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"It allows IT to handle users on a personal basis. It allows IT to have a name and a face, and we interact with the end-users.""Our users access it via the web. We have external and internal sources, and we're now introducing the mobile app portion so our computer engineers can respond to tickets remotely.""It's fairly easy to use, from a UI standpoint.""Right now, we are starting to be dependent on the CMDB a lot.""It helps when you have an incident or performing a problem change management process.""When users have a problem, they report using Service Desk and it is very useful for this.""The UI is very user-friendly.""The value for the clients is that you can save information in the application and get reports with that information."

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"The solution's business process flow is quite strong. Its reporting is quite good. The standard, basic ITSM functionality like call logging and call flow, for example, are areas the solution really excels in."

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"Diversifying notification methods with pop-ups or ready-made WhatsApp or Skype integration packages would be welcome.""Nowadays every person is used to an interface that is more user-friendly and this one is not so user-friendly maybe due to the fact that, if you need to let people customize everything, sometimes you lose out on a clean user experience.""The product needs to have a better user experience in the interface and mobile functionality.​""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.""One area that this product can improve is in the mobile user aspect.""Just little technical tweaks here and there. Like more options. For example "Organization." We wanted that to be available inside the change order, as well as the ticket and the request. And that's not available.""The interface for the users is a bit old-fashioned and not user-friendly.""We need a mobile solution. We are not using any mobile functionality for the product, but we think that this necessary."

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"It's worked well for us for a significant period of time. However, we are kind-of outgrowing it at the moment. We're struggling a bit with making it meet our requirements."

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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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  • "Our organization pays about $40,000 annually. There are ongoing consultancy costs and if we want to change anything, we're charged a day rate. Other than that, there are no other extra costs involved in working with the solution."
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    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.
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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
    Supportworks
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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.

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

    Supportworks brings you the ideal combination of business process automation, functionality and flexibility. It's a comprehensive ITIL-compatible application that satisfies most requirements out of the box. Fully integrated processes and support templates mean you can rapidly adopt key components of the service lifecycle. If you don't need all the disciplines immediately, just switch them off until you're ready. Supportworks has the flexibility to support any service desk requirement: HR and FM applications are available. which means you can run all your service desks on a single platform, eliminating duplicated effort, reducing hardware and software costs, and simplifying support.
    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
    Aylesbury Vale District Council
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Healthcare Company25%
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Government7%
    Comms Service Provider5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Real Estate/Law Firm7%
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    Company Size
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business28%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Clarity SM is ranked 23rd in Help Desk Software with 107 reviews while Hornbill Systems Supportworks is ranked 35th in Help Desk Software. Clarity SM is rated 7.8, while Hornbill Systems Supportworks is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Clarity SM writes "Quite good back-end architecture for end users but the API is very, very bad". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hornbill Systems Supportworks writes "Excels in call logging and call flows but is limited in terms of scalability". Clarity SM is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, BeyondTrust Remote Support, OpenText Service Management Automation X (SMAX) and IBM Maximo, whereas Hornbill Systems Supportworks is most compared with ServiceNow.

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