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title: "Grafana vs SigNoz: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Grafana or SigNoz more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Observability platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Grafana vs SigNoz: Which is searched more?

Is Grafana or SigNoz more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Observability platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Grafana and SigNoz
- **Competitive set**: Observability platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Grafana Share of Search**: 34%
- **SigNoz Share of Search**: 1.9%

## Is Grafana or SigNoz more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Grafana had more branded searches than SigNoz among observability platforms worldwide. Grafana had about 331,000 branded searches, while SigNoz had 18,100. Grafana made up 34% of all observability platform searches we track, and SigNoz accounted for 1.9%.
- Grafana was ahead of SigNoz in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Grafana’s share of searches among observability platforms worldwide moved from 29.1% to 34%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 338K to 331K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, SigNoz’s share of searches among observability platforms worldwide moved from 1.6% to 1.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 18.1K.

## Top observability platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Grafana appeared in all five answers. SigNoz was mentioned in two out of five: in two of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. Grafana was listed before SigNoz in every answer.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Datadog | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Grafana | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Dynatrace | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| New Relic | 4th | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Honeycomb | 5th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Splunk | 6th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| AppDynamics | 7th | 0 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| SigNoz | 8th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Elastic | 9th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about observability platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which observability platform should I use?": 1. Datadog, 2. Grafana, 3. New Relic, 4. Honeycomb, 5. SigNoz
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best observability platforms?": 1. Datadog, 2. Grafana, 3. Dynatrace, 4. New Relic, 5. Honeycomb, 6. Splunk, 7. SigNoz, 8. Elastic
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best observability platform for large production systems?": 1. Datadog, 2. Grafana, 3. Dynatrace, 4. New Relic, 5. Honeycomb
- Searched Google, AI Overview "observability platforms": 1. Datadog, 2. Dynatrace, 3. Grafana, 4. Splunk, 5. AppDynamics, 6. New Relic
- Searched Google, AI Overview "application monitoring tools": 1. Datadog, 2. New Relic, 3. Dynatrace, 4. AppDynamics, 5. Grafana, 6. Elastic

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for observability platforms worldwide in September 2026?

Neither Grafana nor SigNoz moved beyond provider rounding among observability platforms in Sep 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Grafana estimated searches | Grafana Share of Search | Grafana rank | SigNoz estimated searches | SigNoz Share of Search | SigNoz rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 338K | 29.1% | 1 | 18.1K | 1.6% | 8 |
| Nov 2025 | 335K | 31.2% | 1 | 18.1K | 1.7% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 331K | 33.4% | 1 | 18.1K | 1.8% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 335K | 31.6% | 1 | 18.1K | 1.7% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 338K | 32.2% | 1 | 18.1K | 1.7% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 408K | 35.4% | 1 | 22.2K | 1.9% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 341K | 32.8% | 1 | 22.2K | 2.1% | 7 |
| May 2026 | 337K | 33.6% | 1 | 18.1K | 1.8% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 334K | 32.6% | 1 | 18.1K | 1.8% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 334K | 33.9% | 1 | 22.2K | 2.3% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 335K | 34.1% | 1 | 18.1K | 1.8% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | 331K | 34% | 1 | 18.1K | 1.9% | 7 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Grafana’s and SigNoz’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Grafana**: Measured on the search terms “apm grafana”, “grafana”, “grafana apm”, “grafana app”, “grafana cloud”, “grafana loki”, “grafana monitoring”, “grafana observability”, “grafana software” and “observability grafana”, summed into one figure.
- **SigNoz**: Measured on the search term “signoz”.

- [Grafana profile](/demand/global-en/brands/grafana)
- [SigNoz profile](/demand/global-en/brands/signoz)
- [All observability platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/observability-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Grafana or SigNoz more popular in search?

In September 2026, Grafana had more branded searches than SigNoz among observability platforms worldwide. Grafana had about 331,000 branded searches, while SigNoz had 18,100. Grafana made up 34% of all observability platform searches we track, and SigNoz accounted for 1.9%.

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