Best Alert Management Software in 2026
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Alert management software helps teams handle alerts from intake through routing and response. Compared on alert deduplication, enrichment and retention, these entries show details that can shape how much context is available and how long it remains accessible. Routing rules and suppression rules help you assess how alerts can be directed or filtered; included alert volume is another point to weigh. Check free-plan availability and paid-from pricing for cost context. Wazuh, AlertOps and PagerDuty are among the options, with xMatters also included. Consider the alert volume and handling rules that fit your team’s response workflow, then compare the listed features against those needs.
Alert Management Software, one module each.A lit port is something its maker publishes; 20 of 20 with a known API signal have a public API.
- 01 Wazuh API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.4$571/mo
- 02 AlertOps API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3$8/mo
- 03 MISP API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3€0.61/mo
- 04 OpenNMS API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3$500/mo
- 05 PagerDuty API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3$233.33/mo
- 06 RightITnow ECM API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3Free
- 07 xMatters API yesFREE yesDOCS 7.3$15/mo
- 08 Alerta API yesDOCS 7.0
- 09 Elastic Observability API yesDOCS 7.0
- 10 Riemann API yesDOCS 7.0
- 11 Keep API yesDOCS 6.9$199/mo
- 12 Zabbix API yesDOCS 6.9
- 13 FirstWave opEvents API yesDOCS 6.8
- 14 Nova AI Ops API yesFREE noDOCS 6.8$16/mo
- 15 ServiceNow Event Management API yesDOCS 6.8
- 16 SolarWinds Incident Response API yesFREE noDOCS 6.8$1.25/mo
- 17 UTMStack API yesFREE noDOCS 6.8$238.80/mo
- 18 BigPanda API yesDOCS 6.7
- 19 CloudFabrix Data-centric AIOps Platform API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7$19,999/mo
- 20 ScienceLogic SL1 API yesFREE noDOCS 6.7$5/mo
- 21 Grafana Cloud Application Observability FREE yesDOCS 6.0$0.03/mo
- 22 HookFeed FREE yesDOCS 5.9$29/mo
- 23 Saneops FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 24 SEC (Simple Event Correlator) FREE yesDOCS 5.9Free
- 25 TrueWatch Log Management FREE yesDOCS 5.9$0.11/mo
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Alert deduplication | Routing rules |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wazuh | 7.4 | Free plan | $571/mo | Yes | 571 /mo | No | Yes |
| 2 | AlertOps | 7.3 | Free plan | $8/mo | Yes | |||
| 3 | MISP | 7.3 | Free plan | €0.61/mo | Yes | Yes | ||
| 4 | OpenNMS | 7.3 | Free plan | $500/mo | Yes | |||
| 5 | PagerDuty | 7.3 | Free plan | $233.33/mo | Yes | |||
| 6 | RightITnow ECM | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Yes | ||
| 7 | xMatters | 7.3 | Free plan | $15/mo | Yes | |||
| 8 | Alerta | 7.0 | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 9 | Elastic Observability | 7.0 | No | |||||
| 10 | Riemann | 7.0 | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 11 | Keep | 6.9 | $199/mo | Yes | 199 /mo | Yes | Yes | |
| 12 | Zabbix | 6.9 | Yes | 50 /mo | ||||
| 13 | FirstWave opEvents | 6.8 | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| 14 | Nova AI Ops | 6.8 | No | $16/mo | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 15 | ServiceNow Event Management | 6.8 | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 16 | SolarWinds Incident Response | 6.8 | No | $1.25/mo | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 17 | UTMStack | 6.8 | No | $238.80/mo | Yes | 238.8 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 18 | BigPanda | 6.7 | ||||||
| 19 | CloudFabrix Data-centric AIOps Platform | 6.7 | No | $19,999/mo | No | 19 /mo | Yes | Yes |
| 20 | ScienceLogic SL1 | 6.7 | No | $5/mo | No | 5 /mo | ||
| 21 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 6.0 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 22 | HookFeed | 5.9 | Free plan | $29/mo | Yes | Yes | ||
| 23 | Saneops | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 24 | SEC (Simple Event Correlator) | 5.9 | Free plan | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 25 | TrueWatch Log Management | 5.9 | Free plan | $0.11/mo | No | Yes | Yes |
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