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Rootly

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Quick facts
VendorRootly
Year launchedN/A
StatusActive
LocationToronto, Ontario M5V1R9, CA
Countries servedGlobal
Languages1
IntegrationsN/A
Free tierNO
Free trialNO
Contact salesYES

About Rootly

Rootly is the premier "Command Center" for the modern SRE.

Rootly is the premier "Command Center" for the modern SRE. It succeeds by meeting engineers where they already live—in Slack. By automating the "boring" parts of incident management (creating tickets, inviting people, and writing timelines), it allows responders to focus 100% on the technical resolution. While it is a premium-priced solution, the reduction in $MTTR$ and the prevention of engineer burnout usually offer a clear and immediate Return on Investment (ROI) for high-uptime businesses.

Pros & Cons

Pros
  • By keeping everything in Slack, engineers don't have to jump between 10 different tabs during a crisis.
  • Replaces the need for separate tools for paging (PagerDuty), status pages, and retrospectives.
Cons
  • The workflow builder is powerful but can be daunting for very small teams without dedicated DevOps staff.

Features

Key features

Workflow Builder

A no-code engine that triggers actions (like emailing leadership or updating a status page) based on incident severity.

On-Call & Paging

Built-in scheduling and escalation policies that serve as a direct, modern alternative to PagerDuty.

AI-Powered SRE Copilot

Analyzes Slack logs and system data to suggest probable root causes and similar past incidents.

Automated Incident Channels

Instantly creates a dedicated Slack channel, Zoom link, and Jira ticket the moment an incident is declared.

Slack-Native Response

Allows users to declare incidents, assign roles, and set severities entirely through Slack commands (e.g., /rootly declare).

Additional features

Pulse Surveys

Sends quick check-ins to responders after an incident to gauge stress and process effectiveness.

Multi-Org Support

Manage multiple separate organizations or subsidiaries under one parent account.

Terraform Provider

Allows SREs to manage their incident configuration as code.

Metrics & Analytics

Tracks $MTTR$ (Mean Time to Resolution) and responder burnout levels to improve team health.

Live Call Routing

Connects callers directly to the on-call engineer via a dedicated phone number.

Action Item Tracking

Syncs follow-up tasks directly to Jira or Linear so they don't get forgotten after the incident is resolved.

Role Delegation

Assigns specific roles like "Incident Commander" or "Scribe" to ensure clear communication.

Public & Private Status Pages

Communicates downtime to customers or internal stakeholders with a single click.

On-Call Pay Calculator

Helps finance and HR teams track and calculate extra pay for engineers on shift.

Retrospective Generator

Automatically builds a timeline of the incident for post-mortem reports, saving hours of manual copying/pacing.

Service Catalog

Centralizes information about who owns which service and its recent deployment history.

Pricing

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Countries & Languages

Global
Countries served
1
Interface languages
1
Billing currencies

Interface languages

English

Billing currencies

🇺🇸USD

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