# Grafana IRM: how AI models rank it, September 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Named in 14 judge labels across 1 categories by 7 of 12 models. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/grafana-irm/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incident management and on-call | 0% | 17 | 29% | 14 |

## What the models said for it

- "free/open-source; the best choice if you're already deep in the Grafana/Prometheus/Kubernetes stack" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Incidents)
- "Grafana OnCall — If you're willing to self-host / already use Grafana and want to spend $0" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Incidents)
- "Modern Slack-first tools like incident.io, Rootly, or Grafana Cloud IRM tend to fit better." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Incidents)
- "Observability-native teams: Grafana OnCall, Datadog Incidents, or SigNoz" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Incidents)

## And against it

- "popular self-hosted options like Grafana OnCall OSS were archived" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Incidents)
- "deploying Grafana OnCall OSS is highly discouraged" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Incidents)
- "Grafana OnCall if you are already deeply embedded in the Grafana ecosystem (though see the caution above about suite tools)" (Kimi K2, Incidents)
- "The open-source version of Grafana OnCall entered maintenance mode in 2025" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Incidents)

## Record

- Method: https://it-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://it-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as IT AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, it-ai-index.com.