Updated 30 March 2026

PagerDuty vs Opsgenie

The defining comparison in incident management. PagerDuty has superior AIOps and a larger integration ecosystem. Opsgenie is 40 to 50% cheaper with native Jira integration. Here is the full breakdown at different team sizes and use cases.

Pricing at Different Team Sizes

Team SizePagerDuty ProOpsgenie StdPagerDuty BizOpsgenie EntMonthly Savings
5 users$105$57.75$205$102$47-$103 with Opsgenie
10 users$210$115.50$410$204$95-$206 with Opsgenie
25 users$525$288.75$1,025$510$236-$515 with Opsgenie
50 users$1,050$577.50$2,050$1,020$473-$1,030 with Opsgenie

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

AIOps / Event Intelligence

PagerDuty

PagerDuty

ML-powered alert grouping on Business tier. Automatically correlates alerts across services, reducing noise by 90%+. The strongest event intelligence in the incident management market.

Opsgenie

Rule-based alert deduplication on Enterprise. Effective for known patterns but does not learn from new ones. Adequate for teams with predictable alert patterns.

Jira Integration

Opsgenie

PagerDuty

Integration available but not native. Incidents can create Jira tickets and sync status, but it requires configuration and has occasional sync delays.

Opsgenie

Bi-directional native integration. Incidents create Jira issues automatically with full field mapping. Status changes sync in real time. The deepest Jira integration available.

Integration Ecosystem

PagerDuty

PagerDuty

700+ integrations covering monitoring, CI/CD, communication, ticketing, and cloud platforms. The largest integration library in the space. If a tool exists, PagerDuty probably integrates with it.

Opsgenie

200+ integrations covering the most common tools. Strong Atlassian ecosystem coverage (Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Statuspage). Fewer niche integrations than PagerDuty.

On-Call Scheduling

Tie

PagerDuty

Advanced scheduling on all paid plans. Supports complex rotations, follow-the-sun, multi-layer schedules, overrides, and schedule gaps detection.

Opsgenie

Advanced scheduling on all plans including free. Rotation types, follow-the-sun, and overrides are well-implemented. Very similar to PagerDuty's scheduling.

Mobile App

PagerDuty

PagerDuty

Consistently rated the best incident management mobile app. Fast push notifications, full incident management, schedule viewing, and one-tap acknowledge.

Opsgenie

Good mobile app with similar core features. Push notifications are reliable. Some users report slightly less polish than PagerDuty's app.

Status Page

Depends

PagerDuty

Built-in on Business tier. Basic but functional for communicating incidents to customers and stakeholders.

Opsgenie

No built-in status page, but Statuspage (Atlassian) integrates natively. Statuspage is a more full-featured status page product, but it costs $29 to $399/month extra.

The Verdict

Choose PagerDuty if:

  • + Your team receives 100+ alerts per week (AIOps is essential)
  • + You use a diverse monitoring stack (need 700+ integrations)
  • + You have 50+ engineers and need enterprise-grade features
  • + Mobile app quality is critical for your on-call experience

Choose Opsgenie if:

  • + Your team is under 50 engineers and budget matters
  • + You are an Atlassian shop (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
  • + Rule-based alert deduplication is sufficient for your volume
  • + Saving 40 to 50% on incident management is a priority

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Opsgenie really 40-50% cheaper than PagerDuty?
Yes. Opsgenie Standard costs $11.55/user/month versus PagerDuty Professional at $21/user/month. Opsgenie Enterprise costs $20.40/user/month versus PagerDuty Business at $41/user/month. For a 20-person team on the mid tier, Opsgenie saves $189/month ($2,268/year). The savings are real, but PagerDuty's AIOps and deeper integrations may be worth the premium for larger teams.
Does Opsgenie integrate with tools other than Jira?
Yes. Opsgenie supports over 200 integrations including Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, New Relic, Prometheus, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and many others. The Jira integration is the deepest (bi-directional, native), but Opsgenie works well in non-Atlassian environments. PagerDuty still has more integrations (700+), but Opsgenie covers the most common monitoring and communication tools.
Which has better alert grouping?
PagerDuty's Event Intelligence (Business tier, $41/user/mo) uses ML to automatically group related alerts and reduce noise by 90% or more. Opsgenie has alert deduplication and basic grouping on Enterprise ($20.40/user/mo), but it is rule-based rather than ML-powered. For high-alert-volume environments (100+ alerts/week), PagerDuty's Event Intelligence is meaningfully better. For lower volumes, Opsgenie's rule-based grouping is adequate.
Can I migrate from PagerDuty to Opsgenie or vice versa?
Yes. Both platforms support API-based configuration export. Opsgenie offers a PagerDuty migration tool that imports users, schedules, escalation policies, and integrations. Going from Opsgenie to PagerDuty requires more manual setup. Plan 1 to 2 weeks for full migration including testing. The hardest part is updating monitoring tool integrations to point to the new platform.