SymphonyAI IT Service Management vs. SysAid

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Symphony SummitAI, formerly the Summus IT Management Suite, is an ITSM and system monitoring offering from the company of the same name in Palo Alto.N/A
SysAid
Score 8.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
SysAid is presented as comprehensive ITSM platform with generative AI baked into every element of service management. With a fully conversational experience wrapped into the UI, SysAid aims to empower organizations to unleash their full potential for productivity.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SymphonyAI IT Service ManagementSysAid
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsSysAid Copilot is available as an add-on for any plan. It bakes generative AI into every aspect of service management.
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
SymphonyAI IT Service ManagementSysAid
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
7.2
10 Ratings
13% below category average
SysAid
8.3
156 Ratings
1% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.110 Ratings8.7155 Ratings
Expert directory7.79 Ratings8.0125 Ratings
Service restoration6.89 Ratings7.9108 Ratings
Self-service tools7.09 Ratings8.6150 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications7.310 Ratings7.7112 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.310 Ratings8.6125 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards6.410 Ratings8.7134 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
7.6
10 Ratings
8% below category average
SysAid
8.1
136 Ratings
2% below category average
Configuration mangement7.710 Ratings8.0127 Ratings
Asset management dashboard8.110 Ratings8.4133 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement7.19 Ratings8.090 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
8.0
10 Ratings
5% below category average
SysAid
8.3
125 Ratings
1% below category average
Change requests repository8.110 Ratings8.6115 Ratings
Change calendar8.18 Ratings7.695 Ratings
Service-level management7.910 Ratings8.7118 Ratings
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User Ratings
SymphonyAI IT Service ManagementSysAid
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(10 ratings)
8.7
(158 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(15 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(42 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(52 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(9 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(13 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.2
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(4 ratings)
Professional Services
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(0 ratings)
8.8
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
SymphonyAI IT Service ManagementSysAid
Likelihood to Recommend
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
We use the IT asset management module to great extent, would like to explore the RFID based tracking of assets integrated with Summit ITAM. Would like service requests workflows to be made flexible enough to support any kind of requests and easily route based on criteria's defined. This help in easy approval and reduce the time take for fulfilling the request and adhere to SLA
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SysAid Technologies
SysAid has been great in our management of handling tickets within our Helpdesk but has also allowed us to include other departments. Having work flows has helped us with onboarding and setting up approval process for phones and computers, along with auto prompting end user with additional required info for requests and incidents minimizing the back and forth communication for basic info.
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Pros
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
  • Network Incident to network inventory mapping and workflow management.
  • Priority, Severity wise SLA management.
  • Integration with other systems like CRM, EMS.
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SysAid Technologies
  • Email integration. End-users can interact with the ticketing system exclusively through email, and admins can message exclusively within a ticket. All communications are linked directly to user accounts including SysAid admin accounts.
  • Ticket management is very customizable. You can add categories, statuses, action and communication automation, ticket sorting, and much more.
  • knowledge base links directly to tickets, so repeat issues are easy to solve.
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Cons
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
  • Some standard functionalities don't work.
  • We struggle to get optimum support from their support team.
  • Issues are not resolved within the SLAs.
  • Even escalating to higher authorities do not help.
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SysAid Technologies
  • There are still issues with how well the cloud version of SysAid performs. It can be slow at times. It can be offline every so often (very rarely).
  • There is a lot to learn with this solution so reaching out to their Support is crucial.
  • Cost. This is not the cheapest solution and cost is not an issue for us, but it might be for some companies. I think it is very reasonably priced and you get what you pay for.
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Likelihood to Renew
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
The overall satisfaction is great and it offers great features. By expanding to using AI feature of Symphony Summit, we look forward to automate even ticket tracking and ticket resolution. The support provided by the symphony SummitAI team is also robust compared to industry standards and the team also conducts regular reviews to find out any dissatisfaction from the clients.
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SysAid Technologies
Having personally used SysAid for the past 10 years or so, when it was still in its infancy, the trajectory of its improvement and the pricing, there is no doubt that it will be soon an overall market leader, because whilst there other services with options that SysAid doesn't have or haven't mastered, they come at [an] eye-watering price, and in my comparison, for up to 300% more.
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Usability
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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SysAid Technologies
SysAid is easy to use and configure. There are some technical components to the configuration, but their implementation of the SysAid system allows for easy self-service. There was only one time that SysAid could not provide a solution to my direct need. We quickly found a workaround. The issue was integration with Microsoft Office 365 when it was first released. The connection between SysAid and Outlook was problematic. It was not long before SysAid had resolved the issue and provided that integration.
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Reliability and Availability
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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SysAid Technologies
Ha habido pocas veces que no ha estado disponible pero siempre avisan con antelación cuando el servicio no estará activo por una situación controlada
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Performance
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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SysAid Technologies
No, In my company it is integrated with the Control-M and when ever we receive any incident of the control M console, we receive a ticket at the same time on SysAid
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Support Rating
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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SysAid Technologies
I have had nothing but positive experiences working with the SysAid support team. There are multiple pathways to request and receive support, which are all connected with each other. I get an efficient and effective response most of the time and when there is not immediately a good answer, they create a support request to follow up for resolution.
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In-Person Training
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
No answers on this topic
SysAid Technologies
My team was greatly assisted and trained well. Despite the time zone difference the trainer made every effort to be available during times that were suitable for us and the assistance and help offered was extremely appreciated by my team. A wonderful experience by the team.
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Online Training
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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SysAid Technologies
Training was well structure and delivered. Questions were thoroughly answered and any issues we had were provided with support and help.
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Implementation Rating
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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SysAid Technologies
In the initial stage we implement separate SysAid servers for head and branch offices. When we managed to link up our offices via point to point VPN, we manage to console them into one server. All the assets and devices on branch office were divert back to the server in head office
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Alternatives Considered
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
On the demo, we find the system is better than other app. this has better UI and the best workflow available, and the user can define or customize his own report. Users can add more fields in the app. you can define your own workflow .find more user-friendly than another app. user to raise SR/INCIDENT
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SysAid Technologies
ServiceNow is lightyears ahead of SysAid. They efficiently use workflows to get everything set up in the system. One prime example is the onboarding and offboarding of employees. You can set up individual approval tasks to add/remove employees from systems. These tasks will not be assigned until a system owner approves them. This dramatically increases the speed of getting tasks completed. This also allows us to track system access for audit and SOX requirements. SysAid has none of this.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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SysAid Technologies
When we purchase it, the plans were different and mainly we acquired lifetime licenses. in the past year, we migrated to the cloud version. In both cases, the pricing structure was accurate, although they could provide some extra flexibility to pay for exactly what we need in the business.
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Scalability
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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SysAid Technologies
Le doy esta calificación porque los módulos que contiene se pueden usar para casi cualquier departamento, tanto gestión de tickets como inventarios de equipos, hemos utilizado una versión gratuita en Ingeniería para gestionar sus tiempos en las tareas asignadas, es lo único que utilizan pero podrían usar fácilmente el módulo de inventario para su herramienta y el módulo de proyectos también
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Professional Services
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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SysAid Technologies
Professional services is just that professional, i have had the opportunity to use this service on several occasions, a technical issue comes up, i made an appointment for one hour and i am contacted at the required time, the representative that hold of my system and goes through the problem while i look on so its also a learning process
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Return on Investment
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
  • Symphony Summit has helped us achieve some automation.
  • Asset management has improved slightly, but lot more was expected.
  • Their standard functionalities, which were promised in newer versions, are not working.
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SysAid Technologies
  • How easy it is to configure the app to our existing ITIL process. The ability to pick what services we would like to have as well as the ability to integrate using API as well as the marketplace.
  • Intuitive interface. Integration to Outlook. Easy reporting.
  • It has a very user-friendly interface and effective management capabilities.
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of IT Ticketing DashboardScreenshot of AI ChatbotScreenshot of Ticket JourneyScreenshot of Workflow DesignerScreenshot of Monitor & Fine TuningScreenshot of AI Case Summarization