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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Autotask PSA

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAutotask PSA is designed as a complete IT Business Management Platform for MSPs, now from Datto (resulting from the Autotask merger with Datto in 2017).N/A

    SymphonyAI IT Service Management

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ASymphony SummitAI, formerly the Summus IT Management Suite, is an ITSM and system monitoring offering from the company of the same name in Palo Alto.N/A
    Pricing
    Autotask PSASymphonyAI IT Service Management
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Autotask PSASymphonyAI IT Service Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Autotask PSASymphonyAI IT Service Management
    Considered Both Products
    Kaseya
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    Autotask PSASymphonyAI IT Service Management
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Datto Autotask PSA and SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    Feature
    Datto Autotask PSA
    -
    Ratings
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    8.8
    20 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.620 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.815 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings8.618 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings8.317 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings9.617 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings9.920 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Datto Autotask PSA and SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    Feature
    Datto Autotask PSA
    -
    Ratings
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    9.0
    20 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings8.320 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.920 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings9.815 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Datto Autotask PSA and SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    Feature
    Datto Autotask PSA
    -
    Ratings
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    9.4
    20 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings8.320 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings9.918 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Autotask PSASymphonyAI IT Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (30 ratings)
    8.9
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Autotask PSASymphonyAI IT Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kaseya
    In my opinion, Datto Autotask is exceptionally complicated to set up, manage, and use on a daily basis. I would think the target market for this product would be someone managing a team of 20 - 50 people, possibly more. In my experience, for it to run properly you will need to dedicate at least half an FTE to running this product in an organization of that size per month. I would not recommend it for companies with less than 10 people or for companies that value quick communication with their clients. I would not recommend it for companies using Datto's RMM product. The integration exists, but it is clearly a bolt-on. They were not developed together and they are slow to talk to each other. Frequently you cannot add details from RMM sessions into the PSA without manually copying the ticket number, and if the ticket is more than a week old, then you can't even find it with the ticket number.
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    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    It is best for handling daily incidents and change records in the organization. And also provide features like which incident will have higher priority, and which have less and on the basis of that developer do their daily activities to resolve them. It also helps in managing our compliance change logs, which help the compliance team.
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    Pros
    Kaseya
    • The graphical calculations on time spent on requests, how long they were open for, who worked on a ticket last.
    • Grouping by priority so you can determine easier what needs to be addressed sooner rather then later. This also helps if Account Management has conversations a technician is not aware of so they can prioritize efficiently.
    • The email updates that are sent out to the technicians so they are aware of upcoming or stale tickets.
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    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    • The Design Studio is an easy solution for L3 support professionals to improve existing workflows without technical support quickly.
    • The process and UI are more seamless, robust, and attractive than existing solutions.
    • The copilot AI addition has removed a lot of repetitive tasks and improved UX.
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    Cons
    Kaseya
    • The GUI is a little dated.
    • Some integrations are limited for not being a Datto product.
    • While not as complex to set up as Connectwise, it definitely requires some serious thought during the initial setup.
    • Email processing could offer more options for parsing keywords and allow for more automation.
    • The mobile app is just not worth using in my experience.
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    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    • Business Rule Designer - Since it has many automation we are unable to use it properly, because of BRD related jobs not getting executed
    • Creation of sub tenant under tenant
    • 5 why analysis method in the problem management can be designed more efficiently rather than its designed now
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kaseya
    After using multiple products on the market, Autotask was intuitive and easy to manage.
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    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    The overall satisfaction is great and it offers great features. By expanding to using AI feature of Symphony Summit, we look forward to automate even ticket tracking and ticket resolution. The support provided by the symphony SummitAI team is also robust compared to industry standards and the team also conducts regular reviews to find out any dissatisfaction from the clients.
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    Usability
    Kaseya
    Datto Autotask PSA is a full featured product that can do almost anything you need. There is a significant learning curve to get started which requires several hours spent in product training. Additionally, several hours / days are needed to get clients imported, contracts configured, and integrations implemented. Once the setup and user training is complete, the product is very functional, but it's imperative to not get overwhelmed when starting out.
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    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Kaseya
    They are fairly quick at returning a response to a problem and have been able to fix all issues for the most part.
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    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Kaseya
    The portion of Autotask that we've used other companies for prior to using Autotask is the Endpoint Management. The Autotask Endpoint Management (AEM) portal integrates perfectly with their PSA/CRM tools. It's alerting features are much better than the above software as there aren't a bunch of superfluous and unneeded alerts. Instead, it only alerts for things that you specify that you want. Alerts aside, for the PSA/CRM, I don't have much to compare it to as Autotask was the first PSA we tried. It's hard to imagine a PSA having more features or doing a better job than Autotask.
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    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    The main reason for choosing Symphony Summit is the customization. We wanted to have a separate tool for our business unit. Compared to ServiceNow, which requires a license to approve a request, Symphony does not require a license. In addition, it is much easier to customize and scale.
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    Return on Investment
    Kaseya
    • We were able to identify the profitability of our entire client base.
    • We identified a loss of over 1 million dollars for time unbilled consultancy fees using metrics derived from Autotask.
    • Autotask helped us serve our client base in a professional manner, it's like having an entire department at your finger tips.
    • Autotask is the heartbeat of our operation.
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    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    • When rolled out in its entirety, SymphonyAI is expected to directly reduce the CTC of technical user support by 40%.
    • SymphonyAI has dramatically improved user experience, helping NPS levels cross over 60%.
    • It has been instrumental in deploying workflows to production by more than 50%.
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    ScreenShots

    SymphonyAI IT Service Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example of the AI-powered IT and enterprise service workflows available on the platform.Screenshot of the service portal, designed to make it easy for end users to get all their service issues addressed. By consolidating the user’s service needs into one place, users can find what they need quickly and easily.Screenshot of employee self-service, where employees can get answers and help. This helps to reduce call deflection and improve service experience.Screenshot of digitized work processes.Screenshot of the administration interface to launch new services. These can be rolled out with a few drag and drops using the Design Studio that includes 50 built-in modern controls to build forms, workflows, business rules and SLAs of any complexity.Screenshot of the 24/7 Omnichannel service desk experience. This delivers always on, natural language service experience to users with the AI-powered SymphonyAI Digital Agent. The agent features auto-resolve capabilities, multichannel support, and advanced natural language understanding.