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1.9

Jun 30, 2023

Grafana is largely overrated. Don't trust glassdoor reviews (mostly non sales) and repvue ones (largely outdated). Value prop: cheaper than everybody else / low differentiation with open source. Basically, you are selling open source support. Market-fit: organic growth is stalling. Product is average and not differentiated enough. Space is very crowded. Leadership: GTM team is very inexperienced. VP of sales has a big ego wrapped up in fake vulnerability. Cult-like culture where every leader repeats the same BS. Compensation: below market. Comp plan is good if you can close something large (big IF). Geos: At least for the US, avoid East/Central. West is a decent/performing team but not perfect either. Sales Culture: as someone pointed out elsewhere, expect micro-management by very average sales leaders (=busywork). Top performers usually have very good accounts (e.g. cloud native, financial institutions). Morale is low across the org. Advice: reach out to former employees to know what you are getting yourself into.

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Current Employee

2.7

Feb 21, 2025

Very interesting company with a great trajectory but take a very short term view on employee's and are quick to make changes even when that may not be warranted. With the many many turn overs in reps and frontline leadership and a new regime in place better watch out to not fall out of favor.

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Current Employee

4.4

Feb 27, 2025

Great market fit! The company will dominate the market. Many companies look to alternatives with open standards.

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