Grafana VPS — Unlimited Dashboards — No Per-Seat Billing

Grafana VPS — Self-Hosted Grafana
Unlimited Dashboards

Host Grafana OSS on your own Cloud VPS. Connect to Prometheus, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, Loki, and 80+ data sources. Unlimited dashboards, unlimited users, no Grafana Cloud per-seat or per-series billing.

Grafana OSS Free Unlimited Dashboards Unlimited Users 80+ Data Sources From $5/mo
Deploy Now — From $5/mo See Recommended Stack
80+
Data Sources
Unlimited
Dashboards & Users
$0
Per-Series Cost
$5
Starting /mo
AMD Ryzen CPU
DDR5 RAM
NVMe SSD
10 Gbps Port
DDoS Protected
Full Root Access
35+ Locations
Instant Deploy
Why VPS?

Why Self-Host Grafana on a VPS?

Grafana Cloud charges $8/mo per 10,000 active metric series and $49+/mo for additional team members. Self-hosted Grafana OSS on a VPS is completely free — unlimited metrics, unlimited dashboards, unlimited users.

Zero Per-Series or Per-User Billing

Grafana Cloud: $8/mo per 10k metric series. 50k series = $40/mo just for metrics. Self-hosted Grafana OSS + Prometheus on a $5/mo VPS handles unlimited metric series at flat cost.

Connect Any Data Source

Grafana supports 80+ data sources natively — Prometheus, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Loki, Tempo, Elasticsearch, CloudWatch, Datadog, and more. Self-hosted Grafana accesses any data source without Grafana Cloud routing restrictions.

Private Infrastructure Data

Server metrics, application performance data, and business KPI dashboards contain sensitive information. Self-hosted Grafana keeps all dashboard data and queries on your own VPS infrastructure.

Full Dashboard Customization

Grafana OSS includes all community dashboards, plugins, and panel types. Custom themes, organization logos, and dashboard templates — all without Grafana Cloud's feature gating behind Enterprise tier.

Recommended Stack

Recommended Tech Stack

The optimal software stack pre-configured for this use case on a Host4Fun Cloud VPS.

Grafana OSS 10.x
Dashboard visualization
Prometheus
Metrics data source
InfluxDB / PostgreSQL
Additional data sources
Loki
Log data source
Alertmanager
Alert routing
Nginx + SSL
Secure Grafana access
Docker
Easy installation
Grafana backup
Dashboard JSON export
Quick Deploy

Deploy in Minutes

Get up and running on a fresh Host4Fun Cloud VPS with these commands.

root@vps — quick deploy
# Install Grafana OSS (Ubuntu 22.04)
[root@vps ~]# apt install -y software-properties-common && add-apt-repository "deb https://packages.grafana.com/oss/deb stable main" && apt update && apt install grafana -y && systemctl enable --now grafana-server
[OK] Grafana running on port 3000

# Install Prometheus for metrics collection
[root@vps ~]# apt install prometheus prometheus-node-exporter -y && systemctl enable --now prometheus
[OK] Prometheus running on port 9090 | Node Exporter on 9100

# Configure Nginx HTTPS proxy for Grafana
[root@vps ~]# apt install nginx certbot python3-certbot-nginx -y && certbot --nginx -d grafana.yourdomain.com
[OK] Grafana at https://grafana.yourdomain.com
# Login: admin/admin (change on first login)
# Add Prometheus data source → import dashboard ID 1860 (Node Exporter Full)
[root@vps ~]#
Why Host4Fun

Why Host4Fun Cloud VPS?

Everything that makes Host4Fun Cloud VPS the ideal infrastructure for your use case.

80+ Data Source Plugins

Connect Grafana to Prometheus, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Loki, Tempo, Elasticsearch, Clickhouse, Redis, MongoDB, and 70+ more data sources. Mix data from multiple sources in a single dashboard panel.

Unlimited Dashboards & Panels

Grafana OSS has no dashboard or panel limits. Create as many dashboards as your infrastructure needs — server monitoring, application metrics, business KPIs, IoT sensor data, and custom analytics.

Unlimited Team Members

Grafana OSS supports unlimited users with role-based access control (Admin, Editor, Viewer) and folder-level permissions. No per-seat billing — invite your entire engineering, DevOps, and management team.

Grafana Alerting

Grafana unified alerting evaluates alert rules against any data source. Route alerts to Slack, email, PagerDuty, Telegram, or webhooks. Silences, muting, and contact points — full alert lifecycle management.

Dashboard Import Library

The Grafana dashboard community has thousands of pre-built dashboards for Node Exporter, Kubernetes, MySQL, PostgreSQL, nginx, and more. Import by ID — professional dashboards in seconds without building from scratch.

HTTPS + Authentication

Nginx reverse proxy with Let's Encrypt SSL secures Grafana access. Configure LDAP, OAuth (Google, GitHub, GitLab), or SAML for SSO authentication. Disable anonymous access for private metrics.

Comparison

VPS vs Alternatives

How a self-managed Host4Fun Cloud VPS compares to shared hosting and managed cloud services.

FeatureHost4Fun Cloud VPSGrafana CloudDatadog DashboardsNew Relic
Dashboard Cost Free$8+/mo per 10k series
Unlimited Users$49+/mo for teams per user
Custom Plugins limited
Data Privacy
Monthly Cost$5/mo flat$0–$8+/mo/10k series$15+/host$25+/host
Use Cases

Who Uses This VPS?

Real use cases from developers, agencies, and businesses running on Host4Fun Cloud VPS.

Infrastructure Monitoring

Node Exporter + Prometheus + Grafana shows CPU, memory, disk, and network for every server. Import community dashboards — be monitoring your entire infrastructure in minutes.

Application Performance Monitoring

Custom Prometheus metrics from your application — request rates, error rates, response time histograms. Grafana SLO dashboards showing your application meeting performance targets.

Business KPI Dashboards

Connect Grafana to PostgreSQL to visualize business metrics — user signups, revenue, conversion rates, and churn. Grafana dashboards for non-technical stakeholders alongside technical metrics.

Database Performance Monitoring

MySQL Exporter, PostgreSQL Exporter, and MongoDB Exporter provide database-specific metrics. Grafana dashboards show query throughput, slow query rates, connection counts, and replication lag.

IoT Sensor Dashboards

Visualize IoT sensor data from InfluxDB or TimescaleDB in Grafana. Real-time gauge panels, time-series graphs, and geographic maps for distributed sensor networks.

Multi-Client Monitoring

Agencies and MSPs use Grafana Organizations to separate client dashboards with individual user access. One Grafana VPS serves multiple clients with complete dashboard isolation.

Pricing

Choose Your VPS Plan

All plans include AMD Ryzen CPU, DDR5 RAM, NVMe SSD, 10 Gbps, DDoS protection, and dedicated IPv4.

Starter
 
$5/mo
 
  • 1 vCPU AMD Ryzen
  • 1 GB DDR5 RAM
  • 15 GB NVMe SSD
  • 1 TB Bandwidth
  • 10 Gbps Port
  • Full Root Access
  • DDoS Protection
Get Started
Basic
 
$7/mo
 
  • 2 vCPU AMD Ryzen
  • 2 GB DDR5 RAM
  • 30 GB NVMe SSD
  • 4 TB Bandwidth
  • 10 Gbps Port
  • Full Root Access
  • DDoS Protection
Get Started
Most Popular
Professional
Grafana optimal — metrics + dashboards + alerts
$14/mo
 
  • 4 vCPU AMD Ryzen
  • 4 GB DDR5 RAM
  • 60 GB NVMe SSD
  • 8 TB Bandwidth
  • 10 Gbps Port
  • Full Root Access
  • DDoS Protection
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Business
 
$28/mo
 
  • 6 vCPU AMD Ryzen
  • 8 GB DDR5 RAM
  • 120 GB NVMe SSD
  • 16 TB Bandwidth
  • 10 Gbps Port
  • Full Root Access
  • DDoS Protection
Get Started

Annual billing charged as one payment. Prices exclude taxes.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

The Starter plan ($5/mo, 1 GB RAM) runs Grafana + Prometheus monitoring a handful of targets. Basic ($7/mo, 2 GB) comfortably handles Grafana + Prometheus + Loki. Professional ($14/mo, 4 GB) suits monitoring 20+ servers with dashboards for a full team.
In Grafana UI: Configuration → Data Sources → Add data source → Prometheus. URL: http://localhost:9090 (if Prometheus is on the same VPS). Click Save & Test. Then import dashboard ID 1860 for the comprehensive Node Exporter Full dashboard.
Yes. Add AWS RDS PostgreSQL or MySQL as a Grafana data source by entering the RDS endpoint URL, database credentials, and enabling TLS. Grafana queries RDS directly — visualize your cloud database metrics alongside VPS metrics in the same dashboard.
Export dashboards as JSON from Dashboard Settings → JSON Model. Store JSON files in a Git repository for version-controlled dashboard backup. The Grafana HTTP API can programmatically export all dashboards. grafana-backup-tool automates full Grafana state backup.
In Grafana: Alerting → Alert rules → Create alert rule. Define a query condition (e.g., CPU > 90% for 5 minutes). Set evaluation interval and pending period. Connect to a Contact Point (Slack, email, PagerDuty). Configure Notification Policies to route alerts to the right team.
Grafana OSS (free, Apache 2.0) includes all core features: dashboards, alerting, plugins, and data sources. Grafana Enterprise adds: SAML SSO, LDAP group sync, data source permissions, report generation, and enterprise support. OSS covers 95%+ of use cases for self-hosted deployments.
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