k6-powered checks inside Grafana Cloud, alongside your existing dashboards.
Grafana Cloud's synthetic monitoring runs ping, HTTP, DNS, TCP and k6 browser checks from global probes, writing results as Prometheus metrics you can query and alert on with the same tooling as everything else in your stack.
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Free tier available
Free tierFree tier: Included in the Grafana Cloud free tier with a monthly check allowance.
What drives the bill: Cheap if you already run Grafana Cloud; results are plain Prometheus metrics you already know how to use.
Check current pricing on Grafana Labs’s siteFigures are indicative and were last reviewed August 2026. Vendors change pricing often; confirm before you commit.
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