Help Desk Migration vs. Quest Migration Manager & Migrator

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Help Desk Migration
Score 9.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Help Desk Migration is a tool used to transfer data from one platform to another securely, accurately, and with no downtime.N/A
Quest Migration Manager & Migrator
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Quest offers Migration Manager, replacing Dell's former ChangeBASE migration software, a suite of application tools supporting Microsoft application and legacy system migration. Migration Manager editions currently support Office 365, Active Directory & Exchange migration.N/A
Pricing
Help Desk MigrationQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Help Desk MigrationQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Help Desk MigrationQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
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Help Desk MigrationQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
Small Businesses
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Matillion
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Score 8.5 out of 10
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Matillion
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Oracle GoldenGate
Oracle GoldenGate
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Help Desk MigrationQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Help Desk MigrationQuest Migration Manager & Migrator
Likelihood to Recommend
Help Desk Migration
Any time you have a complex migration project where losing critical data isn't an option. We previously used Help Desk Migration to migrate from Salesforce Service Cloud to Zendesk, and after a seamless migration, they were the perfect partner to enlist for the migration to Odoo Helpdesk. If you need reliability, structured mapping, and a communicative team to guide you through the process, this platform is for you.
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Quest Software
Dell ChangeBASE is well suited in migrating an OS to a new version, or 32/64-bit. It's also helpful when virtualizating workstations into Thin Clients for use with Citrix or other thin provisioning services.
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Pros
Help Desk Migration
  • Listening and gathering information
  • Transitioning work among their staff - we talked to 4 different people during the project, and ever single person was up to speed on the work and status
  • Reasonably priced
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Quest Software
  • OS Patch Testing - We further used this to test Microsoft's Patch Tuesday releases before we put them in production.
  • Web Dashboard - The latest version added a fully customization dashboard with widgets to give you an at-a-glance view.
  • Application comparability - We used this to test our Windows XP to Windows 7 migration.
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Cons
Help Desk Migration
  • I think the field map could be a little more entuitive with better explanations of what each field is for.
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Quest Software
  • Initial setup can be tricky - We needed to contact support for some help.
  • Prior to the latest version, there wasn't an easy way to view all of our results. The new dashboard has rectified this.
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Usability
Help Desk Migration
Overall, Help Desk Migration is very easy to use. The step-by-step migration wizard makes the process intuitive, and features like demo migrations gave us confidence before committing to the full run. The ability to create custom fields in Intercom directly within the tool was a particular highlight that saved us a lot of back-and-forth. The only reason it's not a 10 is that field mapping can get confusing in certain areas — we needed to reach out to support to work through some configurations. Better in-app guidance on more complex mapping scenarios would make it a perfect score.
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Quest Software
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Alternatives Considered
Help Desk Migration
Mainly used vendor PS teams and individual consultants in the past plus some more enterprise-gearer ETL platforms. Relokia's Help Desk Migration service beats them all by a massive margin due to low cost, high speed and low complexity
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Quest Software
Dell ChangeBASE is more costly when compared to Admin Studio, I believe the price was almost double. However, Admin Studio did not provide a comfortable level of support and we felt we were in better hands with Dell's patching schedule. Admin Studio wasn't able to answer our question on when they released software updates and how complex an upgrade would be.
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Return on Investment
Help Desk Migration
  • In terms of time spent, Help Desk Migration cut our time down to just a fraction of what it would have been had we migrated the articles ourselves. This saved us a tremendous amount of time, manpower, and overtime.
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Quest Software
  • ROI was seen after 10 months of use.
  • Greatly sped up the application testing process by several weeks, and allowed our existing development team to continue working on other projects.
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ScreenShots

Help Desk Migration Screenshots

Screenshot of selecting the source and target platforms.Screenshot of mapping data for an accurate migration process.Screenshot of running the Demo Migration, which includes transferring 20 tickets and 20 articles.Screenshot of reviewing the demo migration results.Screenshot of adjusting the mapping and refining the data migration path.Screenshot of the migration progress — duration depends on the number of records being migrated.