Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk vs. SymphonyAI IT Service Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Spiceworks 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)
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Symphony SummitAI, formerly the Summus IT Management Suite, is an ITSM and system monitoring offering from the company of the same name in Palo Alto.N/A
Pricing
Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Editions & Modules
Core Plan
$0
Premium
$6
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Features
Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
8.2
56 Ratings
0% below category average
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
8.8
20 Ratings
7% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.555 Ratings8.820 Ratings
Expert directory6.448 Ratings8.915 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications6.343 Ratings7.915 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.246 Ratings9.517 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission10.055 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response10.054 Ratings00 Ratings
Service restoration00 Ratings8.518 Ratings
Self-service tools00 Ratings8.117 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings9.920 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
8.6
53 Ratings
7% above category average
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
-
Ratings
External knowledge base8.649 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.649 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
8.7
53 Ratings
8% above category average
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Customer portal9.547 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR5.312 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.828 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.947 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration9.929 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
-
Ratings
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
9.0
20 Ratings
9% above category average
Configuration mangement00 Ratings8.420 Ratings
Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.920 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings9.815 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk
-
Ratings
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
9.4
20 Ratings
10% above category average
Change requests repository00 Ratings8.420 Ratings
Change calendar00 Ratings9.916 Ratings
Service-level management00 Ratings9.918 Ratings
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User Ratings
Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(84 ratings)
8.9
(20 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(29 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.5
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.7
(26 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Spiceworks Cloud Help DeskSymphonyAI IT Service Management
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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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
It is best for handling daily incidents and change records in the organization. And also provide features like which incident will have higher priority, and which have less and on the basis of that developer do their daily activities to resolve them. It also helps in managing our compliance change logs, which help the compliance team.
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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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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
  • The Design Studio is an easy solution for L3 support professionals to improve existing workflows without technical support quickly.
  • The process and UI are more seamless, robust, and attractive than existing solutions.
  • The copilot AI addition has removed a lot of repetitive tasks and improved UX.
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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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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
  • Business Rule Designer - Since it has many automation we are unable to use it properly, because of BRD related jobs not getting executed
  • Creation of sub tenant under tenant
  • 5 why analysis method in the problem management can be designed more efficiently rather than its designed now
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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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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
The overall satisfaction is great and it offers great features. By expanding to using AI feature of Symphony Summit, we look forward to automate even ticket tracking and ticket resolution. The support provided by the symphony SummitAI team is also robust compared to industry standards and the team also conducts regular reviews to find out any dissatisfaction from the clients.
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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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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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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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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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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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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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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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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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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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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
The main reason for choosing Symphony Summit is the customization. We wanted to have a separate tool for our business unit. Compared to ServiceNow, which requires a license to approve a request, Symphony does not require a license. In addition, it is much easier to customize and scale.
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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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SymphonyAI IT Service Management
  • When rolled out in its entirety, SymphonyAI is expected to directly reduce the CTC of technical user support by 40%.
  • SymphonyAI has dramatically improved user experience, helping NPS levels cross over 60%.
  • It has been instrumental in deploying workflows to production by more than 50%.
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ScreenShots

SymphonyAI IT Service Management Screenshots

Screenshot of an example of the AI-powered IT and enterprise service workflows available on the platform.Screenshot of the service portal, designed to make it easy for end users to get all their service issues addressed. By consolidating the user’s service needs into one place, users can find what they need quickly and easily.Screenshot of employee self-service, where employees can get answers and help. This helps to reduce call deflection and improve service experience.Screenshot of digitized work processes.Screenshot of the administration interface to launch new services. These can be rolled out with a few drag and drops using the Design Studio that includes 50 built-in modern controls to build forms, workflows, business rules and SLAs of any complexity.Screenshot of the 24/7 Omnichannel service desk experience. This delivers always on, natural language service experience to users with the AI-powered SymphonyAI Digital Agent. The agent features auto-resolve capabilities, multichannel support, and advanced natural language understanding.