Which alert channel should I use?

Use PagerDuty for on-call rotations, Slack or Teams for daytime triage, Telegram or ntfy for solo owners, and webhooks for custom pipelines.

Quick answer

Match the channel to the response pattern: PagerDuty for wake-me-up rotations, Slack/Teams/Discord for team triage during working hours, Telegram/ntfy for solo owners, and webhooks for custom automation.

Recommended by team size

Where to find it in Lemwatch

Settings → Integrations — each channel has its own routing rules.

FAQ

Should I add all channels?

No — alert fatigue is real. Start with one primary and one fallback.

Can I quiet a channel overnight?

Yes — quiet hours per channel in alert rules.

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