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What is Hornbill?

Hornbill Supportworks is a comprehensive ITSM platform offered by a UK-based company. It competes with BMC Remedy, ServiceNow, Cherwell, FrontRange, and CA Technologies.

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Users have found Hornbill Service Manager to be helpful in a variety of use cases. It has been instrumental in ensuring that change …
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What is Hornbill?

Hornbill Supportworks is a comprehensive ITSM platform offered by a UK-based company. It competes with BMC Remedy, ServiceNow, Cherwell, FrontRange, and CA Technologies.

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  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Hornbill Supportworks is a comprehensive ITSM platform offered by a UK-based company. It competes with BMC Remedy, ServiceNow, Cherwell, FrontRange, and CA Technologies.

Reviewers rate Service-level management highest, with a score of 6.9.

The most common users of Hornbill are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Users have found Hornbill Service Manager to be helpful in a variety of use cases. It has been instrumental in ensuring that change management, new hire processes, and SDLC processes are fully documented and follow policy for audit purposes. The software has also solved problems related to integrated asset management, ticket and asset history, customer visibility and ownership, service performance, and manageable internal ticket interface. Users appreciate the ability to link asset management and use Hornbill as a single source of truth. Another significant benefit is the cloud-based nature of Hornbill Service Manager, which has been preferred over existing ITSM tools by some users. The software has helped reduce manual jobs such as logging new tickets from emails, software installation, and creating user accounts. Additionally, it has provided a self-help area for users, resulting in a decrease in overall calls to the service desk. Analysts have been able to spend more time resolving issues rather than performing administrative tasks due to Hornbill's automation capabilities. Overall, Hornbill Service Manager is primarily used for managing incidents and requests on IT service desks, offering stability, configuration options, and better workload management for analysts. It is described as easy to use and facilitates issue communication and collaboration among various stakeholders.

Users of Hornbill Service Manager commonly recommend the following:

  1. Compare features and cost against other global players. Users suggest evaluating the features and pricing of Hornbill Service Manager in comparison to other service desk products in the market. This recommendation highlights the importance of conducting thorough research to make an informed decision.

  2. Implement the system properly. Users emphasize the significance of implementing Hornbill Service Manager correctly. They recommend taking the time to understand and set up the system accurately to maximize its benefits. This recommendation underlines the importance of proper planning and execution.

  3. Utilize resources and seek expert advice. Users recommend utilizing available resources such as forums and seeking guidance from product specialists when using Hornbill Service Manager. They advise paying attention to advice provided by experts and utilizing the platform effectively for optimal results. This recommendation emphasizes the value of leveraging support channels provided by Hornbill.

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Score 4 out of 10
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Supportworks ITSM is used by our IT Helpdesk team to capture, track, escalate and resolve IT-related issues. The issues are logged in by our internal IT users as well as external business users that out Helpdesk team supports.
  • The system time-stamps actions (such as issue logged in/escalated/put on hold/resolved) which is useful
  • Email notifications are sent when the ticket (inquiry) is about to expire/breach SLA to the ticket owner or to notify the user that the inquiry has been placed on hold or resolved
  • There is a knowledge base search capability
  • The UI is very, very basic and is not designed with the user in mind
  • The system itself is pretty basic yet required a rather complex set up
  • Random and inconvenient glitches: when Supportworks is opened, it offers useful pop-up notifications when a ticket has been submitted/edited/closed. However, if the notification pop up appears whilst I am typing (an email, document - anything), it overrides any kind of typing. This means that unless you touch-type with your eyes constantly glued to the screen, it is possible to miss the override moment
The concept of the solution is a good one and in theory, Hornbill Supportworks ITSM is good for incoming inquiries/tickets management. The inquiries can be automatically captured by a user submitting a request, and an email notification is sent to both the Helpdesk team and the customer. The inquiries are then tracked, alerting the team when the SLA is about to be/has been breached. Once the inquiry has been resolved, it notifies all relevant parties, as well as time-stamps the action.
Incident and problem management (7)
44.28571428571429%
4.4
Organize and prioritize service tickets
60%
6.0
Expert directory
30%
3.0
Service restoration
40%
4.0
Self-service tools
50%
5.0
Subscription-based notifications
50%
5.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
50%
5.0
ITSM reports and dashboards
30%
3.0
ITSM asset management (1)
40%
4.0
Configuration mangement
40%
4.0
Change management (3)
56.66666666666667%
5.7
Change requests repository
60%
6.0
Change calendar
40%
4.0
Service-level management
70%
7.0
  • The system 'does what it says on the tin' - it captures and helps manage incoming inquiries - so the positive impact is there.
  • However, this is not done in the most intuitive or user-friendly manner. This causes frustration at times.
  • Overall, a single centralized system for managing customer inquiries and requests is paramount for any mid-size business, particularly if this business is service-based
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