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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

    KACE Asset Management Appliance

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AKACE Asset Management Appliance (formerly Dell's Asset Manager) from Quest Software is an IT asset management (ITAM) and software asset management (SAM) solution.N/A
    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Desk.com (discontinued)KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    Quest Software
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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
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    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Desk.com (discontinued)KACE Asset Management Appliance
    IT Asset Management
    Comparison of IT Asset Management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Feature
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    Ratings
    KACE Asset Management Appliance
    7.2
    3 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Software and hardware inventory tracking00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    License management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Asset lifecycle monitoring00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Asset relationship management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    KACE Systems Management Appliance
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    KACE Systems Management Appliance
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)KACE Asset Management Appliance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Desk.com (discontinued)KACE Asset Management Appliance
    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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    Quest Software
    The KACE Management Appliance does many different things, but does not do them as well as other products. It is an all-in-one system for Asset tracking, software management, ticketing system, Contact management, and reporting. If you require basic functionality for these, then this product will meet your needs. But when you begin needing advanced/granular functions from the appliance, it will fall short.
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    Pros
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    • 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.
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    Quest Software
    • Gives you real time data to systems on my network.
    • I can get information on all applications running on devices on my network.
    • I can get information on what systems are not currently patched and up to date with MS and Virus definitions!
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    Cons
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    • 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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    Quest Software
    • The UI is clunky and could use a redesign
    • Support is good but sometimes it's hard to get someone right away or a response in a timely manner
    • expand some support beyond dell and others to include something like Microsoft Surfaces, etc.
    • KB articles need a refresh, there are a lot of older things out there that don't apply anymore.
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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
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    Quest Software
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
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    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.
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    Quest Software
    The appliance and software does its job, as it's intended to. There aren't many other bells and whistles. integrates well with MFA (okta), integrates well with KACES SDA. The modules it has will suit most needs. If you have the money in the budge, i'd suggest going with professional services to help with the setup/integration. There are some parts that are cumbersome and may require support. Save yourself the headache
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    Reliability and Availability
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    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    Quest Software
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    Performance
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    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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    Quest Software
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    Support Rating
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    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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    Quest Software
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Quest Software
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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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    Quest Software
    We were not able to get SCCM to stabilize and work, it would continually fail to add computers to groups and fail to install programs/updates to computers in a defined group. Continually, user community forums kept recommending to replace it with another solution. JIRA is a much more efficient ticketing system, and we migrated the ticketing system from KACE to JIRA.
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    Return on Investment
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    • 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.
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    Quest Software
    • Original investment was very substantial but I believe will be well worth it in the long run!
    • DAM gives us a great view of what happening and whats on out network as far as PC, Laptops and Servers.
    • The reporting function will help with budget proposals to BOS for County Budgets and giving exact numbers of systems and software and devices on the County Domain
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