Brightly Asset Essentials™ vs. Corrigo

SchoolDude has been great for us to easily submit maintenance requests, keep them organized for tracking, and simple for staff to view and respond to.

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Corrigo is great for managing work orders and PM Schedules. Additionally, if you need to track KPIs, Corrigo's reporting is spot on—with automated reports and notifications, it is one of the strengths of this program. I don't recommend Corrigo for Asset Management, however, which is tricky since the PM Scheduling is such a strength.

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• For maintenance requests, Dude Solutions Help Desk documents the request and then allows the custodial staff to record updates for the staff member to see. So, the request and solution are available for all parties involved.
• For building use, I find some of the features helpful including the ability to see if what you are looking for is available before you book it.
• Overall, Dude Solutions Help Desk is not difficult to use.

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• KPI Reporting: there are some great canned reports that you can utilize but you can also build your own reports using their very simple report writer.
• Report Notifications: you can set up automatic notifications for reports. Additionally, you can set up schedules for your reports and attach notifications to those report schedules as well.
• PM Scheduling: you can automate your PM schedules thru Corrigo and set up multiple schedules.

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• The overall user interface is bland.
• Switching to the IT application takes opens in another tab.

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• Asset Management: for such strong PM Scheduling, I would like to see better asset management within this product.
• Managing users: his isn't the most intuitive process and could be simpler.
• Support: once they get back to you, they can be very helpful but I find the wait time is too long.

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I find the basic concept and use of Dude Solutions Help Desk to be good, but I think it could use an update to look and work more smoothly. The maintenance aspect of Dude Solutions Help Desk is definitely better than the scheduling tool. The maintenance request does have a decent set-up and does offer clear communication between the staff member and custodial staff. The scheduling tool needs a calendar feature and the ability to receive a notification in your calendar. Both tools do have an email service that directly sends updates to your email.

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I have used a ticketing system through FirstClass that does not come anywhere close to where SchoolDude is in ease of use and quality of a program.

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We chose Corrigo for the PM Scheduling and Reporting capabilities plus its ability to integrate into other systems and provide a customer portal. This product is superior to others for those reasons. Plus the cost is on point for our size organization. Overall Corrigo was the better choice.

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• We can calculate the need for IT workers based on work orders.
• We can track issues at buildings and what buildings may need more help.
• A simple approach where it makes it easy to get work order information rather than emails and phone calls.

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• It has helped us automate processes with multiple clients, making us (and them) more efficient
• PM Scheduling and Reporting has saved us time and resources
• We've had to figure out a way to manage assets however since Corrigo isn't really great for this. That has cost us extra time and resource.

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