DevOps Monitoring · Sweden (SE)
Grafana Cloud (EU region)
Open-source observability stack — EU-hosted and free to self-host anywhere.
The switch
Datadog→Grafana Cloud (EU region)also replaces New Relic, Power BI
About
Grafana is an open-source observability and dashboarding platform founded in Sweden. Grafana Cloud offers an EU-hosted managed option. Self-hosting on EU infrastructure is always free and gives full data sovereignty.
Why we recommend it
- Founded in Sweden by Torkel Ödegaard
- AGPLv3 — fully self-hostable
- EU cloud region in Stockholm
- Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Mimir stack
- Used by EU public sector and enterprises
EU vs USA
Grafana Cloud (EU region) vs Datadog
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 Grafana Cloud (EU region)
🇺🇸 Datadog
Headquarters
Stockholm, Sweden / New York (dual HQ)
New York, NY, USA
Jurisdiction
Sweden (EU GDPR) — self-hosted gives full sovereignty
USA (CLOUD Act, FISA 702)
Data location
EU region (Stockholm) or self-hosted
Global, US-controlled (AWS)
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
Yes
No
Ownership
Grafana Labs (private, Swedish founders)
Datadog Inc. (NASDAQ:DDOG)
Founded
2014
2010
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