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title: "Connect tools under one big tent | Grafana Labs"
description: "Why telemetry ends up split across tools, why lock-in makes it hard to leave, and how Grafana Cloud brings data back together on open standards."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Connect tools under one big tent

Why telemetry ends up split across tools, why lock-in makes it hard to leave, and how Grafana Cloud brings data back together on open standards.

Estimated time: 5 min

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