# StatsD Agent

StatsD can also be used to pre-aggregate your data before sending it to Hosted Graphite.

You can configure your StatsD instance to send metrics to us by following our [*StatsD docs*](https://docs.hostedgraphite.com/add-ons-and-integrations-guide/statsd-add-on) in our Add-Ons and Integrations Guide.

If you haven’t installed StatsD yet, you might also find the StatsD [installation instructions](https://github.com/statsd/statsd#installation-and-configuration) helpful.

### Hosted StatsD

We also provide a Hosted StatsD solution if you don’t have the luxury of running a server yourself, check out the documentation for [*Hosted StatsD*](https://docs.hostedgraphite.com/add-ons-and-integrations-guide/statsd-add-on#hosted-statsd) to get set up with only a few clicks!

### Try our Data Views

Like the added counters but not interested in using StatsD? Learn about our [Data Views ](https://docs.hostedgraphite.com/additional-features/data-views)provided for all metrics. Our Data Views are comparable to StatsD in the following ways:

* **counters** -> ‘:sum’ or ‘:obvs’
* **gauges** -> ‘:sumrate’ or ‘:obvsrate’
* **timers** -> ‘:avg’ or ‘:min’ or ‘:max’