# Grafana offers AI assistant for free, warns users not to go mad

DevFeed: [Grafana offers AI assistant for free, warns users not to go mad](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/grafana-offers-ai-assistant-for-free-warns-users-not-to-go-mad-47869.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.devclass.com/ai-ml/2026/04/23/grafana-offers-ai-assistant-for-free-warns-users-not-to-go-mad/5218693>)

Author: Joe Fay

Published: 2026-04-23T14:38:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [DevClass.com](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/devclass-com.md>)

Topics: [Grafana](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/grafana.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [ai observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-observability.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [on-prem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/on-prem.md>), [GitOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gitops.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Slack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/slack.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-assistant.md>), [ai-ml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-ml.md>), [ai-observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-observability.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboards.md>), [gitops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gitops.md>), [grafana](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/grafana.md>), [grafana-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/grafana-cloud.md>), [loki](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/loki.md>), [on-prem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/on-prem.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

Grafana is making its AI assistant available at no cost to open-source and on-premises users, while requiring a Grafana Cloud account for the LLM connection. The company also announced Grafana 13, updates to Loki, Git Sync improvements, and AI observability features for monitoring agent activity, costs, policy violations, and data exposure.

## Source excerpt

Grafana is offering its AI assistant for free to open source and on-prem users -- though on stage at ...