Freshservice vs Samanage comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Freshservice
Ranking in Help Desk Software
5th
Ranking in IT Asset Management
3rd
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (9th), Cloud Management (13th)
Samanage
Ranking in Help Desk Software
24th
Ranking in IT Asset Management
17th
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
23rd
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
License Management (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Help Desk Software category, the mindshare of Freshservice is 3.5%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Samanage is 0.9%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Help Desk Software
Unique Categories:
Project Management Software
2.5%
Cloud Management
0.4%
IT Asset Management
0.8%
IT Service Management (ITSM)
0.9%
 

Featured Reviews

Tim Guilder - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 20, 2022
Provides excellent traceability along with improved efficiency and reliability
It would be good to have the product integrated with Google because that's our corporate tool of choice. I'd also like to see a notice board where you can list a summary of the top 10 items being dealt with each day. It's something that would be very helpful. I believe they're working on a chatbot but we haven't seen that as yet. I'd like it to include a space where questions asked to a chatbot can be self-triaged in terms of support or with the ability to point you towards a knowledge-based article. We've been doing some of that ourselves but it would be good to have it through a chatbot.
MC
Mar 27, 2024
Detects incidents quickly, improves our SLA performance and solves issues faster
I use it for incident recording based on your inventory It helps us detect incidents quickly so we can improve our SLA performance and solve issues faster. This makes our customers happy. We also use it for asset management. We get some information and data, but now we don't use the full asset…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Ability to scan barcodes and a great search feature."
"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 of the system warranty and the actions that we might need to take in terms of insights. The system is very dynamic and prevents any kind of over sides which is yours that there is smooth contract management. Also we can easily uphold SLAs and deliver enhanced services without breaching any agreements."
"The workflow and the change management process are valuable."
"There is a nice user interface."
"The solution is very responsive with a 97% success rate in funneling customer tickets."
"I do like the workflow automation capabilities, where based upon certain actions, it will automatically go and route tickets to a particular person. It is fairly user-friendly."
"The admin feature is the UI, so it's very clean. The asset management and its model are valuable as well."
"The most valuable feature of Freshservice is you can assign downloaded tickets and the reports are useful."
"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."
 

Cons

"I think it would be great if the tool had another version that is more customizable. From what I remember, there were some limitations regarding the number of assets you could track. In a more robust version, the number of assets increases, but I think it would be better to have something more customizable for all versions, especially the most robust version. This would be great for larger customers."
"Freshservice's technical support has issues with delays and translations."
"There are some limitations in reporting. For example, I would like to have a report of conversations or replies."
"Not integrated with Google."
"Freshservice has issues around how assets get picked up, requiring a lot of parameter changes within to network to ensure the system discovers everything."
"The chat portal is not that great."
"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."
"I would suggest that Freshservice enhance its technical capabilities, particularly when it comes to ICT network discovery."
"The system shuts down about once a month which is frustrating."
"The setting up process is not quite easy. It's quite difficult."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is good for the price you pay. It has different plans. If you need all features, you need to go for a higher plan. Currently, with the second tier plan, you cannot completely separate the group of agents. So, the agent in each group can see another person's ticket. You also cannot modify the rules based on the viewable, readable stuff and cannot have a custom role in this plan. If you want to do that, you have to go for a higher plan. It works in our case because it doesn't matter if the other group can see our ticket because it doesn't contain anything sensitive. We also didn't need the project or change management features. That's why we didn't go with a higher plan."
"One of the key benefits of Freshservice is license management. Asset management has the possibility to keep track of licenses and that's very useful. The price of the solution is very good."
"The solution has an annual licensing model."
"There are some additional costs but not that many. For example, we have unlimited assets, which is something for which we pay extra. We also paid for additional orchestration. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of pricing. They are right in the middle."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Freshservice price is competitive, it is not more than other solutions on the market."
"I can't recall exactly how much we pay, but it is somewhere in the middle compared to the rest of the market. The more we purchase, the cheaper it becomes, and I think the solution offers good value for money."
"It is $34 per license, per agent. Currently, we don't see any add-ons at extra fees."
"It is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
27%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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 needs improvement with Freshservice?
Freshservice automation capabilities are improving the way we respond to a few customers. There is a bit of delay when we must respond to the customer.
What do you like most about Samanage?
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.
What needs improvement with Samanage?
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 o...
What is your primary use case for Samanage?
I use it for incident recording based on your inventory.
 

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Sample Customers

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Western Carriers, Judson University, Golf Canada, Travix, Proxama, Paymentez, Ready Auto Transport
SXSW, PRA Group, Fandango, Inteva Products, Amherst College, Tensator
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