# Do I need PagerDuty for a small app?

> Usually not. PagerDuty is built for teams with rotations, schedules and formal incident roles. A small app with one or two people needs reliable alerts, a phone call for real outages and a backup. Pagerless covers that for free; PagerDuty's own free plan is another option.

URL: https://pagerless.dev/answers/do-i-need-pagerduty
Updated: 2026-10-22

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## Questions

### Do I need PagerDuty for a small app?

Usually not. PagerDuty is built for teams with rotations, schedules and formal incident roles. A small app with one or two people needs reliable alerts, a phone call for real outages and a backup. Pagerless covers that for free; PagerDuty's own free plan is another option.