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Autotask PSA

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What is Autotask PSA?

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).

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Datto Autotask PSA has proven to be a versatile and indispensable tool for organizations across various industries. Users have widely …
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Datto is the BEST!

7 out of 10
March 22, 2022
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We are always looking for ways for our techs to hit their SLA and a program that will allow us to track and ticket makes things so much …
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Great Ticketing System

7 out of 10
March 13, 2019
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Currently we are using Autotask as for our ticketing/incident system, tracking time, and project management. Currently the organization as …
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What is Autotask PSA?

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).

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Product Details

What is Autotask PSA?

Datto Autotask PSA is designed to make the business of delivering IT easier, more efficient and gives the user instant access to the analytics needed to take MSP operations to the next level.

Streamlining service delivery workflows for 9,000+ IT solution providers worldwide.

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Autotask PSA Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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).

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Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.4.

The most common users of Autotask PSA are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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Datto Autotask PSA has proven to be a versatile and indispensable tool for organizations across various industries. Users have widely praised its ability to serve as a centralized solution for managing client support tickets, contracts, invoices, and general information. The software's real-time graphical interface enables efficient tracking of ticket status and duration, which aids in generating accurate end-of-month reports. Autotask has also been commended for its customizable dashboards, which facilitate workload management and provide valuable insights into metrics and project progress. By integrating with other platforms like Xero, Autotask streamlines processes for the accounts team and ensures seamless coordination between different departments. Overall, Autotask has successfully addressed the needs of MSPs, empowered technicians to track time and client network information, and improved overall efficiency by automating workflows and consolidating essential functions within a single platform.

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Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Datto to manage, maintain and monitor over 150 workstations in a windows based environment. We also have Macs in the company which benefit from having Datto RMM installed on them. We can easily support and distribute patches across our devices. We use Autotask as our ticketing platform where we can track and monitor issues as they arise. It also allows us to monitor trends and spikes as they happen. We have custom-built dashboards within the platform to manage metrics.
  • Autotask allows us to monitor user issues.
  • Autotask allows us to be held responsible for out SLAs.
  • Autotask allows us to drive out staff in a result driven environment.
  • Datto RMM allows us to support our infrastructure.
  • Datto RMM allows us to keep our devices up to date easily.
  • It takes too long to create simple tickets.
  • It doesn't integrate with outlook for calendars easily, it can be done though, but could be improved.
  • The mobile app is not very good, it could be better.
Autotask is particularly well suited in a multi-client environment, such as an MSP, where metrics can be easily analyzed for the profitability of their client base. Time vs investment can easily be identified. Autotask has relatively little to offer as an in-house solution for an IT Dept, it's good for the ticketing system and metrics for measuring time but I believe it's better for a multiclient business monitoring time/efficiency/profitability. RMM is a useful addition for the IT Dept.
Howard Rabb | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Datto AutoTask as our main support ticketing system as well as our solution to track billable and non-billable time to jobs. We also use it to schedule recurring activities that need to take place daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annually. The customizable dashboards allow me to keep a handle on workload.
  • Automation possible based on different ticket types.
  • Knowledge base.
  • Integration with Datto RMM exists, but is poor.
  • Knowledge base has limited formatting options and is hard to navigate.
  • Knowledge base looks pretty ugly in my opinion.
  • You need to manually check off an option whether or not you want to include the customer on a notification or communication. This information is NOT displayed after you do it so you have no way of knowing if a customer was notified.
  • Automation is cumbersome and overly complicated.
  • I think that the setup and configuration are cumbersome and overly complicated. There are far simpler products that can do 95% of what this can without the level of effort.
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.
March 23, 2022

Autotask Tickets

Felix Daniel Bravo Pérez, PMP, CAPM | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Every day we receive service request from clients or we used to report work in different clients. We enter information on tasks done to solve the issue reported by the different clients we serve. To report cases, work done, etc, it's very helpful and let you to control the hours used again the hours assigned. You can insert your tasks without problem, and multiple consultant can work in the same ticket (issue, report or work done). Automatically can email to the responsible of the ticket or the client whom open the ticket. The tickets can be included in a database knowledge for future reference. I tried to used to control projects, human resource and their efforts during the project, but the times I have tried, it is not so friendly. The report capability I think they are not friendly and limited. In the other hand, the supervisors can check the work done by the consultants, according to the roles assigned. The query for tickets can be tricky sometimes, and it opens a lot of windows, depending on what are you consulting or updating in the application. Most of my consultants only get into Autotask to enter information about the tickets. I have to do a little more, but I supose my boss, who has a more strong role using the app can do much more.
  • Creating Tickets for client issues
  • Sending emails notifying people involve
  • Updating tickets it is usually fast
  • Your tickets solves and completed can be part of your solution knowledge
  • Don't like very much UX
  • Querying tickets get tricky
  • Project management could be complicated
Creating tickets for control of the job done, solutions applied and using for future references. besides has a good manage of tickets for reports and control. In my experience, when I had tried for projects, have been dissapointed, can of very complicate, defining stages of the project, task, duration and persons involved it is not easy, at least for me.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Currently we are using Autotask as for our ticketing/incident system, tracking time, and project management. Currently the organization as whole uses Autotask for submitting support tickets, and our technology team uses the product for tracking our time & PM. It allows us to easily receive, assign, and work support tickets as they arrive throughout the day. As well as allows the PM team to schedule tasks and such during projects.
  • AutoTask allows for us to receive and work support tickets very easily. We've setup various 'Issue Types' that in turn are bound to SLAs ensuring that items are worked appropriately as they are received.
  • The automation that AutoTask allows for with regards to various emails/requests coming through has been great. It allows for us to not have to constantly "watch the queue" as when a critical item arrives the appropriate persons are notified and can work it.
  • I feel that the management of AutoTask for both user setup, and various automations is done well. We're able to copy settings as needed, and create templates for multiple items.
  • To date, the maim area of improvement is the ability to allow for retrieving a ticket that may have inadvertently been deleted. At present there is no way to do this which at times can be frustrating.
  • The search function does leave something to be desired as it does require some specific wording to find what you're looking for.
At present with using this as our ticketing system it works great. As I've mentioned with the automation in place and the notification options it provides we very rarely miss high priority items when they arise. I have not experienced this myself, but our project managers have stated that AutoTask lacks a lot of options they'd like to see on their side of the house.
Steven Norris | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Autotask across the whole organization. It is our main system that ties everything together. CRM, accounting, time tracking, ticketing, and procurement; it helps us stay on track with all areas of the business.
  • It is a very good ticketing system that tracks tickets and employee time entries on tickets with ease.
  • It handles quoting products and services very well.
  • Ticket contracts for invoicing works well.
  • The knowledge base could be better and have more functionality.
  • Customization is very limited. It would be better if you had a little more control over certain items.
  • It needs better sales order automation.
Great professional services automation toolkit.
Kris Lambert | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Autotask is used to track IT issues while providing documentation options, while also including billable time functions. This allows for billing integration and client management as contact's tickets are easily workable and trackable. The ability to assign a ticket to a company instead of a contact helps to manage a company regardless of contacts.
  • Associating billing data to tickets streamlines the invoicing process.
  • The ability to assign tickets to accounts instead of individuals helps to ensure easy task tracking.
  • The ability to easily separate assignments by geographical sections.
  • Wildcard abilities for Account Name searching when integrating.
  • The UI is not visually friendly and requires training to navigate without difficulty.
Autotask is well suited for IT service industries who bill by the department, issue type, time on the ticket, and more. Severity levels and subcategories provide granular options not found in simple ticketing systems. This works well with an existing client, but adding new leads or companies can be a bit cumbersome. The reporting felt difficult to navigate.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Autotask has been implemented throughout our entire organization from Procurement to Service desk and through to Admin and HR.

Having a single platform to track all tasks throughout our organization has been invaluable in reducing turn-around times for both client communication and on-boarding improving client relations from day one.

Autotask has also been implemented for internal use for new employee on-boarding allowing us to make sure that everything is set up for the employee to hit the ground running.

  • With a recent update, Autotask introduced ticket checklists which greatly reduced errors with support, it has also reduced the number of unnecessary ticket transfers as a ticket cannot be transferred unless all the checklist items have been completed.
  • Autotask has an excellent reporting system built in with automated sending and customisability
  • Autotask allows for automated client communications with a wealth of customizable templates.
  • Autosk has excellent integration options with a number of third-party applications.
  • Ease of use can be improved as the admin section can be daunting to a first time user.
  • Setting up custom reports or client comms templated can be a time-consuming process.
  • The Autotask Knowledgebase can use some improvement.
Autotask is perfectly suited for a remote support based environment where client communications and timely support is paramount.

As Autotask has auto-fire notifications we can notify our support technicians when they are close to breaching SLA or have been idle on a ticket for too long ensuring that clients are always updated.
Zach Cooper | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
AutoTask is used across the whole organization. It was used to keep track of client contact for sales efforts, also used by our purchasing and billing departments to charge clients for services, as well as a place for customers to submit requests for help, assistance, troubleshooting, etc. I can't think of anyone in the company that does not use AutoTask daily.
  • Has a great end user portal for clients to log in and submit/view their support tickets for updates and status.
  • Has great integration with third party add ons to provide additional functionality.
  • Is web based and super reliable. No maintenance or teams to manage the product are needed!
  • It would be great if more options for dashboard widgets existed.
Having used AutoTask in primarily a support role it was a really great way to keep track of support cases. They allow you to create multiple queues that can be specific to certain teams or task types. It is highly customizable. It offers a great portal for the end user to login and see the status of the cases. It's very easy to learn and teach other how to use.
February 27, 2017

Autotask Review

Kimberly West | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Autotask is being used organization-wide. We use it for time tracking, ticketing, a knowledge base, some CRM and billing. We do not use it for projects or quoting.
  • Ticketing/time entry is very efficient and easy.
  • Contracts/billing are easy to use as long as you are selling contracts that can conform to the options for contracts within Autotask.
  • Easy to keep up with employee timesheets and PTO.
  • I tried the Projects about 3 years ago, and I didn't like it at all. It was not as efficient as we wanted it to be, and it limited me as to how many lines per project I could import. We decided to use another product.
  • Workflow rules could use some further development with available criteria to edit/change, such as client name.
  • Quoting.
Well suited for a company who needs ability to time track, ticket track and document.
Garry Adams | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Autotask is used by every member of our organization from the service department, to order procurement and inventory, to accounting and administration. It is the most integral piece of software there is for running our business. Autotask allows us to track and bill for technician time, parts, software licensing, and other costs. It tracks our service contracts and shows us profitability.
  • Time tracking
  • Ticket handling
  • Service contracts
  • Inventory
  • PTO accrual and tracking
  • Live reports
We use Autotask for everything. It may not be the ideal tool for some things (like inventory for example) but the fact that it is integrated into one system makes up for any of those shortcomings. Also, Autotask allows us to integrate outside systems to extend its capabilities into areas or products that would otherwise require manual tracking. For example, we have several Viking systems for products at resell that integrate with Autotask so we don't have to manually enter billing for them in our service contracts. The services are updated automatically by the API.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Autotask across our entire organization, as well as require our clients to use Autotask to submit their work requests. This work management tool provides us a way to link our active contracts and employee time to the work requests to ensure we get paid for the work we do.
  • Simple web based interface for a variety of users, which makes it easier for our clients to use.
  • Variety of canned reporting.
  • Service Desk users have many options for organizing and documenting their workload.
  • Live reports are difficult to create and use.
  • Creating new projects and adding resources is time consuming, even with templates.
  • Would like to see one URL for time sheets and the client access portal.
Autotask is a great fit for IT and business services industries. Implementation was fairly painless thanks to a good project management assistant at Autotask.
March 22, 2016

Tasks Automatized!

Daniel J. Lewis | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The company I worked with was an MSP, we used Autotask to assist with managing client requests. Whether it's from a support side, consulting, projects or general information utilizing Autotask is one of the better programs that I've used in the past.

I'm not going to outline other products unless asked, however one key feature which was most beneficial from a management perspective was the real time graphical interface to see who worked on what ticket and the last time it was addressed including how long it was open for. This was extremely helpful for reports come end of the month.
  • 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.
  • The documentation or "Notes" needs work. I have been exporting other options for an internal database of passwords, IP's, etc however this information can be a hassle to obtain with the current layout.
  • Searching is a huge utility in this industry, I'd like to be able to open a company "notes" or page and search for a specific server, account number, IP, etc however this is lacking which in turn takes time to drill down the listed categories.
Autotask is a great program for overall time management for anyone in an organization. It helps to determine where most of your time is spent, also for accounting and account management when reviewing client contracts. It's also extremely beneficial to keep requests/tickets on your radar, it's very easy on a day to day basics to have things fall through the cracks. Once a request is generated it must be followed through and closed with specific details. This ensures who worked on it last, what was completed and client confirmation.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is being used as a ticketing system and is plugged into alerting systems to resolve issues. We use this to help manage escalation processes between departments as well as to manage projects within the organization. It also works for us to manage time and bill clients based on these tickets and tasks.
  • Easily create workflow
  • Help create tracking for tickets and tasks to monitor performance
  • Allows you to manage your time appropriately
  • Site is inconsistently slow
  • At times cannot place time entries
  • Outage response time when issues arise isn't always the greatest
I think Autotask is very well suited for the IT services industry. It allows you to put all of your resources together in the same place. It makes it simpler if all the departments can communicate over the same platform. It allows for better auditing of the overall service your company can provide.
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