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Freshservice vs Ivanti Service Desk [EOL] comparison

 

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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

Freshservice
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (8th), Project Management Software (12th), Cloud Management (15th), IT Asset Management (6th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (5th)
Ivanti Service Desk [EOL]
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Trilochana Gouda - PeerSpot reviewer
Smooth incident management and easy to use while needing better escalation management
We are using Freshservice for the IT ticketing system for business users We use the ticketing system primarily, which is very easy to use for all users. Freshservice is helpful, especially in incident management. Incident management is very helpful, and the system is straightforward, making it…
David Gillen - PeerSpot reviewer
It offers us the flexibility to use the tool across multiple departments, not just IT
Each company had its own solution before we merged. We were all independent up to that point. My last company was with was using the Touchpaper solution, which became LANDesk, then Ivanti. We've continued with our tool, but there had to be a corporate standard, so the other companies were told to migrate on to the Ivanti platform.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Freshservice's best feature is its user-friendliness."
"It allows for customization and offers a broad feature set."
"Its ease of use is fantastic. It is just above and beyond, especially when you compare it to something like Cherwell, Salesforce, or anything like that. It is on its own level. It is so easy to administer. The way everything is organized and the way it builds its own documentation is very good."
"It is a stable solution. My company hasn't faced any problems with the solution."
"The most valuable feature of Freshservice is you can assign downloaded tickets and the reports are useful."
"We use the ticketing system primarily, which is very easy to use for all users."
"The solution facilitates a transition from an organizational structure that is function-based to a process-oriented approach."
"The most valuable feature is the sandbox, which allows me to test new configurations, automations, and workflows before taking them live on the production system."
"The initial setup was quite simple; installing just took a few minutes."
"Ivanti offers us the flexibility to transform it from purely an internal IT tool to something we can use across multiple departments. There's now a queue of departments waiting to onboard and get their processes built. The flexibility within the workflow is excellent."
"Incident management is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable features of the Ivanti Service Desk are service requests and incident management."
"The tool supports a lot of standard reporting KPIs."
"The best feature is that SLAs are automatically tracked, so when we breach something, we can set up email escalations as well."
"Incident management and service request management features are the most valuable."
"It is highly configurable with PinkVERIFY status."
 

Cons

"The product should look at BCM or ServiceNow and see if there are features that would make nice additions. It would help them stay competitive."
"They can improve the search. While searching the inventory, when I cancel a selected category, the search box disappears, and I have to reload the page. It is a small glitch. Currently, we can have only one plan per subscription. All users have to be on the same plan. We can't have two users for plan A and five users for plan B. It might be good if there was an option to have different plans within one subscription so that you can assign each agent to the corresponding plan."
"There is a need for improvement in terms of automatic escalation to the next level if an issue is not resolved. It should optimize and allow customization. Additionally, asset management needs improvement."
"You can't implement a complicated delivery workflow. We don't have the same problems with incident and change workflows. It's only for delivery workflow. They have a mechanism for modifying your incident or change workflow. There's a visual interface for that, so there's no reason not to have the same function for request management."
"I experienced some delay in response time for non-function critical queries."
"The most significant area for improvement is consistency across the different modules, as they are inconsistent. It makes me think the modules have different development teams with no consistent approach. From an end-user perspective, I can do certain operations in one module, such as instant management, but not in problem management, for example, and I don't see why that should be the case. It would be good to see more consistency in the development process."
"Some of the ways that tasks are reported on and shown can be better. You can't see tasks in your regular ticket list view. You can't see a combo view of tasks and tickets. It is a little bit difficult to get a solid overview of your list of things to do. You can only see them in separate views, instead of one single view."
"The reporting and management information (MI) are very limited, and stopped realistic and timely reporting on outstanding incidents."
"When we need to implement changes, it usually takes two to three days to happen, making it a very time-consuming process."
"Ivanti Service Desk could improve the GUI because it is not as good as other solutions, such as BMC or ServiceNow. If Ivanti Service Desk works on the GUI and makes it more user-friendly, and its content more attractive it might help the solution in the long run."
"The administrative side of it could be a little more intuitive. This is the side that you use to do customizations. It is very customizable, but it could be a bit more intuitive and user-friendly. Their support can also be better in terms of response time. Currently, their response time is a little slow."
"The documentation for migration which includes migration from one version to another or cloud to on-premises is not available in detail. There is no proper planning on metadata updates. I am not able to do the data movement with the package push."
"You have limited ability to customize how Ivanti renders. It's a fairly strict design that doesn't offer you much freedom to alter the rigid, two-column layout on the screen. You can choose between one column or two, but that's about it. The presentation is probably the biggest weakness."
"You must be very technical to configure it."
"The mobile service is minimal and doesn't provide sufficient capabilities."
"The interface can be improved. It can be made more interactive for self-service users."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Freshservice is a fairly cheap solution. Though monthly payments can be made towards the licensing costs of the solution, my company prefers to make annual payments."
"Freshservice price is competitive, it is not more than other solutions on the market."
"Its price is great. Its pricing is supposedly a lot less than ServiceNow and other alternatives."
"Our licensing fee for Freshservice is $2,500 a year."
"The pricing information is on their website. It's my understanding that their Pro Plan, for example, is around $89/month."
"Freshservice's licensing costs are pretty good, and it has different categories of pricing based on what modules and features you choose, which gives a lot of flexibility."
"The solution has an annual licensing model."
"Compared to other tools, Freshservice is affordable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
24%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
7%
Retailer
7%
Government
23%
Healthcare Company
14%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Freshservice?
The solution has been very helpful engineering insights into the client's environment. We have been able to manage calls and incidence very efficiently which provides us with a clear understanding...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Freshservice?
The solution offers flat licensing and appears to be cost-effective.
What needs improvement with Freshservice?
There is a need for improvement in terms of automatic escalation to the next level if an issue is not resolved. It should optimize and allow customization. Additionally, asset management needs impr...
What do you like most about Ivanti Service Desk ?
The tool supports a lot of standard reporting KPIs.
What needs improvement with Ivanti Service Desk ?
The documentation for migration which includes migration from one version to another or cloud to on-premises is not available in detail. There is no proper planning on metadata updates. I am not ab...
What is your primary use case for Ivanti Service Desk ?
Basically, we use it for service management from the financial side of things.
 

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