a Grafana Enterprise license, you also get access to premium data sources, including:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-adobeanalytics-datasource&#34;&gt;Adobe Analytics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-aurora-datasource&#34;&gt;Amazon Aurora&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/dlopes7-appdynamics-datasource&#34;&gt;AppDynamics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-atlassianstatuspage-datasource&#34;&gt;Atlassian Statuspage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-azurecosmosdb-datasource&#34;&gt;Azure CosmosDB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-azuredevops-datasource&#34;&gt;Azure Devops&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-catchpoint-datasource&#34;&gt;Catchpoint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-cloudflare-datasource&#34;&gt;Cloudflare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-cockroachdb-datasource&#34;&gt;CockroachDB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-databricks-datasource&#34;&gt;Databricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-datadog-datasource&#34;&gt;DataDog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-ibmdb2-datasource&#34;&gt;IBM Db2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-drone-datasource&#34;&gt;Drone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-dynamodb-datasource/&#34;&gt;DynamoDB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-dynatrace-datasource&#34;&gt;Dynatrace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-gitlab-datasource&#34;&gt;Gitlab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-enterprise-logs-app/&#34;&gt;Grafana Enterprise Logs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-metrics-enterprise-app/&#34;&gt;Grafana Enterprise Metrics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-enterprise-traces-app/&#34;&gt;Grafana Enterprise Traces&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-honeycomb-datasource&#34;&gt;Honeycomb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-jira-datasource&#34;&gt;Jira&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-logicmonitor-datasource/&#34;&gt;LogicMonitor Devices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-looker-datasource/&#34;&gt;Looker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-mongodb-datasource&#34;&gt;MongoDB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-netlify-datasource&#34;&gt;Netlify&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-newrelic-datasource&#34;&gt;New Relic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-oracle-datasource&#34;&gt;Oracle Database&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-pagerduty-datasource&#34;&gt;PagerDuty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-salesforce-datasource&#34;&gt;Salesforce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-saphana-datasource&#34;&gt;SAP HANA®&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-servicenow-datasource&#34;&gt;ServiceNow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-snowflake-datasource&#34;&gt;Snowflake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-solarwinds-datasource&#34;&gt;SolarWinds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-splunk-datasource&#34;&gt;Splunk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-splunk-monitoring-datasource&#34;&gt;Splunk Infrastructure monitoring (SignalFx)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-odbc-datasource&#34;&gt;Sqlyze Datasource&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-sumologic-datasource&#34;&gt;SumoLogic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-wavefront-datasource&#34;&gt;Wavefront&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;/grafana/plugins/grafana-zendesk-datasource&#34;&gt;Zendesk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 id=&#34;try-grafana-enterprise&#34;&gt;Try Grafana Enterprise&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To purchase or obtain a trial license, contact the Grafana Labs &lt;a href=&#34;/contact?about=grafana-enterprise-stack&#34;&gt;Sales Team&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
]]></content><description>&lt;h1 id="grafana-enterprise">Grafana Enterprise&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>Grafana Enterprise is a commercial edition of Grafana that includes additional features not found in the open source version.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Building on everything you already know and love about Grafana open source, Grafana Enterprise includes &lt;a href="#enterprise-data-sources">exclusive data source plugins&lt;/a> and &lt;a href="#enterprise-features">additional features&lt;/a>. You also get 24x7x365 support and training from the core Grafana team.&lt;/p></description></item><item><title>Grafana Cloud</title><link>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/introduction/grafana-cloud/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:43:06 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/v12.4/introduction/grafana-cloud/</guid><content><![CDATA[&lt;h1 id=&#34;grafana-cloud&#34;&gt;Grafana Cloud&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Grafana Cloud is a highly available, fast, fully-managed OpenSaaS logging and metrics platform. It is everything you love about Grafana, hosted by Grafana Labs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Visit the &lt;a href=&#34;/docs/grafana-cloud/&#34;&gt;Grafana Cloud documentation&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;
]]></content><description>&lt;h1 id="grafana-cloud">Grafana Cloud&lt;/h1>
&lt;p>Grafana Cloud is a highly available, fast, fully-managed OpenSaaS logging and metrics platform. It is everything you love about Grafana, hosted by Grafana Labs.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>