PagerDuty alternative

PagerDuty pages people. Octofi schedules them.

PagerDuty is built for alerting, incident response, and on-call escalation. Octofi is built for running the 24/7 shift schedule itself, with rotations, time off, live status, and labor analytics. Many operations teams use both.

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Choose PagerDuty if

You need alerting, paging, and escalation policies
You run incident response workflows and status pages
You schedule on-call for engineering services
You only need on-call rotations, not full shifts

Choose Octofi if

You schedule full 24/7 shifts for SOC, NOC, or support teams
You need time off with accruals and approvals
You want to see who is working on what, right now
Leadership asks where labor hours actually go

Feature	Octofi	PagerDuty
Built for	24/7 shift operations	Incident response and on-call
Schedules and rotations	Pitman, DuPont, 2-2-3, and custom rotations, with tasks inside each shift	On-call schedules and escalation policies
Alerting and paging	Not included; works alongside PagerDuty
Time off	Requests and approvals with team coverage in view, plus automatic accruals	Not included
Live view of who is working now	Activity Status dashboard: presence and current task, refreshed every 30 seconds	Who is on call
Microsoft Teams and Slack	Teams and Slack presence updates live status automatically	Incident chat in Slack and Teams
Labor analytics	Hours by activity, team, and shift, with reports, CSV, and an open API for BI	Incident and team reporting
HR system sync	Rosters sync from 70+ HR and payroll systems	Not included
Single sign-on	Entra ID and Google on every plan; any SAML provider on Enterprise	Paid plans
Time to go live	Live in two weeks, with your schedules, time-off policies, and integrations set up by our team	Self-serve: your admins set it up
Pricing	Per seat, with setup and onboarding by our team included	Per user; free for up to 5 users

Based on publicly available information as of October 2026. Features and plans change, so check with each vendor.

Built for SOCs and NOCs

Use both. Each does its job.

PagerDuty handles the alert. Octofi handles the shift schedule, time off, and live status behind it.

Full 24/7 rotations

DuPont, Pitman, Panama, and custom rotations across teams, sites, and time zones.

Time off that keeps coverage

Approve time off with coverage in view, with accruals that calculate themselves.

Live status from Teams and Slack

Presence feeds the Activity Status dashboard, so you know who is actually available.

FAQ

Octofi and PagerDuty.

Do we need to replace PagerDuty?

No. Many teams use both. PagerDuty handles alerting and escalation, and Octofi runs the shift schedule, time off, and live status.

Does Octofi send alerts or page people?

No. Octofi doesn't route alerts. It keeps your 24/7 schedule, time off, and live status in one place.

Can Octofi handle our rotations?

Yes. Octofi builds rotating schedules across teams, sites, and time zones, and you can try patterns first in our free shift pattern generator.

Can you move our existing schedules over?

Yes. Our team handles the move for you during onboarding.

How long does setup take?

Most teams are live in two weeks.

Everything else included

The full Octofi platform.

Beyond the differences above, here's everything your team gets with Octofi.

Scheduling

Rotating patterns and templates
Tasks inside shifts
Drag-and-drop and bulk duplicate
Time zone per shift
Coverage percentage
Labor compliance

Time off

Requests and approvals
Automatic accruals
Tenure bonuses and overdraft rules
Regional holiday calendars
Call-out tracking
Busiest-week stats

Live status

Activity Status dashboard
30-second refresh
Multiple statuses at once
Activity history
Teams and Slack presence
Automatic status updates

Teams and access

Multi-team
Built-in and custom roles
SSO with Google and Entra ID
Mobile SSO
Audit log of every change
SAML on Enterprise

Data and reporting

Labor analytics
Built-in reports
CSV export from every table
Datasets
API access
Custom reports on request

Integrations

Web, iOS, and Android apps
HR sync with 70+ systems
Microsoft 365 profile sync
Payroll hour sync on Enterprise
Your BI tool through the API
Onboarding by our team

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See the schedule behind your on-call.

We'll show you your rotations, time off, and live status in Octofi, alongside the alerting you already run.

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