Alertmanager comparisons
Alertmanager is compared head-to-head with PagerDuty, Opsgenie and Splunk On-Call and more: 7 head-to-heads in IT Alerting Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Alertmanager head-to-head
- Alertmanager vs PagerDuty
- Alertmanager vs Opsgenie
- Alertmanager vs Splunk On-Call
- Alertmanager vs AlertOps
- Alertmanager vs Everbridge IT Alerting
- Alertmanager vs xMatters
- Alertmanager vs Better Stack
Alertmanager vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | On-call scheduling | Escalation policies | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Alertmanager | Yes | Free | 8.7 | ||
| 1 | PagerDuty | Yes | $21/user/mo | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | Opsgenie | Yes | $9.45/user/mo | Yes | 9.2 | |
| 3 | Splunk On-Call | No | $5/user/mo | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 4 | AlertOps | Yes | $8/user/mo | Yes | Yes | 8.9 |
| 5 | Everbridge IT Alerting | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | ||
| 7 | xMatters | Yes | $15/user/mo | Yes | Yes | 8.6 |
| 8 | Better Stack | Yes | $29/seat/mo | Yes | Yes | 8.5 |
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Compared by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
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