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BigPanda vs Rootly comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

BigPanda
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
9th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (21st), AIOps (9th)
Rootly
Ranking in IT Alerting and Incident Management
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the IT Alerting and Incident Management category, the mindshare of BigPanda is 2.7%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rootly is 3.1%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Alerting and Incident Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Rootly3.1%
BigPanda2.7%
Other94.2%
IT Alerting and Incident Management
 

Featured Reviews

Michael Wenn - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO / Co-Founder at Aiops ltd
Automated incident workflows have reduced alert noise and now improve response efficiency
In my opinion, the best feature of BigPanda is its speed in terms of deployment. It has very strong integration with all of the major platforms and workflows that organizations need. The biggest customers are enterprises like HSBC and Barclays. Implementing something effective for them that dramatically reduces meantime to repair and the number of incidents is substantially difficult, as projects can often extend three years with very small results. BigPanda is different; it is a tool relied on by many enterprises, fitting over existing toolsets rather than trying to replace them, which makes it non-competitive to many existing alerts and monitoring tools. It enhances existing systems to provide actionable intelligence for business solutions.
Luis Vasconcelos - PeerSpot reviewer
System Architect at CI&T
Centralized incident workflows have improved visibility and streamlined communication across teams
Rootly helps me handle those issues by using a predefined template to define roles inside the workflow and utilizing a basic flow, which is very short in its lifecycle. The most powerful feature of Rootly is its visibility; we can create a dashboard and integrate with Slack and Jira, for example, automating many steps in the follow-up process, which helps to centralize all communications around issues. The best features Rootly offers include communication capabilities, particularly the integration with Slack, which stands out for me because it allows for very clean and direct communication with all clients and even with the resolution area. The Slack integration helps my team by creating a specific resolution group and an automation channel inside Slack once an incident is opened in Rootly, ensuring that everyone knows when a new incident arises. It is not just a notification; we create a group where all the relevant people can help solve the issue quickly. The workflow capability of Rootly to create flows is another key feature for our operation, allowing us to establish specific rules for incidents in Jira or manage the metrics we need during the incident lifecycle, effectively automating many manual processes. Rootly has positively impacted my organization, and we have measured its impact by analyzing the number of incidents we handle over a period. With the strategic approach of putting everyone in a Slack group to resolve incidents, we have reduced the percentage of incidents created in a month by thirty percent during the first three months of using Rootly. Other positive outcomes include time savings and improvements in collaboration; the groups inside Slack enable people to communicate across different areas and work directly with client operations, creating synergy and a strong integration between teams.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The program is very stable."
"Alert deduplication and correlation - In an environment like the NOC where you're ingesting hundreds and thousands of alerts from various monitoring sources, it's time consuming and difficult to go through individual alerts and also difficult to spot critical issues. It's been great to have BigPanda not only deduplicate alerts but also correlate alerts that are seemingly unrelated, to create a clearer picture."
"I rate BigPanda nine out of ten."
"BigPanda is great in that it notifies us of problems as well as where they were triggered."
"The most valuable feature is the dashboard."
"The features of BigPanda that have most improved my incident response times include AIOps, correlation pieces, and grouping, which is a big win for us."
"The best of a bad lot was the error message deduping."
"Overall, I rate BigPanda as a nine out of ten."
"Rootly has positively impacted our organization because, in comparison to ObsGenie, the tool we used before Rootly, it is much more user-friendly, including the user interface and the whole approach to alerting and routing these alerts."
"With the strategic approach of putting everyone in a Slack group to resolve incidents, we have reduced the percentage of incidents created in a month by thirty percent during the first three months of using Rootly."
"Rootly has positively impacted my organization by allowing us to receive the on-call alerts successfully, whereas before Rootly, we had issues missing alerts."
"Rootly has positively impacted my organization by saving time with manually adding timelines, as they are already built in when timelines are added in Slack through integration."
 

Cons

"It would be beneficial for BigPanda to offer detailed error descriptions similar to what AppDynamics and ThousandEyes provide."
"We'd like to see additional dashboard features included as part of the solution."
"The UI for this solution could be improved. It is very hard to find what you are looking for."
"When handling critical traffic, the BigPanda site can slow down, which we manage with a load balancer."
"BigPanda sometimes creates false incidents and workarounds, causing financial disturbances because we pay for each incident."
"The solution could improve by having better integration."
"In terms of product stability, I can rate it around nine. It is quite good, though I would not rate it a full ten because every time there is a new feature, I have to go through documents or contact support."
"Analytics is an area for improvement, being able to break down the actions that are being taken by users of BigPanda, as well as the auto-magical work that is being done by BigPanda."
"The integration process could be easier, perhaps with the addition of AI to facilitate smoother integrations with other applications, especially since those who manage integrations often need technical knowledge about web services and single sign-on processes, which can be challenging for non-technical users."
"There are a few areas where Rootly can be improved."
"Regarding Rootly's AI capabilities, we had one incident when we lost alerting generally because Rootly crashed, and we did not like it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"BigPanda is cheaper than the competitors."
"We pay $200,000 USD per year."
"The price of BigPanda is in the middle compared to other solutions."
"They were great to work with on pricing/licensing. Given we are a high-growth company, we needed a flexible site license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
24%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Retailer
6%
Performing Arts
28%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Transportation Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise12
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BigPanda?
Regarding extra expenses, I pay more for communication and do not incur costs for another dashboard perspective, but there are indirect costs related to managing open-source products, leading to re...
What needs improvement with BigPanda?
Something that comes to mind regarding improvements is communication, as I rely heavily on another tool. If BigPanda could provide communication capabilities beyond just sending notifications—such ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rootly?
Regarding my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing, we got a license for one year. Generally, it is great and the price is great, and that is the reason we chose Rootly. The only thing...
What needs improvement with Rootly?
There are a few areas where Rootly can be improved. More customization options for postmortem templates and reports would be helpful. Enhancing search functionality to make it easier to locate hist...
What is your primary use case for Rootly?
I use Rootly every day to manage the end-to-end incident lifecycle. When a critical incident is reported, I create or join an incident on Rootly, assign the appropriate severity, and engage the req...
 

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