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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

    PDQ Deploy & Inventory

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/APDQ.com headquartered in Salt Lake City offers PDQ Deploy, a software deployment tool used to keep Windows PCs up-to-date without bothering end users.

    $1,575

    per year per user

    Pricing
    HaloITSMPDQ Deploy & Inventory
    Editions & Modules
    On Premise
    $49
    per month per user
    Cloud
    $49
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HaloITSMPDQ Deploy & Inventory
    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.PDQ was built by entrepreneurs & educators. Small businesses (<50 employees), nonprofits, and schools enjoy a 15% discount.
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    Community Pulse
    HaloITSMPDQ Deploy & Inventory
    Considered Both Products
    Halo Service Solutions
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    PDQ
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    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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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    HaloITSMPDQ Deploy & Inventory
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of HaloITSM and PDQ Deploy & Inventory
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    8.4
    12 Ratings
    3% above category average
    PDQ Deploy & Inventory
    -
    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 HaloITSM and PDQ Deploy & Inventory
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    3% below category average
    PDQ Deploy & Inventory
    -
    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 HaloITSM and PDQ Deploy & Inventory
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    8.8
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    PDQ Deploy & Inventory
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository8.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HaloITSMPDQ Deploy & Inventory
    Small Businesses
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Score9.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Ivanti ITSM
    Score6.4 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    HaloITSMPDQ Deploy & Inventory
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.6
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HaloITSMPDQ Deploy & Inventory
    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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    PDQ
    PDQ Inventory is great if you have a local network of computers on or off a domain. As long as you have a way to log into them with common credentials. Great for large organizations, particularly ones interconnected with VPNs. PDQ Inventory isn't so great for PCs that aren't connected to the same LAN the server is on. (i.e. non-vpn remote users) They used to have a remote agent you could install, but it was removed after numerous issues.
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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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    PDQ
    • Push out new software
    • Push out Updates to current software
    • Push out patches and updates that we don't have other ways to push out
    • Keep end-users updated with little involvement
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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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    PDQ
    • The facility to attempt re-deployment can be a bit easier to use, however, once you get used to it, it is OK.
    • The errors that it produces can be a bit cryptic, so could do with some sort of a verbose mode, when logging issues with packages being deployed.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Halo Service Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    PDQ
    PDQ is very useful and one of the tools that we use a lot.
    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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    PDQ
    The interface is straight forward and guides you through the process there. PDQ keeps track of the when new updates are made available writes the scripts and all l you need to do is push the button. (Mr George Jetson) Now with the download done you just sit back worry free and watch the software install in 1% of the time it would take to take care of the PC manually.
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    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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    PDQ
    The built-in help menus and general ease of use render whatever systems support there might be almost irrelevant. There is stability in the system's simplicity; if you're in the position to use such a product, you're your own best friend. Simple web searches more often than not turn up the solution to any little niggles, such as what silent install switches specific applications require (a remarkably wide choice of options exist). System updates are timely and unobtrusive, installing in no time at all. Maybe I've just been lucky; if so, long may it continue!
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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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    PDQ
    This software was referred to us by an IT professional. Previously, we were installing the software with the help of remote desktop applications but it was very time consuming; it was wasting the user's time since he could not use his computer. After testing PDQ Deploy, we just never looked back.
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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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    PDQ
    • Speed of deployment is very positive for new software setup, saving hours of testing and deployment locally
    • Made patching for large computer estate very efficient, another positive for staff not having to spend hours of patching individual machines
    • Works well for small team of IT's and again makes various repetitive tasks much easier
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    Screenshot of Halo ITSMScreenshot of Asset ManagementScreenshot of Incident ManagementScreenshot of Service CatalogueScreenshot of Change Control