diff --git a/public/app/features/connections/Connections.test.tsx b/public/app/features/connections/Connections.test.tsx
index 1d3519426f7..3778042af10 100644
--- a/public/app/features/connections/Connections.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/connections/Connections.test.tsx
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ describe('Connections', () => {
   test('renders the core "Add new connection" page in case there is no standalone plugin page override for it', async () => {
     renderPage(ROUTES.AddNewConnection);
 
-    // We expect to see no results and "Data sources" as a header (we only have data sources in OSS Grafana at this point)
-    expect(await screen.findByText('Data sources')).toBeVisible();
     expect(await screen.findByText('No results matching your query were found')).toBeVisible();
   });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/connections/tabs/ConnectData/ConnectData.test.tsx b/public/app/features/connections/tabs/ConnectData/ConnectData.test.tsx
index a4dabd2bbf9..3588aa64305 100644
--- a/public/app/features/connections/tabs/ConnectData/ConnectData.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/connections/tabs/ConnectData/ConnectData.test.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ const mockCatalogDataSourcePlugin = getCatalogPluginMock({
   id: 'sample-data-source',
 });
 
+const mockCatalogAppPlugin = getCatalogPluginMock({
+  type: PluginType.app,
+  name: 'Sample app',
+  id: 'sample-app',
+});
+
 describe('Badges', () => {
   test('shows enterprise and deprecated badges for plugins', async () => {
     renderPage([
@@ -64,8 +70,8 @@ describe('Add new connection', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByText('No results matching your query were found')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  test('renders no results if there is no data source plugin in the list', async () => {
-    renderPage([getCatalogPluginMock()]);
+  test('renders no results if there are no datasource or app plugins in the list', async () => {
+    renderPage([getCatalogPluginMock({ type: PluginType.panel })]);
 
     expect(screen.queryByText('No results matching your query were found')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
@@ -75,6 +81,20 @@ describe('Add new connection', () => {
 
     expect(await screen.findByText('Sample data source')).toBeVisible();
   });
+
+  test('renders app plugins when list is populated', async () => {
+    renderPage([getCatalogPluginMock(), mockCatalogAppPlugin]);
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText('Sample app')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test('renders app plugin and datasource plugin when list is populated', async () => {
+    renderPage([getCatalogPluginMock(), mockCatalogAppPlugin, mockCatalogDataSourcePlugin]);
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText('Sample app')).toBeVisible();
+    expect(await screen.findByText('Sample data source')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
   test('should list plugins with update when filtering by update', async () => {
     const { queryByText } = renderPage(
       [
diff --git a/public/app/features/connections/tabs/ConnectData/ConnectData.tsx b/public/app/features/connections/tabs/ConnectData/ConnectData.tsx
index 3668047af9f..c2957147241 100644
--- a/public/app/features/connections/tabs/ConnectData/ConnectData.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/connections/tabs/ConnectData/ConnectData.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ export function AddNewConnection() {
   const { error, plugins, isLoading } = useGetAll(
     {
       keyword: searchTerm,
-      type: PluginType.datasource,
       isInstalled: filterBy === 'installed' ? true : undefined,
       hasUpdate: filterBy === 'has-update' ? true : undefined,
     },
@@ -100,14 +99,34 @@ export function AddNewConnection() {
     setFocusedItem(null);
   };
 
-  const cardGridItems = useMemo(
+  const getPluginsByType = useMemo(() => {
+    return {
+      [PluginType.datasource]: plugins.filter((plugin) => plugin.type === PluginType.datasource),
+      [PluginType.app]: plugins.filter((plugin) => plugin.type === PluginType.app),
+    };
+  }, [plugins]);
+
+  const dataSourcesPlugins = getPluginsByType[PluginType.datasource];
+  const appsPlugins = getPluginsByType[PluginType.app];
+
+  const datasourceCardGridItems = useMemo(
     () =>
-      plugins.map((plugin) => ({
+      dataSourcesPlugins.map((plugin) => ({
         ...plugin,
         logo: plugin.info.logos.small,
         url: ROUTES.DataSourcesDetails.replace(':id', plugin.id),
       })),
-    [plugins]
+    [dataSourcesPlugins]
+  );
+
+  const appsCardGridItems = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      appsPlugins.map((plugin) => ({
+        ...plugin,
+        logo: plugin.info.logos.small,
+        url: `/plugins/${plugin.id}`,
+      })),
+    [appsPlugins]
   );
 
   const onSortByChange = (value: SelectableValue<string>) => {
@@ -118,8 +137,10 @@ export function AddNewConnection() {
     history.push({ query: { filterBy: value } });
   };
 
-  const showNoResults = useMemo(() => !isLoading && !error && plugins.length < 1, [isLoading, error, plugins]);
-  const categoryHeaderLabel = t('connections.connect-data.category-header-label', 'Data sources');
+  const showNoResults = useMemo(
+    () => !isLoading && !error && dataSourcesPlugins.length < 1 && appsPlugins.length < 1,
+    [isLoading, error, dataSourcesPlugins, appsPlugins]
+  );
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -179,7 +200,7 @@ export function AddNewConnection() {
           </Field>
         </HorizontalGroup>
       </HorizontalGroup>
-      <CategoryHeader iconName="database" label={categoryHeaderLabel} />
+
       {isLoading ? (
         <LoadingPlaceholder text={t('common.loading', 'Loading...')} />
       ) : !!error ? (
@@ -187,8 +208,29 @@ export function AddNewConnection() {
           Error message: "{{ error: error.message }}"
         </Trans>
       ) : (
-        <CardGrid items={cardGridItems} onClickItem={onClickCardGridItem} />
+        <>
+          {/* Data Sources Section */}
+          {dataSourcesPlugins.length > 0 && (
+            <>
+              <CategoryHeader
+                iconName="database"
+                label={t('connections.connect-data.datasources-header', 'Data Sources')}
+              />
+              <CardGrid items={datasourceCardGridItems} onClickItem={onClickCardGridItem} />
+            </>
+          )}
+
+          {/* Apps Section */}
+          {appsPlugins.length > 0 && (
+            <>
+              <div className={styles.spacer} />
+              <CategoryHeader iconName="apps" label={t('connections.connect-data.apps-header', 'Apps')} />
+              <CardGrid items={appsCardGridItems} onClickItem={onClickCardGridItem} />
+            </>
+          )}
+        </>
       )}
+
       {showNoResults && (
         <EmptyState
           variant="not-found"
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index ba574221f71..53d3ce78608 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -4177,7 +4177,8 @@
       }
     },
     "connect-data": {
-      "category-header-label": "Data sources",
+      "apps-header": "Apps",
+      "datasources-header": "Data Sources",
       "empty-message": "No results matching your query were found",
       "request-data-source": "Request a new data source",
       "roadmap": "View roadmap"