Grafana includes built-in support for Prometheus. This topic explains options, variables, querying, and other options specific to the Prometheus data source. Refer to [Add a data source]({{< relref "add-a-data-source.md" >}}) for instructions on how to add a data source to Grafana. Only users with the organization admin role can add data sources.
## Hosted Prometheus
Run Prometheus on your own hardware or use [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/products/cloud/features/#cloud-dashboards-grafana). The free forever plan includes Grafana, 10K Prometheus series, 50 GB logs and more. [Create a free account to get started](https://grafana.com/auth/sign-up/create-user?pg=doc-grafana-&plcmt=in-text).
> **Note:** You can use [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/products/cloud/features/#cloud-logs) to avoid the overhead of installing, maintaining, and scaling your observability stack. The free forever plan includes Grafana, 10K Prometheus series, 50 GB logs, and more.[Create a free account to get started](https://grafana.com/auth/sign-up/create-user?pg=docs-grafana-install&plcmt=in-text).
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