Opsgenie vs xMatters comparison

Atlassian and Everbridge are both solutions in the IT Alerting and Incident Management category. Atlassian is ranked #5, while Everbridge is ranked #12. Atlassian holds a 6.8% mindshare in IMS, compared to Everbridge’s 4.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Atlassian users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Everbridge users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

xMatters and Opsgenie both compete in the incident management and notification solutions category. xMatters seems to have the upper hand due to its broad integration and automation capabilities, particularly with ServiceNow, offering efficiency and flexibility.

Features: xMatters offers comprehensive integrations and automation, especially with ServiceNow, enabling efficient incident resolution and scheduling. Its REST API enhances flexibility by streamlining notifications and improving response times. Meanwhile, users appreciate Opsgenie for its user-friendly setup supporting both cloud and on-premise environments, with noted strong integration with Jira Service Management.

Room for Improvement: xMatters could improve reporting capabilities and integration flexibility, focusing on UI intuitiveness for dynamic teams. Users also express the need for better logging and enhanced integrations with external tools like Slack. Opsgenie may benefit from expanded cloud integrations, simplified user access, and improved reporting capabilities and API functionalities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: xMatters supports various cloud environments, offering outstanding technical support, which users frequently commend for responsiveness. Opsgenie provides efficient technical support across a wide array of cloud environments. Both products receive praise for customer service, yet xMatters is notably highlighted for its exceptional and personable support.

Pricing and ROI: xMatters, though higher in license costs, offers strong ROI by reducing incident resolution times significantly. Its pricing based on active user licenses adds value for organizations relying on automated notifications. Opsgenie's pricing is more affordable, offering flexible tiers, especially when bundled with other Atlassian products, though it can become expensive with scaled usage.

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Categories and Ranking

Opsgenie

Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

xMatters

Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management

12th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the IT Alerting and Incident Management category, the mindshare of Opsgenie is 6.8%, down from 14.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of xMatters is 4.8%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Alerting and Incident Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Opsgenie	6.8%
xMatters	4.8%
Other	88.4%

IT Alerting and Incident Management

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Pramodh M

DevSecOps Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Offers different levels of notification options, including WhatsApp integration

Opsgenie has been most valuable in managing our incident response. We use Opsgenie for on-call management of AWS services, and its integration with CloudWatch has been particularly beneficial. Opsgenie alerts us to anomalies in cloud services, not just incidents but also performance issues like delayed response times or execution errors. So, we will quickly know about the issue, and it allows us to take swift action. It has been very helpful to us. Opsgenie's strength lies in its configurable alerting levels, from first responders to escalation managers. It offers different levels of notification options, including WhatsApp integration, ensuring timely alerts to the relevant team members. We also use the on-call scheduling feature. It is easy to use. The on-call scheduling feature is user-friendly and easily integrates with our existing systems, streamlining schedule management without added complexity.

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Dean-Robinson

Sr. Developer at a media company with 10,001+ employees

A versatile solution with excellent logging capabilities that reduced our time to resolve

The reporting functionality could be improved, though I know that's something xMatters, inc. is working on. For example, sometimes I need to go into the platform and find users who aren't in groups that have been created recently, haven't logged in and so on. Previously, this was hard work, but they added loads of filters, making it more accessible. Still, the ability to create custom-designated reports that I could run and schedule would be fantastic for me. It would be good if they keep improving the reporting functionality, as it can be somewhat restrictive sometimes. There are a couple of improvements that xMatters could make to the incident hub, where we can manage high-priority incidents. More sharing capability between collaborating incident managers would be good to see, including the ability to whiteboard. That would allow them to share and sketch out ideas while looking for a solution. Those two features are essential, and that's why we want to use the solution in conjunction with Everbridge because xMatters doesn't have them.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"One of the reasons for implementing OpsGenie was to have a completely automated system where there is no need to monitor and call someone if something breaks down."

"Opsgenie is easy to configure and use."

"OpsGenie has many features, such as email notification, SMS notification, roster, tracking of the tickets. Automation, like scripting, is also possible. There are also features for maintaining the history of the tickets and all the solutions related to how it was resolved previously. If there are similar kinds of tickets, we can look at how a person is working on that ticket. If he doesn't have any idea, you can look back at a similar ticket and solve it as the previous person did it."

"One of the features my team found valuable in Opsgenie is the alert. There's also the option to install an app on your phone, so even if you don't have any mobile reception, but you're still connected to WiFi, you still get the alerts via the app, not just via phone call or SMS. The combination of both options was very useful because sometimes you have data and you don't have coverage by mobile, or vice versa. To have both options in terms of receiving alerts was very useful. Another valuable feature of Opsgenie is the on-call rotation with alerts. I belonged to a small team of three, then the team expanded into four members where everyone was on a weekly on-call basis, with each team member having a week of being on-call. At first, it was a bi-weekly on-call rotation, then it became once every three weeks, and after that, it was once every four weeks, so the on-call rotation with an alert feature was useful. My previous company had two separate environments, on the cloud and on-premises. My team was in charge of the on-premise environment, so there was a queue for my team with everything in Opsgenie, then the DevOps team had its queue on a group of infrastructure related to the cloud. Each team had its own devices organized in a group that was only managed per team. The on-call rotation was also separated between groups. Opsgenie is a very convenient solution for both teams in my previous company."

"Regarding advice, it is a good tool, and the integration is seamless."

"Opsgenie has been most valuable in managing our incident response. We use Opsgenie for on-call management of AWS services, and its integration with CloudWatch has been particularly beneficial. Opsgenie alerts us to anomalies in cloud services, not just incidents but also performance issues like delayed response times or execution errors. So, we will quickly know about the issue, and it allows us to take swift action. It has been very helpful to us."

"Opsgenie has streamlined our communications and alerting."

"Taking into account that Opsgenie "saved" many devices in our environment from getting overheated, which would have caused a major outage in our HQ offices, I believe the monthly subscription cost was way lower than the return."

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"Since I've been here, problems get resolved faster because of xMatters' automated notifications and the ease of use, people can send out notifications and get together faster to solve problems."

"It helped change behavior across the organization to improve accountability."

"Support has been great. They responded very quickly to all the support cases that I have submitted."

"The most valuable features are the ability to have groups and then have an on-call rotation in the groups. Outlook lacks both these features. Outlook gives you the ability to contact an individual or groups, but you can't contact them based on an on-call rotation, and you can't have built-in timing escalations inside of that. xMatters gives you the ability to do that, which is important when you have 50 or so people in the team, but you only want to contact the person who is on-call. You don't create any unnecessary noise. xMatters allows you to page the right person who is on-call versus just creating excessive noise."

"The on-call schedule that they have for groups is amazing in terms of how it works and how it triggers. You don't need to do anything. You just upload the users, and you have the calendar of the schedules. It is amazing how it works and how easy it is to work with this feature."

"Made it very easy to implement our roster of people who receive alarms with the REST API."

"We're able to communicate better with specific groups or offices. We didn't have that capability or granularity before. It has helped in that regard."

"The UI: It is easily navigable."

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Cons

"Typically, the alerts are vague at times, and when the automated callers begin reading that alert, it does not make sense to us."

"In a future release, we would like to receive alerts when a specific threshold is reached and to escalate the reason for that alert."

"The user interface could be improved."

"When I needed to add the fourth guy to the on-call rotation, I had trouble finding the option in Opsgenie where I can add the new user."

"OpsGenie needs to keep up with its competitors in terms of new features and pricing."

"They could introduce many more features, which we believe is on their roadmap."

"It should have a lot of plugins. It should also come with cloud integrations, which are not that great with OpsGenie as of now. It should have AWS, Azure, and Google cloud integrations. It should also provide automation, that is, it should open somewhere, like orchestration. Something like the orchestration that ServiceNow is doing. That would be great. Orchestration is the main thing. If OpsGenie comes with stack down feature, not completely but some part of it, and orchestration is there, that would be beneficial."

"The installation of other applications is difficult in Opsgenie. I would like to see more flexible reporting methodologies. Scalability and pricing also need to be improved."

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"I would like to see some more user templates. There are roles — administrator, user, etc. — but it would be nice to create a user template that restricted what people assigned that role could do."

"In terms of restoration, if you delete something, or you have multiple users that have the ability to delete a group, a user profile, or a workflow, the ability to restore it within the GUI is not available. There are a whole bunch of programs that are required to allow for that to happen. A button to go back to a good point in time would be really nice. A lot of other tools have a better backup and restoration solution, but xMatters is a little bit short on that. They have about 95% solution available, but the other 5% requires manual effort. We would like to be able to just push a button and say, "I want to restore this piece back to this date," but we can't do that with the tool right now."

"Some of the workflow development work that we do for the in-house piece can be quite complicated if you don't have experience using the tool."

"If you want to alter a custom field, you can do so via import/export. But you can't have an unlimited number of custom fields, so in a large environment with a lot of teams, team provisioning becomes more difficult."

"They recently released an incident module that allows users, or at least teams, to track major incidents and other things, and you can send out communication via that one webpage. You can engage on-call teams and communicate to stakeholders as well, but one thing that is missing there is a group chat. If there is a group chat on the same webpage that all of the support teams could use, it would be a one-stop shop that all of the major incident managers would use as their product to manage a major incident. Without that, at the moment, they are mainly referring to teams and then adding data into xMatters as and when they can."

"When you are not using the conference bridge from xMatters and you are using an external one, it is a little bit hard to get the person whom xMatters calls to jump directly to the external bridge. They need to hang up the phone and then get to the email to get the URL so that they can jump on the bridge. There is no direct connection from xMatters to that external bridge, but I understand that part of the business."

"One of the main reasons why we don't use xMatters for monitoring and alerting is that it doesn't use the rota to call the person who's on-call. It doesn't look up the rota to find out who's on-call and then contacts that person directly. I am not sure if this has changed now, but the last time we checked, this functionality wasn't there. This is one of the main improvements. We're happy with the rest of it."

"The reporting functionality could be improved, as it can be somewhat restrictive sometimes."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of the solution depends on the package you select and is per user."

"The solution's prices are exorbitant."

"In the company I'm working for, currently, we are using the standard edition of Opsgenie. We're paying around $3,000 a month. It's a bit expensive compared to the other tools we use for different purposes. We find it a bit expensive because although Opsgenie is a complete tool for monitoring, it does not provide us with everything."

"We have opted for a yearly subscription. The initial quote given was about $29, but I don't know the actual price. There might be some negotiations during renewal."

"The pricing is on the lower side; I would rate it a six out of ten, with ten being low price, which indicates good affordability."

"I rate Opsgenie eight out of 10 for affordability. Opsgenie is on the cheaper side, and it fits our budget. I estimate the license costs around $400 to 500 annually for 15 users. The price is available on the internet. It's a standard, straightforward price."

"The pricing is fine. I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, with one being high price and ten being low price."

"From the pricing perspective, they are on the higher side as compared to other competitors."

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"xMatters is pricey, but you have to consider what a critical incident costs your organization."

"Licensing varies widely, depending on usage. It can be cheap or quite expensive, depending on volume and features."

"I'm not really involved with the cost standpoint. I've only heard rumors of how much it costs, and if it costs what I think it costs, its cost is very high as compared to a lot of other tools that we're using here. It seems on the higher end from a cost standpoint."

"The pricing is tiered so we took that into account. If we were to license 10 or 20 people, that would be a certain price. And if we were to license 50 or 100, there would be a little bit of discounting. But the per-user license was right in line with what we were expecting."

"It seemed comparable or more reasonable than some of the other solutions, at least when we evaluated it. There are no extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. Its cost is good, given the breadth of features provided by xMatters."

"You should perhaps arrange an evaluation or trial to just test it out. Get your feet wet. That is so important. If you don't try it, then you won't know."

"This is our biggest issue: licensing. Our customer has only purchased a set number of full licensed users, and we are constantly running up against our license limit. To mitigate licensing concerns, we completely control at the admin level user additions and removals, and do a monthly cleanup process driven by security contractor removal reports."

"The only potential concern is professional services. They are capable, but like to bill on an hourly basis."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Performing Arts

10%

Construction Company

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	6

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	24

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Overview

Opsgenie provides a comprehensive incident management platform integrating with numerous tools to deliver efficient alerting options via SMS, email, phone calls, and app notifications.

Opsgenie offers robust integration capabilities with applications like Jira, Grafana, and AWS, facilitating smooth operations and swift incident response. It supports on-call rotation scheduling to enhance team management efficiency and features alert routing and escalation functions. Opsgenie's user-friendly platform accommodates newcomers while allowing advanced customization. Despite challenges in integration with cloud services like AWS and Azure and improvement needs in scalability, reporting, and API management, it remains a vital tool for incident tracking and root cause analysis.

What are the key features of Opsgenie?

Integration capabilities: Connect with Jira, Grafana, AWS, and more for streamlined operations.
Alerting options: Notify teams via SMS, email, phone calls, and app notifications.
On-call rotation scheduling: Enhance management of team schedules.
Customizable interface: Adapts to both newcomers and advanced users.
Alert routing and escalation: Efficient handling of incidents.

What benefits should users consider?

Incident management: Ensure prompt response and resolution.
Operational efficiency: Maintain smooth workflows with tool integrations.
User accessibility: Simplified use for all team members.
Customization: Tailor settings to specific needs.
Multi-channel alerts: Diverse alerting methods ensure notification delivery.

Opsgenie finds application across sectors where incident management is critical. In industries like IT services, companies utilize it for managing on-call schedules, alerting on critical infrastructure, and integrating with tools like Nagios and SolarWinds. Its capacity to handle cloud deployment and multi-geography alert routing is highly valuable. Integration with Jira supports detailed incident logging and root cause analysis, proving essential for maintaining infrastructure health.

Atlassian

xMatters provides robust automated notifications and incident management, enhancing alerting and critical IT incident handling with seamless integrations, ensuring timely communications.

xMatters is designed for efficient incident management and streamlined IT alerting. It offers flexibility through integrations with ServiceNow, Slack, and others, enhancing communication and workflow management during critical events. Users highlight the SaaS model, customizable on-call scheduling, and effective communication tools. These features reduce incident response times, enhance message delivery, and support team collaboration across platforms.

What features make xMatters stand out?

REST API Automation: Facilitates seamless integration and automation.
Intuitive UI: Simplifies the user experience for managing workflows.
Workflow Builder: Enhances customization for incident processes.
Integration Flexibility: Supports various tools like ServiceNow and Slack.
Customizable Scheduling: Offers tailored on-call schedules and escalation paths.
Automated Notifications: Streamlines incident response times.
Robust Logging: Ensures reliability in tracking system activities.
Device Management: Offers comprehensive control over notification devices.
Self-Service Capabilities: Empowers users in managing their alerts and settings.
Conference Bridging: Facilitates communication during incident resolution.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Operational Efficiency: Enhanced by seamless integrations.
Improved Incident Response: Driven by automated notification and escalation pathways.
User Empowerment: Through self-service and device management features.
Accessibility: Enabled by a SaaS-based infrastructure.
Collaboration: Boosted through messaging and conference features.

xMatters supports industries in managing IT incidents and emergency notifications. Teams prioritize alerts, maintain on-call schedules, and automate response workflows, particularly integrating with tools like ServiceNow for critical event handling. Its application in infrastructure monitoring and proactive engagement is notable across sectors.

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Over 2.7 million users trust xMatters daily at successful startups and global giants including athenahealth, BMC Software, Box, Credit Suisse, Danske Bank, Experian, NVIDIA, ViaSat and Vodafone. xMatters is headquartered in San Ramon, California and has offices worldwide. Visit our website to see how business like yours found solutions with xMatters.

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