# Do I need Sentry or an on-call tool like PagerDuty?

> They do different jobs. Sentry tracks and helps debug errors; its free plan alerts by email only and it doesn't call your phone. On-call tools decide who to wake and reach them by push and phone. Many teams use both; Pagerless adds diagnosis and one-tap undo to the on-call side.

URL: https://pagerless.dev/answers/sentry-or-pagerduty
Updated: 2026-10-22

You can also send Sentry's alerts into Pagerless: [Sentry to Pagerless](https://pagerless.dev/integrations/sentry). Compare: [Pagerless vs Sentry alerts](https://pagerless.dev/vs/sentry).

## Questions

### Do I need Sentry or an on-call tool like PagerDuty?

They do different jobs. Sentry tracks and helps debug errors; its free plan alerts by email only and it doesn't call your phone. On-call tools decide who to wake and reach them by push and phone. Many teams use both; Pagerless adds diagnosis and one-tap undo to the on-call side.