Best PagerDuty Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 apps from alert management software ranked against PagerDuty on the same published basis.
- 1PagerDuty vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
- 2PagerDuty vs Wazuh
- 4PagerDuty vs Prometheus
- 5PagerDuty vs TrueWatch Log Management
- 6PagerDuty vs AlertOps
- 7PagerDuty vs xMatters
- 8PagerDuty vs New Relic Applied Intelligence
- 9PagerDuty vs OpenObserve
- 10PagerDuty vs Elastic Observability
- 11PagerDuty vs Zabbix
- 12PagerDuty vs Alerta
- 13PagerDuty vs RightITnow ECM
- 14PagerDuty vs Keep
- 15PagerDuty vs Riemann
- 16PagerDuty vs HEAL Software Event Correlation
- 17PagerDuty vs Nova AI Ops
- 18PagerDuty vs SEC (Simple Event Correlator)
- 19PagerDuty vs UTMStack
- 20PagerDuty vs FirstWave opEvents
- 21PagerDuty vs MISP
PagerDuty alternatives compared
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 6.7 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 2 | Wazuh | 6.7 | Free plan | $571/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 4 | Prometheus | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 5 | TrueWatch Log Management | 6.6 | Free plan | $0.11/mo | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 6 | AlertOps | 6.5 | Free plan | $8/mo | Android, API, iOS, Web |
| 7 | xMatters | 6.5 | Free plan | $15/mo | Android, API, iOS, Web |
| 8 | New Relic Applied Intelligence | 6.3 | Free plan | $10/mo | Web |
| 9 | OpenObserve | 6.3 | Free plan | Free | Web |
| 10 | Elastic Observability | 5.7 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 11 | Zabbix | 5.7 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 12 | Alerta | 5.5 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 13 | RightITnow ECM | 5.5 | No | — | Web, iOS, Linux, Windows, Mac |
| 14 | Keep | 5.4 | No | $199/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 15 | Riemann | 5.4 | No | — | Linux, Web |
| 16 | HEAL Software Event Correlation | 5.3 | No | — | Web |
| 17 | Nova AI Ops | 5.3 | No | $16/mo | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 18 | SEC (Simple Event Correlator) | 5.3 | No | — | Linux, Windows |
| 19 | UTMStack | 5.3 | No | $238.80/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 20 | FirstWave opEvents | 5.2 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 21 | MISP | 5.2 | No | — | Web, Linux |
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Questions about PagerDuty alternatives
What is the best alternative to PagerDuty?
Grafana Cloud Application Observability, number 1 in alert management software with a score of 6.7 out of 10. The others here: Wazuh, Prometheus, TrueWatch Log Management and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to PagerDuty?
Grafana Cloud Application Observability is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 8 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.