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At a Glance
FireHydrant
FireHydrant
Star Rating
(135)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.6% of reviews)
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Free Trial
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Rootly
Rootly
Star Rating
(52)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (67.3% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
$20.00 1 user/mo
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that FireHydrant excels in "Quality of Support" with a score of 9.2, while Rootly shines even brighter with a perfect score of 9.9, indicating that Rootly's support team is highly responsive and effective in resolving issues.
  • Reviewers mention that Rootly offers superior "Timely Alerts" with a score of 9.8 compared to FireHydrant's 8.6, suggesting that Rootly provides more immediate notifications, which is crucial for incident management.
  • G2 users highlight that FireHydrant's "Lifecycle Visualization" feature scored 8.3, whereas Rootly's equivalent feature received a much higher score of 9.6, indicating that Rootly provides a more comprehensive view of incident lifecycles, aiding in better management and understanding.
  • Users on G2 say that FireHydrant's "Ticket Assignment" feature scored 8.6, while Rootly's scored 9.3, suggesting that Rootly offers a more efficient and user-friendly ticket assignment process, which can enhance team collaboration during incidents.
  • Reviewers mention that both products have strong "Generative AI" capabilities, but FireHydrant's scores of 8.5 for both "AI Text Generation" and "AI Text Summarization" indicate room for improvement compared to Rootly, which may offer more advanced AI features.
  • Users report that FireHydrant's overall "Ease of Use" score is 8.7, while Rootly's is notably higher at 9.3, suggesting that Rootly provides a more intuitive user interface, making it easier for teams to adopt and utilize the software effectively.
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Rootly
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$20.00
1 user/mo
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Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
101
9.2
43
Ease of Use
8.6
102
9.3
43
Ease of Setup
9.0
38
8.9
38
Ease of Admin
9.0
40
9.0
38
Quality of Support
9.3
76
9.8
44
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
39
9.7
38
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
99
9.7
36
Features by Category
8.6
95
9.5
25
Monitoring
Feature Not Available
9.2
15
9.0
83
9.8
18
8.7
89
9.3
18
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management Tools
8.7
88
9.3
18
8.9
90
9.7
18
8.7
84
9.6
17
Generative AI
8.3
30
7.5
6
8.2
30
8.1
6
Agentic AI - Incident Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
FireHydrant
FireHydrant
Rootly
Rootly
FireHydrant and Rootly are categorized as Incident Management
Unique Categories
FireHydrant
FireHydrant has no unique categories
Rootly
Rootly has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
FireHydrant
FireHydrant
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
3.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
49.6%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
47.4%
Rootly
Rootly
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
7.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
67.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
25.0%
Reviewers' Industry
FireHydrant
FireHydrant
Financial Services
26.3%
Computer Software
24.1%
Information Technology and Services
19.5%
Telecommunications
5.3%
Internet
3.0%
Other
21.8%
Rootly
Rootly
Computer Software
34.6%
Information Technology and Services
17.3%
Financial Services
15.4%
Gambling & Casinos
5.8%
Wholesale
3.8%
Other
23.1%
Most Helpful Reviews
FireHydrant
FireHydrant
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Entertainment

We're in need of an incident status page (not sure if this will be internal/external, but our current communication is mostly via slack) Initially, we thought about uptime as using API calls to test specific flows in our system. Firehydrant makes sense b/c...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Information Services

FireHydrant has many different actions and (Slack) commands supported, but it is difficult to understand which ones are relevant to me as a triage engineer, especially since I am typically on call once every three months. One improvement would be to default...

Rootly
Rootly
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Karl K.
KK
Karl K.
Verified User in Gambling & Casinos

Rootly synchronizes really with Slack and it's amazing that the entire incident lifecycle from the beginning of a new incident until an incident is resolved can be managed via different commands inside Slack. The interface is very basic, simple, and...

Most Helpful Critical Review
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