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Clarity SM vs Sendbird comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Clarity SM
Ranking in Help Desk Software
26th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
IT Service Management (ITSM) (28th)
Sendbird
Ranking in Help Desk Software
13th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Social Software (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Help Desk Software category, the mindshare of Clarity SM is 1.0%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sendbird is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Türker Kara - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Pranay Koley - PeerSpot reviewer
Facilitates user communication with rich features
In our company, we are using Sendbird for building a chat feature within our salon application.  I am using the Flutter framework to implement the chat feature, which facilitates communication between users and businesses, specifically salon shops There are many useful features with Sendbird. I…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The use, from administrative stance, is pretty simple; and even from an analyst and employee's stances. It's an easy to use system, as far as ticketing systems go, because some of them can be really inundating and complex."
"It gives us one central location to know, not only who is contacting us, but what they're contacting us for, what application they're contacting us for."
"It helps when you have an incident or performing a problem change management process."
"This product has so many adjustment possibilities for many different clients."
"The UI is very user-friendly."
"Clarity is flexible to implement and integrate. It gives the developer or consultant a broad space to work and customize based on what the customers want."
"The value for the clients is that you can save information in the application and get reports with that information."
"When users have a problem, they report using Service Desk and it is very useful for this."
"Sendbird is reliable and generally crash-free."
"The most valuable feature for us, besides chat, was file transfer, as we used it for sending files and images in chats."
"The backend system was managed by Sendbird, eliminating the need for caching systems or local storage on user devices."
"Sendbird is very flexible, and they have made great strides towards optimization."
"Features similar to WhatsApp, such as online and offline statuses, message reactions, and replies, add significant value."
"There are many useful features with Sendbird."
"Sendbird provides many features for real-time messaging, such as receipt ID and typing indicators."
"The Sendbird developer portal provides each step, including methods, making it easy to implement."
 

Cons

"We just upgraded about a year and half ago and it was painful. We had the testing of the dev environment, and then testing of the production environment, so it was two weekends out of my life. And stuff broke."
"I would also like to see a simpler reporting tool. They went from one fairly robust, very complex, reporting tool - it was great - and then they went to another one that was also fairly complex and robust. That's a great tool for people who are report writers, but for the average person who just wants to get a quick little report, it's like handing somebody a chainsaw because they have to break some toothpicks in half."
"Report solutions are a little short."
"Although I wasn't involved in the initial setup I have been involved with upgrades. They have been fairly complex. We've had some issues with upgrades where we had to roll back and get some things fixed. Some things that we ended up tracking back to not following directions right, but then other things we've run into issues."
"More user experience in the look and feel of the application. ​"
"The user interface is just boring. I'd like to see a more interactive UI, from the end-user perspective, and from the analyst's perspective. I would like a product that looks like it was developed maybe in 2015, or at least 2012."
"On permissions, there are options to do groups and options to do roles. What is practical, you have to pick one or the other, for both read and write permissions."
"It doesn't yet have the ability to integrate with other products."
"At times, there are unexpected behaviors where the documentation suggests something different from how the SDK actually behaves, requiring us to create workarounds."
"The documentation for integrating with the Flutter framework is lacking detailed information."
"Their pricing is very high compared to competitors, which is a concern for us."
"A major issue was the requirement for a separate connection to Sendbird, resulting in a delay when initiating the chat."
"Impersonating a user or using a template user to send messages for development purposes would be very useful."
"The documentation for integrating with the Flutter framework is lacking detailed information. Initially, I struggled to connect users and manage tokens for active and offline sessions, which caused frustration."
"I thought that there should be the audio and the video call functionality as well."
"More analytics tools could be integrated into Sendbird."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think pricing of this model is suitable for growing corporations."
"I don't see anyone other than large companies being able to afford this system."
"The pricing is based on a subscription model."
"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."
"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."
"The solution is quite reasonable compared to other solutions in the market."
"It is a bit expensive, but you definitely get what you pay for. It is worth it!"
"Pricing is simple, as it’s per concurrent analysts."
"There is a starter plan for $399 per month, and a pro plan for $799 dollars."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sendbird?
Testing Sendbird is challenging due to the trial limitations of only one hundred users. The subscription cost is quite high, which prevents us from subscribing before the project completion and use...
What needs improvement with Sendbird?
The documentation for integrating with the Flutter framework is lacking detailed information. Initially, I struggled to connect users and manage tokens for active and offline sessions, which caused...
What is your primary use case for Sendbird?
In our company, we are using Sendbird for building a chat feature within our salon application. I am using the Flutter framework to implement the chat feature, which facilitates communication betwe...
 

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Also Known As

CA Service Desk Manager, Clarity Service Management, CA Service Management, Unicenter Service Desk, CA SDM, CA Service Catalog, CA Business Service Insight
Sendbird Calls, Sendbird Desk
 

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Sample Customers

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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