Best xMatters Alternatives in 2026
Updated
20 tools from alert management software ranked against xMatters on the same published basis.
- 1xMatters vs Wazuh
- 2xMatters vs AlertOps
- 3xMatters vs Grafana Cloud Application Observability
- 4xMatters vs PagerDuty
- 5xMatters vs Elastic Observability
- 7xMatters vs TrueWatch Log Management
- 8xMatters vs UTMStack
- 9xMatters vs Zabbix
- 10xMatters vs Nova AI Ops
- 11xMatters vs Prometheus
- 12xMatters vs SolarWinds Incident Response
- 13xMatters vs Keep
- 14xMatters vs Alerta
- 15xMatters vs FirstWave opEvents
- 16xMatters vs New Relic Applied Intelligence
- 17xMatters vs CloudFabrix Data-centric AIOps Platform
- 18xMatters vs OpenObserve
- 19xMatters vs OpenText AI Operations Management (formerly Operations Bridge)
- 20xMatters vs Riemann
- 21xMatters vs RightITnow ECM
xMatters alternatives compared
| # | Tool | Score | Free plan | From | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wazuh | 7.9 | Free plan | $571/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 2 | AlertOps | 7.6 | Free plan | $8/mo | Android, API, iOS, Web |
| 3 | Grafana Cloud Application Observability | 7.6 | Free plan | $0.03/mo | Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 4 | PagerDuty | 7.6 | Free plan | $233.33/mo | Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web |
| 5 | Elastic Observability | 7.5 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 7 | TrueWatch Log Management | 7.4 | Free plan | $0.11/mo | Web, Windows, Mac, Linux |
| 8 | UTMStack | 7.4 | No | $238.80/mo | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 9 | Zabbix | 7.4 | No | — | API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 10 | Nova AI Ops | 7.3 | No | $16/mo | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows |
| 11 | Prometheus | 7.1 | Free plan | Free | Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 12 | SolarWinds Incident Response | 7.1 | No | $1.25/mo | Android, API, iOS, Web |
| 13 | Keep | 6.9 | No | $199/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 14 | Alerta | 6.8 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web |
| 15 | FirstWave opEvents | 6.8 | No | — | API, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| 16 | New Relic Applied Intelligence | 6.7 | Free plan | $10/mo | Web |
| 17 | CloudFabrix Data-centric AIOps Platform | 6.6 | No | $19,999/mo | API, self-hosted, Web |
| 18 | OpenObserve | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Web |
| 19 | OpenText AI Operations Management (formerly Operations Bridge) | 6.6 | No | — | self-hosted, Web |
| 20 | Riemann | 6.5 | No | — | Linux, Web |
| 21 | RightITnow ECM | 6.5 | No | — | Web, iOS, Linux, Windows, Mac |
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Questions about xMatters alternatives
What is the best alternative to xMatters?
Wazuh, number 1 in alert management software with a score of 7.9 out of 10. The others here: AlertOps, Grafana Cloud Application Observability, PagerDuty and 16 more.
What is the best free alternative to xMatters?
Wazuh is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 8 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How are these alternatives ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.