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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshservice

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AFreshservice is a cloud-based service desk and IT service management (ITSM) solution that currently serves more than 10,000 SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers worldwide.

    $29

    per month per agent

    IBM Maximo Application Suite

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AIBM Maximo Application Suite is an enterprise asset management (EAM) platform.N/A
    Pricing
    FreshserviceIBM Maximo Application Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $29.00
    per month per agent
    Growth
    $59.00
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $119.00
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    Custom
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshserviceIBM Maximo Application Suite
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.The IBM® Maximo® Application Suite (MAS) comes in two packages: client managed software or software as a service (SaaS). MAS is purchased using a simplified licensing and usage model leveraging a credit-based system called AppPoints. This provides the flexibility to easily add functionality and users, scale your business, and pay only for what you use with a single entitlement.
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    Community Pulse
    FreshserviceIBM Maximo Application Suite
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    Freshworks Inc
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    171 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    75 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    163 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    57 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    171 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    75 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    131 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    136 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    57 Answers
    Features
    FreshserviceIBM Maximo Application Suite
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshservice and IBM Maximo Application Suite
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.4
    179 Ratings
    3% above category average
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.1181 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory7.8130 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration8.1114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.2162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.5131 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.5150 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards8.3156 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Freshservice and IBM Maximo Application Suite
    Feature
    Freshservice
    7.6
    143 Ratings
    6% below category average
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Configuration mangement8.2135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard7.2139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement7.5102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Freshservice and IBM Maximo Application Suite
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.1
    140 Ratings
    4% below category average
    IBM Maximo Application Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository8.2135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar7.7114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management8.2132 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshserviceIBM Maximo Application Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (181 ratings)
    6.7
    (86 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    7.7
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (15 ratings)
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.8
    (143 ratings)
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshserviceIBM Maximo Application Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice is well suited for companies looking to implement ticketing / case management across the organization, but only if IT will be using it. Otherwise, I'd recommend Freshdesk. IT departments that don't function in the ITIL style of incident, request, change, and project management may find it overkill if they are only looking for a simple Help Desk solution.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    The software is very well-suited to asset lifecycle management and system condition monitoring. User-friendliness of the product and effectiveness in managing work orders. The software's pricing is much more affordable than that of other EAM systems. Many improvements are needed in the customer support services department. Delays in response are costly.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • The smartphone app is very well designed and adding assets from there is very easy
    • If you have questions or support, the support desk is fast to respond and setup a meeting to explain the features
    • Very customizable and everything can be easily changed with a wizard
    • Reporting feature does what it needs to do and is not complicated to work with
    • The overall ticketing system is very good and we have not run into any issues
    • The whole system is incredibly responsive and does not hang or freeze
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    IBM
    • Delivers Out-of-Box solutions for various industries without the need for customization and configuration
    • Modules and Applications are well developed and linked in an orderly way, with proper documentation and help guides that allow end users to start using the system with ease
    • Powerful Work Management, Contracts, Inventory, and Purchasing applications and features that are a better match to other ERP applications today
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • To have more options on what to do with the emails that arrive in the support mailbox (which goes to Freshservice), Setting some special rules or detailed filtering is not possible.
    • Non 3rd party tools to connect to Intune are missing. Additionally, the third-party tool available in the store is not satisfactory. It would be nice to have native support for importing devices from our Azure cloud.
    • The contract requires you to prolong your contract end-date by two years instead of just one year, which to us is a bit aggressive.
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    IBM
    • Usually, we have problems with the mobile apps. For about seven out of ten customers, we need to use third-party mobile applications. It’s been a rollercoaster — Anywhere was terrible, then Maximo Mobile for 8 was pretty good, and now with Maximo 9, it’s problematic again. So it’s been ups and downs. But the good thing is that the architecture is open, so we can use third-party applications or even develop our own add-ons. Still, IBM could do this better.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    We are pretty invested in Freshservice right now and have integrated it pretty heavily into our environment, so it would be hard to move away from it. For the most part, we are happy with Freshservice and the ease of use it gives us in managing tickets through the system. The only complaint we've had is customer service.
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    IBM
    IBM Maximo Application Suite has provided a solution to our desire to consolidate the multiple applications serving the layers of the Procurement process we has been accustomed to using. By consolidating applications, licensing and software costs are reduced, and the overall headcount to support the various applications was able to be minimized.
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    The UI design of Freshservice is simple and intuitive. You don't have to be a technical expert to navigate your way into the different pages/modules available. There are no buttons that are hidden in plain sight. Even our HR team required little to no help when they started using Freshservice.
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    IBM
    The IBM Maximo Application Suite is well known for inventory management solutions. This solution is in use by many corporations but mostly I have seen its use in Ports, defense and aerospace industries. Some of the benefits are 1. asset tracking is amazing 2. Maintenance cost is less 3. Reduced inspection costs 4. Less downtime 5. It allows customization 6 Simplify data management 7. Highly adaptable
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    In our 3 years of using Freshservice, we've experienced several outages in the first 2 years. There were times where it only took minutes or hours but there are also times where it took a few days. Each time, Freshservice remained transparent and constantly communicated their progress. We haven't had one in the past year which indicates Freshservice have improved their servers.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Pages load quickly but internet connectivity can also play a big role. Integrations doesn't affect the performance but internet connectivity may be a big factor. As a company with most employees working from home, different network providers from different areas/countries can have different experiences. Search load time needs improvement.
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    IBM
    Depends on DB tuning, Query builds etc
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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Support from OEM is decent but needs improvement. Sometimes OEM also needs to understand the criticality of the customer and help as an Ad-hoc, which is somewhat lacking at Feshservice. Although the normal support team is well-equipped and helps according to the matrix, if something critical for the partner or customer requires immediate attention, it still goes through the L1-L2-L3 levels, which wastes a lot of time.
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    IBM
    I have regularly contacted IBM Support to report issues and raise requests for issues we face during project implementations. The response from them has overall been good and to the point, and they get back to us within a day or 2 and guide us through the process of fixing it or providing an interim fix of the product
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    In-Person Training
    Freshworks Inc
    Training was enough to use the base website
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    IBM
    As expected, good content and instructions
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    Online Training
    Freshworks Inc
    Their documentation is pretty good, but only available in English. This makes it difficult for some of our users to understand. There are also some basic video courses available.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Creating the correct groups for the stakeholders and enabling the right notifications are one of the most important aspect of the implementation. Creating Change templates will also help in the long run and it's a good practice to create one, if applicable.
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    IBM
    Implementation of IBM MAS as a service provider has been easy. The functionality in the OEM space has been the best of its class with all related modules and application subject to maintenance
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    Easy setup and a lot of customization which can be made. They offer the full ITSM tool for 75$ per agent and all the PRO are included in the package, which makes it easy to calculate and use. There are only a few add-ins that you need to pay for, based on the number of agents or the number of executions.
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    IBM
    As a computerized maintenance management system i do not have experience of any other system. The only experience I have is for Maximo and it works excellent for me. I am using many modules available in Maximo and all of these modules are almost fulfilling all of my business needs.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice allows flexibility with contract terms and pricing model. Monthly and annual payments are allowed. The unit pricing needs a bit of improvement. It would be great if they offer unit pricing per capability instead of one pricing for all the capabilities. Small businesses have different use cases and not every agent needs all the modules available.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Freshworks Inc
    We were able to scale easily across multiple departments. As our company keeps growing, we have not needed to change anything in terms of scaling since we started using Freshservice. There were no changes to the admin and end-user experience from when we were a 1,000-employee company vs to our current head count of 2,000+.
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    IBM
    i dont use it
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    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    We did not have professional services.
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • We had no ticketing system at all so we had no idea of the workload, we now do
    • We have been able to go from nothing to seeing workload to identifying areas for improvement by having the metrics
    • We have lowered MTTR every month since turning on fresh service
    • We have increased 1st all resolution every month
    • We have been able to start talking about real SLA's with the business
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    IBM
    • Being the core business of my organization, IBM Maximo had a complete ROI for our objectives. We are able to successfully maintain and offer multiple solutions based on our interaction with Maximo.
    • Based on our contracts, we are able to provide a great partnership with IBM thru Maximo and it's tools.
    • We are able to maintain our business with steady market growth based mainly on our offer of the IBM Maximo in various layers.
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