We performed a comparison between Spiceworks and Zoho Desk 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."It's easy to understand."
"It lets us know whether devices are getting out of date and tracked warranties. Spiceworks also gave me visibility in terms of what software was installed on each device and its status."
"The solution is very stable. It's reliable and efficient."
"It was easy to integrate Spiceworks with our existing setup."
"If you're in the market for a low-cost service desk system, Spiceworks is a good software solution to start out with, especially when it comes to startups and those organizations that don't currently have any existing service desk software in place."
"The solution can find all asset details automatically, whether it's a Mac address, computer name, IP address, models, etc. It's very helpful."
"The nice thing about Spiceworks is always it's free. Monitoring of printers for low toner. Finding machines that have low memory or low hard disk space."
"Spiceworks' dashboard allows you to drill down to the notes, where I can take an inventory of the network and see the devices I need to monitor."
"The product is quite stable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The ticketing feature is very easy to use, compared to other systems."
"The most valuable feature of Zoho Desk is the parent and child task management feature."
"The most valuable features of Zoho Desk are archiving queries and analytics."
"It is a scalable platform."
"Good at capturing online inquiries has portal functionality, and is very good at managing inbound customer inquiries."
"The most valuable feature of generating the ticket through the web form and for the e-mailers. So, if you are facing any issues, by the ticket, you can generate the issue in Google Test."
"Once a device was recognized on the network, Spiceworks never got rid of it even after you took it off the network. You had to go in and manually remove it."
"They've also tried to integrate it with social logins, like Twitter and LinkedIn, and that type of login authentication has no place in a corporate application."
"It would be nice to have remote access to the solution via a tablet. They also need remote control from a PC. Right now, to complete the technical support process, you have to have a tool to access the PC, and check the problems."
"The SNMP sniffer requires a lot of work to get right."
"I would like the solution to allow for more direct interaction with computers. I can open tickets and I can see their status, but I can't interact directly with the computers themselves."
"The GUI must be improved."
"Since Spiceworks is a free tool, it's not very scriptable or customizable."
"I would like to see more information when drilling down into access permissions, assignments management, or tagging. When I click a note or a device, I should be able to see more details about the router and modem. For example, I want to see the version, downtime, availability, latency, etc. I should have easy access to everything about our assets at a glance."
"The solution could improve its stability and scalability."
"Zoho Desk should provide more integrations and improve the Zoho project integration."
"I would like to have integrated support, and integration between the ticketing tool and the project management tool."
"The solution should provide an option to autofill some values while creating tickets."
"The solution urgently needs improvement in the display's night mode. When we use the system for a long time, it's very stressful for our eyes. I also need to see improvements that can help to find the assets under a previous owner."
"They could enhance the product’s features to customize the automated email responses."
"As per customer requirements, it may have some limitations."
"There is room for improvement with the pricing."
Spiceworks is ranked 16th in Help Desk Software with 47 reviews while Zoho Desk is ranked 6th in Help Desk Software with 19 reviews. Spiceworks is rated 7.8, while Zoho Desk is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Spiceworks writes "Good low-cost service desk system, but lacks in automation workflows and categorization ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zoho Desk writes "End-to-end solution to manage customer support tickets and consolidate all communication channels into one platform". Spiceworks is most compared with Zabbix, Lansweeper, ServiceNow, Freshdesk and JIRA Service Management, whereas Zoho Desk is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, Freshservice and ManageEngine SupportCenter Plus. See our Spiceworks vs. Zoho Desk report.
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