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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    TOPdesk

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    TOPdesk is the flagship highly-modular cloud-based or installed ITSM service desk and asset management solution from the Dutch company of the same name, for enterprise companies.

    $76

    per month Per agent

    Zoho Assist

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AZoho Assist from Zoho Corporation is a remote administration tool for SMBs and outsourced IT.

    $12

    per technician/per month

    Pricing
    TOPdeskZoho Assist
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $76
    per month Per agent
    Engaged
    $109
    per month Per agent
    Excellent
    $155
    per month Per agent
    Remote Support - Standard
    $12
    per technician/per month
    Unattended Access - Standard
    $12
    25 unattended computers/per month
    Remote Support - Professional
    $18
    per technician/per month
    Unattended Access - Professional
    $18
    25 unattended computers/per month
    Remote Support - Enterprise
    $28
    per technician/per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    TOPdeskZoho Assist
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsThe TOPdesk license model: - Modular: Organizations purchase only the modules needed - Saas or On premise - Supports unlimited number of assets. - Service agents based. - Discount available for annual pricing.—
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    TOPdeskZoho Assist
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of TOPdesk and Zoho Assist
    Feature
    TOPdesk
    7.5
    254 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Zoho Assist
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.4254 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory7.6181 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration7.3174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools7.7236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.5178 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation7.3199 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards6.7211 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of TOPdesk and Zoho Assist
    Feature
    TOPdesk
    7.5
    213 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Zoho Assist
    -
    Ratings
    Configuration mangement7.8200 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard7.5185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement7.4142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of TOPdesk and Zoho Assist
    Feature
    TOPdesk
    7.5
    207 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Zoho Assist
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository7.9200 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar7.0157 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management7.6172 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remote Administration
    Comparison of Remote Administration features of TOPdesk and Zoho Assist
    Feature
    TOPdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Assist
    8.0
    24 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Screen sharing00 Ratings8.822 Ratings
    File transfer00 Ratings8.123 Ratings
    Instant message00 Ratings8.322 Ratings
    Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Access to sleeping/powered-off computers00 Ratings7.620 Ratings
    Over-the-Internet remote session00 Ratings8.823 Ratings
    Initiate remote control from mobile00 Ratings7.414 Ratings
    Remote management of servers & workstations00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
    Remote Active Directory® management00 Ratings4.43 Ratings
    Centralized management dashboard00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Session record00 Ratings8.515 Ratings
    Annotations00 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    Monitoring and Alerts00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Multi-platform remote control00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Ivanti ITSM
    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    TOPdeskZoho Assist
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (255 ratings)
    8.7
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (166 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (35 ratings)
    8.7
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (215 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.8
    (20 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TOPdeskZoho Assist
    Likelihood to Recommend
    TOPdesk
    It is an easy-to-use platform with a lot of capabilities. We use it for knowledge databases and it makes my work as Application Owner way easier and faster. It also provides a clear view of the issues running in our organization. We can clearly see where our colleagues are having problems. It also provides a clear view of my support tickets. Also, the reporting tools and the asset management are very nice.
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    Zoho
    If you have many remote users in challenging-to-access locations and they use multiple platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux), Zoho Assist is the solution. If you have a limited budget, you'll like Zoho Assist pricing. If you have a large team of IT technicians, you'll appreciate Zoho Assist's concurrent usage licensing.
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    Pros
    TOPdesk
    • TOPdesk's UI is pretty intuitive. Its often not needed to explain colleagues new functionalities as they are self-explaining.
    • TOPdesk is visually cleaner compared to interfaces of other ITSM tools
    • TOPdesk offers a lot of UI's that are easy to customize, like the home dashboard
    • TOPdesk support is really good. Once we notice we do not get an answer that works for us, the issue is escalated directly to a specialist on demand.
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    Zoho
    • One user's computer screen is black, no task bar and start button, after system crush, Unattended Access help me remote control it and use tools under quick Launch to change system settings and created new account for the user, so she can work few hours later.
    • One user computer need help vpn setup but it is not on Unattended Access list, so I create a temporarily Remote Support session, send the link to him by WhatsApp, after he download and install agent, I can connect and remote control it.
    • Sometimes user computer has randomly happening issue, I will connect it by Zoho Assist, record the remote screen, then will catch the issue and know it's triggered
    • sometimes I use video chat as a meeting tool with users
    • The file transfer by web client is useful for me, most of time is to upload files into user computer when it is not able to access our network drive
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    Cons
    TOPdesk
    • assigning rights is too extensive, making it very complex to manage this up to date.
    • Topdesk has gained so many features that it is difficult for a new user to become familiar with it.
    • action sequences remain tricky and certainly not for everyone to understand.
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    Zoho
    • Instructions to the tech and the person receiving support could be more clear.
    • Providing mobile support is still a bit clunky. Interacting with the user's device on the other end is not totally functional.
    • It would be nice to have a PC app to use instead of accessing via the browser.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    TOPdesk
    If I could choose a new ticketing/asset/ITSM tool and a company I would definitely go with TOPdesk. I like the fact that the support team is also in Dutch and the pricing at the time we purchased it was very affordable. It had all the features we needed and since then the product has come a long way and has many built in out-of-box features that require much less config and setup time. However still very customizable so can be adapted to any customer/environment.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    TOPdesk
    In short, we've been able to remove many pain points, automate multiple things, and empowered the end-user by being able to manage more items via the Self Service Portal. We've been able to do more than we were able to do with our previous ITSM platform. The TOPdesk development team added some things recently that will allow us to make some other things more efficient.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Assist has proven to be a highly effective and reliable tool that I use on a daily basis. While the "wake up" feature occasionally fails to respond, this seems more likely due to network connectivity issues rather than a flaw in Zoho Assist itself. On rare occasions, the unattended access installation doesn't appear on the administrator's dashboard, which could potentially be caused by firewall restrictions rather than a problem with the software. Aside from these minor and infrequent issues, the platform has consistently performed well and has become an essential part of my workflow.
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    Reliability and Availability
    TOPdesk
    Like I said somewhere else in this review: the helpdesk of TOPdesk is top of the bill! In the Netherlands, that is. I can not plea for the helpdesks in other countries, but I guess the TOPdesk organization will make sure the quality of the helpdesk is the same in every country.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    TOPdesk
    Although being a SAAS solution, TOPdesk performs pretty fast. One can imagine that any SAAS solution is slow or has hiccups, but we have not experienced such with TOPdesk. Pages load quickly, logging in goes smoothly. We have made reports on premise in the past - that always took some time, as you might expect with such complex tasks. It seems that in the SAAS solution TOPdesk somehow has managed to make it even faster!
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    TOPdesk
    Most if not nearly all questions are answered within the same or a few days. The helpdesk is very knowledgable about their product and are always willing to help. The only downside is that for more difficult questions it can take a while due to the experts being further removed from the helpdesk. But they are always willing to answer questions, even if they are not directly related to a problem with the service.
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    Zoho
    Support is terrible. Quick to initially respond with the boilerplate "The information provided by you should be sufficient for my development team to analyse this further. I shall also write back to you as soon as I get an update from them on this
    regard." And then you will hear nothing more from them. Chase further and you'll get stock responses such as "Our development team are still looking into this," etc.
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    In-Person Training
    TOPdesk
    We had Topdesk in-house here training staff for almost a month (2-3 hour meetings 3x a week.) It was invaluable and we were able to take that training and share with the rest of our IT staff. Once implemented we were able to fly from there. The challenges we found were in how to get started. Once started the knowledge base offered from Topdesk has been invaluable.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    TOPdesk
    Online training documentation is easy to access and consume. There is no real challenges with finding information on how to use the product and some really helpful knowledge base items that show us how valuable these options are in our own implementation of it. The online training we've used has been self driven
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    TOPdesk
    It was a challenge to port over years of the same thing and we ended up keeping old ideas in Topdesk that we will eventually weed out as time passes and we learn how users view categories and flows of tickets. Planning is key but bear in mind that just because you used to do it this way doesn't mean you still have to
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    Make it easier to deploy mulitple agents for different departments.
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    Alternatives Considered
    TOPdesk
    Spiceworks is an easier-to-use Help Desk solution but it lacks all other features that Topdesk has. Freshdesk was just too much for our environment. It was cost-prohibitive for our intended use. TOPdesk fit our org size and budget better than the others.
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    Zoho
    The value for Zoho Assist and the functionality is superior to what is now known as LogMeIn Resolve. I knew it before as Goto Assist. My decision to try out and ultimately purchase Zoho Assist has been a great one for my business. I am glad I heard about Zoho Assist and will continue using them for years to come.
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    Scalability
    TOPdesk
    TOPdesk is very flexible and scalable. Every department in you organization can you the software. Perhaps some persons need some training, but that can be provided by TOPdesk ot some keyusers.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    TOPdesk
    • A good number of incidents can solved more quickly. Those cases can be solved by the customer itself and in TOPdesk it is very easy to send the self-service-solution with your answer.
    • It is easier to report some things based on categorization and good search filtering
    • If there are two or more tickets, they are difficult (or impossible) to merge correctly. There is a merge function, but there is for example, only one client possible. A solution where you close one merged ticket and send separate emails to every single customer would be really nice!
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Assist helped in managing our files and records even if ours is not an Enterprise version.
    • Connectivity is maintained despite having faced some latency issues, thus allowing us to save more time and money.
    • Low maintenance costs, since Zoho Assist is cloud-based
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    ScreenShots

    TOPdesk Screenshots

    Screenshot of TOPdesk plan boardScreenshot of TOPdesk portal designerScreenshot of TOPdesk service desk KPIsScreenshot of TOPdesk asset management overviewScreenshot of TOPdesk call managementScreenshot of TOPdesk asset management dashboard

    Zoho Assist Screenshots

    Screenshot of On-demand Remote SupportScreenshot of Browser-based Remote SupportScreenshot of Unattended Access to remote computersScreenshot of Detailed Analytics