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Ivanti Service Desk [EOL] vs JIRA Service Management comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

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
JIRA Service Management
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (2nd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Karim Yousef - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently track and document projects with seamless tool integration
We are a management warehouse that provides services to different customers in different sectors. Primarily, we serve the banking sector and the military sector. We manage all the software delivery projects through tools such as JIRA Service Management or TFS Confluence is a great tool for…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is highly configurable with PinkVERIFY status."
"Incident management and service request management features are the most valuable."
"The initial setup was quite simple; installing just took a few minutes."
"The tool supports a lot of standard reporting KPIs."
"The most valuable features of the Ivanti Service Desk are service requests and incident management."
"Incident management is a valuable feature."
"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."
"The best feature is that SLAs are automatically tracked, so when we breach something, we can set up email escalations as well."
"With Jira Service Desk, the simplicity of setting up a quick form and getting the service desk running quickly is very helpful."
"Its integration is most valuable. It is pretty open for integration."
"It's a good experience."
"One of the valuable features is that an automatic response or action can be taken on tickets."
"One of the best things about JIRA is that it searches for answers while questions are being typed so some tickets do not need to be submitted."
"Jira gets the basics right in terms of the product backlog and a scrum board teams can use to manage sprint backlogs."
"It scales well."
"​Allows customized processes for our service contracts."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"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 interface can be improved. It can be made more interactive for self-service users."
"The mobile service is minimal and doesn't provide sufficient capabilities."
"You must be very technical to configure it."
"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."
"When we need to implement changes, it usually takes two to three days to happen, making it a very time-consuming process."
"The main issue with this solution is there's no limited subscription available for plugins we only use for a few people. If we only have a team of twenty using a plugin, we still have to purchase a subscription for the whole 200 users."
"Its UI is a bit overwhelming for new users. That has been the problem with Jira for a long time. If they could put some fields that we could use to simplify the UI, it would be good."
"One thing I would suggest is that before we create an epic, we mention the required stories in its description. Then AI could directly create those stories instead of doing it manually inside the table, so that integration can occur."
"The licensing model could be improved."
"The pricing could be better."
"Generally requires the purchase of additional plugins."
"The search function could be improved. We have to search a certain way. There is no generic search; it is more object-oriented search."
"Field addition and removal features are not very intuitive in JIRA Service Management."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It depends on the number of users but it starts at $20 per month per user. I would rate them a three out of five for pricing."
"JIRA Service Desk has different pricing as it is based on agents. On average, the price is about $300 per agent."
"We have paid $20,000 recently for a one-year license for our on-prem server."
"It is a cheaply priced product."
"We need a license because we have a higher number than the free part."
"I would suggest to always buy licenses through an Atlassian partner, so you can also rely on their expertise."
"The price of JIRA Service Management could be reduced."
"I price of JIRA Service Management is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
22%
Healthcare Company
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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.
 

Also Known As

No data available
JIRA Service Desk
 

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Sample Customers

MBDA, Coates Hire, Perth & Kinross Council, Oil States International Inc., London Borough of Lambeth, Avon IM&T Consortium, Diagonal Consulting
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