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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    LiveChat

    Score6.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    LiveChat serves as a customer service platform with live chat support, help desk and web analytics functionalities, with the goal of allowing users to provide 24/7 support to customers. The core feature of the software is its chat tool, where both service and sales team can answer customers' questions in real time. Online businesses can interact with customers on their website, to be more accessible. With LiveChat, users can identify people on the website and engage…

    $25

    per month per user

    Pricing
    ChangeGear Service DeskLiveChat
    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
    Starter
    $25
    per month
    Team
    $59
    per month per person
    Business
    $89
    per month per person
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ChangeGear Service DeskLiveChat
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    ChangeGear Service DeskLiveChat
    Considered Both Products
    Serviceaide
    No answer on this topic
    Text
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    ChangeGear Service DeskLiveChat
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of ChangeGear Service Desk and LiveChat
    Feature
    ChangeGear Service Desk
    6.4
    2 Ratings
    24% below category average
    LiveChat
    -
    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 LiveChat
    Feature
    ChangeGear Service Desk
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    8% below category average
    LiveChat
    -
    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 LiveChat
    Feature
    ChangeGear Service Desk
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    15% below category average
    LiveChat
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar6.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Ivanti ITSM
    Score6.4 out of 10
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ChangeGear Service DeskLiveChat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ChangeGear Service DeskLiveChat
    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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    Text
    We needed a mechanism in place to make contact with visitors to our website easier. What we discovered is that it's an excellent tool for creating reports and dashboards that show how soon issues are handled. Our website can now be updated in real-time, and all of our internal teams are really excited to use this fantastic technology. I really recommend [LiveChat] to many friends and past colleagues.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Serviceaide
    • Change Control
    • Ease of Use
    • Simplicity
    Incentivized
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    Text
    • The most important factor of Livechat is their own chat support, I had many requirement from the Sales Head, Support Head to implement features that I was unsure if the product could do. However, as I did the implementation one by one I constantly used the chat support which helped me step by step all the way.
    • The UX of the product is pretty simple and intuitive to use. There are quite a few features that we could easily plug and play. We tried going to the market to find a solution that could help us but they did not have as many out of the box features and simple to use
    • Their integration between LiveChat and Chatbot is pretty seamless and since both of them are from the same company, it's works pretty well.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Text
    • It has a limited amount of agents, so when you have many customer care employees during one shift it is hard to manage the quantity of active agents.
    • When system is overloaded and many customers are waiting in a queue it starts to works slowly (sometimes the program even lags) and you need to refresh the system to write a message.
    • Occasionally when you open a new tab, you might lose your current conversation.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Text
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    Support Rating
    Serviceaide
    No answers on this topic
    Text
    The only issues I have had with LiveChat are the technical glitches within the program. These are not common as in everyday occurrences but when the glitches do happen they tend to have very negative repercussions. This is due to chats with customers being dropped, this may be an internal server issue though and may not happen for everyone.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Serviceaide
    Simpler and easier to implement.
    Incentivized
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    Text
    Overall very similar in design, but LiveChat had a better interface, better reporting and analytic tools, better mobile support, and just an easier overall feel. The two products are very much alike in the vast majority of ways, but I ended up preferring this product overall. Price points were similar as well, as well as the allowed number of users.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Serviceaide
    • Better Response Time
    • Email Tracking of Tickets
    • Change Control Module Simplicity
    Incentivized
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    Text
    • We have a small team so the overall impact is that it is easy for one or two employees to handle a large number of tickets without hiring more people. Plus, you can use this software remotely, save a ton on traveling to and from and office.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ChangeGear Service Desk Screenshots

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

    LiveChat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Chat Widget and Agent AppScreenshot of Customer detailsScreenshot of Traffic sectionScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of Team managementScreenshot of Chat Widget customization