Rootly vs. xMatters

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Rootly
Score 0.0 out of 10
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A solution to automate incident response on Slack, that lets users handoff alerts from PagerDuty and automatically create incidents without ever leaving Slack. Its relevant runbooks and metadata (deploy events) shortcut resolution times.N/A
xMatters
Score 8.6 out of 10
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xMatters is an IT alert management solution for enterprises. It is cloud-based incident management software that enables business processes or applications to trigger two-way communications (text, voice, email, SMS, etc.) during time-sensitive events.
$9
per user/per month
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$9
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Base
$39
per user/per month
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User Testimonials
RootlyxMatters
Likelihood to Recommend
Rootly is great for both remote companies and in-person, but especially well suited for remote. There is such a wide variety of functionalities that Rootly can offer, both internally for your company and externally for your customers. Rootly streamlines and centralizes a lot of data you may be keeping in separate spaces which could be excluding some memebers from being in the loop and adds additional time in your day tracking and organization information. Rootly makes everything real-time for our company through the integrations
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xMatters reduces incident response time by finding the right person to solve the problem when system outages require you to manage on-call schedules and escalations Avoid alert fatigue: reduce the noise with targeted notifications; alerts go only to the people that need them. Manage issues from anywhere: full-featured mobile apps allow you to stay in control wherever you are.
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Pros
  • clear tracking
  • step management, for where we are at in the process of resolving the issues (whose hands it is currently in to deal with the problem)
  • centralized clear and easy communication to our organization
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  • API calls, we can create an API ourselves to integrate with other applications. This allows more teams to be notified of a critical alert instead of waiting for someone to call them when a problem is reported.
  • The on-call schedule where you might need to have a replacement is fairly simple. You can easily change with someone else and still keep the rest of the schedule in place. It also sends an email to the person you are trading with so they know when they are on-call.
  • Their support team is really helpful and quick to respond when you open a ticket. There hasn't been an issue that hasn't been resolved in less than a day. They stay really on-top of things.
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Cons
  • while the interface provides great information and everything that you need, there can be a learning curve to understand what you are looking at
  • having all notifications on for slack/teams can cause lots of notifications in a larger organization
  • like any technology, there is room for error with feature issues or integrations issues
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  • While the Workflow's are one of xMatters's strengths, the complexity can make it difficult at times to get things configured properly and get the desired result.
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Usability
great usability, bit of a learning curve with the product because there is so much information to digest and Rootly gives you lots of different angles and preferences for how you would like to see it displayed. For those with high tech skills its much easier but for those who are less tech savvy it can be overwhelming
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xMatters giving highly rated due to its effectiveness in incident management and service reliability, as well as its strong integrations with other IT management tools. It helps teams proactively prevent outages, resolve incidents faster, and keep stakeholders informed. It's known for its ease of use, fast implementation, and good support
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Working with xMatters support has been fantastic! Our support rep is very friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. We get quick response times when asking questions, and when we have more complex problems, it's easy to schedule a call and spend some time working through our issues together. Every time we've had a problem we've been able to get the info we need and get a resolution easily.
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I pushed for xMatters over PagerDuty for a couple things. Their sales team showed me everything I needed to hear from how simple their integration would be to our ServiceNow instance. The process flows of what we could do compared to what we have made a world of difference. We had a list of wants we came up with and xMatters delivered on all of them. The use of their app is very user friendly. Of course the cost played a big factor as well. With PagerDuty we basically had the bare minimum so we were limited with what we could do without having to pay more. xMatters was almost half the cost of what we were paying and we got back more in return. Personally, I felt more wanted by xMatters, even by having them a year the account managers check in with us almost bi-weekly. I did not get the same comfort from PagerDuty until we tried cancelling our service with them.
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Return on Investment
  • streamlined communication for our entire business, one stop shop for incidents and their updates
  • Improved collaboration and engagement from our org
  • faster response times and more accurate reporting
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  • xMatters has helped to remove the need to monitor multiple alerting tools, as critical events are automatically notified from it.
  • xMatters has helped teams to focus on more productive tasks than simply notifying someone about some event.
  • xMatters has helped teams to enhance their remote working capabilities by giving more power to properly manage the system outages.
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