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Pros
"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 most valuable features are problem management and change management.""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.""Clear processes with transparent responsibilities led to more efficiencies within the teams.""All our activities are carried out in the one place."

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"The solution has a great filtering feature.""The best part is the ability to keep records, especially incident records. It's easy to use the tool to store data and monitor it."

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Cons
"Application service mapping, GRC, SecOps, and things like that need improvement.""Access is only available if we're on VPN.""The stability, specifically in the on-premises deployment model, could be improved.""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."

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"The system shuts down about once a month which is frustrating.""The setting up process is not quite easy. It's quite difficult."

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  • "For an ITIL user, the cost is probably about 50 bucks a month."
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    Questions from the Community
    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.
    Top Answer:The best part is the ability to keep records, especially incident records. It's easy to use the tool to store data and monitor it.
    Top Answer:We mainly use it for incident logging. We'd like to add service request functionality, but we don't have the knowledge to configure the requests and the workflows properly. We'd like to integrate our… more »
    Top Answer:I use it for incident recording based on your inventory.
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    19th
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    9.0
    26th
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    355
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    Overview
    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.
    "Samanage enables organizations worldwide to deliver a superior service experience. Samanage’s IT service management software accelerates efficiency and visibility into services requested and delivered across an organization, making it easy to continuously streamline process improvement and greater productivity. The fully integrated service desk and asset management solution utilizes a SaaS/multi-tenant platform, allowing IT and other service providers to effectively manage and connect service requests to IT assets. The revolutionary user interface delivers an unmatched user experience and enables code-free customization, allowing customers to fully deploy a robust ITSM solution in days not months or years. "
    Sample Customers
    Ausenco, Highlights for Children, B/E Aerospace
    SXSW, PRA Group, Fandango, Inteva Products, Amherst College, Tensator
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization53%
    Government11%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Healthcare Company3%
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    Construction Company14%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Government9%
    Company Size
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    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise59%
    Large Enterprise32%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Cherwell Service Management is ranked 19th in Help Desk Software with 6 reviews while Samanage is ranked 26th in Help Desk Software with 3 reviews. Cherwell Service Management is rated 7.2, while Samanage is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cherwell Service Management writes "Having everything in one location has significantly improved our efficiency and reporting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Samanage writes "Detects incidents quickly, improves our SLA performance and solves issues faster". Cherwell Service Management is most compared with ServiceNow and Ivanti Neurons for ITSM, whereas Samanage is most compared with ServiceNow, SolarWinds Service Desk, Freshservice and JIRA Service Management.

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