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Datto Autotask PSA vs. Workday Professional Services Automation

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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

    Workday Professional Services Automation

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AWorkday Professional Services Automation automates the Opportunity to Cash process, connecting HCM and ERP data to match the right talent to projects, reducing manual errors and revenue leakage.N/A
    Pricing
    Autotask PSAWorkday Professional Services Automation
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Autotask PSAWorkday Professional Services Automation
    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 PSAWorkday Professional Services Automation
    Considered Both Products
    Kaseya
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    Workday
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Workday Professional Services Automation
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Autotask PSAWorkday Professional Services Automation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (30 ratings)
    8.1
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Autotask PSAWorkday Professional Services Automation
    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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    Workday
    If you are a company with very little administrative or IT staff that can be dedicated to run, train, and launch - this is the perfect tool for you because it requires very little on the set up end and training. It looks like a social network so a platform many are already used to seeing. Its definitely a very powerful product with an easy interface, providing a stellar customer experience
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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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    Workday
    • Very fast authentication
    • Page uploads are reliably compete with pre filled and carried forward data elements.
    • Easy to employees to navigate from one app to the other so they can be efficient in achieving success an ls completing imp tasks.
    • Screen organization and menu choices flow intuitively and the processing behind the scenes follows the logic users expect.
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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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    Workday
    • Would like to be able to use it for clocking in and out
    • The dashboard user interface could be improved to include more pertinent information
    • Would be nice to hide features that we use other applications for (i.e. org chart, pay, expenses)
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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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    Workday
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Workday
    As noted, good tools that allow faster development. Dev teams find it is easy to test things out and demo for business users
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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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    Workday
    With workday support options, I would like to see a more immediately responsive response option. Possibly a chat or a responsive email response team would be helpful.
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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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    Workday
    I was not on the selection team for Workday Profession Services Automation; it was the HR system used by our parent company. However, I have had several opportunities to work with Workday in other HR roles, and have also worked extensively with Oracle products. Workday Professional Services Automation seems more dynamic than the Oracle Suite I've utilized in the past.
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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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    Workday
    • While I don't use the program at a high-level I can see the time-saving effectiveness for administrators.
    • By giving a self-serve interface I feel in control of my pay/benefit management.
    • Less time spent on HR administration frees up bandwidth for helping colleagues.
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