Head-to-head · July 2026 snapshot

PagerDuty vs Incident.io

PagerDuty dominates overall; Incident.io owns budget and feature conversations. PagerDuty leads by a wide margin, named in 90% of answers versus 72% for Incident.io, and wins the first-pick slot 63% of the time compared to 18%. All three models prefer PagerDuty, but Claude pushes that lead hardest with a 40-point gap over Incident.io, while Gemini is the only model where Incident.io gets close, scoring 74 against PagerDuty's 78.7. Incident.io holds its ground on budget and feature-led questions, which signals it still registers as the practical alternative when buyers are price-sensitive or shopping on specifics rather than brand trust.

	PagerDuty	Incident.io
Visibility Score	83	59
Rank in category	#1	#2
Mention rate	90%	72%
#1 pick rate	63%	18%
Avg. position when named	2	3

Who each model prefers

ChatGPT

PagerDuty 80

Incident.io 53

Claude

PagerDuty 90

Incident.io 49

Gemini

PagerDuty 79

Incident.io 74

All three models put PagerDuty ahead.

The shape of the fight

Each axis is one of the 8 measured buyer questions; the further out, the more of that question's answers name the brand. Hover an axis for the raw counts. Single-axis gaps ride on 9 answers each, so read the overall shape, not one spike.

PagerDutyIncident.io

The fight, question by question

Mentions out of 9 answers per question. Click any question for the full transcripts.

Question	PagerDuty	Incident.io	Edge
Best overallWhat's the best incident management platform for an engineering team?	9	9	even
Use-case fitWe need on-call rotations and alert escalation for a team of 20 engineers. What should we use?	9	7	PagerDuty
Top tools in 2026What are the top incident management and on-call tools in 2026?	9	9	even
Startup & small teamWhich on-call and alerting tool is best for a startup?	9	6	PagerDuty
Enterprise pickWhich incident management platform should a large enterprise standardize on, considering security, compliance, and scale?	9	0	PagerDuty
Feature-led askI want incident response in chat with status pages and postmortem tracking. What do you recommend?	8	9	Incident.io
If you could pick oneIf you could only pick one incident management tool, which one and why?	9	7	PagerDuty
Budget & alternativesWhat's a good affordable alternative to the big incident management platforms?	3	5	Incident.io

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Measured from 72 fresh answers collected from the models' production APIs in July 2026; rankings change monthly. Neither brand can pay to appear here or to move the numbers. Full recipe on the methodology page.