In a comparison of incident.io and FireHydrant, two modern incident management platforms, the text explores their distinct architectural approaches—Slack-native for incident.io and web-first for FireHydrant—and how these impact the incident lifecycle from declaration to post-mortem. Incident.io is designed to operate entirely within Slack or Microsoft Teams, minimizing context switching and tool sprawl, while FireHydrant offers flexibility between Slack integrations and a web console for more complex workflows. Both platforms leverage AI for automation, but incident.io focuses on real-time incident management and rapid adoption, making it ideal for teams already integrated into Slack seeking to reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR) with AI-enhanced workflows. Conversely, FireHydrant caters to teams needing highly structured, customizable processes with a preference for web interfaces. The choice between the two depends on team preferences for workflow integration and process customization, with incident.io offering quick deployment and FireHydrant providing detailed configuration options.