PingParrot gives your team repeating push notifications, email, SMS, on-call scheduling, and escalation policies — with a free tier that includes 3 pagers and no credit card required.
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| Free tier | 3 pagers, all features | Very limited — 1 user |
| Starting price | CA$8/pager/month | From ~CA$29/user/month |
| Repeating push notifications | ||
| Email notifications | ||
| SMS notifications | CA$4/pager/month add-on | Add-on, varies by plan |
| On-call scheduling | ||
| Escalation policies | ||
| Calendar sync (iCal) | ||
| REST API | ||
| Outgoing webhooks | ||
| Maintenance windows | ||
| iOS & Android apps | ||
| Setup time | Minutes | Hours to days |
| Contract required | No — month to month | Annual contract on higher plans |
All prices in CAD. Competitor pricing sourced from public pages (originally in USD, converted at ~1.37) and may have changed. Verify at pagerduty.com.
PagerDuty is built for enterprise procurement. PingParrot is built for teams who just need reliable alerting without the overhead.
3 pagers included at no cost, with every feature — schedules, escalations, API, webhooks. No trial period, no credit card.
Every page fires push notifications that repeat until acknowledged, plus email automatically. SMS available as an add-on for team plan pagers.
Create an account, add your pagers, point your monitoring tool at the API. No professional services engagement required.