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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshservice

    Score8.4 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

    Microsoft System Center

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft System Center is an enterprise-grade IT Operations Management (ITOM) suite designed for the centralized administration of data center infrastructure, virtualized environments, and hybrid cloud workloads. The platform provides unified management across heterogeneous environments, including support for Windows Server, Linux, and Azure Stack HCI. System Center is Microsoft's ITOM stack for organizations that maintain a significant on-premise footprint, vs the company's Azure-based…

    $1,323

    per month

    Pricing
    FreshserviceMicrosoft System Center
    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
    Standard Edition
    $1323
    Datacenter Edition
    $3607
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshserviceMicrosoft System Center
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    FreshserviceMicrosoft System Center
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    183 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    176 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    183 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    142 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    148 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    FreshserviceMicrosoft System Center
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshservice and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.5
    192 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.2194 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory7.7139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration8.6126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.5174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.8140 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.6161 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards8.3168 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Freshservice and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    Freshservice
    7.8
    155 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Configuration mangement8.3146 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard7.6151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement7.5111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Freshservice and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.2
    152 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository8.4146 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar7.8122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management8.6143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    FreshserviceMicrosoft System Center
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    BMC FootPrints
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshserviceMicrosoft System Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (194 ratings)
    9.4
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (15 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (15 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (155 ratings)
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.9
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshserviceMicrosoft System Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    We've been operating in Freshservice for the past 3 years and frankly I wouldn't replace it with anything else now. Freshservice has done a great job at keeping our support teams organized and accountable for the work that they receive from the business. We have even branched its use out into other non-IT supporting groups in the business to allow them to bring work that was previously managed in shared mailboxes into the platform to improve on how work is assigned and tracked with individuals.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    For companies with more than 10 Windows devices and needing to standardize the OS, AV, access, share resources, and install software. SCCM is the way to go. This software is unnecessary if the business is all remote users and not in an office-type setting. There are cloud offerings or none to accomplish what a business needs.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • A robust support portal that's easily configured by a power user, but also supports developer level customization.
    • The workflow authoring tool is a very easy drag and drop. For more experienced admins, a robust amount of logic and actions.
    • Dozens of integrations out of the box, including most all mainstream business software.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Allows the grouping of devices by user.
    • Allows controlling updates being deployed to user devices.
    • Allows for the repurposing of machines by being able to load new or updated software on machines that already are in the system.
    • Allows us the ability to wipe a machine clean and restore it back to the configuration that was assigned the machine.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • It would be nice to have a way to receive a weekly summary of the tickets you worked on. It doesn't have to be overly detailed, but it should show how many new tickets you got, what kind of tickets they were, and whether they were resolved.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • The product could improve in the area of having better mechanisms in place with how the SCEP client is deployed/installed from the server on the management side. We have run into this firsthand with the client not installing on an endpoint, and then having to take the time to investigate why it was not installing.
    • A second improvement that can be made is to keep trying to improve the products detection rate for finding malware/viruses. The case can be made that there are some products out there that do a better job at this and have a higher detection rate.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft System Center Operations Manager is tightly integrated to Microsoft Windows servers os monitoring with great product support.
    Incentivized
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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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    Microsoft
    It is not user-friendly for the most part. With IT infrastructure, sometimes it cannot handle excess requests. Every few months, you will need an upgrade in terms of server resources to keep up with incoming alerts and requests. This does not happen all of the time, but it does happen when there are too many requests.
    Incentivized
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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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    Microsoft
    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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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Excellent response whenever it matters to us. The email is sufficient; the turnaround time is very fast, and most importantly, they provide product information before onboarding, and their resource center includes features, FAQs, and common issues, so we can review them and implement them ourselves.
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    Microsoft
    There is a fair amount of documentation out there to help you when you have questions or run into issues with this product as well as tutorials on some of the more common tasks. Between the documentation and the overall ease of use we haven't had to deal with direct Microsoft support for this product.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Freshworks Inc
    Training was enough to use the base website
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Microsoft
    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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    Microsoft
    Easy to install with intuitive interactive interface during the installation process a and integration to MS SQL was smooth
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    The responsiveness and sheer number of features are really where they shine above the rest. Also the fact that the support team really cares about the product and the users using everything they've paid for. While other software such as TOPdesk has a lot of the same features they are always missing something, the ticketing package isn't as complete as Freshdesk and the automation features/ onboarding for new employees is a great and easy to follow part of the solution.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    We previously used a mix of FOG and Clonezilla to image machines. The biggest issues with these products is that changing one piece of the image required you to rebuild the entire image itself. These pieces of software also did not allow you to manage applications and Windows Updates, causing IT to have to constantly touch machines after they were imaged and update or manage them with a much more hands on approach.
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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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    Microsoft
    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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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    We did not have professional services.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • Alleviate our support team by providing knowledge directly to the end users.
    • Better response times from our IT support team, thanks to automation and dashboard use.
    • Better tracking of our assets by assigning them to users so we know which device was handed out to who. During off-boarding, we know which devices to ask back.
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    Microsoft
    • It has allowed the enterprise to standardize on a single platform for monitoring.
    • Easier troubleshooting of issues with Microsoft platforms.
    • Greater visibility of issues across platforms when applications are hosted in a mixed environment.
    • Additional costs for monitoring systems that are not directly supported with additional packs (iSeries, Linux on Power).
    Incentivized
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