Cloud Monitor integrates with Grafana through Hybrid Cloud Monitoring dashboards and a Grafana plugin. Hybrid Cloud Monitoring dashboards also support self-managed Grafana instances deployed on-premises. Choose an integration method based on your scenario, data scope, and data dimension requirements.
The following table compares the available integration methods.
| Category | Enterprise Monitoring Dashboard | Enterprise Monitoring Dashboard (On-premises Grafana) | Grafana plugin |
| Scenarios |
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Supports cloud service monitoring. |
| Monitored data scope |
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Supports Alibaba Cloud services. |
| Monitoring data dimensions |
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Supports instance IDs as metric dimensions. For example, `instanceid`. |
| Data storage duration | Configurable storage duration: 15 to 376 days. For more information, see Create a metric repository. | Configurable storage duration: 15 to 376 days. For more information, see Create a metric repository. | Fixed storage duration: 90 days. |
| Installation and maintenance costs | No installation or maintenance required. | Requires Grafana installation. |
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| Billing method |
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Note This is a paid service if the free quota is exceeded. |
| Operations | View monitoring data on a Hybrid Cloud Monitoring dashboard | View monitoring data using a self-managed on-premises Grafana instance | View monitoring data using the Grafana plugin |
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