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MetricFire
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
What it is
MetricFire is a managed monitoring service running Graphite and Grafana for metrics, dashboards, and alerting. Applications can send custom metrics over TCP, UDP, HTTP POST, or StatsD without an agent or SDK. Built-in Graphite alerting connects with Slack, PagerDuty, and email. Listed integrations include AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Heroku, Telegraf, Prometheus, Redis, and PostgreSQL; Kubernetes, serverless, and synthetic monitoring are supported. Intro costs $16 a month billed annually and includes 500 metrics, six-month retention, 30-second resolution, two team users, 10 alerts, and unlimited dashboards. Basic is $84 monthly billed annually with 1,000 metrics and two-year retention. Core is $429 with 5,000 metrics and the same listed retention and unlimited allowances. There is no free plan, but a 14-day trial is available. Data is exportable, with encrypted credentials and three redundant copies.
For and against
For
- Agentless metric transport options
- Built-in alerting integrations
- Cloud and database integrations
- Exportable data without lock-in
- Email and live-chat support
Against
- No free plan
- Metric limits can drop sent data
- Paid plans billed annually
The verdict
MetricFire offers managed Graphite and Grafana with multiple ingestion methods, integrations, and retention tiers. Compare metric capacity and retention against your monitoring volume before choosing a plan.
Who it suits
Intro is described for individuals, Basic for small teams and startups, and Core for growing teams with scaling metrics. It suits organizations needing hosted Graphite and Grafana monitoring.
Plans and prices
Intro
500 Metrics · 6 Month Retention · 30s Resolution · 2 Team Users
Read 4 Oct 2026 · metricfire.com
Basic
1,000 Metrics · 2 Year Retention · 30s Resolution · Unlimited Users
Read 4 Oct 2026 · metricfire.com
Core
5,000 Metrics · 2 Year Retention · 30s Resolution · Unlimited Users
Read 4 Oct 2026 · metricfire.com
Design Your Perfect Plan
Customized Metric Count · 2 Year Retention · 30s Resolution · Unlimited Users
Read 4 Oct 2026 · metricfire.com
On the record
- Alerting
- Graphite alerting is built in, with Slack, PagerDuty, and email integrations.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- MetricFire states it uses SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified cloud hosting providers and data centers.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data portability
- MetricFire says customers retain ownership of their data and can export it without lock-in.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- The pricing page lists 6-month retention on Intro and 2-year retention on Basic and Core.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site lists integrations including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Heroku, Telegraf, Prometheus, Redis, and PostgreSQL.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The pricing page describes Intro for individuals, Basic for small teams and startups, and Core for growing teams with scaling metrics.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Metric limit
- If an account consistently exceeds its metric limit, MetricFire says sent data points will be dropped and the account will receive an alert when nearing the limit or when drops occur.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Metric transport
- Custom application metrics can be sent without an agent or SDK over TCP, UDP, HTTP POST, or StatsD.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- MetricFire runs Graphite and Grafana as a fully managed monitoring service for metrics, dashboards, and alerting.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Redundancy
- The pricing page says stored data has three redundant copies.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- MetricFire says credentials are encrypted at rest and in transit, and access uses least-privilege policies and two-factor authentication.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- All plans include email and live chat support from experienced engineers, and customers can arrange technical support meetings.metricfire.com · read 4 Oct 2026
