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We performed a comparison between Clarity SM, Serviceaide ChangeGear , and vRealize Business for Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"We are benefiting by being able to put time to what our technicians are doing.""Right now, we are starting to be dependent on the CMDB a lot.""It's fairly easy to use, from a UI standpoint.""Ability to write macros, which can in turn trigger some condition or could be conditioned to basically trigger notifications, the workflow desk, or web calls. It is huge benefit to customize it.""The integration between the ticketing and knowledge is huge, because that is a best practice. The knowledge is great. It is simple but efficient, and it works.​""We can search open and closed cases to find what we have done in other incidents.""It improves our service delivery process. We're more efficient. We're leveraging the ticketing system, which is always more efficient, so we can measure and improve.""The most valuable features are the requests and incident tracking."

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"The solution is a highly mature product. Because of this, it can stand up to any other product on the market."

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"It doesn't take long to develop an automation blueprint. You need about half an hour, and then you can install or deploy it on several systems. That was our first great advantage in the project because we urgently needed to deploy across many different systems.""I like the integration with other applications or vendors.""The most valuable feature is that it has a very easy and adaptive look and feel, compared with some other cloud solutions.""The tool helps us to monitor the services provided to customers as a cloud provider. The product is a monitoring solution that helps customers pay for their utilization of services.""The most valuable feature is that it allows us to compare the billing between the clouds.""The way the dashboard works with the main orchestrator to combine different types of cloud providers is helpful.""The flexibility is the product's most valuable feature.""This solution has made us aware that we are over-provisioning our virtual machines."

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"The CA products integrate well together but I would like to see better integration with third-party solutions.""We just upgraded about a year and half ago and it was painful. We had the testing of the dev environment, and then testing of the production environment, so it was two weekends out of my life. And stuff broke.""Although I wasn't involved in the initial setup I have been involved with upgrades. They have been fairly complex. We've had some issues with upgrades where we had to roll back and get some things fixed. Some things that we ended up tracking back to not following directions right, but then other things we've run into issues.""The interface is pretty straightforward, but I think for some end-users a little more simplified user interface would help.""We would like more information about all the configurations that we have on our infrastructure side.""When I am reviewing an incident, sometimes there is too much information on the same screen and it is difficult to discern what is of value.""Report solutions are a little short.""​We would like to see them revamp, or rework, a lot of their configuration management database structures. We hear that is on the horizon."

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"The solution needs to improve its reporting features. The user interface needs a lot of improvements."

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"If you haven't established a vSphere cluster and you only have a single server to integrate, you can't deploy any service.""The knowledge base is not available for the engineers, which is something that needs to be improved.""The pricing model is complicated and would be more predictable if it were simplified.""There are some kinks to resolve with the Web GUI user interface, as it freezes at times.""I would like it if they could provide their customers with more qualified support.""It's not always easy to find the information you need. You must have a lot of technical experience to find the right location for what you're implementing within the program.""It would be a good idea for VMware to be compatible with the most popular orchestration tools in the market.""The product needs some investment in configuration. I would like to see better and more optimized configuration in the tool's future releases."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I don't see anyone other than large companies being able to afford this system."
  • "It is a bit expensive, but you definitely get what you pay for. It is worth it!"
  • "Pricing is simple, as it’s per concurrent analysts."
  • "I think pricing of this model is suitable for growing corporations."
  • "Clarity offers a perpetual license. Customers purchase the license once and then pay for maintenance. CA provides a subscription model as well. Both models are available for our customers."
  • "There is a subscripted needed to use Clarity SM. The price of the solution could be less expensive. ServiceNow is less expensive and BMC Helix is priced similar to Clarity SM."
  • "The pricing is based on a subscription model."
  • "The solution is quite reasonable compared to other solutions in the market."
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  • "It's expensive, which is one of the problems with this solution."
  • "The pricing model is complicated."
  • "The product is a cost-effective solution."
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    Also Known As
    CA Service Desk Manager, Clarity Service Management, CA Service Management, Unicenter Service Desk, CA SDM, CA Service Catalog, CA Business Service Insight
    Serviceaide ISM (Intelligent Service Management), Nimsoft Service Desk, CA Cloud Service Management , ChangeGear
    VMware IT Business Management Suite, VMware ITBM, IT Business Management Suite, Digital Fuel
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    Overview

    Service desk capabilities, an integral part of the CA Service Management solution, can enable you to deliver efficiencies in IT service management to business consumers, power users and decision makers. Mobility and collaborative self-service capabilities provide a modern user experience for accessing services and performing tasks, which can help drive user adoption, satisfaction and productivity.

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    ChangeGear, a leader in the GigaOm ITSM Radar Report, presents a cutting-edge AI-based service management platform that transforms user experience and enhances decision-making. Offering a business-friendly interface, ChangeGear is customizable with drag-n-drop editing, ensuring adaptability to diverse user needs. The AI-driven platform accelerates decision-making processes with real-time recommendations and intelligent predictions, boosting staff efficiency. Advanced automation, including workflow automation and business process automation, streamlines operations, freeing staff from manual tasks. Recognized for its agility and speed, ChangeGear stands out in change management, asset management, and service desk solutions. For industries navigating compliance challenges, ChangeGear's robust change management and auditing capabilities provide a comprehensive solution. 

    VMware IT Business Management Suite offers in three editions: Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise. VMware IT Business Management Suite provides transparency and control over the cost and quality of IT services. By providing a business context to the services IT offers, IT Business Management helps IT organizations shift from a technology orientation to a service broker orientation, delivering a portfolio of IT services that align with the needs of line of business stakeholders. With benchmarks providing objective evidence, IT Business Management also provides the fact-based approach needed to minimize the cost of IT while maximizing the value IT delivers to its customers. Greater transparency and alignment, and the continuous improvement of IT services they enable, support IT as it seeks to develop competitive advantage through major IT transformation initiatives such as cloud, mobility and data center modernization.
    Sample Customers
    Banco G&T Continental City of Perth, FEMSA, Fujitsu, Manpower, Muslim Commercial Bank - MCB, Punjab National Bank, Santa Clara County Social Services, Stefanini
    Oakwood Systems Group
    Rent-A-Center, SAIC - (Science Applications International Corporation), Tribune Media, iGATE, EMC, Deutsche Telekom, GEFCO, Banca Ifis
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Healthcare Company25%
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Government7%
    Comms Service Provider5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Real Estate/Law Firm7%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Healthcare Company25%
    Educational Organization13%
    Media Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Real Estate/Law Firm14%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise61%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise73%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise67%
    Buyer's Guide
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