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Agiloft Service Desk Suite vs SCSM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Agiloft Service Desk Suite
Ranking in Help Desk Software
45th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SCSM
Ranking in Help Desk Software
10th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
IT Service Management (ITSM) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Help Desk Software category, the mindshare of Agiloft Service Desk Suite is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SCSM is 1.6%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

MG
Our customer service and productivity have increased in quality and quantity since using this product
Agiloft has a great support team to help the process along. They are affordable, friendly, and knowledgeable. The tech support team acts like walking encyclopedias. They know databases and programming. After all these years, we hardly need to speak to Agiloft anymore. However, they have great customer support. Every time we need something from them, they make our small troubles go away quickly.
LuisSanchez3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Current setup enables smooth problem-solving but lacks comprehensive guidance and local support
More information about setup procedures and a more user-friendly front end would be beneficial. We need more information for setup processes. It is difficult to do the work independently, requiring us to hire external companies for maintenance hours to fix small issues that could be resolved faster in-house if we had better information. We have been looking for an upgrade version, but finding local service has been difficult. It has been challenging trying to get things done. Speaking with the Microsoft office, we found there are no local companies with substantial experience with SCSM. What we have now was installed five or six years ago. It has been difficult to change configurations and look for upgrades, even with all the manuals. Our office is considering moving away from SCSM and getting a service desk solution outside of Microsoft. For me, it has been a good tool to get help and solve internal problems in the office. It is a very good tool, but the difficulty in getting local service or more information is pushing us to look for another tool.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Our customer service and productivity have increased in quality and quantity since using this product."
"The support from Microsoft is good and we also have local support on the ground in Nigeria."
"It is a simple solution that is easy to configure."
"The call logging is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very easy to use."
"I like the reporting service. SCSM has a good reporting service and analysis service for analysis requests."
"For our cloud-based deployment of SCSM, the Autopilot is the best feature."
"The most requested feature from our customers is the helpdesk ticketing system."
"We've been in contact with Microsoft technical support mainly. After doing the research ourselves and troubleshooting, etc., if we can't find a permanent solution, we contact Microsoft to help us fix the issue. Sometimes the issue never gets fixed even by Microsoft. It can sometimes require us to reinstall the solution. However, these are very rare instances."
"We use SCSM to manage all of our IT operations, including incident and service requests and problem management."
 

Cons

"We have found the documentation a bit confusing at times. This area could use some improvement."
"The patch management aspect of the solution should be improved. It's quite complicated and not user-friendly. If your systems are not patched properly, you are unable to pull reports."
"Although some engineers at Microsoft are good, the support often lacks expertise, and response times are slow."
"Once we had an issue with a desktop download that would not open."
"It would be good if Microsoft added custom attributes or tagging like in Jamf."
"Our office is looking for maybe getting out of SCSM and getting a service desk solution outside of Microsoft."
"The logs and reporting-related features of the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The major issues with SCSM include its severe slowness, especially on the client side, and the lack of comprehensive reporting tools."
"The solution could be more simple. For example, it takes a lot of work to create reports. It runs on Microsoft SQL queries. Creating custom reports on ManageEngine takes less work from the administrator."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"After about six months, we started making a return on our investment at more than 300%."
"Agiloft has by far the best entry point for both cost and learning curve."
"The price of the solution could be better. My organization has an enterprise annual license with Microsoft which provides us support."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"The platform is competitively priced."
"It is a lower price vs. other things on the market."
"The price should be lower."
"It is an expensive solution."
"Licensing can be complex and confusing."
"The license for SCSM is cheap."
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Top Industries

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Government
25%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about SCSM?
The solution offers good productivity at a low price point.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SCSM?
I am not sure about the pricing as I do not have experience with it.
What needs improvement with SCSM?
More information about setup procedures and a more user-friendly front end would be beneficial. We need more information for setup processes. It is difficult to do the work independently, requiring...
 

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Sample Customers

EMC, ArcaTech Systems, Idera Pharmaceuticals, RBC, Affinity Service Group, Atrenta, DCG systems, ENKI, Hopkins County Board of Education, MVTS Technologies
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