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Ricardo
Verified reviewer
Insurance, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2020
Trustworthy and reliable website monitoring...
Website availability is paramount to our SLA agreements. AlertBot summary reports have become our availability standard, accepted by clients and auditors.
PROSWe have been using AlertBot for many years (I dare to believe that we were some of the first users) and from that moment, it became our primary source of website availability reporting, with escalating notifications support and POST processing, it provides us a reliable way to stay on top of our servers online presence.
CONSThe software has evolved overtime to fill some of the gaps they had, from the strange billing interfaces to a streamlined integrated version; the only nice-to-have would be the ability to select the geographic location(s) to test from.
Reason for choosing AlertBot
We still use both, with AlertBot as the primary
JAN
Retail, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2021
Top in website monitoring
Great support, top product, reliable.
PROSUsing real browsers gets you the closest to the actual real user journey. No script needed in the source code! Various test browsers and locations to choose from. Good and detailed reporting.
CONSThe setup has to be done by AlertBot support. Also depending on your server configuration, the AlertBot settings may get even trickier! More expensive than similar products. I would welcome sending SMS (to the UK) or WhatsApp alerts, as part of the service.
Reason for choosing AlertBot
Real browser testing, cheaper than the previous provider. Good reviews.
Reasons for switching to AlertBot
They used to be called Site Confidence and then NCC Group bought them and they wanted to concentrate on big clients. So they increased their fees a few fold times!
Val
Consumer Goods, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2020
Very satisfied
Easy to use, great Customer Service/Support Team.
CONSThe website/reporting is a bit more complicated than it supposed to be. Not a big deal, I got used to it.
Rebecca
Financial Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2020
Excellent service and value for your money
We generally know there is an issue before any 3rd party vendor long before the vendor reports an issue now. The best part is we get a heads up before a customer calls.
PROSThe team's willingness to work with our MFA requirements and find a customer solution to make the monitor work.
CONSSometimes making small changes (e.g., updating a password in a log in flow) is not as obvious as you would hope but in any situation to date I have found the support quick and ready to assist me.
Reason for choosing AlertBot
Of all the vendors reviewed they were the ONLY vendor wiling to try and code to get around the log in requiring and MFA code being sent. They also have been incredibly helpful when there are issues. The pricing is also very reasonable.
Clinton
Computer Software, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2020
Prosite Review
I've been using them for years to monitor several of our website, going from basic monitoring to some vary advanced tools over the years. They've been responsive to our needs and quick to help any time I've needed it. I use several software products to monitor what I have going on, but AlertBot is easy one to use.
PROSIt is easy to set up the monitors which has you monitoring your website for outages in no time.
CONSI really don't have anything I don't like about it.
Reason for choosing AlertBot
At the time that I started using AlertBot there wasn't a lot of choice out there. My company uses remote servers to offer up our service management software and most of the choices I had at the time were software based running from our office and I needed something to use remotely to multiple locations from multiple locations. We've always been happy with AlertBot and never saw a reason to switch to another company.
Jeff
Non-Profit Organization Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2020
We sleep better at night knowing we are using Alertbot
We not only need to know when our site is down, but we also need to know if we have introduced errors into other processes like our checkout, signing in, checking our customer portal etc.
PROSAlertbot is in a class by itself when you consider the transactional monitoring capabilities. We also use a few other cloud monitoring sites but none afford us the flexibility in scripting multi-step transactions that Alertbot does. The other thing that sets Alertbot apart is true world class support. In my role, my team has to work with many other technical support teams and I can tell you that the team we work with at Alertbot is not only very knowledgeable, but are also very easy to work with and are super fast to respond to our needs.
CONSWe do wish that the browser support was more up to date.
Mark
Insurance, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2021
Easy to use and very effective
I was able to set this up very quickly for basic monitoring of the our sites and 3 out of four scripts were eaily created and ran fine. The fourth required tech support intervention but the script was modified by them and working within a couple of hours. AlertBot can be easily used for simple monitoring and with some effort, is very effective in troubleshooting performance problems.
PROSThis product was very easy to setup and use. Tech support has been very responsive and knowledgeable, which is very important to me.
CONSThe ability to troubleshoot a problem was a bit difficult to do but that may have just been my lack of knowledge of the product.
Reason for choosing AlertBot
I was able to create most of my own test scripts quickly and easily. The process was straight forward and the data produced is very detailed and effective in monitoring the day-to-day performance of our sites across the nation.
Chris
Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2021
Alertbot allows us to address issues before our customers are impacted
We've been using Alertbot for over eight years now. We were sick of finding out about problems with our website from end users first. While there are varying levels of complexity to AlertBot monitors, even the simple alerts let us know almost instantly when we have an issue. The prioritization of alerting groups and timing allow us to automatically escalate the notifications if someone is not immediately able to respond.
CONSSometimes we have an issue with logging in and the way credentials are managed, but I'm guessing this is out of an abundance of security. It has been a while since we've had that issue.
Jason
Machinery, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2020
Super easy way to make sure my website is running and fast
I know right away if my website is ever down. This used to be a huge issue for us. Now, I have the peace of mind that my website is up and running smoothly.
PROSI like the quick notification emails to let me know if my website goes down. I also get a report of my site's speed which is great for detecting any issues.
CONSNone really. Does a great job. It does everything that I need it to.
Patrick
Insurance, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2020
Set it and forget it.
Very happy with the product and service.
PROS-Easy to set up monitors. -multiple alerting methods available (texting, email, etc). -ample notice from AlertBot.com of upcoming maintenance windows. -No missed alerts. -Support are friendly, quick to reply and help.
CONS-honestly, I can't think of anything I don't like about it.
Reason for choosing AlertBot
-reasonably priced -ease of use -detailed reporting -answered all my questions and concerns.
Reasons for switching to AlertBot
missed alerts
Jamie
Computer Software, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2021
Alertbot for early detection
Has saved my a$$ many times in early detection of problems.
PROSKnowing that our publicly consumed services are online and available is super important to us. I prefer to be the first to know if the services are down, instead of waiting on customers or end users to be the ones to inform me.
CONSI recall it being a bit tricky to do the action script, but customer support generally takes care of it for me.
Jocelyn
Pharmaceuticals, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2020
AlertBot Review 2020
My experience has been great! Many of the alerts we have received have been critical to our business and ensuring we put forth the best sites out for our patients, doctors, employees, etc. Also, working with our Sales Rep, Adam, and the Help Desk rep, Ryan, has helped us gain a better understanding of the tool and have helped develop and customize it to our needs! Also, their response time is rapid, which is greatly appreciated!
PROSThe product is very easy to use , which made onboarding and teaching new users how to use the tool a rapid process. My favorite aspect is the weekly reports we get that break down how all of the monitors are performing. This is especially helpful to the site owners on my team when they go to review standards for how all of the sites are functioning and to see where there are opportunities to improve their sites.
CONSMy one suggestion is to develop a dashboard view that summarizes the performance of the monitors by monitor group by a monthly/yearly basis. The dashboard would be especially helpful for our team members to quickly check and see a visual of how their monitors are performing.
Colin
Law Practice, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2020
Reliable throughout years of use
Has worked reliably for years, never had any problems with setup, and pricing is very well scalable. The reports feature is a handy bonus as well
CONSThe UI can sometimes be slow, but this is rare
Travis
Financial Services, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2020
Does what it says it does, very well
Alertbot is primarily used to synthetically monitor our site and to validate our site is fully functional. This product has easily paid for itself numerous times.
PROSLove the use of the waterfall reports that quickly shows where there are failures in the system. Also love the geolocation feature.
CONSI honestly cannot think of anything that Alertbot does not do well.
Dave
Financial Services, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2021
AlertBot review
Easy to setup. We have relied on this application for many years now. It gives us a heads-up on problems before they become impactful to our customers.
CONSThe 'from' on the text alerts are always from a different source which causes many different 'senders' in the text inbox. It would be nicer to have a common sender.
Gabriele
Verified reviewer
Financial Services, 10,000+ employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2020
It's great and simple. Set it and forget it.
We are very happy, have been using it for years and never had a problem. They have static IPs in the case you need to setup an access list on your dmz. Set it and forget it. Weekly we also have emailed reports or the downtime of the week/months. We rely on it a lot too as our top tier support get directly paged by it. We cannot say anything bad about it. They respond quickly to support request and emails too. Highly recommend it.
PROSThe simplicity and the price. We are very happy with it and I don't think any manager will oppose to the purchase approval, it's so inexpensive.
CONSI don't have issues with it. They even have a free tier for those who want to monitor a home server like a Plex server. What's not to like...
Reason for choosing AlertBot
It was too long ago, we chose AlertBot and we never looked back once.
Tony
Sporting Goods, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2021
Great Monitoring Tool for our eCommerce Site
Alertbot gives us a daily snapshot into the stability of our eCommerce site. It allows us to go back and investigate issues that have sometimes not been detected by our other operational tools.
CONSI have nothing to contribute here. Having been a customer over 2+ years, it has done everything we have expected.
Keith
Market Research, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2020
Excellent website and server monitoring service
We have used the product for more than ten years and are very satisfied with the service.
PROSMonitors both Web pages and servers from various locations around the globe.
CONSConditional alerting would be a nice enhancement; where one monitor checks other status before sending the alerts.
steven
Printing, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2023
Solid Website Monitor
I’ve used Alertbot at several companies - the level of customer support and uptime have kept me a customer.
CONSReporting features could be improved upon, but overall still solid.
Carina
Entertainment, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2020
Monitoring Live Ticketing websites
It has been very helpful to troubleshoot any issues that causes the problems.
PROSThe response time, any issues it gave detailed information and easy to troubleshoot.
CONSSetting up test scripts, seems to be longer process.
Ryan
Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2021
AlertBot Review
It's very useful and very reliable.
PROSIt's easy to use and never seems to have problems.
CONSIt is a little difficult to understand the pricing sometimes.
Dave
Consumer Goods, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2021
Very Good Product
Easy to use and accurate reporting. Great way to keep an eye on your websites.
CONSNo issues that I can think of to report.
Mauricio
Computer & Network Security, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2021
Great product
It is easy to set up the monitors. alerts right away when there is an issue
CONSnone, other than maybe the price could bet a little better
Tiziano
Architecture & Planning, 10,000+ employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2020
AlertBot
It's the most effecdtive & scalable solution I found to monitor a global web site such as ours. We serve more than 50+ markets & AlertBot allows us to monitor the key customer flows easily and effectively.
PROSI love that it allows us to scale confidently & spot issues as quickly as they manifest on our web sites. It's awesome to be notified and address issues in almost real time.
CONSNA. The software is easy & the admin dashboard is super easy & the monitoring a breeze with the NOC view.
Jill
Verified reviewer
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2018
just have if you run a web page
easy to find errors on your site, and easy to operate - very user-friendly. It gives you real-time alerts so you know of any issues quickly. It also gives you performance reports to make you aware of issues. I highly recommend the free trial to see how well it will work for you.
CONSI will continue to use after the trial period is up. I do wish the trial was longer.