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Agiloft ITSM ITIL Service Desk Suite vs Clarity SM comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Agiloft ITSM ITIL Service D...
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
38th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Clarity SM
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
20th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (18th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the IT Service Management (ITSM) category, the mindshare of Agiloft ITSM ITIL Service Desk Suite is 0.8%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Clarity SM is 2.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Service Management (ITSM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Clarity SM2.3%
Agiloft ITSM ITIL Service Desk Suite0.8%
Other96.9%
IT Service Management (ITSM)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user536637 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead IT Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
We use it for handling requests. It has reduced the IT staff required.
Handling requests - Technical service requests: hardware, software not working - Account requests: new/modify account requests to various systems - Software requests: of all types from our staff - IT related assets: hardware controlled by IT - All types of technical abuse complaints: ie copyright - Surveys about the follow-through of the staff to requests entered in the system
Türker Kara - PeerSpot reviewer
Application & Software Architect at Turkiye Finans Participation Bank
Quite good back-end architecture for end users but the API is very, very bad
Our company uses the solution for system, program, service request, change, and knowledge-based management.  We perform CMD authorizations and use a lot of integrations for our in-house or third-party applications. We also use Salesforce automations and Microsoft orchestrations.  We have about…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We were able to reduce the IT staff from 4 to 1.5 FTE, to handle the 2500/monthly requests."
"It is a stable and good product, with several integrations and an interesting API."
"It's fairly easy to use, from a UI standpoint."
"We have integrated Service Desk Manager fully from servicing the customer, right down to the network configuration, and that provides many customer benefits and enhances our customer experience as well."
"CA Service Desk Manager has helped us publish our service and provide better service to our users."
"All the interactions and orchestrations of every problem, we can analyze what happens in the organization and which kind of incident we have."
"Our managers are able to properly monitor their team activities with CA Service Desk, and with the knowledge base, the end users are able to fix simple issues."
"CA Service Desk is built around the ITIL methodology and would help to improve all organizational processes starting from incidents/problems/request, knowledge management, CMDB, etc."
"There is a lot of flexibility in the system. There has not yet been a case where we've had people come to us and say, "Hey, can you guys do this?" and we can't. Some of it is obviously a little bit more complicated at times, but the flexibility in the system provides a lot."
 

Cons

"The GUI looks a little dated."
"Technical support is 7/10."
"When I am reviewing an incident, sometimes there is too much information on the same screen and it is difficult to discern what is of value."
"It doesn't yet have the ability to integrate with other products."
"There were some stability issues."
"Support is the biggest thing dragging it down, and the fact that it's not all one integrated package."
"The cost of this solution is too high, which is why we're leaving."
"I encountered a scalability issue with an older version."
"Doesn't scale well."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is based on a subscription model."
"I don't see anyone other than large companies being able to afford this system."
"It is a bit expensive, but you definitely get what you pay for. It is worth it!"
"There is a subscripted needed to use Clarity SM. The price of the solution could be less expensive. ServiceNow is less expensive and BMC Helix is priced similar to Clarity SM."
"Clarity offers a perpetual license. Customers purchase the license once and then pay for maintenance. CA provides a subscription model as well. Both models are available for our customers."
"I think pricing of this model is suitable for growing corporations."
"Pricing is simple, as it’s per concurrent analysts."
"The solution is quite reasonable compared to other solutions in the market."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
30%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise66
 

Also Known As

Agiloft ITSM/ITIL Service Desk Suite, Agiloft IT Service Management
CA Service Desk Manager, Clarity Service Management, CA Service Management, Unicenter Service Desk, CA SDM, CA Service Catalog, CA Business Service Insight
 

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Sample Customers

Affinity Development Group, ArcaTech Systems, Carestream Health, CareView Communications, Chester County, Chevron Corporation, Conde Nast, CSF International, DCG Systems, East Virginia Medical School, EMC, Hopkins County Board of Education, Hot Topic Media, Lattice Semiconductor, Lexnet Consulting Group
Banco G&T Continental City of Perth, FEMSA, Fujitsu, Manpower, Muslim Commercial Bank - MCB, Punjab National Bank, Santa Clara County Social Services, Stefanini
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