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We performed a comparison between PagerDuty Operations Cloud and Splunk On-Call based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two IT Alerting and Incident Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed PagerDuty Operations Cloud vs. Splunk On-Call Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"It reduces the amount of white noise. If something comes through, then it will alert somebody. However, if it's a bit of white noise that comes through at night, then it gets dealt with the next day. Everything is visible to everybody. It's not just a single person getting an SMS, then going, "Oh, I'm not going to worry about that." The visibility to everybody on the team is one of the great things about it because it reduces the white noise.""The initial setup is a simple process.""Notification is the most valuable feature.""A cool feature is that it helps us to understand the flow of the alert. If the alert was coming to the current on-call and he didn't catch the call or didn't notice it for any reason, it starts being escalated automatically, according to the escalation schedule, or to other teammates. You can see the flow very easily on your phone or via the website, if you want to do a post-mortem.""PagerDuty's notification process is the most valuable feature.""The most valuable feature is the phone app that allows us to send notifications without the additional fees when sending by SMS or phone calls.""PagerDuty let us set up rosters based on our shifts. We could assign a hierarchy for how the calls should be escalated and the number of times the call will be transferred between people before it is answered. It makes it easy to access an agent via mobile phone.""The solution's most valuable features are that it adds each alert as a service, has good scheduling capabilities, and includes the ability to write logic based on texts."

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"The alert calling feature is the best because notifications are delivered via phone messages.""Transmogrifier and automatic solution report gives me a report with the solution and the way to solve issues when an error occurred.""The most valuable feature of the solution is helpdesk escalation.""VictorOps has been good enough for us and it's effective for our needs in case of an on-call escalation process.""The flexible schedule is the most valuable feature. It was very easy to set out a rotation."

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Cons
"This solution works best in conjunction with a proper logging system, which can be an additional cost to organizations.""The product can be improved by including out-of-the-box integration with other standard tools used in our fields such as Confluence, and Jira.""The solution does not code all alerts correctly so sometimes you get false positives or multiple alerts for the same issue.""The On-Call Teams feature could be better in terms of levels of conditions related to which team or member should get the responsibility of handling a matter or incident.""I would like to see more content in the notification messages; although, that might be a configuration on our end.""The solution's analytics are okay. I don't think the features, at this point, give you a lot of insights. We have actually been trying to get insights from it but it hasn't really given us a lot of extra points to explore. We were looking at the number of alerts to see where many of the alerts were coming from. We never managed to get many insights on this.""It is a very non-customizable product, so you cannot add things like root cause analysis or the classification of incidents based on the area where you are getting more incidents. For example, if you're getting a lot of database issues, that may be an are you want to probe.""PagerDuty could improve the event orchestration by enhancing features, such as easier condition setup inside the orchestration."

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"At that stage, all our needs are fulfilled, but at the beginning, we had some feature requests and they were deployed during their roadmap.""Should have more YouTube webinars.""The third-party configuration tool could be easier to use.""The solution can be improved by including a wider list of permissions.""There could be improvements with communicating an incident or alert."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Licensing costs are around $700 a month, and the only additional costs, are phone costs in some instances."
  • "The cost is quite high. But if you want to get a full-featured application and you have a big team..."
  • "If you add more people, then you have to pay more, which is always a thing with the SaaS solutions."
  • "If we wanted phone calls or additional SMSs, we would have to pitch up for those. They give us so many per month per user, then we have to pay extra if it goes over that."
  • "They're very good in pricing compared to the competitors in the area. I would rate them a five out of five in terms of pricing."
  • "The solution is paid on a monthly basis and represents about 1% of the platform's budget."
  • "There is a license needed to use PagerDuty."
  • "PagerDuty has monthly and yearly licenses available, the costs of which can get quite high if you have a large number of users."
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  • "The price of the solution could be less expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product easily integrates with other solutions.
    Top Answer:The price is very high. I rate the pricing a six out of ten. The license for stakeholders is very limited.
    Top Answer:It’s quite hard to reach the support team.
    Top Answer:The flexible schedule is the most valuable feature. It was very easy to set out a rotation.
    Top Answer:For alerts, we could choose to get a text message, app notification, or a phone call. The phone calls were very unusable, because it just read a bunch of numbers, like an ID of the alert. If there was… more »
    Top Answer:We used it for on-call rotations. We used it to send alerts for monitoring. We also used it for escalation, so when we actually had an issue, it would find out who to call and call that person. It's… more »
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    VictorOps
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    Overview

    The PagerDuty Operations Cloud is the platform for mission-critical, time-critical operations work in the modern enterprise. Through the power of AI and automation, it detects and diagnoses disruptive events, mobilizes the right team members to respond, and streamlines infrastructure and workflows across your digital operations. The Operations Cloud is essential infrastructure for revolutionizing digital operations to compete and win as a modern digital business.

    PagerDuty Features

    PagerDuty has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • 650+ integrations
    • Alerting
    • Native apps with push notifications
    • On-call duty scheduling
    • Automatic escalation of alerts
    • Reliable, distributed architecture
    • Incident reporting
    • Real-time monitoring
    • Network analysis
    • Issue tracking
    • Access controls/permissions
    • Service Level Agreement (SLA) management

    PagerDuty Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing PagerDuty. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Ideal for developers: With the PagerDuty solution, developers can spend more time focused on code. The solution’s powerful automation and noise reduction capabilities minimize interruptions and mobilize the right team in seconds.
    • Security incident response: Because of its integration ecosystem, PagerDuty enables you to respond to threats faster, tighten up security vulnerabilities, and get better cross-team visibility.
    • Critical event management: The solution makes it possible for your organization to get your crisis management team up and running quickly, keep all your business leaders and stakeholders informed in critical moments, and limit any disruptions that could impact your reputation or core business.
    • Service ownership: PagerDuty’s service ownership allows you to give everyone more autonomy, boost accountability, and minimize the impact of issues by quickly pulling in the right responder every time.
    • CollabOps: With this solution, you can integrate with chat and video tools like Slack, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Doing so makes it easier to contain incidents quickly, avoid manual errors, and streamline work across DevOps, CSOps, BizOps, and ITOps organizations.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the PagerDuty solution.

    Brandon J., Director of engineering at a wellness & fitness company, says, "The SMS pages and the mobile application are pretty much the top two features."

    PeerSpot reviewer Pramodh M., DevSecOps Consultant at a tech services company, comments, “The inbound integrations that PagerDuty provides with most of the DevOps tools are valuable. There is a flexible and easy way of integrating with monitoring tools. It allows us to configure the integration with APIs and plugins as well.”

    Syed Mohammad A., Vice President - Operations and Client Services at a financial services firm, mentions, "PagerDuty let us set up rosters based on our shifts. We could assign a hierarchy for how the calls should be escalated and the number of times the call will be transferred between people before it is answered. It makes it easy to access an agent via mobile phone."

    A Principal Architect at an energy/utilities company states, “The most important feature that is used is call scheduling. We are also able to actually call IT folks in the case of an emergency.”

    Make expensive service outages a thing of the past. Remediate issues faster, reduce on-call burnout and keep your services up and running.
    Identify the person with the right experience and expertise to work on any incident. Plus, streamline on-call schedules and escalations.

    Sample Customers
    40% of the Fortune 100 TrustPagerDuty. Customers include: Slack, Intuit, Zendesk, Panasonic, Pinterest, Airbnb, eHarmony, McKesson, Comcast
    NVIDIA, Cisco, NBC, Rackspace, Intuit, DirectTV, NASCAR, Arrow Electronics, Alliance Health, NetApp, Edmunds, New York Times, Return Path, Sony Playstation, CA Technologies, Sphero, Symantic, HBO, Weatherford, Blackboard, Epic Games
    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm30%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Printing Company9%
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    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Retailer7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise45%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise89%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    PagerDuty Operations Cloud vs. Splunk On-Call
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about PagerDuty Operations Cloud vs. Splunk On-Call and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    PagerDuty Operations Cloud is ranked 1st in IT Alerting and Incident Management with 35 reviews while Splunk On-Call is ranked 8th in IT Alerting and Incident Management with 10 reviews. PagerDuty Operations Cloud is rated 8.8, while Splunk On-Call is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of PagerDuty Operations Cloud writes "Effectively generates alerts for incidents, making it suitable for 24/7 monitoring of infrastructure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Splunk On-Call writes "Allows us to create flexible schedules for on-call rotations". PagerDuty Operations Cloud is most compared with Opsgenie, ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, Everbridge IT Alerting and xMatters , whereas Splunk On-Call is most compared with Opsgenie, New Relic, Everbridge IT Alerting, xMatters and ServiceNow. See our PagerDuty Operations Cloud vs. Splunk On-Call report.

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