Datto Autotask PSA vs. SymphonyAI Summit

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Autotask PSA
Score 7.8 out of 10
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Autotask 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
SymphonyAI Summit
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Symphony SummitAI, formerly the Summus IT Management Suite, is an ITSM and system monitoring offering from the company of the same name in Palo Alto.N/A
Pricing
Datto Autotask PSASymphonyAI Summit
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Autotask PSASymphonyAI Summit
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Datto Autotask PSASymphonyAI Summit
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Datto Autotask PSASymphonyAI Summit
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Datto Autotask PSA
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Ratings
SymphonyAI Summit
7.2
10 Ratings
13% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.110 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings7.79 Ratings
Service restoration00 Ratings6.89 Ratings
Self-service tools00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.210 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings6.410 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
Datto Autotask PSA
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Ratings
SymphonyAI Summit
7.6
10 Ratings
8% below category average
Configuration mangement00 Ratings7.710 Ratings
Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.110 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings7.19 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
Datto Autotask PSA
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Ratings
SymphonyAI Summit
8.0
10 Ratings
5% below category average
Change requests repository00 Ratings8.110 Ratings
Change calendar00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
Service-level management00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
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User Ratings
Datto Autotask PSASymphonyAI Summit
Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
(29 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Datto Autotask PSASymphonyAI Summit
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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SymphonyAI Summit
We use the IT asset management module to great extent, would like to explore the RFID based tracking of assets integrated with Summit ITAM. Would like service requests workflows to be made flexible enough to support any kind of requests and easily route based on criteria's defined. This help in easy approval and reduce the time take for fulfilling the request and adhere to SLA
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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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SymphonyAI Summit
  • Network Incident to network inventory mapping and workflow management.
  • Priority, Severity wise SLA management.
  • Integration with other systems like CRM, EMS.
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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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SymphonyAI Summit
  • Some standard functionalities don't work.
  • We struggle to get optimum support from their support team.
  • Issues are not resolved within the SLAs.
  • Even escalating to higher authorities do not help.
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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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SymphonyAI Summit
The overall satisfaction is great and it offers great features. By expanding to using AI feature of Symphony Summit, we look forward to automate even ticket tracking and ticket resolution. The support provided by the symphony SummitAI team is also robust compared to industry standards and the team also conducts regular reviews to find out any dissatisfaction from the clients.
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Usability
Kaseya
The work flow is much better then other competitors
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SymphonyAI Summit
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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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SymphonyAI Summit
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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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SymphonyAI Summit
On the demo, we find the system is better than other app. this has better UI and the best workflow available, and the user can define or customize his own report. Users can add more fields in the app. you can define your own workflow .find more user-friendly than another app. user to raise SR/INCIDENT
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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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SymphonyAI Summit
  • Symphony Summit has helped us achieve some automation.
  • Asset management has improved slightly, but lot more was expected.
  • Their standard functionalities, which were promised in newer versions, are not working.
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