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We performed a comparison between Alemba vFire and SolarWinds Web Help Desk 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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"It is easy to use.""SolarWinds is scalable as far as adding devices and servers.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the assets management module.""Once installed, it runs like a charm and doesn't ever crash.""It has a pretty good search function. If you do the advanced search, you can basically search for anything in any field. If I do a search on the request field and just put in some terms I'm searching for, I can usually find the ticket that I'm looking for."

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Cons
"The reporting needs to be improved.""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."

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"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I don't see in SolarWinds.""It would be good if there were training and tutorial videos on the Web Help Desk.""A little outdated compared to newer products that include protection and detection.""This solution needs to have mobile application support added.""We would like to see automation included in the next release. We would like to eliminate the L1, and L2 support, by at least 80%. To do this, we need automation with AI (Artificial Intelligence) in combination with ML (Machine Learning)."

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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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  • "When you compare with ManageEngine and ServiceNow, SolarWinds is reasonable."
  • "They charge by the technician. It costs $117 per technician per year."
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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:Once installed, it runs like a charm and doesn't ever crash.
    Top Answer:It would be good if there were training and tutorial videos on the Web Help Desk. There are videos on the website, but it would be handy if they were on the Web Help Desk.
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    Average Words per Review
    251
    Rating
    7.0
    18th
    out of 59 in Help Desk Software
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    972
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    Average Words per Review
    254
    Rating
    10.0
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    vFire
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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.

    SolarWinds Web Help Desk simplifies service management with unified ticketing, asset, knowledge, and change management. Key features include:

    1. Maintain asset inventory by managing the use, availability, and health of IT assets, and tracking this over time.
    2. Control change management, It regulates and manages change requests through automated approval workflows and panel voting options.
    3. Employs robust reporting and monitoring using a built-in reports and dashboards to track ticket status, technician performance, and customer support needs.
    4. Automate ticketing management that Automate service request management through ticket creation, assignment, routing, and escalation.
    5. Centralize your knowledge management, Leverage a built-in help desk knowledge base to create and maintain KB articles and promote end-user self-service for common issues.
    6. Meet your SLAs, it has "SLA breach approaching" notifications and date-specific SLA reminder alerts that help customize escalation and de-escalation workflows.
    Sample Customers
    Dumfries & Galloway
    Instacart
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government23%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Non Profit7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization71%
    Computer Software Company4%
    Government4%
    University3%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise56%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business57%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business10%
    Midsize Enterprise72%
    Large Enterprise19%
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    Alemba vFire is ranked 27th in IT Service Management (ITSM) with 3 reviews while SolarWinds Web Help Desk is ranked 18th in Help Desk Software with 6 reviews. Alemba vFire is rated 7.4, while SolarWinds Web Help Desk is rated 7.6. 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 SolarWinds Web Help Desk writes "Has good search functionalities but the interface feels clunky". Alemba vFire is most compared with ServiceNow and JIRA Service Management, whereas SolarWinds Web Help Desk is most compared with ServiceNow and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus.

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