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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ivanti ITSM

    Score6.3 out of 10
    N/AIvanti Neurons for ITSM offers the flexibility to deploy in the cloud, on-premises or a hybrid combination. It replaces the Ivanti Service Manager, powered by Heat.N/A

    Microsoft System Center

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft System Center is an enterprise-grade IT Operations Management (ITOM) suite designed for the centralized administration of data center infrastructure, virtualized environments, and hybrid cloud workloads. The platform provides unified management across heterogeneous environments, including support for Windows Server, Linux, and Azure Stack HCI. System Center is Microsoft's ITOM stack for organizations that maintain a significant on-premise footprint, vs the company's Azure-based…

    $1,323

    per month

    Pricing
    Ivanti ITSMMicrosoft System Center
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard Edition
    $1323
    Datacenter Edition
    $3607
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Ivanti ITSMMicrosoft System Center
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIvanti Neurons for ITSM is offered as a cloud solution. The license model is subscription based and licensed per analyst and per asset.—
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    Community Pulse
    Ivanti ITSMMicrosoft System Center
    Considered Both Products
    Ivanti
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    Ivanti ITSMMicrosoft System Center
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Ivanti ITSM and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    Ivanti ITSM
    7.6
    21 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory7.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration8.417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards6.721 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Ivanti ITSM and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    Ivanti ITSM
    8.1
    19 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Configuration mangement8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement8.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Ivanti ITSM and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    Ivanti ITSM
    8.8
    18 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository8.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar8.818 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Ivanti ITSMMicrosoft System Center
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    BMC FootPrints
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Ivanti ITSMMicrosoft System Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (23 ratings)
    9.3
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Ivanti ITSMMicrosoft System Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ivanti
    We have been able to integrate our ISM system with Active Directory using API calls to automate user account creation and user Moves, Adds, and Changes. This has helped us make the employee onboarding and offboarding process much more efficient and less error prone. We cut down on mundane work for the account creation team and freed them to do more tier 2 and 3 tasks. Where the system has been less appropriate for us is trying to integrate non-IT service processes. We haven't gotten a lot of buy-in from groups that aren't used to using an IT related system to receive tasks. It will take some time for us to make a more user friendly, non-IT, Support role.
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    Microsoft
    For companies with more than 10 Windows devices and needing to standardize the OS, AV, access, share resources, and install software. SCCM is the way to go. This software is unnecessary if the business is all remote users and not in an office-type setting. There are cloud offerings or none to accomplish what a business needs.
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    Pros
    Ivanti
    • Very good at allowing a service line to configure the product to suit its needs. This is important so as to not have to craft operations around the technology, but the other way around!
    • A high level of flexibility to implement a great deal of automation. The product gives end users access to pre-defined or custom business rules and workflows as well as the ability to implement other forms of time savers!
    • There is a very comprehensive Help guide for end users and administrators alike. Quite often I have found the most obscure 'How To's' in this guide rather than needing to call into support or search out information on the Ivanti site.
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    Microsoft
    • Allows the grouping of devices by user.
    • Allows controlling updates being deployed to user devices.
    • Allows for the repurposing of machines by being able to load new or updated software on machines that already are in the system.
    • Allows us the ability to wipe a machine clean and restore it back to the configuration that was assigned the machine.
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    Cons
    Ivanti
    • Had a little trouble sending some files remotely a few times, but it could have been on our end.
    • The system was a little different from what we were used to. We had to drill down into the program a bit more than expected.
    • We couldn't tell if some of our older machines were having problems with it, or if it was the program itself.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • The product could improve in the area of having better mechanisms in place with how the SCEP client is deployed/installed from the server on the management side. We have run into this firsthand with the client not installing on an endpoint, and then having to take the time to investigate why it was not installing.
    • A second improvement that can be made is to keep trying to improve the products detection rate for finding malware/viruses. The case can be made that there are some products out there that do a better job at this and have a higher detection rate.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Ivanti
    We are fully committed to this system. After customizing it for the past 3 years we have no plans to change
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft System Center Operations Manager is tightly integrated to Microsoft Windows servers os monitoring with great product support.
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    Usability
    Ivanti
    There's two sides to answering this question. From an Agent/Admin perspective, it's great. You can do a lot of really cool things and have a lot of options and tools available to you. From a customer perspective, you're not quite as spoilt for choice. Ivanti has been working on and improving their new mobile-responsive customer interface but in doing so have really limited the features they allow admins to configure. We've found this limiting but not unworkable. I hope this continues to improve.
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    Microsoft
    It is not user-friendly for the most part. With IT infrastructure, sometimes it cannot handle excess requests. Every few months, you will need an upgrade in terms of server resources to keep up with incoming alerts and requests. This does not happen all of the time, but it does happen when there are too many requests.
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    Support Rating
    Ivanti
    Support has been amazing. They are knowledgeable, respectful, efficient, and friendly. When something doesn't go according to plan, they go above and beyond to make sure your issues are resolved. I have come to think of them as an extension of my team!
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    Microsoft
    There is a fair amount of documentation out there to help you when you have questions or run into issues with this product as well as tutorials on some of the more common tasks. Between the documentation and the overall ease of use we haven't had to deal with direct Microsoft support for this product.
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    Implementation Rating
    Ivanti
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Easy to install with intuitive interactive interface during the installation process a and integration to MS SQL was smooth
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ivanti
    Ivanti is far more user friendly than ManageEngine, and has more features than Jira Service Management. It takes longer to get used to Ivanti because of the extra features, but once you're on board with how it works and how to make changes, the possibilities and configuration options are almost endless
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    Microsoft
    We previously used a mix of FOG and Clonezilla to image machines. The biggest issues with these products is that changing one piece of the image required you to rebuild the entire image itself. These pieces of software also did not allow you to manage applications and Windows Updates, causing IT to have to constantly touch machines after they were imaged and update or manage them with a much more hands on approach.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Ivanti
    On-premises vs being in Ivanti's Cloud is about 3-5 times the cost.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Ivanti
    There are many companies for you to choose from. Many have expertise in specific areas. I highly recommend making sure you find one that can work for your specific project needs and then be willing to go in a different direction if needed. There are a few companies that have the personnel to cover everyone's basis but truthfully not many.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Ivanti
    • In the Classroom Support department, this has provided a quick access system available via tablet for technicians on the go and has improved response time.
    • In the Helpdesk, this has assisted in the automation of repetitive tasks and assisted with providing better accountability for the completion of an assigned task.
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    Microsoft
    • It has allowed the enterprise to standardize on a single platform for monitoring.
    • Easier troubleshooting of issues with Microsoft platforms.
    • Greater visibility of issues across platforms when applications are hosted in a mixed environment.
    • Additional costs for monitoring systems that are not directly supported with additional packs (iSeries, Linux on Power).
    Incentivized
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