I'm trying to find a reliable way to send SMS notifications to on-call staff when our server goes down. The idea is that after a service interruption, we could have an automated service send SMS messages to both primary and secondary on-call phone numbers. I initially thought about using an email-to-SMS method provided by our VOIP service, but I found out that may not be possible. I've looked into PagerDuty, but at $21 per month for each number, it feels like overkill for what we need. Trello crossed my mind as well, but I'm not sure if our existing monitoring system can make API calls. Does anyone have suggestions for an effective and perhaps cost-efficient solution?
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Honestly, it might be worth investing in a service like PagerDuty or something similar. Having a reliable system for critical alerts is essential, and it keeps things separate from your internal systems, which is a plus.
You could also check if your monitoring platform has mobile notification features that could help you instead.