Splunk On-Call (formerly VictorOps) is built for large organizations already invested in the Splunk ecosystem. PingParrot gives smaller teams the same repeating push notifications, on-call scheduling, and escalation policies — self-serve, starting free.
| PingParrot | Splunk On-Call | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 3 pagers, all features | Trial only — no permanent free tier |
| Starting price | CA$8/pager/month | From ~CA$29/user/month |
| Self-serve signup | Often requires a sales call | |
| Repeating push notifications | ||
| Email notifications | ||
| SMS notifications | CA$4/pager/month add-on | Included on higher plans |
| 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 | Often annual on enterprise plans |
All prices in CAD. Competitor pricing sourced from public pages (originally in USD, converted at ~1.37) and may have changed. Verify at splunk.com/en_us/products/on-call.html.
Convinced? Your first 3 pagers are free forever — no sales call, no procurement process.
Start Free →Splunk On-Call is built for enterprises with dedicated ops teams and existing Splunk deployments. PingParrot is built for teams who just need alerting to work, today.
Create an account and start paging in minutes. No demo calls, no procurement forms, no minimum seat counts.
PingParrot connects to any monitoring tool via a simple REST API — you don't need to be running Splunk's observability stack to use it.
3 pagers with full feature access — schedules, escalation policies, API, webhooks — forever free, not a time-limited trial.