Alemba vFire vs Clarity SM comparison

Cancel
You must select at least 2 products to compare!
Alemba Logo
508 views|322 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
Broadcom Logo
714 views|453 comparisons
85% willing to recommend
Comparison Buyer's Guide
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Alemba vFire and Clarity SM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out what your peers are saying about ServiceNow, Atlassian, BMC and others in IT Service Management (ITSM).
To learn more, read our detailed IT Service Management (ITSM) Report (Updated: April 2024).
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Featured Review
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"When we met with the Alemba vFire from Australia, it was a good discussion and they have a good feature roadmap.""The workflow is very good, as well as customizable.""Incident Management is the most valuable feature of the solution."

More Alemba vFire Pros →

"The flexibility and being able to connect to multiple products are valuable. It allows to use it the way we want to use it versus the way it came out of the box.""The database and the power that is driven behind the database.""There is a lot of flexibility in the system. There has not yet been a case where we've had people come to us and say, "Hey, can you guys do this?" and we can't. Some of it is obviously a little bit more complicated at times, but the flexibility in the system provides a lot.""The UI is very user-friendly.""It has all our configurations. All our infrastructure configurations are on a single pane of glass to view, allowing for one single point of information.""It is easy to tell what needs fixing and the priority of things.""As of late, I really like the BI functions.""This product has so many adjustment possibilities for many different clients."

More Clarity SM Pros →

Cons
"The product should improve its ability to integrate with third-party tools.""We had issues with the user interface, the way it was structured wasn't that user-friendly. The chat features could improve. For example, in change management, all the chat discussions can be done via ServiceNow. We are using two separate solutions, such as Teams, to chat, and the Alemba vFire tool to process.""The reporting needs to be improved."

More Alemba vFire Cons →

"Improvements would include simplification in the user interface, being more expandable, better documentation. The user interface is fairly cluttered, and we can update it the way we need to, but it just seems dated.""On permissions, there are options to do groups and options to do roles. What is practical, you have to pick one or the other, for both read and write permissions.""We talk a lot about the idea that Service Desk Manager should be more "service" oriented, not just ticket oriented.""Ease of support and upgrades need much improvement.""The API is very, very bad so we developed our own.""We need a mobile solution. We are not using any mobile functionality for the product, but we think that this necessary.""There are some issues regarding the knowledge base and the configuration manager.""The interface is pretty straightforward, but I think for some end-users a little more simplified user interface would help."

More Clarity SM Cons →

Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Alemba vFire is more affordable than the other solutions on the market. The solution changes for the number of customers not per user or module. The price was reasonable overall. We paid for support and it was a fair price."
  • "The product is much cheaper than ServiceNow."
  • More Alemba vFire 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."
  • More Clarity SM Pricing and Cost Advice →

    report
    Use our free recommendation engine to learn which IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions are best for your needs.
    768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Incident Management is the most valuable feature of the solution.
    Top Answer:The product should improve its ability to integrate with third-party tools. The service portal should be customizable.
    Top Answer:The product is used for incident management, change management, and request management. We can store assets like people, machines, and processes in CMDB. We can also use the solution to see the chain… more »
    Top Answer:It is the most stable product in the market.
    Top Answer:The solution is quite reasonable compared to other solutions in the market.
    Top Answer:They should enhance the service desk manager's service point function to be more customizable. Presently, there are so many limitations in this particular UI. Thus, similar to the existing UI, they… more »
    Ranking
    Views
    508
    Comparisons
    322
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    251
    Rating
    7.0
    Views
    714
    Comparisons
    453
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    326
    Rating
    7.7
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    vFire
    CA Service Desk Manager, Clarity Service Management, CA Service Management, Unicenter Service Desk, CA SDM, CA Service Catalog, CA Business Service Insight
    Learn More
    Alemba
    Video Not Available
    Overview

    Backed by a quarter of a century of heritage, Alemba’s vFire Enterprise Service Management solution combines a user-focused design philosophy with robust functionality.

    vFire is trusted by a large number of Enterprise-scale organizations for its out-of-the-box deeply rich workflows, award-winning Pro-active Problem Management and future-proofed flexibility.

    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.

    Learn More: https://www.ca.com/us/products...

    Sample Customers
    Dumfries & Galloway
    Banco G&T Continental City of Perth, FEMSA, Fujitsu, Manpower, Muslim Commercial Bank - MCB, Punjab National Bank, Santa Clara County Social Services, Stefanini
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government23%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Non Profit7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Healthcare Company25%
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Government7%
    Comms Service Provider5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Real Estate/Law Firm7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise56%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise63%
    Buyer's Guide
    IT Service Management (ITSM)
    April 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about ServiceNow, Atlassian, BMC and others in IT Service Management (ITSM). Updated: April 2024.
    768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Alemba vFire is ranked 27th in IT Service Management (ITSM) with 3 reviews while Clarity SM is ranked 22nd in IT Service Management (ITSM) with 107 reviews. Alemba vFire is rated 7.4, while Clarity SM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Alemba vFire writes "Fulfills all IT management needs, simple setup, but could be more user-friendly". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Clarity SM writes "Quite good back-end architecture for end users but the API is very, very bad". Alemba vFire is most compared with ServiceNow and JIRA Service Management, whereas Clarity SM is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, BeyondTrust Remote Support, OpenText Service Management Automation X (SMAX) and IBM Maximo.

    See our list of best IT Service Management (ITSM) vendors.

    We monitor all IT Service Management (ITSM) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.