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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HaloITSM

    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    HaloITSM provides ITIL aligned help desk software that can be installed on premise or in the cloud. Boasting over 25 years of experience, HaloITSM has been developed to offer a feature rich application whilst maintaining a simple to use interface. Features include: Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Asset Management, Service Catalogue, Telephony Integration, as well as the best of breed mobile apps. The vendor describes the following five differentiators: 1.…

    $49

    per month per user

    InvGate Service Desk

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AThe InvGate Service Desk is the ITIL / ITSM offering from Argentinian company InvGate.N/A
    Pricing
    HaloITSMInvGate Service Desk
    Editions & Modules
    On Premise
    $49
    per month per user
    Cloud
    $49
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HaloITSMInvGate Service Desk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsThere is 15% discount for all charities, educational institutions and non-profit organisations.—
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    Community Pulse
    HaloITSMInvGate Service Desk
    Considered Both Products
    Halo Service Solutions
    Chose HaloITSM
    This sits head and shoulders above anything I've used before. The degree of customization (whilst sometimes challenging to realize) is second to none. We have encountered relatively few issues/faults with Halo and the support for any such problems is generally excellent.
    Incentivized
    InvGate
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    HaloITSMInvGate Service Desk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of HaloITSM and InvGate Service Desk
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    8.4
    12 Ratings
    3% above category average
    InvGate Service Desk
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.612 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Expert directory8.58 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Service restoration8.77 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.611 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.612 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.39 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards7.712 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of HaloITSM and InvGate Service Desk
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    3% below category average
    InvGate Service Desk
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Configuration mangement8.07 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard7.77 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement8.05 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of HaloITSM and InvGate Service Desk
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    8.8
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    InvGate Service Desk
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Change requests repository8.79 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Change calendar8.77 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Service-level management9.08 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HaloITSMInvGate Service Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HaloITSMInvGate Service Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Halo Service Solutions
    If you want a value for money full system, which you could use out of the box then this is the one for you. If you want a system that can take care of tasks then this is the one for you. [HaloITSM] is easily scalable with very competitive pricing. New features are added regularly based on best practices and customer requirements.
    Incentivized
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    InvGate
    This is well suited for someone who is looking for a basic help desk system (like we were). This product will get you out the door, but after owning it for several years now we have begun to look for more. The hardest part is that you cant get to raw data to use with other BI tools. If you want major customizations you will be limited
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Halo Service Solutions
    • The Self Service Portal is very easy to configure and the end-users have commented on how easy it is to log and manage their own calls.
    • Asset and User Management works very well and it is simple to link them to tickets. Looking up ticket history for particular Users or Assets is also very useful.
    • The ability [to] use different ticket types and templates is fantastic. The added ability to merge and clone tickets is also a great benefit.
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    InvGate
    • Set-up of system.
    • GUI is user-friendly.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Halo Service Solutions
    • Support for M365 \ Power Platform, Power Bi reporting in particular
    • Feel the asset management side of the product is not as good as the ticket management
    • Support is excellent but maybe an old school user forum where other admins can share and discuss ideas
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    InvGate
    • The database for back-end is clunky and cryptic, and it is very hard to access data.
    • The reporting functions are really lacking.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Halo Service Solutions
    Its simple and intuitiuve - requires minimal training to get people in and working at speed
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    InvGate
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Halo Service Solutions
    I've made overall positive experiences with the Halo support. The only thing to increase would be some follow ups on feature requests. If someone would reach out to me, telling me wheter or not my feature request will be considered in future updates or not.
    Incentivized
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    InvGate
    This is one area where they need a lot of help, especially for being selling an ITSM. The service desk is located in Brazil, and they have very few individuals that speak English. Multiple updates over the year have broken the language of the system and tickets have come out in a foreign language. Support is unable to fix issues that occur where downtime occurs. Updates are too fast. Revisions happen 3-4 a week.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Halo Service Solutions
    HaloITSM offered the highest level of functionality, available as standard, at our price level. Halo support during our trial period was second to none and unrestricted. We had a list of deciding factors covering the most important areas of functionality and HaloITSM covered all of these.
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    InvGate
    At the time of comparison, InvGate had a better price and way quicker set-up time to get it up and running
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Halo Service Solutions
    • It enabled us to allow our Service Desk Staff to work from home during COVID and this has continued ever since.
    • We have halved our average resolution time.
    • Some of the automation processes, when implemented alongside the MS Power Platform, have saved approximately 30 hours a month. This includes times when customers were unable to access the system until they had been trained. This is now automated via Halo and they get sent to on-demand training, instead of waiting up to 3 weeks for the next scheduled session.
    Incentivized
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    InvGate
    • Upfront, it had a very good ROI compared to a homegrown system that was being used.
    • Allows users to submit issues to get MFG back up and running.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    HaloITSM Screenshots

    Screenshot of Halo ITSMScreenshot of Asset ManagementScreenshot of Incident ManagementScreenshot of Service CatalogueScreenshot of Change Control

    InvGate Service Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Incident ManagementScreenshot of Built In and Customizable ReportsScreenshot of Knowledge Base