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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    essensys

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ADesigned for ambitious operators and landlords, essensys in London boasts providing the ultimate technology platform for flexible workspaces.N/A
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    Autotask PSAessensys
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    Autotask PSAessensys
    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 PSAessensys
    Considered Both Products
    Kaseya
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    essensys plc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Best Alternatives
    Autotask PSAessensys
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    BQE CORE
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Autotask PSAessensys
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (30 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Autotask PSAessensys
    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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    essensys plc
    Great platform for a flexible office space company. However, as our company continues to grow, it may be interesting to see how scalable the platform is with the growth. Right now, each account is managed separately and we really should be able to consolidate that much more effectively.
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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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    essensys plc
    • Internet access: most reliable within this space for us.
    • Management of members when onboarding or offboarding, easy to add or remove users.
    • High level of security: This is something that many of our members require.
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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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    essensys plc
    • Integrations: I wish that there were more integrations with other business software.
    • Invoicing: The company often does not send invoices in time and we are forced to contact them.
    • Auditing: Would be great if we could get a consolidated audit report across all locations instead of one per account.
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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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    essensys plc
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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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    essensys plc
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    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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    essensys plc
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    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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    essensys plc
    I am not the most knowledgeable in this area.
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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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    essensys plc
    • High cost per location (negative)
    • Reliable (positive)
    • Scalability (neutral)
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