JIRA Service Management vs OpenText Service Manager [EOL] comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

JIRA Service Management
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
74
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (2nd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (2nd)
OpenText Service Manager [EOL]
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the IT Service Management (ITSM) category, the mindshare of JIRA Service Management is 11.9%, down from 13.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Service Manager [EOL] is 1.8%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Service Management (ITSM)
Unique Categories:
Help Desk Software
10.8%
 

Featured Reviews

Anna Virtsan - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 26, 2023
Centralized, user-friendly, and admin-friendly system
It has improved our work in a number of ways. First, it has made everything much faster. Before Jira Service Management, it could take weeks to resolve a ticket. But with the notifications and reminders that Jira Service Management provides, we have reduced the time spent on tickets from a couple of weeks to just two to three days. It has definitely saved us time for really usual stuff, for example, a laptop that doesn't work properly and you require the first-line service desk to address the problem. Previously, it could take up to a week to get it resolved because we didn't have a centralized, automated system for control, monitoring, and reminders, particularly for the first-line managers. Also, there was no escalation process in place. We were using a basic, free, open system without any escalation features, and we received notifications through email, but those were only generated upon ticket creation.
TK
Aug 1, 2022
Customizable, flexible, and reliable
The initial setup is not difficult. However, adjusting to the business requirements generally depends on the version, of course. If you have the product process designer, maybe it is very much easier, however, in an earlier version, it was rather difficult to develop since you had the object control and it was old-fashioned in terms of style. If you have a process designer, of course, when you start with a process designer, it's much easier. I'd rate the ease of deployment at a four out of five. If you are doing it out of the box, it generally only takes one day to set everything up. It was implemented generally in the high availability solution. Each component is running separately, so we focused on the high availability during the setup. We have a few people that can handle deployment and maintenance tasks. They are admins.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Service Management is great if you're an Atlassian shop already using JIRA for the development team and you want another tool for help desk ticketing. When it's all under the same umbrella, I can easily take a ticket from the help desk and move it to the development team. You can't beat that integration between two products."
"It has improved our work in a number of ways. First, it has made everything much faster. Before Jira Service Management, it could take weeks to resolve a ticket."
"Jira Service Management has a workflow feature you can configure for your specific requirements. It also lets you efficiently manage service requests with team members."
"I like the history, the dimensioning, and how I can configure a space based on my preferences or the project circumstances."
"We get software developed faster."
"A good organizational tool."
"The platform is easy to use."
"Jira Service Management is flexible. It is easy to navigate without requiring extra learning. The user experience has been good."
"It's mostly so reliable and has a lot of functionality. We're using a lot of HPE tools and we can do a lot with it. So, its functionality is the most valuable feature."
"The design has been revamped in terms of GUI. The current interface is quite easy to read."
"Technical support is pretty good."
"The workflow engine that standardizes and globalizes the process steps. It drives people through the process by standardization and automation."
"Sometimes, customization is simple. The version we are using now has a nice interface."
"Incident management is the most valuable because we're using it to manage tickets for an accounting system. With the reports that are available, it allows us to track and identify trends at the type and item level. It also helps us in managing the workload better than what we had in Remedy, which is what we were using before 2013."
"It can adapt to any process in the organization."
"We can have all our requests and incidents registered in one system."
 

Cons

"During the updates, when another version gets released, whatever I am tracking at that time gets lost and I have to type it all over again."
"The initial setup is very complex."
"Usability needs improvement. To configure it, you need to be well versed in Jira administration. It's not very intuitive."
"In the Turkish market, the biggest problem is that they are looking for a server type of solution, but when it comes to Jira Service Management, Atlassian is a remote type of license. There are just two different options, data center and cloud."
"Jira Service Management should be more user-friendly."
"Field addition and removal features are not very intuitive in JIRA Service Management."
"​SaaS version for large organizations (more than 2000 users) is not available."
"There is room for improvement in support."
"With the new version moving toward the codeless configuration is good, but it's losing flexibility."
"Service Manager would be improved with access to automation."
"It needs to be easier to use for the end users because one problem we had was that we are handling different kinds of cases."
"It needs good integration with the configuration database, that's lacking at the moment, It's not that good."
"Their end-user interface and technical support features could be improved."
"The user interface is very clunky. It's only now beginning to be a web-based interface, but for now it's still very clunky."
"The solution does not interface well with other products and is difficult to implement."
"I don't see anything lacking."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We may upgrade the license that we have. The license that we currently have is good for 500 agents, and it's not full yet."
"It is one of the premium products on the market, but it is very costly, especially in the Indian market."
"The price of the solution is becoming expensive and it should be reduced."
"Licensing can become quite expensive."
"We have an annual license with JIRA Service Management, but it is billed monthly."
"It's not really expensive, especially when you compare to ServiceNow or other solutions, and it's not expensive to maintain."
"The pricing is very competitive and I think that it is okay."
"On a scale of one to five, where five is a good price and one is high, I would rate this solution as a three. It isn't cheap but it's not ridiculous."
"The license is not cheap."
"I would say that identify your requirements and pay for the support to implement and test those requirements, and then hope that you did a good job because the cost of their service is fairly expensive."
"HP Service Manager has moderate pricing."
"Micro Focus Service Manager is a little cheaper than other options. You have to pay a monthly subscription fee."
"I pay for Service Manager on a yearly basis, and the price is reasonable - I would rate it five out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about JIRA Service Management?
JIRA Service Management is a very user-friendly solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JIRA Service Management?
It is one of the premium products on the market, but it is very costly, especially in the Indian market. Smaller organizations cannot afford it. We pay monthly licensing costs. We only have to pay ...
What needs improvement with Micro Focus Service Manager?
The product's technical support services need improvement.
What is your primary use case for Micro Focus Service Manager?
We use the product for infrastructure, profile, and incident management.
 

Also Known As

JIRA Service Desk
Micro Focus Service Manager, HPE ITSM, HPE Service Manager
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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