OpsKnight vs Splunk On-Call

OpsKnight8.8Visit Splunk On-Call8.6Visit

Higher score OpsKnight #4 in On-Call Scheduling Software 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 5 features Visit OpsKnight

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Splunk On-Call #6 in On-Call Scheduling Software 8.6/10 14-day trial Free trial✓ 1 of 5 features Visit Splunk On-Call

• OpsKnight fits best

  Technical teams preferring open-source self-hosting

• Splunk On-Call fits best

  Teams wanting low-cost incident response analytics

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Side by side

Feature	OpsKnight 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Splunk On-Call 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.6
Ranking	#4 in On-Call Scheduling Software	#6 in On-Call Scheduling Software
Best for	Technical teams preferring open-source self-hosting	Teams wanting low-cost incident response analytics
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Starting price	Free plan	$5/user/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	14 days
Deployment	Self-hosted, Browser extension, Mobile	Cloud, Mobile
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Community, Docs	Docs
Integrations	27+ integrations	100+ integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features OpsKnight 1/5 · Splunk On-Call 1/5
Rotation scheduling	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Escalation policies	✓	✓
Handoff tools	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Calendar sync	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Mobile app	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Notification channels	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Timezone-aware rotations with escalation policies and temporary overrides Paging across email, SMS, push, Slack, WhatsApp, and webhooks Status pages, Slack war rooms, postmortems, and alert deduplication	Rotations, overrides, and timed escalation steps support structured coverage. Post-incident reviews include timelines and action items. MTTA/MTTR analysis, war rooms, and audit trails support response learning.
Cons	Requires teams to operate their own infrastructure No hosted SaaS cloud in the documented Community release Native voice calling is not provided in the documented Community release	There is no perpetual free plan. Status-page capability is basic and webhook-based. The $5 starting price requires annual billing.
Our verdict	OpsKnight is a self-hosted incident-management product for engineering and operations teams that want on-call scheduling, paging, incident coordination, status communication, and postmortems on infrastructure they operate. Its scope covers… Read the review →	Splunk On-Call is incident management software for IT, DevOps, engineering, and operations teams. It ingests monitoring alerts, routes incidents through on-call schedules and escalation policies, and supports response across web, iOS,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• OpsKnight — where it wins

  • Timezone-aware rotations with escalation policies and temporary overrides
  • Paging across email, SMS, push, Slack, WhatsApp, and webhooks
  • Status pages, Slack war rooms, postmortems, and alert deduplication

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires teams to operate their own infrastructure
  • No hosted SaaS cloud in the documented Community release
  • Native voice calling is not provided in the documented Community release

• Splunk On-Call — where it wins

  • Rotations, overrides, and timed escalation steps support structured coverage.
  • Post-incident reviews include timelines and action items.
  • MTTA/MTTR analysis, war rooms, and audit trails support response learning.

  Where it doesn't

  • There is no perpetual free plan.
  • Status-page capability is basic and webhook-based.
  • The $5 starting price requires annual billing.

• OpsKnight8.8/10 · Free plan

  A broad open-source on-call suite for teams that prefer self-hosting.

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• Splunk On-Call8.6/10 · 14-day trial

  A low-cost option for incident analytics, with no free plan and basic status-page capability.

  Visit Splunk On-CallFull verdict →