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Grafana dashboards vs. console templates in Prometheus


If I understand correctly, Prometheus supports two ways of creating dashboards with graphs that visualize its time-series data. One way employs Grafana and its dashboards, the other way employs Prometheus' own web frontend and its console templates.

In comparing those two options, is it correct to assume that the one that employs Grafana is the more recent one, by now receives more attention, and is perhaps the better way to go under common circumstances and looking forward?


Solution

  • It is recommended that new users use Grafana. Console templates are more powerful, but with that also more challenging to use.