Grafana IRM vs FireHydrant
Zero of fourteen models named Grafana IRM first on the direct prompt; zero named FireHydrant. Grafana IRM was named by ten of the fourteen models and FireHydrant by ten and Grafana IRM carries 22 labels and FireHydrant 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the incident management and on-call page.
By framing
Grafana IRMFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFireHydrant
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Grafana IRM and FireHydrant were named in the same answer twelve times, of the 43 answers naming Grafana IRM and the 51 naming FireHydrant. In those answers FireHydrant took the first choice zero times and Grafana IRM one.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | |||||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Grafana IRM FireHydrant first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Grafana IRM on the left and FireHydrant on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
FireHydrant2%#9 of 13Grafana IRM0%#10 of 13Grafana IRM7%#5 of 11FireHydrant2%#8 of 11Grafana IRM0%#– of 9FireHydrant0%#9 of 9What the models said about Grafana IRM
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Avoid Grafana OnCall Open Source” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“open-source version entered maintenance mode in March 2025 and is being replaced by Grafana Cloud IRM” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“be cautious if you're not already committed to that observability ecosystem” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“start with Grafana OnCall if you're already in the Grafana ecosystem” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“the pragmatic pick is Squadcast or Grafana Cloud IRM for cost control” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“🏆 Top Pick: Grafana OnCall (Free / Open Source)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about FireHydrant
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“potentially fine products, but be cautious if you're sensitive to ownership changes, product consolidation, or roadmap uncertainty” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“FireHydrant was acquired by Freshworks... acquisitions often trigger shifts in pricing” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The Best All-Rounder: FireHydrant ... widely considered the best modern alternative to expensive enterprise platforms” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Best for: Teams wanting an all-in-one platform spanning alerting, on-call, incident response, and retrospectives” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“Best for ITIL & Customer Support Alignment ... the Freshworks ecosystem is highly compelling.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.