HowlOps vs PagerDuty
PagerDuty is powerful — but expensive and limited to alerting. HowlOps adds built-in monitoring and status pages for teams that want everything in one affordable platform.
Feature | HowlOps | PagerDuty |
|---|---|---|
| On-Call Schedules | ||
| Escalation Policies | ||
| Alert Routing Rules | ||
| Built-in HTTP/HTTPS Monitoring | ||
| Built-in Heartbeat Monitoring | ||
| AI Heartbeat Monitoring | ||
| Status Pages | ||
| White-label Status Pages | ||
| Multi-region Monitoring | ||
| Incident Management | ||
| Slack / Teams Integration | ||
| Custom Roles & Permissions | ||
| SAML/SSO | ||
| SLO Tracking | ||
| EU Data Residency | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Open API |
Monitoring + On-Call + Status Pages. One platform.
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Is HowlOps significantly cheaper than PagerDuty?
Yes. PagerDuty pricing starts at $21/user/month and scales rapidly. HowlOps offers on-call scheduling, escalation policies, and full monitoring on the Standard plan — at a fraction of the cost, with no per-user pricing surprises.
Does HowlOps replace PagerDuty completely?
For most teams, yes. HowlOps handles on-call schedules, escalation policies, alert routing, incident management, and adds built-in monitoring and status pages — everything you previously needed PagerDuty plus a separate monitoring tool for.
Does PagerDuty include its own monitoring?
No. PagerDuty is an alerting and on-call platform only — you still need a separate monitoring tool like Datadog or New Relic. HowlOps includes HTTP, heartbeat, and AI monitoring out of the box.
Does HowlOps offer a free trial?
Yes. HowlOps has a free tier with no credit card required, so you can evaluate the platform with your own monitors before committing.