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Spike.sh vs Squid Alerts

Both stand on on-call scheduling software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Spike.sh

Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Pick Spike.sh if your team needs alert routing, escalation schedules, and configurable status pages in one service. Look elsewhere if you need a permanent free plan or more than the Standard plan’s included alert and schedule limits.

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Squid Alerts

Free trial APIWeb

Squid Alerts combines on-call scheduling, multichannel escalation, and rule-based routing, with notification-based pricing rather than per-user charges. Teams should account for the notification limits and the stated country coverage when considering it.

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The facts

	Spike.sh	Squid Alerts
Free plan	A free trial	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Android, API, iPhone, Web	API, Web
Lowest paid plan	Standard: $7 per user a month	Startup: $89 a month
Plans published	3	2
Maker	Spike.sh	Not published
Website	spike.sh	squidalerts.com
On on-call scheduling software	#17 of 25	#21 of 25

Spike.sh: what it does well

Groups and de-duplicates incident alerts
AI suggests incident severity and priority
Custom-domain and private status pages
Updates through email, Slack, RSS, or Atom
Connects with more than 80 tools

What to know first

No free plan
Standard limits phone and SMS alerts to 100 total
Standard includes one one-person on-call schedule
Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales

Squid Alerts: what it does well

Unlimited users and teams on both plans
Recurring and automatically generated schedules
Email, SMS, and voice escalation
30-day trial requires no credit card

What to know first

No free plan
Long SMS messages may use multiple notifications
Each team phone number uses 100 monthly notifications
Capabilities currently work in the US, Canada, and UK

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