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Sources checked 2026-09-11 · review cycle 30 days

MonoDuty vs Grafana Cloud IRM

If responders already investigate inside Grafana, evaluate the value of keeping response beside that context. If your problem is a smaller set of HTTP, heartbeat and webhook signals, evaluate the focused MonoDuty route against the same delivery test.

Source review by oncall.fyi editorial team. Publication approved by Burak. Fit guidance is an editorial judgment; delivery reliability has not been independently benchmarked.

Make the decision around your team’s work

Replacing Grafana OnCall OSS

Treat Cloud IRM as a separate deployment and product decision. An existing OSS configuration does not prove feature, authentication or export parity. Inventory routing templates, integrations, schedules and communication paths before you choose either target.

Alerts originate in Grafana

Keep enough alert context to reproduce the investigation: dashboard link, affected service and runbook. Validate how a repeated firing or resolved event maps to the same incident. When targeting MonoDuty, inspect the sender's payload contract rather than assuming a generic webhook is compatible.

Understanding the bill

Grafana's active IRM users and platform fee use a different model from a nominal user count. Apply the current billing definition to the people who will actually use IRM and include other Cloud consumption separately. A zero in the free allowance is not a zero-cost observability platform.

Published scope and cost differences

Facts below link to the provider’s own source. Product names, plan entitlements and pricing can change; check the final quote against your requirements.

MonoDuty

Focused monitoring, incident alerting and on-call ownership.

Paid entry
Pro: $9/user/month, up to 25 users. Business: $19/user/month. Paid subscriptions are sales-assisted. Source
Free scope
One user; email notifications; 50 incidents/month and 7-day history. Source
Delivery and limits
Pro includes 500 SMS and 200 voice notifications/month; Business 2,000 SMS and 500 voice. Confirm destinations and channel availability. Source
Schedules
Team schedules with time zones, rotation layers and temporary overrides. Custom escalation policies require Pro or Business; repeated execution is not implemented. Source
Response workflow
Incident acknowledgment and resolution are documented. Slack updates are one-way; responders act in MonoDuty or supported response paths. Source
Monitoring
HTTP/HTTPS checks run from Helsinki. This is a single-location monitoring worker. Source

Ask during the trial: Require a real missed-acknowledgment test, quota checks and an exit export. Do not assume mobile push, chat-side response actions or repeating escalation loops.

Public sources checked 2026-09-11. No independent reliability benchmark.

Grafana Cloud IRM

On-call and incident response within Grafana Cloud.

Paid entry
Pro starts at $20/active IRM user, with a $19/month platform fee including three active IRM users; volume discounts apply. Source
Free scope
Free is limited to three active IRM users/month with community support. Source
Response workflow
Cloud IRM combines on-call management and incident response and works with Grafana Cloud observability. Source
Cost checks
Active users are a billing unit, not simply the size of a rotation. Observability consumption is separate. Source

Ask during the trial: Use the active-IRM-user definition, include the platform fee, and separate Cloud IRM from the retired Grafana OnCall OSS project.

Public sources checked 2026-09-11. No independent reliability benchmark.

What to prove in the trial

  1. Send a sanitized firing, repeat and resolved alert from the intended Grafana integration.
  2. Verify dashboard and runbook context on the recipient's device.
  3. Test the override, escalation and fallback route at a time-zone boundary.
  4. Reconcile active IRM usage with the quote and export the migration inventory.

Use synthetic events and agreed test recipients. Keep the current paging route active while you gather evidence, then rehearse rollback before cutover.

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Compare the cost of the scope you need

All values are USD. These are editable planning estimates. A base price does not prove feature parity. Blank extra costs remain unknown; taxes, negotiated discounts and migration effort are excluded. Twelve-month totals are a projection, not an annual contract quote.

MonoDuty

Published monthly rate; confirm order terms. Source checked 2026-09-11.

5,000 incidents/month, 30-day history, 10 custom policies; SMS/voice quotas apply.

$45.00 / month

$540.00 projected over 12 months

Base estimate only. Required extras are not confirmed.

Record trial evidence (0/6)

Record a test date and observed result for each requirement. Text being present is not independent validation. Use roles and synthetic incident IDs.

Grafana Cloud IRM

Monthly pay-as-you-go starting rate. Source checked 2026-09-11.

Platform fee: $19.00/month, with 3 active IRM users included. First 3 active users included in platform fee. Volume discounts and other Grafana consumption excluded.

$59.00 / month

$708.00 projected over 12 months

Base estimate only. Required extras are not confirmed.

Record trial evidence (0/6)

Record a test date and observed result for each requirement. Text being present is not independent validation. Use roles and synthetic incident IDs.

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