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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

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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
19th
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
7.0
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (5th), AIOps (6th), Autonomous Operational Resilience (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the IT Alerting and Incident Management category, the mindshare of OnSolve Platform for Critical Event Management is 1.8%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PagerDuty Operations Cloud is 11.2%, down from 21.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Alerting and Incident Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
PagerDuty Operations Cloud11.2%
OnSolve Platform for Critical Event Management1.8%
Other87.0%
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 Operations Cloud is a great tool that saves time and is worth starting to use."
"Our company has already achieved ROI because different tools can alert to a single system and that is very efficient."
"A cool feature is that it helps us to understand the flow of the alert. If the alert was coming to the current on-call and he didn't catch the call or didn't notice it for any reason, it starts being escalated automatically, according to the escalation schedule, or to other teammates. You can see the flow very easily on your phone or via the website, if you want to do a post-mortem."
"I'd rate the solution ten out of ten."
"PagerDuty's best features are the dedicated application that allows me to reach my engineers immediately and the ability to directly assign specific tasks to individuals and have them report back."
"PagerDuty's best features are the dedicated application that allows me to reach my engineers immediately and the ability to directly assign specific tasks to individuals and have them report back."
"PagerDuty has replaced that ability to contact somebody in case of emergency without fail."
"With the multiple methods of notification and the escalation policies, we can always be certain that someone will get the message."
 

Cons

"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."
"The user interface is too complicated and aspects that should be offered, such as email subject line editing, are not."
"The On-Call Teams feature could be better in terms of levels of conditions related to which team or member should get the responsibility of handling a matter or incident."
"I am not a direct end user of PagerDuty. It's hard to consider its shortcomings in that sense."
"The On-Call Teams feature could be better in terms of levels of conditions related to which team or member should get the responsibility of handling a matter or incident."
"I would like the UI to be more intuitive. I would like to be able to group or color-code the discoveries. When you create a system, you have a listing of all the different configurations. You can list them by teams, but some additional color coding would be helpful. I would break it down by incident controls. In other words, it should be broken down it into response teams and engineering divisions."
"I’d like to see some kind of supervising element, the functionality to resolve and allow people to be alerted for supervisors. I don’t think that they are going to address this."
"One area for improvement in PagerDuty Operations Cloud is the unpredictable costs that can cause issues in our organization and project complexity, along with the occasional perception of an outdated user interface by non-tech personnel."
"I think an area of PagerDuty Operations Cloud that could be improved is their premium pricing, as it compares unfavorably with competitors such as Atlassian's Opsgenie and ServiceNow, which offer bundle deals, plus DataDog now has incident management capabilities."
"Something that needs to be improved is adding multilingual support."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"If you add more people, then you have to pay more, which is always a thing with the SaaS solutions."
"The solution is paid on a monthly basis and represents about 1% of the platform's budget."
"The pricing may be about $1,000 per user."
"The cost is based on the package you select."
"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 quite high. But if you want to get a full-featured application and you have a big team..."
"If we wanted phone calls or additional SMSs, we would have to pitch up for those. They give us so many per month per user, then we have to pay extra if it goes over that."
"There is a license needed to use PagerDuty."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Healthcare Company
10%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Performing Arts
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Educational Organization
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise37
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PagerDuty?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for PagerDuty Operations Cloud is good and easy to understand.
What needs improvement with PagerDuty?
Using GenAI, PagerDuty Operations Cloud can be very much helpful. If the noise of alerting can be reduced, that is something which I believe was impacting so much. That is one of the things I reall...
What is your primary use case for PagerDuty?
My main use case of PagerDuty Operations Cloud is in incident management . If there was any issue that occurred, I used to be the point of contact to resolve that particular issue, and in some case...
 

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
40% of the Fortune 100 TrustPagerDuty. Customers include: Slack, Intuit, Zendesk, Panasonic, Pinterest, Airbnb, eHarmony, McKesson, Comcast
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