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OnSolve Platform for Critical Event Management vs PagerDuty Operations Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

OnSolve Platform for Critic...
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
18th
Ranking in Critical Event Management (CEM)
7th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Mass Notification Software (2nd)
PagerDuty Operations Cloud
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
1st
Ranking in Critical Event Management (CEM)
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (5th), AIOps (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the IT Alerting and Incident Management category, the mindshare of OnSolve Platform for Critical Event Management is 1.8%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PagerDuty Operations Cloud is 13.1%, down from 21.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Alerting and Incident Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
PagerDuty Operations Cloud13.1%
OnSolve Platform for Critical Event Management1.8%
Other85.1%
IT Alerting and Incident Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user826692 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Continuity Specialist at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Allows for a systematic and uniform method of alerting personnel in every location, but the user interface is too complicated
Emergency alerting for a global company in 14 countries It allows for a systematic and uniform method of alerting personnel in every location. It has the same general functions as most emergency alerting systems. The placeholder dropdowns for message templates are useful. The user interface is…
NS
Senior SRE at IBM
Automated incident workflows have transformed on-call operations and improved response times
Since I host our internal services, I want more customization relating to our specific use case. The needed improvements include the configuration process, as new team members face a steep learning curve to understand the platform. With many new members, they need training to set up runbook workflows, event orchestration, and manage complex on-call schedules across 23 services, making it a challenge for new users. Additionally, I feel the web interface requires improvements. I would rate PagerDuty Operations Cloud as eight out of ten because the cons include a complex configuration process and high costs for each add-on that I try to obtain, making subscriptions costly, along with limited customization in certain incident workflows. The primary reasons for rating it an eight include the complex configuration which makes it challenging for new users, as well as their difficulty in setting up advanced runbook workflows and managing complex on-call setups. The web user interface also requires improvement. Although I receive alerts via the mobile app, which is beneficial for handling schedule maintenance, the same features should be added to the web interface. Customization issues persist, such as the inability to clone entire schedules as part of the workflows, and I want to keep incidents open for a specified duration, neither of which I can currently customize. Thus, I raised a ticket with PagerDuty Operations Cloud to address these concerns. Furthermore, the cost is high, making it one of the more expensive incident management solutions.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It allows for a systematic and uniform method of alerting personnel in every location."
"It allows for a systematic and uniform method of alerting personnel in every location.​"
"The placeholder dropdowns for message templates are useful.​"
"PagerDuty has allowed us to identify issues and incidents within the infrastructure that we wouldn't have noticed otherwise."
"PagerDuty Operations Cloud has positively impacted my organization by providing effectiveness and efficiency in the way we work, with less alert fatigue, meaning alerts are rarely missed."
"PagerDuty is of central importance to the continued smooth function of my company and its IT-related infrastructure and applications."
"For a corporate tool – it acts as a 3rd party for a simple wake up tool."
"PagerDuty Operations Cloud has positively impacted our organization by ensuring that our banking applications, which operate 24/7, remain functional and efficient, contributing to better service availability."
"PagerDuty Operations Cloud changed the process and the flow in our team very smoothly."
"The product has valuable on-call scheduling, escalation, and incident workflow management features."
"The best features that PagerDuty Operations Cloud offers are that it is user-friendly, the design is scalable, and it is quite easy to use for a newbie as well."
 

Cons

"The user interface is too complicated and aspects that should be offered, such as email subject line editing, are not."
"Conference calling requires a complicated syntax formula.​"
"The user interface is too complicated and aspects that should be offered, such as email subject line editing, are not."
"PagerDuty's webhooks need some improvement."
"Something that needs to be improved is adding multilingual support."
"It always needs more integrated applications, especially if you are not a software developer."
"PagerDuty could improve the event orchestration by enhancing features, such as easier condition setup inside the orchestration."
"I rate the platform an 8 out of 10 because, as mentioned, there could be better ways of creating incidents or using a phone number to contact someone who is on call."
"PagerDuty can improve the integration with Terraform."
"This solution works best in conjunction with a proper logging system, which can be an additional cost to organizations."
"The assigning and editing of the escalation policies could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost is quite high. But if you want to get a full-featured application and you have a big team..."
"They're very good in pricing compared to the competitors in the area. I would rate them a five out of five in terms of pricing."
"The cost is based on the package you select."
"PagerDuty has monthly and yearly licenses available, the costs of which can get quite high if you have a large number of users."
"The pricing may be about $1,000 per user."
"If you add more people, then you have to pay more, which is always a thing with the SaaS solutions."
"The price is very high."
"There is a license needed to use PagerDuty."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Healthcare Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
8%
Performing Arts
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise31
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PagerDuty?
Regarding pricing for PagerDuty Operations Cloud, I am currently a software engineer and a senior software engineer, so I do not handle the pricing aspect. However, I hear from my manager that the ...
What needs improvement with PagerDuty?
PagerDuty Operations Cloud can be improved by adding more features. Whatever manual work is there could be automated using scripting. Then it would be more efficient. When we receive a call, it has...
What is your primary use case for PagerDuty?
PagerDuty Operations Cloud is used to understand whether there are false positives or false alerts because it is integrated into a system where there would be a phone number, such as anyone from th...
 

Also Known As

Send Word Now, OnSolve MIR3, OnSolve CodeRED, OnSolve SmartNotice, OnSolve TelAlert
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Sample Customers

Gift of Life Michigan, The Salvation Army Greater New York Division, PR Newswire, Carnival Group, The United Network for Organ Sharing, Virgin Atlantic, University of Delaware, NetApp, CME Group
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