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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Desk.com (discontinued)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADesk.com was a helpdesk, ticketing, and customer support product offered by Salesforce, and oriented towards the needs of small businesses. It is no longer sold and support has been discontinued. Salesforce recommends its modern Service Cloud as a replacement.N/A

    InvGate Service Desk

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AThe InvGate Service Desk is the ITIL / ITSM offering from Argentinian company InvGate.N/A
    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)InvGate Service Desk
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)InvGate Service Desk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Desk.com (discontinued)InvGate Service Desk
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    InvGate
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Desk.com (discontinued)InvGate Service Desk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and InvGate Service Desk
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    InvGate Service Desk
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and InvGate Service Desk
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    InvGate Service Desk
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and InvGate Service Desk
    Feature
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    Ratings
    InvGate Service Desk
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    Desk.com (discontinued)InvGate Service Desk
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    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Ivanti ITSM
    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)InvGate Service Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Desk.com (discontinued)InvGate Service Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Once I had to search the logs to find cases and data on a particular keyword, but I was not able to do so as there was no search tool available, nor was there a sort or filter tool. I was totally frustrated as I had to skim through the data to complete my task manually.
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    InvGate
    This is well suited for someone who is looking for a basic help desk system (like we were). This product will get you out the door, but after owning it for several years now we have begun to look for more. The hardest part is that you cant get to raw data to use with other BI tools. If you want major customizations you will be limited
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Desk.com automatically tracks analytics on all cases coming in and going out.
    • Desk.com helps prevent multiple people from working on the same case. However, it does allow us to assign the case to someone else if we feel that person is more qualified to address the case.
    • Desk.com has very few bugs or server issues that we've seen. This helps prevent any delays in communicating with our customers.
    Incentivized
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    InvGate
    • Set-up of system.
    • GUI is user-friendly.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Internal knowledge tools are clunky and annoying to access, outside the regular workflow of everyday staff
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in business rules and custom fields
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in case handling - for example, if you begin a case as a phone call you CANNOT email the customer from the case. As though no one working at Desk has ever sent a follow-up email...?
    • Not very good for B2B, mid-to-large businesses. Difficult to set business rules based on company information (for example, service level/tier) and nearly impossible to track key stakeholders and get clear insight into the relationship at a high level
    • Reporting tools are clunky, slow, and just all-around pretty useless
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    InvGate
    • The database for back-end is clunky and cryptic, and it is very hard to access data.
    • The reporting functions are really lacking.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    We will be very likely to renew our contract with Desk.com. It is easy to use, and provides us with everything we need to keep our customers and employees happy. They have also been very helpful in catering the application to our specific and unique needs, including working across brands and adding specific content for our products
    Incentivized
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    InvGate
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Desk.com and Salesforce Service Cloud's usability is seamless to get up and running, administer, and scale across the organization. It allows us to get up and running in days rather than weeks and has transformed our customer support teams globally into efficient, world-class teams. The best practices that the Salesforce and Desk.com teams provide are also very valuable, as we have the right case studies and tips to implement right away in our organization.
    Incentivized
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    InvGate
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    InvGate
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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    InvGate
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Their support leaves much to be desired. They do not respond quickly and do not follow up with feature requests. There is also a lack of on-demand or live training available for the teams to use as they learn a new tool. Because there is so much customization, a lot of questions do come up regularly.
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    InvGate
    This is one area where they need a lot of help, especially for being selling an ITSM. The service desk is located in Brazil, and they have very few individuals that speak English. Multiple updates over the year have broken the language of the system and tickets have come out in a foreign language. Support is unable to fix issues that occur where downtime occurs. Updates are too fast. Revisions happen 3-4 a week.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    As I stated earlier, implementation of Desk.com went more smoothly than most. The resources in the "Support Center" are fantastic, and I never ran into anything that left me stumped, angry, or disappointed.
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    InvGate
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Overall, it performs a lot better than all three combined, with a lot fewer glitches and a lot more user-friendly and user experience efficiency. Any new link that needs to be done, takes a lot less time to execute on desk compared to the three others. Simply advanced when it comes to execution this platform is.
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    InvGate
    At the time of comparison, InvGate had a better price and way quicker set-up time to get it up and running
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Better customer service and employee efficiency when dealing with cases
    • It's so universal, meaning that everyone can use it and it's easy to understand.
    • The only negative impact is that our IT department who is assigned tickets has responded to customers instead of to the local reps and we have to ensure they know to change the email if it's assigned to them.
    Incentivized
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    InvGate
    • Upfront, it had a very good ROI compared to a homegrown system that was being used.
    • Allows users to submit issues to get MFG back up and running.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Desk.com (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Desk.com ConsoleScreenshot of Desk.com Issue ScreenScreenshot of Desk.com Reporting and Analytics

    InvGate Service Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Incident ManagementScreenshot of Built In and Customizable ReportsScreenshot of Knowledge Base