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SolarWinds Web Help Desk vs Splunk On-Call 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

SolarWinds Web Help Desk
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (19th)
Splunk On-Call
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

SolarWinds Web Help Desk and Splunk On-Call aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. SolarWinds Web Help Desk is designed for Help Desk Software and holds a mindshare of 1.0%, down 1.2% compared to last year.
Splunk On-Call, on the other hand, focuses on IT Alerting and Incident Management, holds 3.4% mindshare, down 4.8% since last year.
Help Desk Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SolarWinds Web Help Desk1.0%
ServiceNow11.2%
JIRA Service Management6.0%
Other81.8%
Help Desk Software
IT Alerting and Incident Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Splunk On-Call3.4%
PagerDuty Operations Cloud11.0%
Opsgenie7.5%
Other78.1%
IT Alerting and Incident Management
 

Featured Reviews

GANESAN K - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Engineer at Safezone Secure Solutions Private Limited
Has supported daily operational workflows and improved approval management across departments
We actually do the reselling. We created a self-service portal for the customers, and this particular function does impact reducing IT staff workload overall. From technical standpoints, comparing SolarWinds Web Help Desk with TeamViewer, we need ease of configuration and ease of allocating, creating new fields or creating new layouts for many specific use cases. An organization can have a number of use cases when it comes to a ticketing tool. It's not a security solution; it's more of a service solution where you will be configuring the needed categories and needed fields for each department. On a scale of 1-10, I rate SolarWinds Web Help Desk an 8.
Ramani Happy - PeerSpot reviewer
Dev Ops Engineer at Data Elicit Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Streamlined incident response has reduced downtime and improved on-call collaboration
A few things I would improve in Splunk On-Call. Honestly, the reporting and analysis side feels a bit weak. If I want to deep dive into the on-call load, including MTTD and MTTR rates, I kind of have to export data and build my own dashboard, which is not as out-of-the-box as I would prefer. The UI has improved, but it still feels a little chunky in certain areas, particularly when managing schedules. When I have a lot of teams, it can get messy. Additionally, the pricing model is per user, which starts to get expensive as the team scales.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"SolarWinds is a very good application that provides you with a detailed monitoring capability of your network and assets."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the assets management module."
"Once installed, it runs like a charm and doesn't ever crash."
"SolarWinds is scalable as far as adding devices and servers."
"It is easy to use."
"The biggest advantage for SolarWinds Web Help Desk is the user interface; we were able to configure a different UI for administrators, employees, and HODs based on their hierarchy level."
"The solution scales well; currently is working for 60 help desk technicians (IT and non-IT) for over 2,000 users."
"SolarWinds supports case and incident reporting. This includes logging incidents and tracking them efficiently. Additionally, it is compatible and approved by the ITIL foundation and standards, meeting world-class standards."
"VictorOps has decreased the meantime to acknowledge an incident management process, our developers can be on-call faster when we are using this solution, and we can fix our incidents much quicker."
"Transmogrifier and automatic solution report gives me a report with the solution and the way to solve issues when an error occurred."
"Splunk On-Call has helped my organization to improve response times, reduce missed alerts, and coordinate teams more efficiently during incidents."
"The alert calling feature is the best because notifications are delivered via phone messages."
"I would recommend VictorOps for global distributed support teams."
"The flexible schedule is the most valuable feature. It was very easy to set out a rotation."
"VictorOps has been good enough for us and it's effective for our needs in case of an on-call escalation process."
"We are very satisfied with the tool."
 

Cons

"The working part, the deployment part, and the configuration part was a little bit complex."
"Dashboards need some amount of work to be done. Ease of customization is desired."
"However, it's a little outdated compared to newer products that include protection and detection."
"This is a good solution, but the GUI is really old-fashion and needs to be updated."
"It would be good if there were training and tutorial videos on the Web Help Desk."
"The interface feels clunky to me compared to some other systems that I've used. I used ManageEngine Service Desk prior to this at my previous job and that had stuff like categories that we use that I don't see in SolarWinds."
"The program seems buggy to me. Not infrequently, when I click to add a Note, the Notes section disappears instead of opening a box to add a Note."
"A little outdated compared to newer products that include protection and detection."
"At that stage, all our needs are fulfilled, but at the beginning, we had some feature requests and they were deployed during their roadmap."
"The solution can be improved by including a wider list of permissions."
"There could be improvements with communicating an incident or alert."
"Many years ago, when VictorOps was a standalone company, when it was not part of Splunk, their support was more dedicated for us."
"The third-party configuration tool could be easier to use."
"Should have more YouTube webinars."
"The only feature that we are currently waiting on right now is really kind of an annoyance factor: when we get on the timeline on the main dashboard, there’s an ACK All button."
"We chose to move away from the HP product as far as our monitoring goes and dealing with system-generated alerts, simply because it took too much time and effort to manage the APM platform."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When you compare with ManageEngine and ServiceNow, SolarWinds is reasonable."
"They charge by the technician. It costs $117 per technician per year."
"The price of the solution could be less expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
11%
Retailer
11%
Performing Arts
9%
University
9%
Performing Arts
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with SolarWinds Web Help Desk?
Areas of improvement can be enhanced regarding configuration. We had the deployment metrics and usability, ease of use, and ease of access. These were the three functionalities we were looking for ...
What is your primary use case for SolarWinds Web Help Desk?
For Zoho, we did OP Manager, Audit Security, AD Security and Asset Management, Patch Management. These things we are dealing with Zoho. We are not dealing with solutions such as Zoho Mail or Zoho P...
What advice do you have for others considering SolarWinds Web Help Desk?
We actually do the reselling. We created a self-service portal for the customers, and this particular function does impact reducing IT staff workload overall. From technical standpoints, comparing ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VictorOps?
The pricing aspect is per-user licensing, which is standard for this category, making it competitive compared to PagerDuty. In the past, we used PagerDuty, but it is not cheap once you start adding...
What needs improvement with VictorOps?
A few things I would improve in Splunk On-Call. Honestly, the reporting and analysis side feels a bit weak. If I want to deep dive into the on-call load, including MTTD and MTTR rates, I kind of ha...
What is your primary use case for VictorOps?
I have been using Splunk On-Call for nearly about two years. Our main use is incident alerting and on-call scheduling for our engineering and DevOps team. Basically, whenever something goes down, a...
 

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