Overall Satisfaction with Spiceworks Help Desk
Spiceworks Help Desk is used to manage our entire IT helpdesk operation. Users across the entire company access it to submit helpdesk tickets, make purchase requests, and check status. The IT department I oversee works the individual ticket items.
- Workflow
- Customization
- Inventory
- Response Management
- Escalation
- The desktop version has been supplanted by the online version (and a local version of that online version), losing a lot of core functionality
- Ticket collision
- Ticketing
- Reporting
- Inventory
- System Alerts
- The Community
- Spiceworks Live Events
- At the low price of free, it has had instant ROI over previous helpdesk tracking, even when including the value of labor spent on ticket management
- The live events are always educational and worth the time.
- The community is top notch
- The product reviews are unbiased and fair, as well as coming from real-world users
[Its] simplicity, [the] easy user interface for both technicians and end-users, and stability, plus the ability to locally control data access (we're highly regulated regarding privacy and records rights), puts it in its own class. While it may not do everything larger systems do, it does all of the things our company needs. It performs well even after five years and two migrations in server operating systems, and the reporting tools are available in both simple and complex (SQL-based) formats for deep capabilities.
The community is top-tier, and their use of gamification principles goes beyond other communities to being an honestly fun system. The live events are worth every second spent watching them, and their annual conference is, in my opinion, the best conference of the year.
The community is top-tier, and their use of gamification principles goes beyond other communities to being an honestly fun system. The live events are worth every second spent watching them, and their annual conference is, in my opinion, the best conference of the year.
Do you think Spiceworks Help Desk delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Spiceworks Help Desk's feature set?
Yes
Did Spiceworks Help Desk live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Spiceworks Help Desk go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Spiceworks Help Desk again?
Yes
Spiceworks Help Desk Feature Ratings
Using Spiceworks Help Desk
900 - All business functions. The IT Department are the heaviest users, but the helpdesk is accessible to all staff in order to help them process technology support, project, and purchase questions.
5 - We have four technical staff and me (the director). Three are helpdesk support specialists, one is a healthcare informatics specialist.
- IT Support
- IT Projects
- IT Purchases
- We track project timelines in it
- Other service departments - HR, Finance, etc. that are service oriented.
Evaluating Spiceworks Help Desk and Competitors
Yes - It replaced an old Excel tracking sheet my predecessor used.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
Product usability is key - free is great, but if the users can't make use of the helpdesk easily then free has no value.
I would not change my decision at all.
Spiceworks Help Desk Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Yes - First phase was IT-use only, replacing the tracking system.
Second phase was taking that data, reviewing it, and setting items like categories and SLAs
Third phase was implementing those items into Spiceworks
Fourth phase was setting up email integration to our helpdesk email
Fifth phase was opening up the web interface
Sixth was launch
Second phase was taking that data, reviewing it, and setting items like categories and SLAs
Third phase was implementing those items into Spiceworks
Fourth phase was setting up email integration to our helpdesk email
Fifth phase was opening up the web interface
Sixth was launch
Change management was a minor issue with the implementation - We had been using a dedicated helpdesk email since before my hire, so staff [was] used to using the email. We added website support, which required notification but not much change management.
- No major issues were encountered.
Spiceworks Help Desk Support
Pros | Cons |
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Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
No, we did not. We had not need of it, and I'm not even sure its available.
We had a log and temp file issue crash our database, the team (even though the product is free!) worked incredibly diligently to get us back up and running in a single evening.
Using Spiceworks Help Desk
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- Task and follow-up entry
- Reporting
- Inventory
- Add-ons and plugins (like every system)
Yes - The community and helpdesk are separated, which is smart - we can handle tickets on the go easily, and my team updates in the field frequently.