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JIRA Service Management vs OpenText Service Manager [EOL] comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

JIRA Service Management
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (2nd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (2nd)
OpenText Service Manager [EOL]
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

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…
MEKKAB Raouf - PeerSpot reviewer
Excellent pricing with great change management and service management capabilities
We started with version 9.3, and now we're on 9.6 with the full solution, including the CMS. They have lots of options. They propose a full solution for technology and IT service management. We are a telecom company. We are a leader in the market, and therefore, we need to have all details about our own environment and assets. So far, Micro Focus answers all our needs. I'd advise new users to go directly to the SMAX solution, the last, last version of Service Manager. If they are a technical company or information technology company with engineers and developers, they can use it on-premise. If they don't have such competence in the company, they can ask for the solution on the cloud. It is easily available on Microsoft, Amazon, or Google clouds. I'd rate the product nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of JIRA Service Management is a plugin we are using for the front end for simple user forms."
"The most valuable features of this solution are Incident and Request Management."
"Confluence is a great tool for documentation and tracking."
"The flow of the reports is good."
"We can track, monitor, and get all the details we need from the end-user's point of view for any service request."
"One of the valuable features is that an automatic response or action can be taken on tickets."
"​Allows customized processes for our service contracts."
"Apart from ticket management and workflow, the Kanban board is one of the helpful tools in Jira."
"It's mostly so reliable and has a lot of functionality. We're using a lot of HPE tools and we can do a lot with it. So, its functionality is the most valuable feature."
"Its flexibility and ease of customization are its most valuable features."
"Micro Focus Service Manager is fine. It's a good solution for small accounts with minimal reporting. Micro Focus is a good option because you don't have to worry about the budget."
"The design has been revamped in terms of GUI. The current interface is quite easy to read."
"It's easy to scale."
"It helps to register things, to see the changing parts, and to correlate incidents."
"Service Manager's best features are flexibility and customizability."
"Service Manager does what it should, but it's quite outdated."
 

Cons

"Currently lacks an asset management module that can affect deployment."
"The interface could be made easier to use. While it is not the worst, there is still room for improvement."
"They need to work on the speed of Jira."
"An AI feature that enables automation and alerts for users can be an improvement."
"JIRA Service Management should make reporting easier. I would like something integrated with DevOps tools."
"If I need a new feature, JIRA requires me to pay for all users when only specific people use that add-on. I should not have to pay for everyone, so this is an area for improvement."
"​SaaS version for large organizations (more than 2000 users) is not available."
"In general, JIRA has no relation to customers or financials. Therefore, marketplace add-ons are needed to make it work for customer-facing systems."
"There's a lot of manual work, which is error prone and time consuming, in how the code gets transported from one system to the other."
"I think one area which is the most painful from my point of view is if you need to integrate a lot of the tools, and being able to make that a lot more seamless."
"It needs good integration with the configuration database, that's lacking at the moment, It's not that good."
"Their end-user interface and technical support features could be improved."
"It, still, has a bit of more of improvement possibilities in the codeless part. But, I can see that they are working on it, so that's quite good as well."
"I don't see anything lacking."
"The interface could be better."
"I think the best recommendation to Micro Focus would be to increase awareness and the marketing for this product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price for JIRA Service Management is reasonable and cheaper than other ITSM solutions, but the licensing model is different, so you cannot compare it with other solutions. Overall, the pricing for the solution is acceptable."
"Costs are about $50 per user per year. JIRA is sold in user tiers of 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 2000, 10,000, and unlimited users. It is bad when you have 51 users then the price is based on that 100 user tier. Users at 100 will be the most cost effective."
"It costs around $150 to $200 per user."
"The price of JIRA Service Management could be reduced."
"I am using the free version, but my clients are paying for it. When they start, they evaluate it for 30 days, and after seeing the value, they move to its paid version."
"JIRA Service Desk has different pricing as it is based on agents. On average, the price is about $300 per agent."
"Jira Service Management has affordable license fees. It's $12 a month per person."
"It is a cheaply priced product."
"I would say that identify your requirements and pay for the support to implement and test those requirements, and then hope that you did a good job because the cost of their service is fairly expensive."
"The license is not cheap."
"I pay for Service Manager on a yearly basis, and the price is reasonable - I would rate it five out of ten."
"Micro Focus Service Manager is a little cheaper than other options. You have to pay a monthly subscription fee."
"HP Service Manager has moderate pricing."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
6%
Computer Software Company
24%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Performing Arts
9%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise33
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise38
 

Questions from the Community

 

Also Known As

JIRA Service Desk
Micro Focus Service Manager, HPE ITSM, HPE Service Manager
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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