--- title: "Grafana IRM vs Splunk On-Call: Which is searched more?" description: "Is Grafana IRM or Splunk On-Call more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Alerting platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/grafana-irm-vs-splunk-on-call" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Grafana IRM vs Splunk On-Call: Which is searched more? Is Grafana IRM or Splunk On-Call more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Alerting platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Grafana IRM and Splunk On-Call - **Competitive set**: Alerting platforms - **Market**: Global - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Grafana IRM Share of Search**: 2.4% - **Splunk On-Call Share of Search**: 0.72% ## Is Grafana IRM or Splunk On-Call more popular in search? - In September 2026, Grafana IRM had more branded searches than Splunk On-Call among alerting platforms worldwide. Grafana IRM had about 2,900 branded searches, while Splunk On-Call had 880. Grafana IRM made up 2.4% of all alerting platform searches we track, and Splunk On-Call accounted for 0.72%. - Grafana IRM was ahead of Splunk On-Call in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Grafana IRM’s share of searches among alerting platforms worldwide moved from 3.2% to 2.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.2K to 2.9K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Splunk On-Call’s share of searches among alerting platforms worldwide moved from 1.2% to 0.72%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.6K to 880. ## Top alerting platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Grafana IRM was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Splunk On-Call did not appear in any of the five answers. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PagerDuty | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | incident.io | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Grafana IRM | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 | | Opsgenie | 4th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Better Stack | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Rootly | 6th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | AlertOps | 7th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | xMatters | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | | Splunk On-Call | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about alerting platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which alerting platform should I use?": 1. PagerDuty, 2. incident.io, 3. Grafana IRM, 4. Opsgenie - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best alerting platforms?": 1. PagerDuty, 2. incident.io, 3. Grafana IRM, 4. Better Stack, 5. Rootly - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best alerting platform for a small engineering team?": 1. Better Stack, 2. PagerDuty, 3. incident.io, 4. Grafana IRM - Searched Google, AI Overview "alerting platforms": 1. PagerDuty, 2. Opsgenie, 3. Rootly, 4. AlertOps - Searched Google, AI Overview "on call alerting": 1. PagerDuty, 2. Opsgenie, 3. Grafana IRM Not named in any answer: xMatters and Splunk On-Call. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 20, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for alerting platforms worldwide in September 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for Splunk On-Call worldwide fell 45% over 12 measured months, from 1.6K to 880 in September 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Grafana IRM worldwide fell 31% over 12 measured months, from 4.2K to 2.9K in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Grafana IRM estimated searches | Grafana IRM Share of Search | Grafana IRM rank | Splunk On-Call estimated searches | Splunk On-Call Share of Search | Splunk On-Call rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 4.2K | 3.2% | 6 | 1.6K | 1.2% | 8 | | Nov 2025 | 3.7K | 3% | 6 | 1.3K | 1.1% | 8 | | Dec 2025 | 3.4K | 3.1% | 6 | 1.3K | 1.2% | 8 | | Jan 2026 | 3.7K | 3.3% | 6 | 1K | 0.89% | 8 | | Feb 2026 | 3.7K | 3% | 6 | 1K | 0.8% | 8 | | Mar 2026 | 4.5K | 3.4% | 6 | 1.3K | 1% | 8 | | Apr 2026 | 4.2K | 3.4% | 6 | 1K | 0.8% | 8 | | May 2026 | 4K | 3.2% | 6 | 1K | 0.8% | 8 | | Jun 2026 | 3.2K | 2.6% | 6 | 1K | 0.82% | 8 | | Jul 2026 | 3.2K | 2.6% | 6 | 1K | 0.82% | 8 | | Aug 2026 | 2.9K | 2.7% | 6 | 1K | 0.93% | 8 | | Sep 2026 | 2.9K | 2.4% | 6 | 880 | 0.72% | 8 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Grafana IRM’s and Splunk On-Call’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Grafana IRM**: Measured on the search terms “grafana irm” and “grafana oncall”, summed into one figure. - **Splunk On-Call**: Measured on the search term “splunk on call”. - [Grafana IRM profile](/demand/global-en/brands/grafana-irm) - [Splunk On-Call profile](/demand/global-en/brands/splunk-on-call) - [All alerting platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/alerting-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Grafana IRM or Splunk On-Call more popular in search? In September 2026, Grafana IRM had more branded searches than Splunk On-Call among alerting platforms worldwide. Grafana IRM had about 2,900 branded searches, while Splunk On-Call had 880. Grafana IRM made up 2.4% of all alerting platform searches we track, and Splunk On-Call accounted for 0.72%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Grafana IRM vs Splunk On-Call: Which is searched more?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/grafana-irm-vs-splunk-on-call This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/grafana-irm-vs-splunk-on-call. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.