InvGate Service Desk vs. ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

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

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The cost for what you get is very good.

The amount of additional functionality is great too - we originally went in expecting to use it for just a helpdesk but eventually it evolved into change management and asset tracking.

We also started using the invoicing addon which helped massively and allowed us to track items from point of purchase to decommission.

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• Set-up of system.
• GUI is user-friendly.

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• Allows us in IT to easily keep track of our open help-desk tickets
• Built-in approval system for tickets allows us to move tickets along speedily
• ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus can help you with your SOX compliance process (Keep track of user account set-ups and changes for network domain and/or ERP system, etc.)
• Ticket analysis tool helps you manage your IT technicians' performance

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• The database for back-end is clunky and cryptic, and it is very hard to access data.
• The reporting functions are really lacking.

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• ServiceDesk Plus is a small tool, and it works well for small to medium-sized business needs. It is Windows, and doesn't scale particularly well.
• No automation: ServiceDesk Plus is very good at what it does out of the box, but if you want any customization or automation, then look somewhere else.
• Limited customization: you can't create dashboards, and there's limited ability to change ticket layouts.
• No multi-tenant capability: as we grow, we keep adding new instances of ServiceDesk Plus until we had 12 different instances. At this point, it is no longer feasible from a financial and administration point of view, so we migrated to a different ITSM platform that is designed with multi-tenant capability.

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we are looking at other tools like Zendesk which may replace ServiceDesk. We are currently evaluating both tools to see which one would serve our needs better

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It is still very cumbersome, lots of data entry on the back end to build how we want it but it is still not completely user friendly. Many functions still dont work and contacting someone for help isnt always easy or we get told solutions for issues we have just arent built yet.

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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.

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Our network administrator usually gets a good response when contacting ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus customer service. They are quick to respond and so far have been able to eliminate most of our issues. We have been through several upgrades of the software over the years and have no issues to report in regards to customer service.

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At the time of comparison, InvGate had a better price and way quicker set-up time to get it up and running

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No contest. Remedyforce required a full time investment to understand the use of cryptically named variables, so all changes needed to be made by a specially trained administrator. Remedy had terrible problem handing capability. ServiceDesk Plus is a polar opposite - most customization is done using plain English and simple screens.

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• 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.

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• It has provided better visibility to upper management in terms of the scale of the workload of the IT department
• It has allowed licensed software to be tracked more efficiently, allowing redundant license to be reclaimed, rather than additional ones being purchased
• It has fulfilled the requirements for multiple audits, including Microsoft audits, as it allows the assets and their software to be tracked

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