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We performed a comparison between Alemba vFire and JIRA Service Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The workflow is very good, as well as customizable.""Incident Management is the most valuable feature of the solution.""When we met with the Alemba vFire from Australia, it was a good discussion and they have a good feature roadmap."

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"The automations will really help the company by delegating work the way your company operates.""Customizations are most valuable. The customization of workflows is the main power of the Atlassian tools in general.""The customization is the most valuable aspect of the solution. I can customize full workflows. It's very flexible. We can use mail if we want to open requests as well.""​Allows customized processes for our service contracts.""The most valuable features of JIRA Service Management are the service level agreement or management, and the ticketing system. Additionally, there are frequent updates that provide improvements.""The initial setup is easy and straightforward.""It's easy to set up the solution.""I'm mainly working in the ITSM module of JIRA Service Management, and the integration between the system incident and how you can link all the records to the change makes it quite powerful."

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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."

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"The main issue with this solution is there's no limited subscription available for plugins we only use for a few people. If we only have a team of twenty using a plugin, we still have to purchase a subscription for the whole 200 users.""It would be better if it had capabilities to connect to mobile applications (e.g., Whatsapp)""There is no notification regarding language upgrades.""​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.""The interface could always be updated and improved.""JSM's ability to handle large volumes of emails isn't great.""Cost has prohibited us from switching entirely to this solution."

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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."
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  • "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."
  • "JIRA Service Desk has different pricing as it is based on agents. On average, the price is about $300 per agent."
  • "Do not forget to calculate add-on costs. These cost a percentage of the JIRA purchasing costs and are based on the number of JIRA users."
  • "Buying a software solution is only a half part of the solution (or even less). You need to optimize usage of the software by hiring professionals who will help you to make the most of the software, especially in the beginning."
  • "I would suggest to always buy licenses through an Atlassian partner, so you can also rely on their expertise."
  • "But about the plugins, I found one plug-in — its name is Actionable Metric I think — and it is $3000. That is very expensive for users in Iran."
  • "Actually in Iran we don't have copyright or intellectual property, so we can use JIRA for free."
  • "It's not really expensive, especially when you compare to ServiceNow or other solutions, and it's not expensive to maintain."
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    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:JIRA Service Management is a very user-friendly solution.
    Top Answer:It is one of the premium products on the market, but it is very costly, especially in the Indian market. Smaller organizations cannot afford it. We pay monthly licensing costs. We only have to pay for… more »
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    Also Known As
    vFire
    JIRA Service Desk
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    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.

    JIRA Service Management is Atlassian’s IT service management (ITSM) solution. It unlocks all teams at high velocity by:

    1. Accelerating the flow of work between IT teams, development teams, and business teams

    2. Empowering teams to deliver their service more quickly

    3. Bringing visibility to their work

    Built on JIRA, JIRA Service Management enables best practices across request, incident, problem, change, knowledge, asset, and configuration management so that teams can streamline collaboration between themselves. More than 30,000 customers of all sizes rely on JIRA Service Management to deliver service.

    JIRA Service Management Features

    JIRA Service Management has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Request management: Allows businesses to manage work across teams with one platform so employees and customers get the help they need quickly.
    • Problem management: To minimize the impact of incidents, this feature groups incidents, fast-tracks root cause analysis, and records workarounds.
    • Change management: IT teams are empowered by richer contextual information around changes from software development tools. This helps them minimize risk and make better decisions.
    • Asset management: Manage inventory efficiently, track lifecycles and ownership, and reduce costs.
    • Configuration management: Attain visibility into the infrastructure that supports critical services and applications. Understand service dependencies to minimize risk.
    • Incident management: The solution brings development and IT teams together to rapidly respond to, resolve, and learn from incidents.
    • Knowledge management: While fostering team collaboration, the solution enables self-service, deflection of more requests, and management of knowledge articles.

    JIRA Service Management Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing JIRA Service Management. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • The solution empowers all teams across IT, development, and business with intuitive, flexible workflows.
    • Work is made visible through the open and collaborative JIRA platform.
    • Connect IT and development on a single platform to accelerate workflow.
    • Gain significant ROI with competitive pricing on useful features.
    • Benefit from faster time to value by implementing a full ITSM solution in just a few months.
    • Lower total cost of ownership without expensive ongoing maintenance and upgrades.
    • Enjoy a broad ecosystem of more than 4,000 best-in-class apps and integrations.

    Reviews from Real Users

    JIRA Service Management stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. Some of these include its stability, its easy customization, and its seamless integration with other solutions. PeerSpot users take note of the advantages of these features in their reviews:

    Abhishek S., a Program Lead at PureSoftware, writes of the solution, “You can scale the solution whether it is deployed to the cloud or the data center. While we might have up to 5,200 people using the solution, we do not require that many licenses, as only those dealing with the tickets are required to be licensed.”

    Andrew B., a Technical Engineer at a consultancy firm, notes, “One of the valuable features is that an automatic response or action can be taken on tickets. We can have certain responses for tickets that contain keywords or are logged and tagged with certain labels.”

    Sample Customers
    Dumfries & Galloway
    mgm technology partners, Telestream, Build.com, Zend Technologies, OfficeDrop, PGS Software, American Diabetes Association, NEPTUNE Canada
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government23%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Non Profit7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company35%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Retailer9%
    Transportation Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise56%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise28%
    Large Enterprise35%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise59%
    Buyer's Guide
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    Alemba vFire is ranked 27th in IT Service Management (ITSM) with 3 reviews while JIRA Service Management is ranked 2nd in IT Service Management (ITSM) with 73 reviews. Alemba vFire is rated 7.4, while JIRA Service Management is rated 8.2. 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 JIRA Service Management writes "Customizable, stable, and integrates well". Alemba vFire is most compared with ServiceNow, whereas JIRA Service Management is most compared with ServiceNow, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, BMC Helix ITSM, Freshdesk and PagerDuty Operations Cloud.

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