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Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by snitko on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @01:49PM (#758694)
I especially liked the idea of taking action from the phone. And the site looks nice and clean. Do you know of any competitors in that field?
Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by alexsolo on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @02:10PM (#758754)
AlarmPoint Systems is a competitor, but they sell enterprise software, with the usual enterprise tagline of "call us for pricing and a demo" and 5 digit+ price tag. Another one is ReliableResponse. This is a smaller company, but also enterprise software.

We have tried to offer a SaaS solution aimed at small and medium businesses.

Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by drig23 on Thursday August 13, 2009 @01:01AM (#760038)
I'm the owner of Reliable Response. As alexsolo said, we're an enterprise product, meaning we install on the customer's servers, behind the firewall. Pagerduty looks like a great product for smaller teams or companies which prefer a SaaS solution. Our price point is around $10k, plus yearly maintenance and support fees, so it's definitely geared towards bigger teams.

http://www.reliableresponse.net

Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by snitko on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @02:03PM (#758730)
But the logo sucks. Pretty much a lot. Spoils the impression.
Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by mrtron on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @02:04PM (#758734)
If the worst comment you receive about the service is the logo sucks - you are on to something!
Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by paul9290 on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @02:28PM (#758823)
Logo I did not even see one nor does it matter.

In five to 10 seconds the copy & design conveyed the site's purpose. I got it and thought cool - there is a need for this utility!

good luck!

Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by jvdh on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @02:06PM (#758737)
I second that, the logo looks like it's ancient. It looks completely out of place in amidst the web 2.0 look and feel of the rest of the page.
Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by mrtron on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @02:20PM (#758785)
It looks a bit retro - but strikes me as being easily recognizable and suits the topic quite well.

Perhaps they should A/B test the logo - try http://www.markiter.com (shameless plug)

Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by scott_s on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @02:29PM (#758825)
I don't think it looks ancient. I immediately understood they purposely made it look like text on a pager.
Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by wehriam on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @03:47PM (#759057)
I disagree, I like the logo.
Re:Rate my startup: PagerDuty.com by alexsolo on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @02:16PM (#758777)
Fair enough. We were trying to replicate the text you would see on an old-school pager. We'll probably update the logo in the future.