Replace PagerDuty / Opsgenie with Self-Hosted Keep HQ / GoAlert
Open-source AIOps alert management and on-call scheduling platform built by Target / Keep Stop paying Professional ($21–$41/user/mo) ($210/mo for a 10-person team) and run Keep HQ / GoAlert on a $4.50/mo Linux VPS with full data sovereignty.
1-to-100 Seat Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Table
Comparing PagerDuty / Opsgenie (Professional ($21–$41/user/mo)) vs Keep HQ / GoAlert on Hetzner CX22 (4GB RAM / 2 vCPU).
| Team Size | PagerDuty / Opsgenie Cost | Keep HQ / GoAlert VPS | Net Annual Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Seat (Solo) | $21.00/mo ($252/yr) | $4.50/mo (CX22) | +$198 / year |
| 5 Seats | $105.00/mo ($1,260/yr) | $4.50/mo (CX22) | +$1,206 / year |
| 10 Seats | $210.00/mo ($2,520/yr) | $4.50/mo (CX22) | +$2,466 / year |
| 25 Seats | $525.00/mo ($6,300/yr) | $4.50/mo (CX22) | +$6,246 / year |
| 50 Seats | $1,050.00/mo ($12,600/yr) | $4.50/mo (CX22) | +$12,546 / year |
| 100 Seats | $2,100.00/mo ($25,200/yr) | $4.50/mo (CX22) | +$25,146 / year |
Production Docker Compose + Caddy Auto-SSL
Copy and run docker compose up -d on any Ubuntu 24.04 server.
# Production Docker Compose: Keep HQ / GoAlert (Replaces PagerDuty / Opsgenie)
services:
caddy:
image: caddy:2-alpine
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "80:80"
- "443:443"
volumes:
- ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
- caddy_data:/data
networks:
- stack_net
goalert-keep:
image: keephq/keep-api:latest
container_name: stack-goalert-keep
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- "DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING=postgresql://postgres:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}@postgres:5432/keep"
volumes:
- goalert_keep_data:/data
networks:
- stack_net
postgres:
image: pgvector/pgvector:pg16
container_name: stack-postgres
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- "POSTGRES_USER=postgres"
- "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-strongpassword}"
volumes:
- postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
networks:
- stack_net
networks:
stack_net:
driver: bridge
volumes:
caddy_data:
goalert_keep_data:
postgres_data:
# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Keep HQ / GoAlert
goalert-keep.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
encode zstd gzip
reverse_proxy goalert-keep:8080
}
Why Teams Switch to Keep HQ / GoAlert
- ✓Deduplicates noisy alerts across Prometheus, Datadog & Sentry
- ✓Automated escalation policies & SMS/Slack paging
- ✓100% Apache-2.0 open source
keephq/keep-api:latest
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