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JIRA Service Management vs OpenText Service Manager [EOL] comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

JIRA Service Management
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (2nd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (2nd)
OpenText Service Manager [EOL]
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Karim Yousef - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently track and document projects with seamless tool integration
We are a management warehouse that provides services to different customers in different sectors. Primarily, we serve the banking sector and the military sector. We manage all the software delivery projects through tools such as JIRA Service Management or TFS Confluence is a great tool for…
MEKKAB Raouf - PeerSpot reviewer
Excellent pricing with great change management and service management capabilities
We started with version 9.3, and now we're on 9.6 with the full solution, including the CMS. They have lots of options. They propose a full solution for technology and IT service management. We are a telecom company. We are a leader in the market, and therefore, we need to have all details about our own environment and assets. So far, Micro Focus answers all our needs. I'd advise new users to go directly to the SMAX solution, the last, last version of Service Manager. If they are a technical company or information technology company with engineers and developers, they can use it on-premise. If they don't have such competence in the company, they can ask for the solution on the cloud. It is easily available on Microsoft, Amazon, or Google clouds. I'd rate the product nine 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

"I think one of the most valuable things is that it's all integrated."
"I'm mainly working in the ITSM module of JIRA Service Management, and the integration between the system incident and how you can link all the records to the change makes it quite powerful."
"There are two things that I value very much about this product. One is the service levels management – the SLA agreement management part of it – and knowledge management."
"The customer portal allows users to register tickets themselves."
"The most valuable features of JIRA Service Management are the service level agreement or management, and the ticketing system. Additionally, there are frequent updates that provide improvements."
"The most valuable feature of JIRA Service Management is a plugin we are using for the front end for simple user forms."
"JIRA SD also helps for much better feedback on the work being done. All colleagues can see what is happening."
"Some of the most valuable features are simplicity, ease of configuration, and ease of customization."
"Sometimes, customization is simple. The version we are using now has a nice interface."
"Service Manager gives us a single system where everything is centralized in one base."
"Its flexibility and ease of customization are its most valuable features."
"The workflow engine that standardizes and globalizes the process steps. It drives people through the process by standardization and automation."
"It's easy to scale."
"It's pretty well-structured in modules."
"It gives us better understanding and control of service management."
"Service Manager's best features are flexibility and customizability."
 

Cons

"The licensing model could be improved. There needs to be a different licensing model for large numbers of employees, as it remains one of the main barriers to using JIRA Service Management across our entire company."
"JSM's ability to handle large volumes of emails isn't great."
"An AI feature that enables automation and alerts for users can be an improvement."
"There should be better connections with access management. They should improve the connectivity."
"When you raise a ticket with Jira, there's no ability to see your other JIRA tickets."
"The pricing could be better."
"I think the performance can be better."
"The platform should be more user-friendly. JIRA's user interface needs training to understand and utilize."
"Micro Focus Service Manager is not very great. It would be better if it had more features. When it comes to features, BMC tops the chart. When it comes to usage, people use BMC more."
"I don't see anything lacking."
"The greatest issue for us is to understand the roadmap. We want to know whether we should upgrade now or should we wait three months."
"Customization can be difficult at times because scripting is often required."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"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."
"The solution does not interface well with other products and is difficult to implement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I price of JIRA Service Management is reasonable."
"The license we use is on a yearly basis. As a Solution Partner, we were using the free one and were using the free plugins. We were also giving our own plugins to the Atlassian Solution Partners for free. We don't pay anything to Atlassian."
"The cost has recently increased. It might be around $20 to $25 per user license."
"It is one of the premium products on the market, but it is very costly, especially in the Indian market."
"On a scale of one to five, with one being really high and five being good, I would rate the price of this solution as a four."
"I am using the free version, but my clients are paying for it. When they start, they evaluate it for 30 days, and after seeing the value, they move to its paid version."
"JSM's pricing is one of the best, starting at around $10 per user, per month, with volume discounts available."
"But about the plugins, I found one plug-in — its name is Actionable Metric I think — and it is $3000. That is very expensive for users in Iran."
"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."
"I pay for Service Manager on a yearly basis, and the price is reasonable - I would rate it five out of ten."
"Micro Focus Service Manager is a little cheaper than other options. You have to pay a monthly subscription fee."
"HP Service Manager has moderate pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
6%
Computer Software Company
24%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Performing Arts
12%
Educational Organization
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise33
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise38
 

Also Known As

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

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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