Mhelpdesk vs. Salesforce Field Service

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mhelpdesk
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Mhelpdesk is a field service software solution that manages field technicians, work orders, employee scheduling, and client billing. By combining and integrating multiple business management tools, Mhelpdesk provides a solution that eliminates double-data entry while giving business owners visibility over their field technicians in real-time.
$49
per month
Salesforce Field Service
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Field Service (formerly known as Field Service Lightning) is a customizable, mobile-friendly field service hub in Salesforce. It provides tools to manage work orders, scheduling, and a mobile workforce.
$600
per year per user
Pricing
MhelpdeskSalesforce Field Service
Editions & Modules
mHelpDesk
$169
per month
Contractor
$50
per month (billed annually) per user
Contractor Plus
$75
per month (billed annually) per user
Dispatcher
$165
per month (billed annually) per user
Technician
$165
per month (billed annually) per user
Field Service Plus
$220
per month (billed annually) per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MhelpdeskSalesforce Field Service
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Small Businesses
Method:CRM
Method:CRM
Score 9.3 out of 10
Method:CRM
Method:CRM
Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Oracle Service
Oracle Service
Score 8.2 out of 10
Oracle Service
Oracle Service
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Oracle Service
Oracle Service
Score 8.2 out of 10
Oracle Service
Oracle Service
Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
MhelpdeskSalesforce Field Service
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(5 ratings)
9.3
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(9 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
MhelpdeskSalesforce Field Service
Likelihood to Recommend
Mhelpdesk
Mhelpdesk is perfect for smaller companies and mid-sized companies I would say. Larger companies may need something a little more advanced for lack of better words or able to handle thousands upon thousands of constant work orders, etc. Smaller companies or companies that are mid-size would benefit from this program the most as it provides the necessary programming to succeed along with its ease of use.
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Salesforce
We've demoed quite a few models, different companies. I know Salesforce has huge backing, but even so they're open to customization and solutions. Some of the competition, keep in mind for my industry, there's not a lot of options out there. We're not your typical Salesforce target market. I mean we're not really selling a lot. I mean, quite honestly, I don't even have a sales department because can't do all of the work that my current customers need me to do. So I don't need to go drum up new business. I just needed it for more of tracking and a work management solution. And in the construction, specifically utility construction, industry, there's not a lot of options, but it definitely was the best option for us.
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Pros
Mhelpdesk
  • mHelpDesk can be used to initiate work orders, track them, update them, and know when they have been completed without a log of phone calls or emails being necessary.
  • mHelpDesk allows administrators to see an overview of the workorders which have been placed or are in progress to analyze the efficiency of the operation.
  • mHelpDesk permits mobile updates, questions, comments, or completion notes to be entered and immediately seen by all involved parties (tech, dispatcher, tech supervisor, administrators, and originators of workorders).
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Salesforce
  • Real Time Communication with back-office team When our nurses need anything by using mobile app they can reach out to our back office team to resolve their issues
  • Utilization of resources We can see the all the appointments view with the assigned representative in a single page so We can assign more appointments if any resources has any free slot it is just a drag and drop
  • It helps us to automate the process like delay or reach notification we can also route the appointments based on representative skill set, location and urgency of task
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Cons
Mhelpdesk
  • mHelpDesk grew VERY fast during the time we used them. I think as a result of trying to cater to many industries and customers, they weren't able to add new features and fix bugs as quickly as they could have if they would have spent a little less on advertising and more on perfecting the product first.
  • Nesting layout. Looks very much like Quickbooks Online. If you open a customer, then a ticket, then an invoice, etc., - you have all these windows open and have to close out one at a time. When you're in a hurry and time is critical, this becomes annoying quickly.
  • Speed. mHelpDesk 1 was really fast. mHelpDesk 2 was SLOW! It's improved over time, but as pretty as it was, we ended up sticking with mHelpDesk 1 because it was so much faster.
  • Want to send your client a statement of all their invoices? Too bad! If you integrate with Quickbooks, you can do this - but mHelpDesk didn't have an option to simply send a statement of all invoices. This is such a simple thing that was needed and no great solution to do it. You could export to CSV, but how many customers want to get that?
  • Invoice/Commission tracking. Say you create an invoice and you want to track the sales person that created it - maybe for a quick purchase without creating a ticket. You can't do that in mHelpDesk 2. You HAVE to create a TICKET first, assign a staff member, THEN create an invoice. That's a lot of work to make a quick sale and track the commission. With mHelpDesk 1, we were at least able to make the invoice - it would automatically create a ticket, and then we could assign the ticket to the tech afterward. With Version 2 - creating an invoice stopped generating a ticket automatically. This was very frustrating and another reason we stuck with version 1.
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Salesforce
  • At times updates from may take a while to come back to the main database. This is generallly because of a loss of internet connectivity due to poor data coverage from cell towers or Wi-Fi networks.
  • Organizational IT policies of network architecture/DMZ/Firewalls may add to the challenges of deploying ClickMobile outside of the organization domain, thus allowing field resources the ability to access relevant work order data without connecting the company network via VPN. This can usually be overcome with quality solution design and implementation.
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Likelihood to Renew
Mhelpdesk
The staff at Mhelpdesk have been incredible. They are consistently adding new features and are willing to work with us to meet our company's needs
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Salesforce
ClickSoftware is still being used. As far as I can tell it will be used tomorrow as well. Once you make the commitment to run with that as your scheduling engine, it would take a lot of effort to evaluate and implement another companies' solution without significant disruption to your service organization.
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Usability
Mhelpdesk
It works well for most of what we need. It integrates well w/ quickbooks. We would like to see it integrate w/ outlook.
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Salesforce
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Support Rating
Mhelpdesk
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
Having a program that gives sales leaders a real time view was game changing. Time was always an issue because there wasn't always a sales leader available for closing sales. This has allowed for any sales leader to jump in and help make the sale without the need to do a warm transfer.
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Online Training
Mhelpdesk
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
Overall the training was quite informative but did lack detail in some areas. It had all of the necessary content for an experience product user but didn't offer enough information for a new user to complete the training and then feel comfortable in real-world situations running or managing the software. I would recommend this course for anyone with at least 1 year of full-time exposure to the ClickSchedule product.
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Alternatives Considered
Mhelpdesk
This tool is very affordable, easy to use and to adopt than any of its competitors. Since we purchased this tool our field services feels smooth, seamless and professional. This has highly promoted to productivity in the company.
According to my experience Mhelpdesk offers more robust inventory tracking, integration, automation and streamlined workflow than any of its competitor.
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Salesforce
I have added a few of the many Salesforce products we use. We also use HubSpot but they all have different functions so not really comparable as they are used for different things/ teams.
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Return on Investment
Mhelpdesk
  • We are 6 months into it with a 50% rollout completed. We need more time to pass and full rollout to be completed before making a hard statement as to the ROI.
  • We have already seen greater efficiency in dispatching techs in regards to how many projects per day may be handled (we know of their downtime) and travel time mangement (by being able to map the locations and track them easier).
  • No negative impacts on ROI have yet to be seen nor are they projected.
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Salesforce
  • It is the best return on investment it is utilizing our resources fully
  • We are receiving more appointments then last year and it is very easy to manage by fsl dashboard
  • We are getting high CSAT scores from our Customer which is a sign our customers are happy with our service
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