SolarWinds Incident Response vs FireHydrant
Same-cluster peer comparison. Overall: SolarWinds Incident Response 7.7 vs FireHydrant 7.7. Compare published pricing, ITSM, observability, source control, hosting, web data, security, and integrations.

SolarWinds Incident Response
SolarWinds Incident Response (formerly Squadcast) — Pro $15/user/mo annual; Premium $24/user/mo annual; Enterprise contact; 14-day trial. Slug remains squadcast. Does not outrank PagerDuty 8.0.
Best for
- • SolarWinds Incident Response primary-job workflows
Starting from $15.00/user/mo
No free plan
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Our verdict
Same-cluster peer comparison. Overall: SolarWinds Incident Response 7.7 vs FireHydrant 7.7.
SolarWinds Incident Response is better for
- ✓ ITSM depth
- ✓ Source control depth
- ✓ Hosting panel depth
- ✓ Web data / proxy depth
FireHydrant is better for
- ✓ Free plan
Tie
- • Observability depth
- • Security & admin
- • Integrations
Choose SolarWinds Incident Response if: SolarWinds Incident Response primary-job workflows
Choose FireHydrant if: FireHydrant primary-job workflows

FireHydrant
Incident response — Free up to 10 responders; Pro $25/responder/mo annual; Enterprise custom; 14-day Pro trial. Does not outrank PagerDuty 8.0.
Best for
- • FireHydrant primary-job workflows
Starting from $25.00/user/mo
Free plan available
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