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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

    Vision Helpdesk

    Score9.5 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Vision Helpdesk, which started in 2005 as a simple help desk software has evolved into three customer service and IT support management tools. Help Desk Software - A multi-channel help desk software that allows users to manage customer communication across various channels like email, web portals, chat, phone, and API. Satellite Help Desk Software - A multi-company/brand/product help desk software that allows users to manage support for multiple companies in place.…

    $8

    per month

    Pricing
    HaloITSMVision Helpdesk
    Editions & Modules
    On Premise
    $49
    per month per user
    Cloud
    $49
    per month per user
    Starter Help Desk
    $8
    per month per seat
    Starter Help Desk
    $12
    per month per seat
    Pro Help Desk
    $16
    per month per seat
    Satellite Help Desk
    $20
    per month per seat
    Pro Help Desk
    $20
    per month per seat
    Satellite Help Desk
    $24
    per month per seat
    Pro Service Desk
    $24
    per month per seat
    Pro Service Desk
    $32
    per month per seat
    Ent Service Desk
    $32
    per month per seat
    Ent Service Desk
    $48
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HaloITSMVision Helpdesk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    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
    HaloITSMVision Helpdesk
    Considered Both Products
    Halo Service Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    Vision Helpdesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    HaloITSMVision Helpdesk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of HaloITSM and Vision Helpdesk
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    8.4
    12 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Vision Helpdesk
    6.8
    3 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.612 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Expert directory8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.612 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards7.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of HaloITSM and Vision Helpdesk
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Vision Helpdesk
    -
    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 Vision Helpdesk
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    8.8
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Vision Helpdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository8.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of HaloITSM and Vision Helpdesk
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    -
    Ratings
    Vision Helpdesk
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    46% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of HaloITSM and Vision Helpdesk
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    -
    Ratings
    Vision Helpdesk
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    HaloITSMVision Helpdesk
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Score9.2 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Ivanti ITSM
    Score6.4 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HaloITSMVision Helpdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HaloITSMVision Helpdesk
    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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    Vision Helpdesk
    I think that there is probably nothing that Vision Helpdesk can't do given enough work to customize it. The problem is that you almost have to have someone dedicated to knowing everything there is to know about the system and then have them be the administrator of all the customizations and feature additions you want. It's great that it can do so much, but it's not great that it's so complicated and has very little out-of-the-box configurations.
    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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    Vision Helpdesk
    • The best thing for us - the timer. It's really cool. We can start the timer and end it when support finishes. It's very important for working with other companies we give support for.
    • Good-looking, with good visualisation and usability dashboard.
    • Ticket transfer between support users, comments, ticket printing.
    • The best price and functionality, comparing to other help desks.
    • Support. Best support I have seen on internet. Helped with setup, and helped with few minor questions.
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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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    Vision Helpdesk
    • Chat feature.
    • Remote desktop.
    • Get more integration with other software and Mobile apps.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Halo Service Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Vision Helpdesk
    For us it's really best solution.
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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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    Vision Helpdesk
    Really simple, good-looking interface, many features and customizations
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Vision Helpdesk
    Support from Vision Helpdesk was rather lackluster. We uncovered a bug pretty early on in our use of the system and it took them about a month to fix it. Our internal admin of the system had to keep pestering them to get it fixed. It wasn't critical to our business but was something we needed fixed and it just seemed like they didn't care that much about fixing it.
    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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    Vision Helpdesk
    Vision Helpdesk was more open for an NGO while the other companies were more attended on the "big-money", which we don't have as an NGO. Second point is that Vision Helpdesk is very easy and simple to use. Not too much installation, programming etc.
    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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    Vision Helpdesk
    • Most cost-effective help desk software I have researched from Kayako to SAAS [products] like Zendesk.
    • We got more features and easy customization done with Vision Helpdesk which where not possible for Zendesk and Kayako was too costly.
    • Ticket tracking has been easier and faster with Vision Helpdesk; for our web hosting business we prefer a download version which is not possible with SAAS help desk providers ( Zendesk or Freshdesk).
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    ScreenShots

    HaloITSM Screenshots

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

    Vision Helpdesk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Vision Helpdesk's - Satellite/ Multi Company Help DeskScreenshot of Vision Helpdesk's - ITSM Service Desk SoftwareScreenshot of Vision Helpdesk's - Live Chat SoftwareScreenshot of Vision Helpdesk's - Help Desk Software