What is Pagerly?
Pagerly is an on-call and incident management tool that lives mainly in Slack and Teams. It lets teams build round-robin rotations, sync Slack user groups like @oncall with the current rota, page engineers by email, Slack, SMS, phone call or app, and run incidents with dedicated channels, assigned roles and timelines.
In practice, an engineering team can set up a weekly rotation, let Datadog, AWS or Sentry raise incidents automatically, and then have the on-call engineer receive a call or SMS until someone acknowledges. The tool also adds meeting links, Jira tickets and dashboard links to the incident channel, tracks MTTA and MTTR, and includes status pages, uptime monitoring and task management.
Key features
- Round-robin on-call rotations with overrides and shift swaps
- Slack user group sync for @oncall
- Paging by call, SMS, email and app with escalation policies
- Incident channels with roles, Incident Commander and timelines
- Automatic incident creation from Datadog, AWS, Sentry and 40+ tools
- Status pages, uptime monitoring and tracking of 3,000+ third-party services
Who is it for
- Engineering and DevOps teams running on-call
- SRE and platform teams
- IT operations teams
- Companies migrating from Opsgenie or PagerDuty
Pros and cons
- Works inside Slack and Teams, so incidents are handled where teams already communicate
- Pricing is per team rather than per seat for the base plans
- Paging is an extra cost on top of the base plans
- Opsgenie shuts down in April 2027, so migration is time-limited
Pagerly pricing
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | 19 USD / month | per team; round-robin rotations and Slack user group sync; optional +4 USD/user/month for paging |
| Starter | 39 USD / month | per team; adds PagerDuty and Opsgenie sync, status pages, uptime monitoring, task management, Jira two-way sync; optional +4 USD/user/month for paging |
| On-call paging (add-on) | 4 USD / month | per responder in the paging rota; add to Basic or Starter; annual billing offers 2 months free |
Prices copied from Pagerly pricing, checked October 12, 2026. Currency as shown by the vendor; taxes may apply.
Is Pagerly free?
There is a free trial. Add to Slack - free is offered on the homepage; the pricing page does not state limits of a free plan.
Pagerly alternatives
| Tool | Price from | Free plan | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
 Zapier | od 19,99 USD/mo | yes | Automation |
 Clay | od 167 USD/mo | trial | Automation |
 Make | 9 USD/mo | yes | Automation |
 n8n | 20 EUR/mo | trial | Automation |
 Task Machine | 79 EUR Workspace + 20 EUR usage per month, after trial/mo | trial | Automation |
 Rasa | not listed | trial | Automation |
FAQ
What is Pagerly used for?
On-call scheduling, paging and incident response run inside Slack and Teams, for engineering and operations teams.
Is Pagerly free?
There is a free trial. Add to Slack - free is offered on the homepage; the pricing page does not state limits of a free plan.
How much does Pagerly cost?
The cheapest paid plan is 4 USD/mo (vendor pricing, October 12, 2026).
What are the best Pagerly alternatives?
Closest alternatives: Zapier, Clay, Make, n8n, Task Machine.
Data checked October 12, 2026 on the vendor website (pagerly.io).