ilert vs OneUptime

ilert9.3Visit OneUptime8.5Visit

Higher score ilert #2 in IT Incident Management Software 9.3/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit ilert

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OneUptime #10 in IT Incident Management Software 8.5/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 5 features Visit OneUptime

• ilert fits best

  Teams wanting free, full-featured incident response

• OneUptime fits best

  Open-source teams wanting broad incident basics

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Side by side

Feature	ilert 9.3/10 Visit ↗	OneUptime 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.5
Ranking	#2 in IT Incident Management Software	#10 in IT Incident Management Software
Best for	Teams wanting free, full-featured incident response	Open-source teams wanting broad incident basics
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	$22/user/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	14 days	14 days
Free trial length	14 days · no card needed	14 days
Deployment	Cloud, Mobile	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web
Support	Docs	Email, Live chat, Phone, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO/SAML, 2FA	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML
Integrations	100+ integrations	5,000+ integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features ilert 5/5 · OneUptime 4/5
On-call scheduling	✓	✓
Escalation policies	✓	✓
Post-incident reviews	✓	✓
Stakeholder updates	✓	✓
ChatOps incident actions	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Status page	Advanced	Basic
Our review
Pros	Free plan includes on-call management, status pages, and notifications Escalations, incident coordination, postmortems, and ChatOps in one platform Broad integrations across monitoring, ticketing, chat, and collaboration tools	Incident timelines, postmortems, on-call, and escalation policies Status pages, stakeholder updates, and ChatOps incident actions Hosted or self-hosted deployment with API and Terraform/OpenTofu support
Cons	Free plan supports up to 5 users and 100 SMS/voice notifications Scale requires a minimum of 3 users Advanced security and compliance are limited to Enterprise	Verified integrations center on Slack, Microsoft Teams, API, and Terraform/OpenTofu Scale and Enterprise are needed for advanced access controls and SSO Enterprise features, data residency, and deployment options use custom terms
Our verdict	ilert is an incident management platform for DevOps teams, SREs, IT administrators, and organizations operating always-on services. It brings alerting, on-call scheduling, escalation policies, incident coordination, status pages, ChatOps,… Read the review →	OneUptime is an open-source observability and incident-management platform for teams monitoring infrastructure, coordinating on-call response, and communicating service status. It supports hosted and self-hosted deployment, with incident… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ilert — where it wins

  • Free plan includes on-call management, status pages, and notifications
  • Escalations, incident coordination, postmortems, and ChatOps in one platform
  • Broad integrations across monitoring, ticketing, chat, and collaboration tools

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan supports up to 5 users and 100 SMS/voice notifications
  • Scale requires a minimum of 3 users
  • Advanced security and compliance are limited to Enterprise

• OneUptime — where it wins

  • Incident timelines, postmortems, on-call, and escalation policies
  • Status pages, stakeholder updates, and ChatOps incident actions
  • Hosted or self-hosted deployment with API and Terraform/OpenTofu support

  Where it doesn't

  • Verified integrations center on Slack, Microsoft Teams, API, and Terraform/OpenTofu
  • Scale and Enterprise are needed for advanced access controls and SSO
  • Enterprise features, data residency, and deployment options use custom terms

• ilert9.3/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A broad incident response platform with a genuinely capable free plan.

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• OneUptime8.5/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A broad incident-management toolkit with open-source deployment and a free plan.

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