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    ChangeGear Service Desk

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Based on the ITIL best practices framework, the SunView ChangeGear product suite improves and streamlines the IT service management lifecycle. By automating IT service management processes, companies gain greater visibility into their IT infrastructure, eliminate system downtime, reduce operational costs, ensure regulatory compliance and improve IT service delivery. SunView Software is a Serviceaide company (acquired August 2021).N/A

    Git

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A
    Pricing
    ChangeGear Service DeskGit
    Editions & Modules
    ChangeGear Service Desk
    $0
    Per Seat per Month
    ChangeGear Help Desk
    $0
    ChangeGear Change Management
    $0
    ChangeGear Cloud
    $0
    Per User per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ChangeGear Service DeskGit
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ChangeGear Service DeskGit
    Considered Both Products
    Serviceaide
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    Open Source
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    ChangeGear Service DeskGit
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of ChangeGear Service Desk and Git
    Feature
    ChangeGear Service Desk
    6.4
    2 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Git
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of ChangeGear Service Desk and Git
    Feature
    ChangeGear Service Desk
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Git
    -
    Ratings
    Configuration mangement7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of ChangeGear Service Desk and Git
    Feature
    ChangeGear Service Desk
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Git
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    Ratings
    Change requests repository8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ChangeGear Service DeskGit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (36 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ChangeGear Service DeskGit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Serviceaide
    1. What kind of service-levels are you looking to establish? 2. Are there other programs you are going to be using for other aspects of 'the job?' 3. How many employees are going to be needing access to ChangeGear? 4. Do you want a highly configurable product or something that will come out of the box pre-set? 5. Are you looking to keep track of equipment deployed to the customers you support?
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
    GIT is good to be used for faster and high availability operations during code release cycle. Git provides a complete replica of the repository on the developer's local system which is why every developer will have complete repository available for quick access on his system and they can merge the specific branches that they have worked on back to the centralized repository. The limitations with GIT are seen when checking in large files.
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    Pros
    Serviceaide
    • Change Control
    • Ease of Use
    • Simplicity
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    Open Source
    • Ability to create branches off current releases to modify code that can be tested in a separate environment.
    • Each developer had their own local copy of branches so it minimizes mistakes being made.
    • Has a user-friendly UI called Git Gui that users can use if they do not like using the command line.
    • Conflicts are displayed nicely so that developers can resolve with ease.
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    Cons
    Serviceaide
    • Not sure if this is due to our back end, but ChangeGear Service Desk can sometimes bog down. Speed can always be improved and, while version 6 has been impressive so far, slow downs are still common.
    • Browser compatibility can sometimes be hit or miss. Certain fields would not work on Chrome, so our department has required FireFox. I have not tested 6 on other browsers but hopefully the upgrade has taken care of this.
    • The communications with customers are not easy to sift through. With limited attention spans, seeing a subject line filled with 'gibberish' causes our customers to either delete or leave the message forever unread. Again, not sure if due to our implementation, but I would clean that sort of thing up.
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    Open Source
    • There can be quite a number of commands once you get to the advanced features and functionality of Git. Takes time to master.
    • Doesn't handle static assets (ie: videos, images, etc.) well. Although in the recent years, new functionality has been introduced to address this.
    • Many different GUIs, many people (including myself) opt to just use the command-line.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Serviceaide
    No answers on this topic
    Open Source
    Git has met all standards for a source control tool and even exceeded those standards. Git is so integrated with our work that I can't imagine a day without it.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Serviceaide
    Because it allows me to work in (probably) the most organized way possible. It allows me to collaborate quickly and rather effortlessly with coworkers within my team and other teams in the Technology department. The deduction in rating is due to the issues with speed and browser compatibility. Version 6 has been a revelation but I as always, there's room for improvement.
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    Open Source
    Git is easy to use most of the time. You mostly use a few commands like commiting, fetch/pull, and push which will get you by for most of time.
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    Support Rating
    Serviceaide
    No answers on this topic
    Open Source
    I am not sure what the official Git support channels are like as I have never needed to use any official support. Because Git is so popular among all developers now, it is pretty easy to find the answer to almost any Git question with a quick Google search. I've never had trouble finding what I'm looking for.
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    Implementation Rating
    Serviceaide
    No answers on this topic
    Open Source
    It's easy to set up and get going.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Serviceaide
    Simpler and easier to implement.
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    Open Source
    I've used both Apache Subversion & Git over the years and have maintained my allegiance to Git. Git is not objectively better than Subversion. It's different.
    The key difference is that it is decentralized. With Subversion, you have a problem here: The SVN Repository may be in a location you can't reach (behind a VPN, intranet - etc), you cannot commit. If you want to make a copy of your code, you have to literally copy/paste it. With Git, you do not have this problem. Your local copy is a repository, and you can commit to it and get all benefits of source control. When you regain connectivity to the main repository, you can commit against it. Another thing for consideration is that Git tracks content rather than files. Branches are lightweight and merging is easy, and I mean really easy.
    It's distributed, basically every repository is a branch. It's much easier to develop concurrently and collaboratively than with Subversion, in my opinion. It also makes offline development possible. It doesn't impose any workflow, as seen on the above linked website, there are many workflows possible with Git. A Subversion-style workflow is easily mimicked.
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    Return on Investment
    Serviceaide
    • Better Response Time
    • Email Tracking of Tickets
    • Change Control Module Simplicity
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    Open Source
    • Git has saved our organization countless hours having to manually trace code to a breaking change or manage conflicting changes. It has no equal when it comes to scalability or manageability.
    • Git has allowed our engineering team to build code reviews into its workflow by preventing a developer from approving or merging in their own code; instead, all proposed changes are reviewed by another engineer to assess the impact of the code and whether or not it should be merged in first. This greatly reduces the likelihood of breaking changes getting into production.
    • Git has at times created some confusion among developers about what to do if they accidentally commit a change they decide later they want to roll back. There are multiple ways to address this problem and the best available option may not be obvious in all cases.
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    ChangeGear Service Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Dashboard - DarkScreenshot of Workspace - Staff daily work spaceScreenshot of Service Catalog - End User ViewScreenshot of Incident grid sorted