Desk.com (discontinued) vs. Syncro

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Desk.com (discontinued)
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Desk.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
Syncro
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Syncro offers an Extended Monitoring and Management (XMM) platform for midsized MSPs and internal IT teams. The platform integrates RMM (endpoint management), professional services automation (PSA), and Microsoft 365 multi-tenant management to help organizations simplify operations, strengthen security, and scale.
$159
per month per user
Pricing
Desk.com (discontinued)Syncro
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Core
$159
per month per user
Team
$209
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Desk.com (discontinued)Syncro
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual payment.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Desk.com (discontinued)Syncro
Features
Desk.com (discontinued)Syncro
Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Desk.com (discontinued)
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Ratings
Syncro
6.7
3 Ratings
5% below category average
Virtualization monitoring00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Monitoring Tasks
Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Desk.com (discontinued)
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Ratings
Syncro
7.5
4 Ratings
3% above category average
Remote monitoring00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
Network device monitoring00 Ratings6.63 Ratings
Activity Monitoring00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Management Tasks
Comparison of Management Tasks features of Product A and Product B
Desk.com (discontinued)
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Ratings
Syncro
7.5
3 Ratings
7% above category average
Patch Management00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
Policy-based automation00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
Remote Access
Comparison of Remote Access features of Product A and Product B
Desk.com (discontinued)
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Ratings
Syncro
7.3
3 Ratings
9% above category average
Attended device access00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
Unattended device access00 Ratings7.63 Ratings
Mobile device access00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Virtual device access00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Multiple-display support00 Ratings4.52 Ratings
Multiple concurrent sessions00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Desk.com (discontinued)Syncro
Small Businesses
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Panda Systems Management
Panda Systems Management
Score 7.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Action1
Action1
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
TeamViewer
TeamViewer
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Desk.com (discontinued)Syncro
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(38 ratings)
6.8
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.4
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.3
(19 ratings)
7.1
(4 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)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Desk.com (discontinued)Syncro
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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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
SyncroMSP is great for MSPs starting out or wanting to keep their costs low. Some RMM software will charge per install - and price breaks only available as your base grows to a significant number. As Syncro is a "per agent" cost, the costs for an MSP are (a) known and (b) easily to manage as the team grows. The third-party integration element is very useful for MSPs looking to be able to not only onsell additional services, but the management of these services is simple for anybody to use
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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.
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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
  • Due to the cloud based platform, we could scale the based on our needs relatively with ease.
  • We also utilized the auto billing features which were convenience.
  • The consolidation of both RMM and RSA decreased the amount of software we needed.
  • Also, the user friendliness of the platform allowed employees to use easy.
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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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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
  • Better project management
  • Ability to create teams
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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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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
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.
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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
Too expensive for what it is and the lack of support and bug fixes is annoying
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Reliability and Availability
Discontinued Products
We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
No answers on this topic
Performance
Discontinued Products
Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
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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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
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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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
No answers on this topic
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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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
Much easier to learn and use
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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.
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SyncroMSP Servably Inc
  • The integrated AV solution with Bitdefender is very cheap - yet very a very high quality NGAV solution. It allows us to ensure our clients have access to an NGAV solution at an affordable price
  • Syncro has allowed us to expend our business into new areas which were not able to be accessed previously. This means that we can now service our clients in different ways than previously.
  • The fixed cost pricing allows our teams to understand what their costs are - but also allow us to grow the business and customer base with no increase in costs until we increase our technical team.
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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

Syncro Screenshots

Screenshot of the interface to monitor unlimited endpoints, run scripts, deploy patches, customize alerts, and proactively address potential issues before they become problems.Screenshot of Syncro’s intelligent Smart Ticket Management, which automatically routes tickets and gets information in front of techs, displays relevant context from prior tickets, and surfaces recommended remediation steps to speed up resolution times.Screenshot of where to securely access endpoints and resolve issues anytime, from anywhere, via Splashtop — included with the Syncro subscription at no extra cost.Screenshot of Syncro automating Entra ID tasks and admin work including user syncs, password resets, and license billing.Screenshot of the interface to benchmark M365 tenants against CIS-aligned best practices — offering guided configuration, centralized visibility, drift detection, and automated alerts to help maintain compliance.Screenshot of Microsoft 365 and Entra ID backup, which helps to safeguard against data loss, reinforce compliance, and ensure business continuity without compromise.