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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AFreshservice is a cloud-based service desk and IT service management (ITSM) solution that currently serves more than 10,000 SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers worldwide.

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    Pricing
    AteraFreshservice
    Editions & Modules
    MSP - Pro
    $129
    per month (billed annually) per user
    IT Department - Professional
    $149
    per month (billed annually) per user
    MSP - Growth
    $179
    per month (billed annually) per user
    IT Department - Expert
    $189
    per month (billed annually) per user
    MSP - Power
    $209
    per month (billed annually) per user
    IT Department - Master
    $219
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Starter
    $29.00
    per month per agent
    Growth
    $59.00
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $119.00
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AteraFreshservice
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsUnlimited devices.Discount available for annual billing.
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    131 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    136 Answers
    Features
    AteraFreshservice
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    Feature
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    9.0
    9 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Freshservice
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    Ratings
    Virtualization monitoring10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    IT Asset Discovery8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    8.9
    126 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Freshservice
    -
    Ratings
    Remote monitoring8.6125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network device monitoring7.7111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Activity Monitoring8.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    8.8
    125 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Freshservice
    -
    Ratings
    Patch Management7.8124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based automation7.7110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Access
    Comparison of Remote Access features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Freshservice
    -
    Ratings
    Attended device access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Unattended device access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile device access1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Virtual device access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple-display support7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple concurrent sessions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    -
    Ratings
    Freshservice
    8.4
    179 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.1181 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.8130 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings8.1114 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings8.2162 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.5131 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.5150 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings8.3156 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
    Atera
    -
    Ratings
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    143 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings8.2135 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings7.2139 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings7.5102 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Atera and Freshservice
    Feature
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    -
    Ratings
    Freshservice
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    4% below category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings8.2135 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings7.7114 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings8.2132 Ratings
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    7.9
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    8.3
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.8
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    9.5
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
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    8.1
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    Performance
    -
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    Support Rating
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    (6 ratings)
    6.8
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    In-Person Training
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    Implementation Rating
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    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    8.0
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    7.6
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    8.6
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    Professional Services
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    8.6
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    User Testimonials
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    Atera
    Actually, it depends on the size of the organization. Atera is not well suited for large organizations in my point of view, and also it is not well suited where policies are very strict. But I would recommend it because of the lower cost and the rich features it has. The biggest benefit of Atera is it is cloud hosted and the cost does not depend on the number of devices you register with Atera. The cost depends on the number of licenses you have purchased.
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    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice is well suited for companies looking to implement ticketing / case management across the organization, but only if IT will be using it. Otherwise, I'd recommend Freshdesk. IT departments that don't function in the ITIL style of incident, request, change, and project management may find it overkill if they are only looking for a simple Help Desk solution.
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    Pros
    Atera
    • Atera is doing good in the monitoring part as it is monitoring our complete infrastructure from the network to servers and also the end user devices.
    • Atera is good in the patching part as it is patching our Windows and Linux servers, end-user Windows systems, and third-party applications.
    • Atera is good in the automation process, and we can plan the execution of any task and schedule it. We have a lot of options here from CMD to PowerShell.
    • The Inventory part is also good, as we can see and download the Software and Hardware inventory from Atera. It will provide the details of all hardware and software, from OS details to applications.
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    Freshworks Inc
    • The smartphone app is very well designed and adding assets from there is very easy
    • If you have questions or support, the support desk is fast to respond and setup a meeting to explain the features
    • Very customizable and everything can be easily changed with a wizard
    • Reporting feature does what it needs to do and is not complicated to work with
    • The overall ticketing system is very good and we have not run into any issues
    • The whole system is incredibly responsive and does not hang or freeze
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    Cons
    Atera
    • Atera is well-designed but still has some issues. In the patching part, the devices having low disk space in the C drive, will not download and install the patches. It should give room to clean the space and then patch the system.
    • It has a limited number of third-party applications that can be installed through it.
    • In some cases, Atera failed to update or remove those applications that were not installed through Atera itself. Only 10% we can say.
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    Freshworks Inc
    • To have more options on what to do with the emails that arrive in the support mailbox (which goes to Freshservice), Setting some special rules or detailed filtering is not possible.
    • Non 3rd party tools to connect to Intune are missing. Additionally, the third-party tool available in the store is not satisfactory. It would be nice to have native support for importing devices from our Azure cloud.
    • The contract requires you to prolong your contract end-date by two years instead of just one year, which to us is a bit aggressive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Atera
    As of right now, we have found nothing that can offer as many features as Atera does along with the affordability. They are doing monthly releases each month and not just making small changes (shared scripting library, chocolatey support, Install packages, Splashtop SOS support, Scheduled tickets to name a few). The uptimes are great and accessibility to the dashboard has yet to be limited. We are a happy customer and bordering on fanboy status now
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    Freshworks Inc
    We are pretty invested in Freshservice right now and have integrated it pretty heavily into our environment, so it would be hard to move away from it. For the most part, we are happy with Freshservice and the ease of use it gives us in managing tickets through the system. The only complaint we've had is customer service.
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    Usability
    Atera
    Atera's remote monitoring feature is one of it's best features. The laptops and servers we used it on responded quickly to our administrative task requests and made our work light. We were able to increase the resources, manage patches, windows updates and quite a few other tasks remotely and that too 24×7.
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    Freshworks Inc
    The UI design of Freshservice is simple and intuitive. You don't have to be a technical expert to navigate your way into the different pages/modules available. There are no buttons that are hidden in plain sight. Even our HR team required little to no help when they started using Freshservice.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    In our 3 years of using Freshservice, we've experienced several outages in the first 2 years. There were times where it only took minutes or hours but there are also times where it took a few days. Each time, Freshservice remained transparent and constantly communicated their progress. We haven't had one in the past year which indicates Freshservice have improved their servers.
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    Performance
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Pages load quickly but internet connectivity can also play a big role. Integrations doesn't affect the performance but internet connectivity may be a big factor. As a company with most employees working from home, different network providers from different areas/countries can have different experiences. Search load time needs improvement.
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    Support Rating
    Atera
    Atera support provides answers to my questions lightning fast. They have never left me feeling like I'm out there on my own. I can ask questions by email, or by chat, or by opening a ticket with them and they are always on it quickly. They also have a forum where other Atera users can help you if you need it, and you can also add feature requests via the forum.
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    Freshworks Inc
    Support from OEM is decent but needs improvement. Sometimes OEM also needs to understand the criticality of the customer and help as an Ad-hoc, which is somewhat lacking at Feshservice. Although the normal support team is well-equipped and helps according to the matrix, if something critical for the partner or customer requires immediate attention, it still goes through the L1-L2-L3 levels, which wastes a lot of time.
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    In-Person Training
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Training was enough to use the base website
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    Online Training
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Their documentation is pretty good, but only available in English. This makes it difficult for some of our users to understand. There are also some basic video courses available.
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    Implementation Rating
    Atera
    The implementation was performed by the system administrator so I don't have much insight into this
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    Freshworks Inc
    Creating the correct groups for the stakeholders and enabling the right notifications are one of the most important aspect of the implementation. Creating Change templates will also help in the long run and it's a good practice to create one, if applicable.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Atera
    Because Atera is a much more effective and efficient solution to manage all our IT operations, it automates each of our business processes. It offers us the best support to respond to any problem that may arise. I think Atera is much more cost-effective and reliable; its value is justified with each function and satisfies all our business needs and requirements.
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    Freshworks Inc
    Easy setup and a lot of customization which can be made. They offer the full ITSM tool for 75$ per agent and all the PRO are included in the package, which makes it easy to calculate and use. There are only a few add-ins that you need to pay for, based on the number of agents or the number of executions.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice allows flexibility with contract terms and pricing model. Monthly and annual payments are allowed. The unit pricing needs a bit of improvement. It would be great if they offer unit pricing per capability instead of one pricing for all the capabilities. Small businesses have different use cases and not every agent needs all the modules available.
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    Scalability
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    We were able to scale easily across multiple departments. As our company keeps growing, we have not needed to change anything in terms of scaling since we started using Freshservice. There were no changes to the admin and end-user experience from when we were a 1,000-employee company vs to our current head count of 2,000+.
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    Professional Services
    Atera
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    We did not have professional services.
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    Return on Investment
    Atera
    • The intuitive user interface has enabled both users and support technicians to familiarize themselves quickly with the functionality, and the learning curve is less.
    • Some features need to be accessed through documentation; they're not available directly on the dashboard.
    • Sometimes, internet access plays a significant role, whereas low connectivity is a hindrance.
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    Freshworks Inc
    • We had no ticketing system at all so we had no idea of the workload, we now do
    • We have been able to go from nothing to seeing workload to identifying areas for improvement by having the metrics
    • We have lowered MTTR every month since turning on fresh service
    • We have increased 1st all resolution every month
    • We have been able to start talking about real SLA's with the business
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