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"Having a one stop shop for linked assets and tickets has improved end user adoption and led to a reduction in phone/email tickets.""Implemented system-wide process for approving and tracking "employee move" requests for over 15,000 employees.""The discovery feature is very flexible.""It is stable and its technical support is good and quick.""We have found the reports and the lockdown on a ticket valuable, so only one person can update issues.""We can track issues easier and run reports on issues to see if there are patterns.""Technical support is good.""I have used Tier II BMC support a few times. They were very responsive and recreated my environment in their lab to support me."

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"Clear processes with transparent responsibilities led to more efficiencies within the teams.""The most valuable features are problem management and change management.""All our activities are carried out in the one place.""Its integration features, orchestration features, and discovery tools are the most valuable. It is also pretty stable, and it can be as scalable as you want.""The dashboard is very useful to get a quick overview of current tasks.""The dashboard and the reporting functionality are the solution's most valuable features."

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"The pricing could be a little lower and the product should cover more iTel versions.""Reporting could be improved along with the option to create more fine tuned reports and to create specific fields for each type of ticket.""The mobile version of this product does not support asset management.""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.""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 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.""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."

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"The stability, specifically in the on-premises deployment model, could be improved.""Application service mapping, GRC, SecOps, and things like that need improvement.""Areas for improvement would be the service catalog and customer catalog, which is not very user-friendly. The shopping cart experience is also terrible - you submit and go straight to the cart, you can't continue shopping or see your overall cost.""Access is only available if we're on VPN."

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  • "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."
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  • "For an ITIL user, the cost is probably about 50 bucks a month."
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    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:All our activities are carried out in the one place.
    Top Answer:We need to be on VPN in order to set up and access the solution, and that has created some challenges. Even though it uses our Windows login, we still have to be on VPN. The product should be able to… more »
    Top Answer:We use the solution for IT service management, it's the key process for recording incidents or problems, and change management. We are customers of Cherwell and I'm an enterprise architect.
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    FootPrints Service Core
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    Overview
    FootPrints Service Core integrates IT service and asset management for end-to-end business services, and it's easy to install, use, and support. With configurable capabilities that streamline service delivery, FootPrints improves customer satisfaction and IT's reputation with your business users.
    Cherwell Service Management is a powerful IT service management (ITSM) solution that provides IT organizations the flexibility needed for rapid configuration and customization, minimal overhead, and frictionless upgrades at a fraction of the cost and complexity associated with legacy ITSM solutions. Cherwell's codeless design architecture means you can add new functionality without modifying a single line of code, integrate easily with third party applications, and upgrade without fear of breaking what you've built.
    Sample Customers
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    Ausenco, Highlights for Children, B/E Aerospace
    Top Industries
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    Healthcare Company43%
    Logistics Company14%
    Government14%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government20%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Educational Organization14%
    Healthcare Company12%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization53%
    Government11%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Healthcare Company3%
    Company Size
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    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise59%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise59%
    Large Enterprise32%
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    BMC FootPrints Service Core is ranked 26th in Help Desk Software with 10 reviews while Cherwell Service Management is ranked 19th in Help Desk Software with 6 reviews. BMC FootPrints Service Core is rated 8.2, while Cherwell Service Management is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of BMC FootPrints Service Core writes "Scalability is customizable but it is somewhat limited in terms of how granular it can be". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cherwell Service Management writes "Having everything in one location has significantly improved our efficiency and reporting". BMC FootPrints Service Core is most compared with , whereas Cherwell Service Management is most compared with ServiceNow and Ivanti Neurons for ITSM.

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