N-able MSP Manager vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
N-able MSP Manager
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
N-able™ MSP Manager (formerly Solarwinds MSP Manager) is a cloud-based help desk and billing software for IT service providers, which includes a ticketing system, customer portal, technician mobile apps, billing tools, and reporting dashboards. MSP Manager offers a lightweight ticketing system with a quick entry feature that allows users to capture essential information such as customer name, service items, and issue details from any screen. Tickets can also be…N/A
Zendesk Suite
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
The Zendesk Support suite is a cloud-based customer support software built for better customer relationships. Designed to improve customer satisfaction and to support customers on any channel: text SMS, web, mobile app, phone, email, social media. The vendor states more than 200,000 companies such as Uber, Groupon, Box, Airbnb, and Slack are using Zendesk to lower their support costs, raise productivity, and increase customer satisfaction. Zendesk offers a full suite of products to meet customer…
$55
per month agent
Pricing
N-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Support Team (Foundational Support Only)
$19
per month agent
Suite Team
$55
per month agent
Support Professional
$55
per month agent
Suite Growth
$89
per month agent
Suite Professional
$115
per month agent
Support Enterprise
$115
per month agent
Suite Enterprise
$169
per month agent
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
N-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Features
N-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
N-able MSP Manager
5.3
4 Ratings
43% below category average
Zendesk Suite
8.7
153 Ratings
11% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets4.54 Ratings9.0152 Ratings
Expert directory3.54 Ratings8.0101 Ratings
Service restoration3.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service tools3.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications7.33 Ratings8.4105 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.33 Ratings8.3103 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.3152 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.2151 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
N-able MSP Manager
6.7
3 Ratings
20% below category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Configuration mangement6.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset management dashboard7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
N-able MSP Manager
2.8
4 Ratings
100% below category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Change calendar1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Service-level management4.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
N-able MSP Manager
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.4
138 Ratings
10% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.4132 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.4126 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
N-able MSP Manager
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.6
149 Ratings
12% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings8.7120 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.459 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings8.097 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.1146 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.9111 Ratings
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User Ratings
N-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
4.0
(4 ratings)
8.8
(191 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(64 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(13 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
3.9
(2 ratings)
6.5
(31 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(9 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
N-able MSP ManagerZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
N-able
It's a good company to grow with because as needs change there are more features available.
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Zendesk
One specific thing I love about Zendesk Suite lately is the ability to use AI "Enhance writing" it allows me to freehand a response and then have it help me sound more formal or friendly, this is very useful, not only for those free handed ones, but also when you need to repeat the same information to a customer, it can help you make it sound slightly different. I don't like that when a ticket comes, even if you have the shortcut to toggle between chat and email, it doesn't actually toggle.
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Pros
N-able
  • Web Based
  • Automated Ticket creation
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Zendesk
  • UI/UX; mature macros and automations, slick and well thought out UI.
  • Reporting, reporting, reporting. With user, org, and ticket level tags, we can track every aspect of our ticket flow.
  • Extensibility; the app marketplace is a great resource for expanding functionality from the baseline offering.
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Cons
N-able
  • It is just simply too slow! The web interface requires patience, even when moving between tabs or menu choices. This is by far the biggest detracting element of MSP Manager.
  • Input customization -- I would like the settings pages to allow me to customize some input screens, especially the Ticket Entry window. The "Quick Ticket" entry is missing a few key items I want in a trouble ticket, and the full ticket entry window has numerous fields I never use or are always the same, and so it just takes more time and effort than is necessary.
  • Both the asset tracking and the knowledge base should be more robust and integrally tied into the RMM console, so that licenses, serial numbers, procedures, network data are quick and simple to access from either interface.
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Zendesk
  • The development of messaging out of the earlier Chat module is clunky and still has limitations for multi language flows.
  • When creating queries in Explore, you can't search for 'or' conditions, only 'And', meaning you have to build multiple queries and manually add them.
  • You can't download the charts in the reports, they come down as tables and then you have to make your own charts.
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Likelihood to Renew
N-able
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Zendesk is an amazing tool for communicating with your customers easily. The communication tickets from sellers to us or from us to sellers are stored, and there are statuses used to make communication easy. We have internal conversations between departments, linked with useful software such as Zingtree, Talkdesk, and Webs.
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Usability
N-able
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Zendesk Suite is a straightforward solution that provides agents with everything they need on the same screen. Allowing an agent to navigate one tab, one screen and switch between features, pin favorite features while viewing the customer profile and details in 360degrees. A view like this empowers agents to support customers better and in a more composed state.
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Reliability and Availability
N-able
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
In the past year, I'd say I have only noticed maybe two hours total of downtime in my own usage. Very minimal.
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Performance
N-able
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
There has been minor performance degradation on a very few days out of the two years I have been using the product.
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Support Rating
N-able
They're good at resolving issues when they arise.
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Zendesk
We rarely need to contact their support team, but when we do they are responsive. However there have been notable times when communication between myself and the support rep was challenging despite me providing clear explanation of the issue, screenshots, and a thorough explanation of the goal we hope to achieve. It took several back and forth attempt, on a few occasions, to get resolution on an otherwise simple request
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Online Training
N-able
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Zendesk has tons of available material for training - videos, webinars, articles, etc. The only reason this is not a 10 is because it can be hard to figure out how to navigate to these things and find what you are looking for.
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Implementation Rating
N-able
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
I was very satisfied. They have a free trial for 30 days and I recommend you do that and use it. It is very easy to get started with the basics and the build on over time.

The only thing technically complex was single sign-on and integration to Salesforce.com required some tweaks – otherwise setting up system was very easy
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Alternatives Considered
N-able
MSP Manager is a fully serviced paid option. Spiceworks is a free helpdesk. They both are very useful, but a company can just outgrow Spiceworks.
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Zendesk
Zendesk Suite is exceptionally user friendly and highly customisable. Free training for all levels and roles of users which is easy to follow and engaging for users is particularly helpful along with the added support behind the scenes from Zendesk support and the Zendesk community is second to none.
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Return on Investment
N-able
  • We have had to spend time and resources to create our own reports, as MSP Manager does not have them.
  • Searching for a ticket requires scrolling, wasting time
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Zendesk
  • We have been able to deliver IT accurately and onetime
  • Our customers have been able to provide feedback on a given ticket and helped us build a better support structure
  • Zendesk Suite has allowed us to be more efficient in our every day operations
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ScreenShots

N-able MSP Manager Screenshots

Screenshot of N-able MSP Manager Dashboard

Zendesk Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of Zendesk Agent WorkspaceScreenshot of Omnichannel MessagingScreenshot of Zendesk TicketingScreenshot of Bots powered by Zendesk AIScreenshot of Tone shift with Zendesk AIScreenshot of Zendesk ticketing side conversations