Likelihood to Recommend For beginning smaller companies that are in need of partially automating their incoming requests this product is easy to set up and will assist in structuring these request[s]. These requests can come in via email/phone or web portal. For companies that are beginning to streamline their support procedures, this tool can be a first step into automating part of these processes. This is also how user[s] should see it. It is merely a tool that can assist in structuring the incoming request flow the rest still has to be fit into business processes.
Read full review SupportBee is particularly well suited as a support ticket system if you use the systems supported by its 3rd party integrations. If you are looking for a lightweight, easy-to-use, support ticket system without a lot of extras, then SupportBee is the right choice.
Read full review Pros osTicket is extremely user friendly for end users and support agents. It's very easy for new end users to put in a service request. This aspect of simplicity is important because we don't have to train new users on how to put in service requests. Feature wise osTicket has everything you need without being overly complicated or cluttered. This is important for us because it allows for faster support times and happier end users. Lightweight and very reliable, osTicket uses PHP and MySQL. Setup is easy and it can be hosted internally or externally web hosed. Also, since it relies on PHP it gives you flexibility to use Apache, Nginx , Lighttpd , IIS, etc. Thriving community: the community behind osTicket is feature-wise. Which is very helpful if you have any questions. Best of all, osTicket is completely free and open source. While they do offer pair tier cloud-hosting and enterprise support. The free version offers all the features of the paid tiers (minus hosing and support). Read full review Shared inbox system The knowledge base resource Customer portal software Read full review Cons Language package should permit also the translation of the templates It should not require the user to enter his details when creating a new ticket. This should be filled automatically Improve the layout of the ticket messages to facilitate reading and interpretation. Read full review UX isn't the cleanest. Finding where to actually start typing responses can be confusing for new users. Read full review Likelihood to Renew It does well what I was looking for on a ticketing tool
Read full review Usability I am familiar with osTicket and this allow me to teach all the staff and support them whenever they have any concern regarding the usability and following processes.
Read full review Support Rating Being open-source it is community supported. There is a hosted version that provides better support. Honestly, I have not really needed support
Read full review I haven't had to deal with support issues much, other than someone within our own company helping.
Read full review Implementation Rating Grant all prerequisites are met, before installing to avoid any issue during the installation
Read full review Alternatives Considered osTicket has proven to be a very useful tool for the team to help support the business. Open-source was the right price point and self-hosting as mentioned was quite important (however I believe that osTicket does have a hosting solution available if needed). Jitbit was a close contender but didn't like how it doesn't separate people submitting tickets from users acting as agents. So all in quite happy with the choice.
Read full review SupportBee is the "maximal point" of the combination of feature set, price point, ease of use, third party integrations, and client-facing functionality. Every other system we've tried is too expensive, impossible to use, too many features, too high a learning curve for our employees, or too difficult for our clients to interact with.
Read full review Return on Investment When we had a hosted version of osTicket, we were saving some time by having them work on our setup, but we were spending a lot. Switching to our own osTicket build from their open sourcing not only saved us money upfront but we actually spent LESS time developing because we knew our ideas and didn't have to explain them to another (unrelated) party. Creating our own ticketing infrastructure for institutional data requests has been a game changer for us. We have been able to interface with our enterprise email client and create a level of customization that meets our existing informational technology culture. Read full review 100% Service Level Achievement Could Build Good Client & Customer Relationship Knowledge base Could Save Our Time Features are best and justified with the pricing Needs improvement in social integration or channels Read full review ScreenShots