PagerDuty free tier includes Incident management — 5 users, 1 on-call schedule, 1 escalation policy, 100 intl phone/SMS… Verified September 2026. Compare with 3 alternatives in Monitoring.

PagerDuty Free Tier 2026 stable

Subtypes in Monitoring: on_call_response — routes a firing alert to a named human by schedule and escalation policy. We read that on 2026-09-01 from https://www.pagerduty.com/pricing/, where it says: “Escalation policies connect services to individual users and/or schedules to ensure the right people are notified at the right time.” How we use this.

Limits, pricing history, and 3 alternatives. Verified September 2026. Last updated 2026-09-24.

PagerDuty's free tier offers Incident management — 5 users, 1 on-call schedule, 1 escalation policy, 100 intl phone/SMS notifications/month, 700+… It's stable — zero pricing changes recorded. Best for monitoring workloads.

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Tier
Free
Category
Pricing Page
Verified
2026-09-24
Last read
2026-09-24
The day we last read the vendor's page, and the day we last confirmed the terms we publish.

Free Tier Details

Incident management — 5 users, 1 on-call schedule, 1 escalation policy, 100 intl phone/SMS notifications/month, 700+ integrations, API access

We read that on 2026-09-24 from https://www.pagerduty.com/pricing/, and our check recorded: the page names PagerDuty as "pagerduty" and states "0 up to 5 users /month".

When You'll Outgrow PagerDuty's Free Tier

Pricing Change History (0 recorded)

No recorded pricing changes for PagerDuty. This is a good sign — stable pricing.

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Alternatives in Monitoring

How PagerDuty compares against every one of the 3 we list, not against a selection of them. A surface with room for every member of a tied set may rotate their order. A surface with room for only some of them names none of them, because which ones it named would be the claim, and a claim seeded on the date is not the one we serve tomorrow. How we decide this.

Service Free Tier Stability
PagerDuty Free stable
incident.io Basic stable
pagertree.com Free unrated
BetterStack Free stable

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Recompute today's order yourself. The order above is a permutation seeded only on the UTC date and the query key — no vendor name, slug, id or offer field is an input. The list above is every one of the 3 entries in that order, not a prefix of it. The algorithm is published, so anyone can reproduce this page's order without asking us.
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2026-09-30
query_key
alternatives:Monitoring:PagerDuty
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51c9a030342973d864ff333f11c6311f7af4c82f44c64c82a4bbf3da97f20d34
tie_count
3

Watch PagerDuty for Pricing Changes

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Query via MCP

Look up PagerDuty programmatically with the AgentDeals MCP server:

{ "tool": "search_deals", "arguments": { "query": "PagerDuty", "limit": 5 } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is PagerDuty free?
Yes, PagerDuty offers a free tier: Free. Incident management — 5 users, 1 on-call schedule, 1 escalation policy, 100 intl phone/SMS notifications/month, 700+ integrations, API access
What is PagerDuty's free tier?
PagerDuty's free tier is called "Free". Incident management — 5 users, 1 on-call schedule, 1 escalation policy, 100 intl phone/SMS notifications/month, 700+ integrations, API access
Is PagerDuty's free tier reliable?
PagerDuty's free tier is considered stable.
Is PagerDuty's free tier good for production?
PagerDuty's free tier can be suitable for small production workloads and side projects. We rate it stable and it offers Incident management — 5 users, 1 on-call schedule, 1 escalation policy, 100 intl phone/SMS notifications/month, 700+…, so it's a reasonable starting point. Monitor your usage against the limits and have an upgrade plan ready.
What changed in PagerDuty's pricing?
No, PagerDuty has had no recorded pricing changes. This is a positive stability signal.
What are the best free alternatives to PagerDuty?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 3 free alternatives to PagerDuty in Monitoring, each listed above with its tier. Of those, 3 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
When will I outgrow PagerDuty's free tier?
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade. When you outgrow the free tier, evaluate paid plans against alternatives — sometimes a competitor's free tier covers what you need.
What category is PagerDuty in?
PagerDuty is categorized under Monitoring on AgentDeals. We list 3 other Monitoring services alongside it, every one of them on this page with its free tier and the stability we publish for it.

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