Coding

PagerDuty

AI incident management that reduces on-call burnout

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★4.5ratingPricing · Freemium from $21/moStable
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Low
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

Coding AI has a narrow moat on average, from the moat scores of its rated products. What protects Coding AI tools, and the widest moats

The Brief

What PagerDuty does

PagerDuty's AIOps capabilities detect, triage, and route incidents automatically. AI reduces alert noise by 90%, groups related events, and suggests runbooks. The industry standard for incident response and on-call management.

How PagerDuty compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as PagerDuty does. Among the 4 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Datadog at $15 a month and the median is $24. PagerDuty starts at $21 a month, below that median. All 5 offer an API, as PagerDuty does. PagerDuty offers a web app and a mobile app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app and none offers a mobile app. PagerDuty was founded in 2009; the alternatives were founded between 2010 and 2021. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States.

Market position · Coding

How PagerDuty compares in Coding

PagerDuty has low opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 501 live Coding tools on FalcoScan. Across Coding, the average opportunity score is 60.4 and the average saturation score 44.4. FalcoScan rates PagerDuty's own market position as contested. 154 of the 501 operating Coding tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 16 shutdowns in the category.

PagerDuty compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
PagerDutyFounded 2009LowContestedFreemium$21/moYesYesWeb, MobileStable
Incident.ioFounded 2019LowContestedFreemium$39/moYesYesWebRising
DatadogFounded 2010 · New York, United StatesLowContestedPaid$15/moNoYesWeb, APIStable
ClerkFounded 2021 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium$25/moYesYesWeb, APIRising
HoneycombFounded 2016LowContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIStable
Auth0Founded 2013 · Seattle, United StatesLowContestedFreemium$23/moYesYesWeb, APIStable

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Coding.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities PagerDuty exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Anomaly DetectionRoot Cause Analysis
Industry Verticals
EnterpriseSoftware
Tagged

PagerDuty shows up when builders search for these

incident-managementon-callAIOpsalertsSRE
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Clerk

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Honeycomb

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★ 4.6Opportunity Low
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Auth0

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★ 4.5Opportunity Low
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GitLab Duo

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Questions

PagerDuty: common questions

Is PagerDuty free?

PagerDuty has a free tier, with paid plans from $21 a month.

What are the best alternatives to PagerDuty?

The closest alternatives to PagerDuty that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Incident.io, Datadog, Clerk, Honeycomb, and Auth0.

Is PagerDuty still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists PagerDuty as operating at pagerduty.com.

Does PagerDuty have an API?

Yes. PagerDuty offers an API.

Who is PagerDuty for?

PagerDuty is built for developers and enterprises.

How do I sign in to PagerDuty?

Sign in on PagerDuty's own website, pagerduty.com. FalcoScan reviews PagerDuty but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by PagerDuty directly.

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