# PagerDuty vs SolarWinds

| Attribute | PagerDuty | SolarWinds |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.6 (73% (medium)) | 58 (51% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A cloud-based platform that aggregates alerts from monitoring systems, automates incident detection and response workflows, manages on-call scheduling and escalation, and provides analytics to help teams resolve incidents faster and improve operational resilience. It is indexed under IT Management Software.","source":"https://www.pagerduty.com","question":"What is PagerDuty?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"PagerDuty offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans are also available: Professional, Business and Digital Operations. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.pagerduty.com","question":"Is PagerDuty free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to PagerDuty. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.pagerduty.com","question":"What platforms does PagerDuty support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for PagerDuty, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.pagerduty.com","question":"Can PagerDuty be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for PagerDuty, including New Relic, AWS, Slack, Datadog, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and Pivotal Cloud Foundry, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.pagerduty.com","question":"What does PagerDuty integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for PagerDuty. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as PagerDuty not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.pagerduty.com/security","question":"What security certifications does PagerDuty have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"A self-hosted help desk solution that manages IT tickets and automatically discovers, tracks, and organizes IT assets within your own infrastructure, with unlimited end users included. It is indexed under IT Management Software.","source":"https://www.solarwinds.com/web-help-desk/pricing","question":"What is SolarWinds?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SolarWinds is a paid product; published pricing starts at $320 per technician per year. It is sold across 11 plans (1-5 Technicians, 6-10 Technicians, 11-20 Technicians and 21-30 Technicians). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.solarwinds.com/web-help-desk/pricing","question":"How much does SolarWinds cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to SolarWinds. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.solarwinds.com/web-help-desk/pricing","question":"What platforms does SolarWinds support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. SolarWinds can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.solarwinds.com/web-help-desk/pricing","question":"Can SolarWinds be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 51 integrations for SolarWinds, including Zoho Desk, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, Mattermost, Zulip, Email and Twilio, plus 43 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.solarwinds.com","question":"What does SolarWinds integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for SolarWinds. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as SolarWinds not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.solarwinds.com/security-event-manager/use-cases","question":"What security certifications does SolarWinds have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"SolarWinds is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://www.solarwinds.com/web-help-desk/pricing","question":"Where is SolarWinds available?","confidence":0.5}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-based incident management and operational resilience platform that automates incident detection, alert routing, and team coordination. It captures incident data across multiple systems and tools, provides real-time analytics for incident response, and includes AI-assisted features for post-incident analysis and documentation. | SolarWinds provides integrated monitoring and IT service management solutions for tracking system performance, managing assets, and coordinating incident response across cloud and on-premises environments. The platform includes AI-powered automation to streamline operational workflows and supports flexible self-hosted and SaaS deployment models. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","free_tier":true,"api_access":true,"alert_routing":true,"aiops_automation":true,"on_call_scheduling":true,"problem_management":true,"incident_management":true}` | `{"hosting":"self","free_tier":false,"api_access":true,"cmdb_asset":true,"alert_routing":true,"aiops_automation":true,"on_call_scheduling":true,"incident_management":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 199 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"ServiceNow"},{"name":"Microsoft System Center Operations Manager"},{"name":"Pivotal Cloud Foundry"},{"name":"Cherwell"},{"name":"Google Meet"}]` | `[{"name":"Zoho Desk"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Google Chat","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Mattermost","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Zulip","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Email","native":true,"category":"communication","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Twilio","native":true,"category":"communication"},{"name":"Public API","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Webhooks","native":true,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Terraform","native":true,"category":"infrastructure_automation"},{"name":"ServiceNow","native":true,"category":"itsm"},{"name":"Jira Cloud","native":true,"category":"itsm"},{"name":"Jira Server","native":true,"category":"itsm"},{"name":"Freshservice","native":true,"category":"itsm"},{"name":"Salesforce Cloud","native":true,"category":"crm"},{"name":"AWS CloudTrail via Cloudwatch","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"AWS Lambda","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"AWS SSO","native":true,"category":"sso"},{"name":"Azure Monitor","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"Azure Active Directory SSO","native":true,"category":"sso"},{"name":"Google Cloud Operations","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"Google SSO","native":true,"category":"sso"},{"name":"Oracle Cloud Infrastructure","native":true,"category":"cloud"},{"name":"Datadog","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"New Relic","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Dynatrace","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"AppDynamics","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Prometheus","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Nagios","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"PRTG Network Monitor","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"LogicMonitor","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Site24x7","native":true,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Elastic","native":true,"category":"log_management"},{"name":"Logstash","native":true,"category":"log_management"},{"name":"Loggly","native":true,"category":"log_management"},{"name":"Logz.io","native":true,"category":"log_management"},{"name":"Mezmo","native":true,"category":"log_management"},{"name":"Papertrail","native":true,"category":"log_management"},{"name":"InsightOps","native":true,"category":"log_management"},{"name":"MongoDB","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"MongoAtlas","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"Jenkins","native":true,"category":"ci_cd"},{"name":"Bitbucket","native":true,"category":"ci_cd"},{"name":"Okta","native":true,"category":"sso"},{"name":"Crowdstrike Falcon","native":true,"category":"security"},{"name":"Rapid7 InsightIDR","native":true,"category":"security"},{"name":"Redgate SQL Monitor","native":true,"category":"database_monitoring"},{"name":"Airbrake","native":true,"category":"error_tracking"},{"name":"Scout APM","native":true,"category":"apm"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["EU"],"availabilityScope":"regional","availableCountries":["EU"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Professional","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Digital Operations","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free tier available. Paid plans include Professional, Business, and Digital Operations.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.pagerduty.com","retrievedAt":"2026-09-23T14:36:01.014Z"}` | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"1-5 Technicians","summary":"$533/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":533,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"6-10 Technicians","summary":"$524/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":6,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":524,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"11-20 Technicians","summary":"$517/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":11,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":517,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"21-30 Technicians","summary":"$507/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":21,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":507,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"31-40 Technicians","summary":"$492/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":31,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":492,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"41-50 Technicians","summary":"$473/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":41,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":473,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"51-75 Technicians","summary":"$444/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":51,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":444,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"76-100 Technicians","summary":"$417/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":76,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":417,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"101-250 Technicians","summary":"$389/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":101,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":389,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"251-500 Technicians","summary":"$357/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":251,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":357,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"501+ Technicians","summary":"$320/technician/year","features":["Ticketing","Asset discovery and lifecycle tracking","Software license management","Automation","Unlimited end users"],"minSeats":501,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"technician","amount":320,"period":"year","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $320/technician/year with automatic volume discounts. 14-day free trial.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.solarwinds.com/web-help-desk/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T10:20:43.990Z","freeTrialDays":14,"startingPrice":{"amount":320,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | high |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.pagerduty.com/blog/ai/security-post-mortems-ai/ | https://www.solarwinds.com/security-event-manager/use-cases |

## Capabilities (IT Management Software)

| Capability | PagerDuty | SolarWinds |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **ITSM** |  |  |
| Incident management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Change / release management | - | - |
| Problem management | ✓ | - |
| CMDB / IT asset management | - | ✓ |
| Self-service portal | - | - |
| **On-call** |  |  |
| On-call scheduling / escalation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Alert routing | ✓ | ✓ |
| **RMM** |  |  |
| Remote monitoring & control | - | - |
| Patch management | - | - |
| **Automation** |  |  |
| AIOps / workflow automation | ✓ | ✓ |
| ITIL-aligned / PinkVerify | - | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Self-hosted only |
| **Platform** |  |  |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✗ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:16:10.853Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*