JitBit Help Desk vs. Microsoft System Center Service Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
JitBit Help Desk
Score 9.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
JitBit Help Desk from JitBit Software is a cloud-based or installed help desk solution with a ticketing system, knowledge base, and related features.
$2,199
one-time fee
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft System Center Service Manager is an integrated platform that is designed for automating and adapting IT Service Management best practices to an organization’s requirements. The platform includes built-in processes for incident and problem resolution, change control and asset lifecycle management.N/A
Pricing
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Editions & Modules
Small
$2,199
one-time fee
Company
$3,799
one-time fee
Enterprise
$6,499
one-time fee
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Considered Both Products
JitBit Help Desk
Chose JitBit Help Desk
JitBit Help Desk is more modern and easy to use (web-based). Customizing different areas is also simpler. Product is still receiving feature updates.
Microsoft System Center Service Manager

No answer on this topic

Features
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
JitBit Help Desk
9.6
4 Ratings
15% above category average
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
7.8
7 Ratings
5% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets10.03 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications10.02 Ratings7.04 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation10.01 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Service restoration00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Self-service tools00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
JitBit Help Desk
8.0
4 Ratings
0% below category average
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
-
Ratings
External knowledge base8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
JitBit Help Desk
8.0
3 Ratings
0% above category average
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
-
Ratings
Customer portal8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
JitBit Help Desk
-
Ratings
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
8.2
7 Ratings
1% below category average
Configuration mangement00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
JitBit Help Desk
-
Ratings
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
6.7
6 Ratings
24% below category average
Change requests repository00 Ratings6.16 Ratings
Change calendar00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
Service-level management00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Best Alternatives
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Small Businesses
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Score 9.1 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
8.8
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
JitBit Software
If your budget is really tight, then JitBit is not for you. It's kind of pricey. That said, JitBit HelpDesk is very robust--we've never had one second of downtime in my two years of using it. It depends on what's important to you. If you need rock-solid Help Desk and stellar, trouble-free performance, then JitBit it. If not, there are alternatives that are much less expensive. The cloud version might be less expensive for companies that don't need an on-premise solution.
Read full review
Microsoft
I think any organization that runs windows on their computers that is size over 50 workstations and looking for a complete package to manage their windows machines must have Microsoft System Center Service Manager, especially if they have Windows servers and VMs. The capability of managing multiple devices at ones can save a lot of time for the IT jobs.
Read full review
Pros
JitBit Software
  • Fantastic ticketing system to keep track of old conversations from clients.
  • Fantastic analytics and metric tracking.
  • Fantastic for sharing relationships with a customer. Generally, this would be a salesperson sharing an onboarding with a support person, but I think you could get creative with it. JitBit is very flexible.
  • Super easy to learn and use. If you can use your email, you can use JitBit.
Read full review
Microsoft
  • This tool is used to track support requests among our IT staff.
  • We use this tool to automate some more routine tasks.
Read full review
Cons
JitBit Software
  • Reporting functionalities could be better
  • Improvements to user management
  • Expansion to AI functionalities
Read full review
Microsoft
  • Kind of clunky.
  • Takes a lot a lot a lot of configuration.
  • There is a lot of jargon to learn to be able to use it to its full ability.
Read full review
Support Rating
JitBit Software
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
The customer support service is excellent. They help from start/deployment through to any time later on. They responded quickly and resolved our issues professionally and in no time.
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
JitBit Software
JitBit just had the feature set at the cost point we were willing to spend. Nothing against the other products, but this one just fit our model better.
Read full review
Microsoft
We selected MCSM because it is a solid product that we could use very quickly, compared to other tools there is a lot more effort for integration into the infrastructure, costing time and money. We implemented the tool very quickly and since it integrates with other Microsoft products, it was very easy to get up and running.
Read full review
Return on Investment
JitBit Software
  • JitBit has neither had a positive nor a negative effect on our ROI. The reason is that we had to have a Help Desk solution that is secure and well-supported.
  • JitBit does cost real money. The least expensive on-premise option is $1,699, which might have a negative impact on your budget, but I'd have to say that it's worth it--at least for us.
  • Trouble-free, practically maintenance-free, Help Desk software has a positive impact on our technician time spent on it.
Read full review
Microsoft
  • Save a world of time when imaging
  • Save a world of time with patch management
  • Provides decent reports to get a snapshot quickly
Read full review
ScreenShots