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We performed a comparison between Hornbill Systems Supportworks and SCSM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Help Desk Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"The solution's business process flow is quite strong. Its reporting is quite good. The standard, basic ITSM functionality like call logging and call flow, for example, are areas the solution really excels in."

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"Many more features than other comparable products.""The most requested feature from our customers is the helpdesk ticketing system.""The solution is quite easy to integrate with other Microsoft products.""This product has helped our organization by allowing people to connect with each other.""SCSM is easy to learn because all of the material, including training videos, can be found online.""We've been in contact with Microsoft technical support mainly. After doing the research ourselves and troubleshooting, etc., if we can't find a permanent solution, we contact Microsoft to help us fix the issue. Sometimes the issue never gets fixed even by Microsoft. It can sometimes require us to reinstall the solution. However, these are very rare instances.""The remote access is one of the features I really enjoy. The pushing of email updates and things like that are very good.""The reporting is very good."

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"It's worked well for us for a significant period of time. However, we are kind-of outgrowing it at the moment. We're struggling a bit with making it meet our requirements."

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"We would like to see a web-based interface that works on mobile devices.""The logs and reporting-related features of the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required.""My company had planned a few months ago to apply SCSM over the cloud in order to provide updates, like regular updates, but it had to be put through a few tools from Microsoft on the cloud, which was not easy.""The product needs to improve its integration with other tools. It also needs to have a better UI and a simple dashboard.""The patch management aspect of the solution should be improved. It's quite complicated and not user-friendly. If your systems are not patched properly, you are unable to pull reports.""We have had some issues with the SCSM on-premise deployment version in the imaging aspects.""It would be good if Microsoft added custom attributes or tagging like in Jamf.""Mobile application integration would be an improvement."

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  • "Our organization pays about $40,000 annually. There are ongoing consultancy costs and if we want to change anything, we're charged a day rate. Other than that, there are no other extra costs involved in working with the solution."
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  • "It is a lower price vs. other things on the market."
  • "It is an expensive solution."
  • "Licensing can be complex and confusing."
  • "The price should be lower."
  • "The price of the solution could be better. My organization has an enterprise annual license with Microsoft which provides us support."
  • "It comes free with the enterprise agreement that we have, but the expense really is in having to buy another product to sit on top of it to make it work properly. You wind up having to buy additional support and additional product with their own support and maintenance costs on top of that."
  • "The license for SCSM is cheap."
  • "I would rate the pricing as two out of five."
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    35th
    out of 59 in Help Desk Software
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    14th
    out of 59 in Help Desk Software
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    Also Known As
    Supportworks
    System Center Service Manager
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    Overview
    Supportworks brings you the ideal combination of business process automation, functionality and flexibility. It's a comprehensive ITIL-compatible application that satisfies most requirements out of the box. Fully integrated processes and support templates mean you can rapidly adopt key components of the service lifecycle. If you don't need all the disciplines immediately, just switch them off until you're ready. Supportworks has the flexibility to support any service desk requirement: HR and FM applications are available. which means you can run all your service desks on a single platform, eliminating duplicated effort, reducing hardware and software costs, and simplifying support.
    System Center Service Manager is a software product by Microsoft to allow organizations to manage incidents and problems. Microsoft states that the product is compliant with industry best practices such as the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and in the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). SCSM has integrated ITIL compliant fulfillment of service requests. Service requests are submitted by the end user in order to obtain information, access to a new application or the most common of all, password reset.
    Sample Customers
    Aylesbury Vale District Council
    Fibabanka, UMC Health System
    Top Industries
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    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Hospitality Company10%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government25%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Company Size
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise42%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise21%
    Large Enterprise65%
    Buyer's Guide
    Hornbill Systems Supportworks vs. SCSM
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Hornbill Systems Supportworks vs. SCSM and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    769,789 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Hornbill Systems Supportworks is ranked 35th in Help Desk Software while SCSM is ranked 14th in Help Desk Software with 23 reviews. Hornbill Systems Supportworks is rated 7.0, while SCSM is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Hornbill Systems Supportworks writes "Excels in call logging and call flows but is limited in terms of scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SCSM writes "Helps us manage IT operations, including incident and service requests, but could be easier to create reports". Hornbill Systems Supportworks is most compared with ServiceNow, whereas SCSM is most compared with ServiceNow, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, JIRA Service Management, BMC Helix ITSM and BeyondTrust Remote Support. See our Hornbill Systems Supportworks vs. SCSM report.

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