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Head-to-head · Alert Management Software

Keep vs Nova AI Ops

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 7 checks side by side
Higher score Keep #5 in Alert Management Software 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Keep
Nova AI Ops #8 in Alert Management Software 8.6/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Nova AI Ops

Keep leads on 1 check, Nova AI Ops on 2, and 4 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 7 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreKeep · 8.9/10
  • Lowest starting priceNova AI Ops · $16/user/mo
  • Free planonly Keep
  • Free trialonly Nova AI Ops

Keep scores higher on our rubric for alert management software: 8.9 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #5 and #8.

Keep offers free plan; Nova AI Ops doesn't. Nova AI Ops is cheaper to start at $16/mo against $199/mo. Nova AI Ops leads on alert retention: 60 days versus 14 days.

Keep is the better fit for teams wanting automation and AI correlation. Nova AI Ops is the better fit for SRE and DevOps teams seeking AI alert operations.

  • Keep fits best

    Teams wanting automation and AI correlation

  • Nova AI Ops fits best

    SRE and DevOps teams seeking AI alert operations

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Side by side

Feature Keep 8.9/10 Visit ↗ Nova AI Ops 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.9 8.6
Ranking #5 in Alert Management Software #8 in Alert Management Software
Best for Teams wanting automation and AI correlation SRE and DevOps teams seeking AI alert operations
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price $199/mo $16/user/mo (best)
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial — 7 days
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Integrations 10 integrations 17 integrations
Features Keep 4/4 · Nova AI Ops 4/4
Alert deduplication ✓ ✓
Routing rules ✓ ✓
Alert enrichment ✓ ✓
Suppression rules ✓ ✓
Specs
Included alert volume 200 /mo Not checked yet
Alert retention 14 days 60 days (best)
Our review
Pros
  • Deduplicates and groups alerts to reduce noise.
  • Automates responses with configurable workflow triggers and actions.
  • Connects monitoring, incident, ticketing, and communication tools.
  • Groups and deduplicates alerts across sources, with cross-signal correlation
  • Configurable routing, escalation, suppression, and multi-channel delivery
  • AI runbooks and autonomous remediation with approval workflows
Cons
  • Startup is limited to 5 workflows, 1 integration, and 1 user.
  • Growth caps deduplicated alerts at 200 per month and retention at 14 days.
  • AI correlation and enterprise controls are reserved for Enterprise + AI.
  • No free plan; the 7-day trial is time-limited
  • Basic is limited to 1 user, 5 hosts, and 25 services
  • Team and Enterprise pricing is not specified as a fixed monthly rate
Our verdict

Keep is an open-source alert management and AIOps platform for SRE, operations, and engineering teams that need to bring alerts from monitoring and incident tools into one interface. It groups and deduplicates incoming alerts, adds context…

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Nova AI Ops brings infrastructure monitoring, alert management, on-call scheduling, incident response, and AI-assisted remediation into one platform. It is aimed at SRE, DevOps, and platform engineering teams that want to connect…

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  1. KeepAlert Management Software 8.9Free plan
  2. Nova AI OpsAlert Management Software 8.67-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Keep — where it wins

    • Deduplicates and groups alerts to reduce noise.
    • Automates responses with configurable workflow triggers and actions.
    • Connects monitoring, incident, ticketing, and communication tools.

    Where it doesn't

    • Startup is limited to 5 workflows, 1 integration, and 1 user.
    • Growth caps deduplicated alerts at 200 per month and retention at 14 days.
    • AI correlation and enterprise controls are reserved for Enterprise + AI.

  • Nova AI Ops — where it wins

    • Groups and deduplicates alerts across sources, with cross-signal correlation
    • Configurable routing, escalation, suppression, and multi-channel delivery
    • AI runbooks and autonomous remediation with approval workflows

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan; the 7-day trial is time-limited
    • Basic is limited to 1 user, 5 hosts, and 25 services
    • Team and Enterprise pricing is not specified as a fixed monthly rate

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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