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    Crestron XiO

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ACrestron, headquartered in New Jersey, offers Crestron XiO, an Internet of Things (IoT) device management platform which provides automated hardware patching and firmware updates, device connectivity and condition monitoring, and analytics platform for tracking device usage.

    $1

    Per Room Per Month

    Autotask PSA

    Score7.7 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
    Pricing
    Crestron XiOAutotask PSA
    Editions & Modules
    API Access
    $1.00
    Per Room Per Month
    Endpoint Management
    $3.00
    Per Room Per Month
    Support
    $4.00
    Per Room Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Crestron XiOAutotask PSA
    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
    Crestron XiOAutotask PSA
    Considered Both Products
    Crestron Electronics
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    Crestron XiOAutotask PSA
    Internet of Things
    Comparison of Internet of Things features of Crestron XiO and Datto Autotask PSA
    Feature
    Crestron XiO
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Datto Autotask PSA
    -
    Ratings
    IoT Device Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device Security7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    IoT Data Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    IoT Analytics7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Crestron XiOAutotask PSA
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    AWS IoT Core
    Score10 out of 10
    BQE CORE
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS IoT Core
    Score10 out of 10
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Crestron XiOAutotask PSA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Crestron XiOAutotask PSA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Crestron Electronics
    XiO is definitely well suited for applications like ours where we have a large number of devices to manage. I like being able to see all my devices and locations in one place. It is very helpful to see if any devices are offline each morning and be able to troubleshoot before any customers realize there is a problem
    Incentivized
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    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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    Pros
    Crestron Electronics
    • Scheduled re-boots and updates
    • I like the way the hierarchy can be set up
    • individually customizable group settings within the hierarchy
    • I like the capability of setting up background images for brand promotion or employee information
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    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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    Cons
    Crestron Electronics
    • I would like the option to choose IP addresses as one of the viewable columns when looking at/sorting through all your available devices.
    • It would be nice to be able to link the IP address listed directly to their devices.
    • Sometime trying to reboot a device in XiO does not work for me and I need to go directly to the device's admin page.
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    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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Crestron Electronics
    XiO is a necessity when managing the large number of device our company has
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    Kaseya
    After using multiple products on the market, Autotask was intuitive and easy to manage.
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    Usability
    Crestron Electronics
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    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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    Support Rating
    Crestron Electronics
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Crestron Electronics
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    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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    Return on Investment
    Crestron Electronics
    • being able to manage all my devices remotely saves us time/money
    • XiO reduces the need to have someone on-site/in person to manage my devices
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    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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