An early look at the Grafana Marketplace: Expanding the big tent

Source: Grafana Blog

As part of our big‑tent philosophy at Grafana Labs, you should be able to visualize your data no matter where it lives. One way we deliver on that commitment is through our vast ecosystem of over 300 Grafana plugins. This ecosystem includes data sources, apps, and panels from Grafana Labs, commercial partners, and the open‑source community.

As your observability practice evolves, you often depend on a growing set of plugins to reach target data in various systems and services. These plugins can become mission‑critical, making ongoing support and compatibility paramount.

We’re introducing the Grafana Marketplace—a new platform that allows independent software vendors, systems integrators, and developers in the Grafana community to sell and distribute plugins developed for Grafana. Announced during the opening keynote at GrafanaCON 2026, the Marketplace is currently in a pilot phase, and we’re inviting our community to help shape it.

Why we’re building the Grafana Marketplace

The Marketplace provides a sustainable path for independent developers and partners to contribute and maintain impactful plugins within the Grafana ecosystem. It builds upon our existing plugin catalog, adding the ability for third‑party partners and developers to earn revenue that can further support plugin development. Paid plugins come with guarantees for updates and support, ensuring tools stay secure and reliable.

While the Marketplace introduces new paid, commercial plugins, community and open‑source plugins remain a core part of Grafana. The Marketplace is entirely opt‑in; many developers will continue to offer their plugins for free, and we support both free and paid models.

Meet our founding Grafana Marketplace partners

Crest Data

Crest Data is a data and AI‑driven technology solutions provider for enterprises and innovators in observability and cybersecurity. The team brings high‑performance, in‑place querying capabilities for platforms such as Akamai, Dell PowerScale, Fortinet, Meraki, NetApp ONTAP, Proofpoint, Tableau, Zoom, and Zscaler (ZIA, ZPA) directly to the Grafana ecosystem.

“We are eager to see the Grafana community leverage these plugins to unlock the full potential of their IT and security stacks,” said Malhar Shah, CEO at Crest Data.

Phenisys

Phenisys is an independent observability expert with over 20 years of experience helping enterprises optimize application performance and digital experience. As an early contributor to the Marketplace, Phenisys brings advanced Microsoft Teams observability capabilities, enabling deep visibility, faster troubleshooting, and improved collaboration directly within Grafana.

KensoBI

KensoBI provides a quality‑intelligence platform purpose‑built for manufacturing, bringing a full statistical process control (SPC) suite, 3D CAD visualization, and machine‑learning capabilities to the Grafana ecosystem.

Explore and give feedback

The Marketplace is in its early stages, and we want to build it the Grafana Labs way: with your input. During this pilot phase, “Marketplace” tiles will appear in our existing plugin catalog to indicate that a plugin is part of the Marketplace.

• To provide feedback or register interest, please fill out [this form].
• You can also reach out at plugins-marketplace@grafana.com.

Getting involved

If you’re interested in building and listing your plugins in the Grafana Marketplace, now is the time. We’re rolling out the Grafana Marketplace Founding Partner Program for partners and developers participating in the pilot. Eligible developers can qualify for additional support and a reduced marketplace fee. Apply before September 30, 2026 to be considered for a promotional rate.

We hope you’ll help shape the Grafana Marketplace into a vibrant ecosystem for building and sharing observability solutions. Stay tuned for more updates soon.

For more information and other exciting updates from GrafanaCON 2026, check out our announcements blog post.