Likelihood to Recommend 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.
Read full review Marvel is a very strong tool in scenarios where designers seek to quickly create simple prototypes on their desktops using a simple, intuitive interface. It offers “just enough” functionality to create somewhat realistic designs to present to stakeholders and other designers. However, there’s a limit to how “realistic” those designs can be, given that Marvel has somewhat limited functionality around animations. Marvel is not a strong option for those who want to create very complex prototypes with many animations, or for those who want to edit prototypes on their tablet or phone. Marvel is a jewel for simplicity but starts to be difficult to use when creating complicated designs. For creating more complicated prototypes, I would recommend a more robust tool, such as Axure.
Read full review Pros 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. Read full review Easy to use with a fast learning curve The handoff option allows developers to extract CSS code to copy design styles Read full review Cons 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. Read full review I really miss being able to duplicate, make a copy of the prototype I'm working on. Sometimes, I want to make a comparison with detail changes and without being able to duplicate it is difficult. Compared to other similar services, I feel the animations could be more fluid and smoother. It could have more free sophisticated icons and images. Read full review Likelihood to Renew After using multiple products on the market, Autotask was intuitive and easy to manage.
Read full review Usability The work flow is much better then other competitors
Read full review Support Rating They are fairly quick at returning a response to a problem and have been able to fix all issues for the most part.
Read full review Alternatives Considered 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.
Dan Gospe Chief Operating Officer, and HIPAA Privacy Officer
Read full review Ultimately,
InVision was just a better fit for our company's needs. It's probably faster to create prototypes using Marvel, but
InVision 's collaboration features (comments, notes, etc.) are much more robust, which was helpful for our large team spread across multiple continents.
InVision also offers more advanced features, and Marvel felt a little too limited for our overall business needs.
Read full review Return on Investment 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. Read full review It helped me improve my productivity. It took me lot of time to manually design mockups earlier when I used Adobe Photoshop to do it. Because of quickly creating mockups, now I provide my clients with more than 4-5 options which is welcomed by clients and make them happy. Definitely the ROI and improved, because of time saved and happy clients. Read full review ScreenShots