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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Fortra Performance Navigator

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/APerformance Navigator from Fortra (formerly HelpSystems) is a Capacity Planning and Performance Analysis Software providing users with historical performance monitoring and modeling across an IT environment.N/A

    xMatters

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AxMatters is an IT alert management solution for enterprises. It is cloud-based incident management software that enables business processes or applications to trigger two-way communications (text, voice, email, SMS, etc.) during time-sensitive events.

    $9

    per month

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    Fortra Performance NavigatorxMatters
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $9
    per user/per month
    Base
    $39
    per user/per month
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    Fortra Performance NavigatorxMatters
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Fortra Performance NavigatorxMatters
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
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    10.0
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    Support Rating
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    9.9
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    User Testimonials
    Fortra Performance NavigatorxMatters
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fortra
    The best suited scenarios are disk feature trends based on the previous months usage. The product will hold the good amount of historical data [making] it easy to compare the data as needed. The before and after analysis [makes] it easy to identify the difference between those days. That particular report helped me a lot to compare the data.
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    Everbridge
    We use xMatters for our alerting on critical matters. ServiceNow is our incident management system and it ties into xMatters. When a critical alert is generated it will notify the appropriate party. I'm trying to see if two other departments can use it. We are looking for a refrigeration system and for weather alerts when bad storms are coming
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    Pros
    Fortra
    • Disk growth trends.
    • Library size change difference.
    • CPU, DASD, Memory usage and the Jobs count on month wise.
    • Top takers (Jobs) of the CPU%.
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    Everbridge
    • Close to real-time alert notifications over preferable options, like phone call, text, email, or app notification.
    • Automated incident communication about critical system outages based on alerts received in the system.
    • Automated on-call roster and notification deliveries to SME.
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    Cons
    Fortra
    • It's a good tool and no such concerns.
    • The product support is awesome.
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    Everbridge
    • granular notification settings
    • Allowing users to create custom integration templates would provide more flexibility and control over how xMatters integrates with their systems
    • Additional built-in integrations with other applications would be an area of improvement.
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    Usability
    Fortra
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    Everbridge
    xMatters has a pretty good UI. However, its versatility does get in the way a little as the number of options can be overwhelming, and it sometimes takes a while to find the place you want, or get the result you want. I don't have any suggestions on how to fix this, it's just a side effect of the complexity that xMatters offers.
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    Support Rating
    Fortra
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    Everbridge
    Working with xMatters support has been fantastic! Our support rep is very friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. We get quick response times when asking questions, and when we have more complex problems, it's easy to schedule a call and spend some time working through our issues together. Every time we've had a problem we've been able to get the info we need and get a resolution easily.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fortra
    IBM i Doctor will also provide the best results since I am using the Performance Navigator for a longer period and its graphical representation attracted me more and [is] easy to understand. Also, the technical support was awesome. [When showing] the disk and CPU stats to the management (non-technical people), the product is very helpful since it is easy to understand the graphs.
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    Everbridge
    xMatters is a market leader among many new burgeoning products in the stakeholder notification space. They are historically one of two original enterprise products in this space. Great client base of large companies and good reputation. xMatters offers flexible licensing models, depending on functional needs. It's easy to learn and use but slightly more difficult to administer.
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    Return on Investment
    Fortra
    • Disk growth analysis will help to identify the growth and to add the disk if required.
    • CPU utilization report helped us a lot to find out the constant top takers.
    • Memory pools utilization report helped a lot to understand the system performance.
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    Everbridge
    • Quicker response times for on-call personnel.
    • Managers are able to pull reports faster for any incidents escalated to their team.
    • When needing to contact another on-call associate from another team, xMatters provides conference bridge lines. You don't have to set up meetings through Outlook or Skype.
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