BMC FootPrints Service Core vs Freshdesk comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

BMC FootPrints Service Core
Ranking in Help Desk Software
25th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
IT Service Management (ITSM) (24th)
Freshdesk
Ranking in Help Desk Software
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Customer Experience Management (4th), Field Service Management (3rd), Knowledge Management Software (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Help Desk Software category, the mindshare of BMC FootPrints Service Core is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Freshdesk is 4.1%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Help Desk Software
Unique Categories:
IT Service Management (ITSM)
0.3%
Customer Experience Management
13.6%
 

Featured Reviews

JE
Sep 3, 2019
Scalability is customizable but it is somewhat limited in terms of how granular it can be
We use the on-prem deployment model of this solution. Our primary use case is for our ticketing system, tracking system, and asset tracking system It has helped the help desk team. We get our tickets in and are able to support our customers, the end-users, with this solution. The workflow should…
Alexey Timchenko - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2024
Incredibly user-friendly, flexible, and affordable
Automation and ticket routing rules in Freshdesk save us daily by streamlining routine tasks. We use reports to identify issues, allocate resources, and continuously improve our processes. It is a vital part of our daily operations, helping us stay proactive and efficient in handling various types of tickets. The reporting and analytics tools in Freshdesk are effective for measuring customer service performance. While our current subscription level has some limitations in terms of reporting, the next level provides more options. Budget constraints currently prevent us from upgrading, but the available reporting features still meet our basic needs. I highly recommend Freshdesk, especially for companies in their early stages. It is user-friendly, easy to configure, and great for those with a moderate volume of customer requests. The cost is reasonable, making it a quick and efficient solution to implement. Overall, I would rate Freshdesk as an eight out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Implemented system-wide process for approving and tracking "employee move" requests for over 15,000 employees."
"It is stable and its technical support is good and quick."
"I like the fact that FootPrints is a relational database, so every item in the database can be linked to another. This helps create history and audit trails for each CI."
"Technical support is good."
"We have found the reports and the lockdown on a ticket valuable, so only one person can update issues."
"I have used Tier II BMC support a few times. They were very responsive and recreated my environment in their lab to support me."
"This product solidly handles incident management, problem management, and change management."
"I think the most important feature is the ability to receive valuable ticket status support in a timely manner with little to no downtime interruptions."
"Its simplicity is most valuable. It is easy and simple, and it requires negligible training effort. I don't spend all my time goofing around trying to find stuff in the ticketing system."
"The ticketing system is smooth, but since we use a free version, we do not have many facilities available."
"The most valuable features of Freshdesk are the automation of tickets to assign them to different agents, and the managing of documents is easy."
"It's free of charge for us. For our scale of business, it's very important. We don't have a lot of tickets."
"Omnichannel is one of the most valuable features of the solution."
"We have made use of the training academy and the technical support team from Freshdesk. Both have been very good resources."
"I like that it's very user-friendly. The way they designed this application, any layperson can just do some drag and drop actions and use it. It's not that difficult. It's also easy to implement. The most important thing is, you don't need to go to this application to create a ticket. You just send out an email, and the ticket is created automatically. I have never seen a feature like this before."
"Technical support is outstanding."
 

Cons

"It would be better if it were more user-friendly. The reporting part in the version we have is a little complicated. It takes too long to build and report. It would also be better if there were another way to manage notifications."
"We need more customizable reporting functionality. We could also use more collaboration of service desk tickets. This will allow for two departments to share the same information, track the progress of the total task scope no matter how complex the request is."
"The pricing could be a little lower and the product should cover more iTel versions."
"It is pretty clunky and not very intuitive. Even though I have used it for many years, I don't think it is a very good ITSM platform in general. In the telecom space, a lot of telco providers use this solution, but from my perspective, it is not very user friendly. It is a bit more laborious. There are still too many human touchpoints. There can be a little bit more automation. It would also be good to integrate it with other tools. Integration is quite difficult, especially in the telco space."
"Hyphens are not allowed in the quick search bar. This has created a problem in our environment where we use hyphens in our asset names."
"It would be nice if they added the ability to go directly to a form via a deep link URL."
"The workflow should be made to be more user-friendly. It should also have more granular scalability."
"Reporting could be improved along with the option to create more fine tuned reports and to create specific fields for each type of ticket."
"For integrations, we need to write code that communicates with their system in order to enable certain functionality in the system. This is a lot of work for their customers."
"There are a few things we have asked for, like a forward button. When a ticket comes in, we forward it, but it doesn't sync up with the forward. That is the one they have to rework. The other is when we forward the ticket, it doesn't go all, or certain things don't go with it. We have told them about it, and they are working on it. It would be better if they gave us a more standard reporting template. Although they already have some, many aren't usable. It would be easier if we had more templates to work with."
"Having so many tags makes everyday work a lot more complicated, and a lot more time-consuming."
"Asset management and branding are two areas in the solution that have scope for improvement."
"Sometimes our requirements are not matched with Freshdesk's free version as most of the advanced features are not available to us."
"The dashboards are useful but could be so much better. As a product manager, and data scientist, we couldn't use the dashboard for analytics and had to move the data in Power BI."
"While it's good for a small number of tickets, definitely in the future, we will require something more powerful."
"Technical support is not the best. It could be much, much better and offer better support to users."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cost was on par with other service desk products, and well below Remedy, while still being a BMC product."
"Our costs are well over $250,000."
"This solution has good pricing."
"The licensing for FootPrints is a perpetual license with an annual support fee."
"We use a licensing model only so we pay for the number of agents we have configured in the system only."
"We use a combination of Freshdesk, Freshservice, and Freshchat. We use the whole suite. Weirdly enough, we pay more for Freshdesk than we do for Freshservice. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of pricing. You can get different bundles, and you can always move to different plans that are standard. Freshservice can go anywhere from $19 up to $120 per agent, per month. There is such a wide range, and it is very customizable to your needs."
"The pricing is pretty manageable and acceptable."
"The price could be better, but it's okay. Compared to ServiceNow and JIRA, Freshworks offers a competitive price. There are also additional licensing costs because you need Microsoft Outlook. Each new email account costs around $15 to $19."
"Freshdesk was the best solution with the best price. It was cost efficient and included all the features that we needed."
"The best system plan is enterprise. It costs basically 79 Euros per agent per month when it's billed annually and 95 Euros per agent per month when it's billed monthly."
"We pay approximately $70 per agent to use Freshdesk. We have 10 agents, which is approximately $700 or $800 per month. It is a fixed license, there are not any additional fees."
"It is costly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
19%
Educational Organization
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Healthcare Company
11%
Computer Software Company
23%
Retailer
6%
Media Company
6%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with BMC FootPrints Service Core?
It would be better if it were more user-friendly. The reporting part in the version we have is a little complicated. It takes too long to build and report. It would also be better if there were ano...
What do you like most about Freshdesk?
Freshdesk significantly improved our customer issue resolution process. We can now easily record and track all customer requests, ensuring that no tickets are lost.
What needs improvement with Freshdesk?
I would like to see improvements in the account management aspect, having a customer portal for better visibility into my subscription, invoices, and trouble tickets. Additionally, more flexibility...
What is your primary use case for Freshdesk?
I use Freshdesk to manage IT support tickets for our team of 15 IT professionals across multiple countries. It has been effective in ticket management, and we find the price-to-functionality ratio ...
 

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