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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ASpiceworks offers a set of free tools for IT network management and help desk support ticketing. The inventory management system essentially provides comprehensive device information for asset management.

    $0

    (free for 1-5 Seats)

    Splunk SOAR

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ASplunk now offers a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform via its acquisition of Phantom. Splunk Security Orchestration and Automation (Splunk SOAR) provides playbook automation and is available as a standalone solution.N/A
    Pricing
    Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSplunk SOAR
    Editions & Modules
    Core Plan
    $0
    Premium
    $6
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSplunk SOAR
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSplunk SOAR
    Considered Both Products
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    No answer on this topic
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    35 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    41 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    35 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    34 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    34 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    27 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    26 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    31 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
    Features
    Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSplunk SOAR
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk and Splunk SOAR
    Feature
    Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
    8.1
    56 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Splunk SOAR
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.855 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory5.548 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications4.943 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation9.346 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission10.055 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response10.054 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk and Splunk SOAR
    Feature
    Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
    9.5
    53 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Splunk SOAR
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base9.549 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base9.549 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk and Splunk SOAR
    Feature
    Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
    8.7
    53 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Splunk SOAR
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal9.847 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR4.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration9.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support10.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration10.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSplunk SOAR
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR
    Score1.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSplunk SOAR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (84 ratings)
    8.1
    (40 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (29 ratings)
    7.5
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.8
    (10 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (40 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (26 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSplunk SOAR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    It's a great helpdesk solution - we currently have five years of data within it, roughly 25,000 tickets. The older edition is a great inventory and software license tracking tool. It is easy for users to use the interface and submit tickets and requests on the web, and its email integration is solid. The new version is a below-average system monitoring tool, only giving up/down status and a few other metrics.
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    Cisco
    Our company has very complex and dynamic security operations because of the large number of security tools and systems that we need to manage and coordinate. Moreover, it helps us to meet many regulatory and compliance requirements because it helps us to automate and document our security operations. We also use it to streamline our security operations and improve our response to potential threats.
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    Pros
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    • It helps to multitask, even on the go with the mobile App.
    • We can customize to meet your needs with automated responses, notifications, and templates.
    • Detailed reports allow managers to keep track [of] and analyze data.
    • Allows for a database to store notes helpful for future tickets.
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    • Its security orchestration and integration capability that supports multiple tools.
    • Easy coding that automates our security actions.
    • Enables us to easily collaborate and respond to security issues faster.
    • Splunk SOAR is a flexible product that is easy to deploy.
    • Efficient tracking and monitoring capability.
    • Excellent real-time reporting functionality.
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    Cons
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    • I have always wanted a way to redirect a support request into another IS bin, such as a development task.
    • It's possible to extract the data from the Spiceworks database, but it would be helpful if the process to do so were easier.
    • Improved ability to customize the system generated emails to improve the formatting and company branding.
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    • A lack of instruction It can be difficult to contact the support staff. Limited experience from current users.
    • It takes some effort to set up and learn new technology at first. More assistance is required from the support staff. The product's price needs to go down.
    • Cost of the larger version.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    Spiceworks is a free tool, so there would be no hesitation if we are required to upgrade it. We have installed Spiceworks on a dedicated server with more than enough resources to get the most from this tool, so we will have this running in our department for years to come.
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    Cisco
    As we already have a lot of clients being catered with Splunk SOAR and because Splunk SOAR is robust and efficient, we are already using it, and we have understood the product to a certain extent, I feel we are personally more enticed to use and scale it to a lot of business.
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    Usability
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    Spiceworks is user friendly and easy to set up. It can be customized to suit your needs. If there are any problems, you can go to the community forums for support and be in contact with many IT Pros, as well as the Spiceworks support staff and development teams who are always happy to help users out
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    Cisco
    Building playbooks through the visual editor is fine for basic tasks, but once you start chaining complex logic or integrating 3rd party APIs you hit a wall that requires deep scripting knowledge.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    We use it both locally on our own server so up time is decided by us and we also use the hosted help desk. We have never had an outage of that.
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    Performance
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
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    Cisco
    We are able to automate almost every one of our use cases, even our threat-hunting, and threat intel procedures. We have 20+ playbooks and cover almost everything, even searching logs into Splunk, looking into TIP and external systems, enrichment, and collecting evidence for analysts; it can perform concurrent playbooks running.
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    Support Rating
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    Spiceworks has been working out of the box, and some of the basic customizations have been successful with just our internal staff handling. We don't have any other issues with the tool. It provides us with the inventory information we want in a quick and concise report in a variety of formats for our team.
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    Cisco
    Splunk Support is always great! In addition the Community is very efficient and active.
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    In-Person Training
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    I never followed an in-person training, I gave my evaluation based on the online training
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    Online Training
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
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    Cisco
    I followed training for Phantom admins and it opened a world for me
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    Implementation Rating
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    If you can spin up a VM to run it on, you'll thank yourself later. If you have remote sites, set up a local server (or dedicated computer) at each site and set them up as remote collectors for the main site. You'll save time and bandwidth
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    Cisco
    I already said that the main key insight is the knowledge of Phantom, so a detailed training for all the people involeved.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    EGroupware UI is clunky and hard to use, Jira is great but the pricing is expensive in comparison with spice works that has a free version and you can test it out properly before buying and make a correct decision based on your business plan and company objectives with the right software.
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    Cisco
    Splunk Phantom integrates well with Splunk ES and has many integrations. One thing that I liked about XSOAR as compared to Phantom is that it has an "app-store" where you can download not only app integrations (similar to Phantom) but Playbooks and dashboards as well.
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    Scalability
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    me and the customers I encountered found it flexible and scalable
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    Return on Investment
    Spiceworks Ziff Davis
    • Positive - Allow organizations to implement structured Help Desk procedures.
    • Positive - IT can begin to quantify their tickets and uncover needs within the organization.
    • Positive - IT can develop a solid roadmap with [the] management of future needs, equipment refresh schedules, etc.
    • Positive - IT can pinpoint employees who may need extra training or updated equipment based on historical ticketing data.
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    Cisco
    • The playbooks are valuable. They are the core component. Being able to implement and build a code process to work through and scale out what we want to do is valuable
    • Before its use, analyzing each email would take at least 15 to 20 minutes, with some complex cases taking up to 30 minutes...With the automation provided by Splunk Phantom, we could significantly reduce the amount of time and human effort required to complete this task
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