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    Overview
    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

    Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard is a free network and systems monitoring tool. It emphasizes the website and application monitoring capabilities, as well as monitoring and identifying connectivity issues.N/A
    Pricing
    FreshserviceSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    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
    FreshserviceSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.—
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    Community Pulse
    FreshserviceSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    173 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    166 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    173 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    134 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    139 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    FreshserviceSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshservice and Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.4
    183 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.1185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory7.8134 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration8.1118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.2166 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.5135 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.5153 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards8.3160 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Freshservice and Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Feature
    Freshservice
    7.6
    147 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Configuration mangement8.2138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard7.2143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement7.5106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Freshservice and Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.1
    144 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository8.2139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar7.7118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management8.2136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    FreshserviceSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Small Businesses
    Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Cisco Catalyst Assurance
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Ivanti ITSM
    Score6.4 out of 10
    Cisco Catalyst Assurance
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshserviceSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (185 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (146 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 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
    FreshserviceSpiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice is really good at standardizing IT ticketing across all our clubs and locations. It's been very effective for global tasks like license provisioning, working with smaller IT teams across our organization/globe, and it's been very easy to use when provisioning access for HR requested accounts. The workflows and automation features have been very useful as our company scales. Without these tools, it would be too tedious now. It's a very flexible platform, which is why we haven't gotten rid of it at any stage of our IT department's evolution.
    Incentivized
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    hassle free of IT resources is plus point. Monitoring the external resources related to Websites, service provider links or any hosted applications is a great feature in Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard. Alert reporting on monitored resources is at ease. Integration with custom devices needs to be improved. devices integrated with snmp protocol is not reported with full details which needs to be rectified by Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard.
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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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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    • Monitoring Applications
    • External resources monitoring related to ISP
    • Alerting mechanism via email and dashboard monitoring
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • A "set pending until" a certain date feature would be nice, so we can close it after there is no response
    • Adding an additional module (to purchase) for server monitoring. Like a Pulseway RMM tool
    • Some kind of task planner with tasks like Microsoft Planner
    Incentivized
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    • Integration with custom devices needs to be improved
    • providing more insight of device is required when added to monitoring list
    • the feel and look of dashboard needs some improvement
    • Agent is resource hungry, to be made light weight for systems
    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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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    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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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Freshworks Inc
    Training was enough to use the base website
    Incentivized
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    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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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    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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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice and 4me are, in my eyes, both modern and capable ITSM tools, although they may cater to different audiences. I would say 4me is more focused on multi-tenant setups and larger enterprises, but I think Freshservice prioritizing simplicity and speed makes our use case in a single tenant setup with 300 employees and 4 IT workers an ideal solution.
    Incentivized
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    Spiceworks Network Monitor being a free tool, can easily be overtaken against any other product which is cost involved and most of the features are available which are provided by any leading network monitoring tool available in the market. Few of the features which are not present in spiceworks tool (like autodiscovery of resources) needs to be added which will give a great competition for the product. Alerting features, response tickets, sending alerts via email is one of the great features in the product
    Incentivized
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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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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
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    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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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    We did not have professional services.
    Incentivized
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
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    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
    Incentivized
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    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    • if on premises cannot be deployed on Linux environment which needs windows license requirement
    • competitive price makes easy for decision
    • lacking in auto discovery of devices is the most negative point for ROI
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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