HaloITSM vs. N-able MSP Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HaloITSM
Score 9.1 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
N-able MSP Manager
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
N-able™ MSP Manager (formerly Solarwinds MSP Manager) is a cloud-based help desk and billing software for IT service providers, which includes a ticketing system, customer portal, technician mobile apps, billing tools, and reporting dashboards. MSP Manager offers a lightweight ticketing system with a quick entry feature that allows users to capture essential information such as customer name, service items, and issue details from any screen. Tickets can also be…N/A
Pricing
HaloITSMN-able MSP Manager
Editions & Modules
On Premise
$49
per month per user
Cloud
$49
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HaloITSMN-able MSP Manager
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThere is 15% discount for all charities, educational institutions and non-profit organisations.
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Community Pulse
HaloITSMN-able MSP Manager
Features
HaloITSMN-able MSP Manager
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
HaloITSM
8.4
12 Ratings
2% above category average
N-able MSP Manager
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.612 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Service restoration8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service tools8.611 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.612 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards7.712 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
HaloITSM
7.9
10 Ratings
4% below category average
N-able MSP Manager
-
Ratings
Configuration mangement8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset management dashboard7.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
HaloITSM
8.8
9 Ratings
2% above category average
N-able MSP Manager
-
Ratings
Change requests repository8.79 Ratings00 Ratings
Change calendar8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Service-level management9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
HaloITSMN-able MSP Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(12 ratings)
4.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
3.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
HaloITSMN-able MSP Manager
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.
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N-able
It's a good company to grow with because as needs change there are more features available.
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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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N-able
  • Web Based
  • Automated Ticket creation
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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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N-able
  • It is just simply too slow! The web interface requires patience, even when moving between tabs or menu choices. This is by far the biggest detracting element of MSP Manager.
  • Input customization -- I would like the settings pages to allow me to customize some input screens, especially the Ticket Entry window. The "Quick Ticket" entry is missing a few key items I want in a trouble ticket, and the full ticket entry window has numerous fields I never use or are always the same, and so it just takes more time and effort than is necessary.
  • Both the asset tracking and the knowledge base should be more robust and integrally tied into the RMM console, so that licenses, serial numbers, procedures, network data are quick and simple to access from either interface.
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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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N-able
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.
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N-able
They're good at resolving issues when they arise.
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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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N-able
MSP Manager is a fully serviced paid option. Spiceworks is a free helpdesk. They both are very useful, but a company can just outgrow Spiceworks.
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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.
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N-able
  • We have had to spend time and resources to create our own reports, as MSP Manager does not have them.
  • Searching for a ticket requires scrolling, wasting time
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ScreenShots

HaloITSM Screenshots

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

N-able MSP Manager Screenshots

Screenshot of N-able MSP Manager Dashboard