Squadcast vs Grafana IRM
Zero of fourteen models named Squadcast first on the direct prompt; zero named Grafana IRM. Squadcast was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Grafana IRM by ten and Squadcast carries 25 labels and Grafana IRM 22, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category 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
SquadcastFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGrafana IRM
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Squadcast and Grafana IRM were named in the same answer sixteen times, of the 60 answers naming Squadcast and the 43 naming Grafana IRM. In those answers Grafana IRM took the first choice one time and Squadcast 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 | | | |
Squadcast Grafana IRM first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Squadcast on the left and Grafana IRM on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
13 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
Squadcast7%#4 of 13Grafana IRM0%#10 of 13Squadcast8%#4 of 11Grafana IRM7%#5 of 11Squadcast0%#– of 9Grafana IRM0%#– of 9What the models said about Squadcast
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Squadcast (now SolarWinds) — Be cautious” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Squadcast is the cheapest credible option, with a free tier up to 5 users and Pro at $12/user/mo” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“The best incident management platform for a company with a limited budget is Squadcast” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with Squadcast (if you have under 5 team members)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What 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
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.