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PROS

Opsgenie offers robust integration with various applications, allowing customizations without extensive coding, which facilitates seamless data transfer with tools like Jira.
The automatic ticket creation for support teams upon receiving alerts enhances incident response efficiency.
The on-call rotation and scheduling feature simplifies team management by automatically organizing schedules, with options to reschedule easily when necessary.
Opsgenie effectively manages on-call duties and alerts, supporting teamwork with features like the separation of queues and devices for cloud and on-premises environments.
Its integration with services like AWS CloudWatch provides timely alerts for anomalies, enabling swift action on incidents and performance issues.

CONS

Opsgenie should improve its cloud integrations, particularly with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Automation and orchestration features similar to ServiceNow are needed in Opsgenie.
The on-call rotation feature in Opsgenie is not user-friendly, especially when adding new users.
Opsgenie has issues handling a large number of alerts in a short period, suggesting room for improvement in its alert management capabilities.
The integration between Opsgenie and Jira has been scaled back, leading to reduced functionality in managing incidents and ticket transfers.
 

Opsgenie Pros review quotes

Pramodh M - PeerSpot reviewer
DevSecOps Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 29, 2024
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.
reviewer2349510 - PeerSpot reviewer
ITSM Consultant at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 29, 2024
That clarity, visibility, scheduling, and the management of on-call schedules, as well as tracking SLA breaches and workload, are key reasons to utilize Opsgenie.
Syed Mohammad Arshad - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President - Operations and Client Services at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Oct 3, 2022
Opsgenie is easy to configure and use.
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Snir Gavriel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network & Security Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Oct 6, 2022
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.
AbhishekSingh10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Lead at PureSoftware Ltd
Sep 16, 2022
Opsgenie integrates with Atlassian and other web monitoring and incident management tools.
VK
Sr software engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 16, 2022
I am a Jira admin. The best feature for me is that I do not need to write different code when I integrate with multiple applications. OpsGenie made it easier for me. All I need to do is create a field and give a value. I need to set the parameters and give a value. I can write only one script so that it directly interacts with my Jira and feeds all the data.
Rob Hussey - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at OnShift
Oct 19, 2023
Opsgenie has streamlined our communications and alerting.
reviewer1980198 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Build And Release Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 4, 2022
The product is integrated into almost all services, including Grafana, AWS, and others.
reviewer1982583 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Manager at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Oct 6, 2022
We can rely on the product to organize our schedules. We don't have to think about who will be next on-call. The system already gives us the answer. We don't have to waste time organizing how people are going to be covering each of their rotations. There's also an override option. So, it's easy to reschedule or reorganize our schedules when someone goes on vacation or when someone is on sick leave.
Felipe Lopes - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Manager at Alice
Oct 4, 2022
The rotation and scheduling are beneficial.
 

Opsgenie Cons review quotes

Pramodh M - PeerSpot reviewer
DevSecOps Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 29, 2024
I would like to see improvements in reporting capabilities that could provide additional value.
reviewer2349510 - PeerSpot reviewer
ITSM Consultant at a consultancy with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 29, 2024
Initially, Opsgenie had bidirectional integration with Jira Service Management, but that functionality has been scaled back. Previously, Opsgenie was adept at managing incidents within its ecosystem, offering seamless ticket transfers between Opsgenie and Jira Service Desk. I valued the ability to push tickets between the two platforms, addressing the need for widespread information accessibility, though it sometimes led to duplication. My suggestion would be to reintroduce complete ticket funneling between these systems to streamline operations.
Syed Mohammad Arshad - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President - Operations and Client Services at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Oct 3, 2022
We are using the cloud version of Atlassian products now, but I think the Data Center version we used earlier was much more user-friendly. There are lots of limitations in the cloud version The add-on or features that work with the Data Center versions are not compatible with the cloud version.
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Snir Gavriel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network & Security Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Oct 6, 2022
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. It took me some time to figure out because it it was very small. You have a pencil icon that you need to click, but it was so small and in a place that wasn't so obvious, so this is an area for improvement in the solution. I couldn't find the icon myself and my manager had to show me where it is. Opsgenie needs to be more user-friendly, particularly when it comes to finding the "Add New Users" option in the on-call rotation feature. Other than that, the solution was very easy to use, and you can see both the open and closed alerts.
AbhishekSingh10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Lead at PureSoftware Ltd
Sep 16, 2022
They could introduce many more features.
VK
Sr software engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 16, 2022
The handshake with the monitoring tools can also be improved. When there were a bunch of alerts or the number of alerts was more than a thousand in a minute, OpsGenie wasn't able to handle everything properly. The handshake issues were there.
Rob Hussey - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at OnShift
Oct 19, 2023
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.
reviewer1980198 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Build And Release Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 4, 2022
I would like to see reports that can provide us with integration with Jira or with another management solution, which I'm not sure Opsgenie provides. The integration is possible, however as Opsgenie reports is an area that needs to be addressed. An alert is received, and Opsgenie will immediately generate a ticket or card for that issue, track it, and provide a follow-up. Opsgenie will also track an issue's whole life cycle. This is something that I would like to see in Opsgenie.
reviewer1982583 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Manager at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Oct 6, 2022
I would like to see a little bit more work in API key management in the Opsgenie UI. It's a bit difficult to manage sometimes. For example, in terms of management, you can either see all the keys or none of the keys. This is something for which I would like to have better granularity so that I could give some people access to some of the keys. It's something that I don't have today if I'm not mistaken.
Felipe Lopes - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Manager at Alice
Oct 4, 2022
The user interface could be improved.