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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Squadcast

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ASquadcast is an end-to-end incident response platform that helps tech teams adopt SRE best practices to maximize service reliability, accelerate innovation velocity and deliver outstanding customer experiences.

    $7

    per user/month

    xMatters

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AxMatters 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 month

    Pricing
    SquadcastxMatters
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $7.00
    per user/month
    Standard
    $19.00
    per user/month
    Pro
    $39.00
    per user/month
    Enterprise
    $79.00
    per user/month
    Starter
    $9
    per user/per month
    Base
    $39
    per user/per month
    Free
    Free
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    SquadcastxMatters
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$7 per user/monthNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe stated prices are only for annual commitment only, for other details please refer the pricing page. We do offer custom pricing for large Enterprise customers and On-Premise deployments.—
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    User Ratings
    SquadcastxMatters
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    User Testimonials
    SquadcastxMatters
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Squadcast Inc.
    We tied Squadcast into our CI/CD pipeline for Airflow monitoring of workflows, and had it looking for failures and specific jobs. Then communicating out to a resource group with automated no answer or response next person communication. A lot of tools stop at one generic communication, but Squadcast allows you to take it a step further.
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    Everbridge
    We use xMatters for our alerting on critical matters. ServiceNow is our incident management system and it ties into xMatters. When a critical alert is generated it will notify the appropriate party. I'm trying to see if two other departments can use it. We are looking for a refrigeration system and for weather alerts when bad storms are coming
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    Pros
    Squadcast Inc.
    • Allows you to configure monitoring on events across the enterprise
    • Very flexible in the channels that you can communicate to - i.e. Slack, Email, SMS, etc...
    • Provides integrations into the systems that you use on a daily basis
    • Has a very easy to use online interface that comes with little to no learning curve
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    Everbridge
    • Close to real-time alert notifications over preferable options, like phone call, text, email, or app notification.
    • Automated incident communication about critical system outages based on alerts received in the system.
    • Automated on-call roster and notification deliveries to SME.
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    Cons
    Squadcast Inc.
    • Can be costly depending on how deep your budget is!
    • Support is not always the best
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    Everbridge
    • granular notification settings
    • Allowing users to create custom integration templates would provide more flexibility and control over how xMatters integrates with their systems
    • Additional built-in integrations with other applications would be an area of improvement.
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    Usability
    Squadcast Inc.
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    Everbridge
    xMatters has a pretty good UI. However, its versatility does get in the way a little as the number of options can be overwhelming, and it sometimes takes a while to find the place you want, or get the result you want. I don't have any suggestions on how to fix this, it's just a side effect of the complexity that xMatters offers.
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    Support Rating
    Squadcast Inc.
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    Everbridge
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Squadcast Inc.
    Squadcast is a much more user friendly product that works with multiple platforms and tools. I can't say this easily for the other tools that I've used
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    Everbridge
    xMatters is a market leader among many new burgeoning products in the stakeholder notification space. They are historically one of two original enterprise products in this space. Great client base of large companies and good reputation. xMatters offers flexible licensing models, depending on functional needs. It's easy to learn and use but slightly more difficult to administer.
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    Return on Investment
    Squadcast Inc.
    • Squadcast has allowed us to reduce cost of an incident overall by reducing time to find an issue, communicate, and get an assigned resource.
    • Squadcast has created an increased awareness among teams in the enterprise of services and processes.
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    Everbridge
    • Quicker response times for on-call personnel.
    • Managers are able to pull reports faster for any incidents escalated to their team.
    • When needing to contact another on-call associate from another team, xMatters provides conference bridge lines. You don't have to set up meetings through Outlook or Skype.
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    Screenshot of Incident TimelineScreenshot of Incident Response page, with War RoomScreenshot of Incident Dashboard