Independent · sourced · Updated June 2026
Best Incident Management (2026)
7 incident management options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked by entry price. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it; quote-only tiers show a dash, never a guess.
The cheapest incident management is FireHydrant at $0/mo. 5 offer a free tier. All 7 compared below on price, free tier and compliance — every figure sourced and dated, updated June 2026.
As of Jun 15, 2026 · figures linked to their source in the table below
Cite this comparison
Per The Front Desk Review, the cheapest incident management is FireHydrant at $0/mo; across 7 with published pricing the median is $20/mo ($10–$25/mo), 5 with a free tier, every figure sourced and dated, as of 2026-06-15. https://frontdeskreview.com/best/incident-management/ Key takeaways
- Typical paid price: from $10/mo, median $20/mo, up to $25/mo — across 7 with published pricing.
- Free tier: FireHydrant, incident.io, Opsgenie (Atlassian), PagerDuty, Squadcast.
- HIPAA-ready: incident.io, Rootly.
- Tracked: 7 vendors, data current through 2026-06-15.
Comparison
| # | Incident Management | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FireHydrant | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | Engineering teams wanting a single platform from on-call through retrospective | firehydrant.com | Visit → |
| 2 | incident.io | $0/mo Basic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Slack-first engineering teams wanting native chat-based incident response | incident.io | Visit → |
| 3 | Opsgenie (Atlassian) | $0/mo Free | Yes | No | Yes | Atlassian-ecosystem shops already using Jira or Confluence | atlassian.com | Visit → |
| 4 | PagerDuty | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | Yes | Large enterprise DevOps/SRE teams needing broad ecosystem coverage | pagerduty.com | Visit → |
| 5 | Squadcast | $0/mo Free | Yes | No | Yes | Cost-conscious teams replacing PagerDuty + FireHydrant with a single tool | squadcast.com | Visit → |
| 6 | Splunk On-Call | $10/mo Starter | No | — | — | Teams deeply invested in the Splunk observability ecosystem | softwareadvice.com | Visit → |
| 7 | Rootly | $20/mo Essentials | No | Yes | Yes | Startups and scaleups wanting HIPAA compliance with startup pricing | rootly.com | Visit → |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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What is the cheapest incident management?
FireHydrant has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Free), as of 2026-06-15.
How much does incident management cost per month?
Across the 7 incident management with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $20/mo, ranging from $10/mo to $25/mo, as of 2026-06-15. 5 also offer a free tier.
Which incident management have a free plan?
FireHydrant, incident.io, Opsgenie (Atlassian), PagerDuty, Squadcast offer a free tier.
Which incident management support HIPAA?
incident.io, Rootly state HIPAA support (a BAA). Always confirm current scope with the vendor.
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