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Grafana Assistant is Grafana Cloud's AI assistant and its Assistant Investigations. RubixKube is an AI SRE across Kubernetes, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Linux machines and the tools you already use, with a root cause analysis and checked evidence for every incident, and fixes you approve.
Pick Grafana Assistant if your telemetry lives in Grafana Cloud. Pick RubixKube if you want one AI SRE across everything you run, and want to start free today.
What is Grafana Assistant?
Grafana Assistant is Grafana Cloud's AI assistant and its Assistant Investigations.
- Where it works: Your Grafana Cloud data sources.
- How you get it: Grafana Cloud, including the free tier.
- Pricing: Free tier includes 3 AI users, Pro $20 per extra AI user plus $2 per million tokens.
- Changes: Pull requests (preview) and actions through connected tools.
- Where you use it: Web, Slack, Teams, IDE, MCP, CLI.
What is RubixKube?
RubixKube runs read-only observers in your Kubernetes clusters, AWS, Google Cloud and Azure accounts and Linux machines, and takes alerts from Datadog, PagerDuty, Grafana, Sentry and other tools by webhook. It groups related alerts into one incident, and its agent, Rubix, writes a root cause analysis for each one, citing the tool output behind every step and checking quotes in code against what the tools returned.
Every RCA proposes a Fix and Follow-ups. Rubix opens the change as a pull request or through any tool you connect, and you choose how much it may do: Observe only reads, Assist asks before every change, Auto asks before anything destructive. It remembers past incidents and fixes, and works in the console, Slack, the CLI and your own AI tools over MCP.
- How you get it: sign up and start today, no demo and no approval.
- Pricing: Individual is free (1 environment, 10 investigations a month), Business is $999 a month, Enterprise is custom. See pricing.
How they differ
Grafana Assistant vs RubixKube
| Grafana Assistant | RubixKube | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Grafana Cloud's AI assistant and its Assistant Investigations | An AI SRE across your infrastructure and tools |
| Where it works | Your Grafana Cloud data sources | Kubernetes, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Linux machines, plus Datadog, PagerDuty, Grafana, Sentry and more |
| Its own observers | Grafana agents | Yes, read-only |
| How you get it | Grafana Cloud, including the free tier | Sign up today, free plan |
| Pricing | Free tier includes 3 AI users, Pro $20 per extra AI user plus $2 per million tokens | Free, Business $999 a month, Enterprise custom |
| Changes | Pull requests (preview) and actions through connected tools | Observe, Assist or Auto, your choice |
| Where you use it | Web, Slack, Teams, IDE, MCP, CLI | Console, Slack, CLI, MCP |
Prices as listed on each vendor's site in November 2026.
When Grafana Assistant is the right choice
- Your telemetry lives in Grafana Cloud
- You want AI help inside your dashboards
When RubixKube is the right choice
- You run on more than one platform: Kubernetes, clouds and Linux machines
- Your alerts come from several tools, and you want an alert storm grouped into one incident
- You want every root cause to show exactly what it read
- You want to set how much the AI may change, from read only to automatic
- You want to start today, on a free plan, with a price you can see
Using RubixKube with what you have
Keep Grafana. Its alerts come into RubixKube by webhook, and Rubix reads your Grafana data while it investigates. RubixKube adds its own observers, groups alerts from every tool, and writes an RCA with evidence for each incident.
Bottom line
Grafana Assistant is best for teams on Grafana Cloud. RubixKube is the AI SRE for every place your systems run. Start free, or see the best AI SRE tools in 2026 and what an AI SRE is.
Frequently asked questions
Is Grafana Assistant the same as RubixKube?
No. Grafana Assistant is Grafana Cloud's AI assistant and its Assistant Investigations. RubixKube is an AI SRE with its own read-only observers across Kubernetes, clouds and Linux machines, alert grouping across your tools, and an RCA with checked evidence for every incident.
How much does Grafana Assistant cost?
As listed on its site in November 2026: Free tier includes 3 AI users, Pro $20 per extra AI user plus $2 per million tokens. RubixKube is free on the Individual plan, and Business is $999 a month.
Can I use Grafana Assistant and RubixKube together?
Keep Grafana.
Can I try RubixKube for free?
Yes. Sign up and connect your first environment on the free Individual plan, with 10 investigations a month. It starts in Observe mode, which only reads.