We performed a comparison between Serviceaide ChangeGear and Spiceworks based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about ServiceNow, Atlassian, BMC and others in Help Desk Software."The solution is a highly mature product. Because of this, it can stand up to any other product on the market."
"Spiceworks is generic and free."
"Helpdesk and inventory are both equally valuable, and they form the true core of the product."
"It lets us know whether devices are getting out of date and tracked warranties. Spiceworks also gave me visibility in terms of what software was installed on each device and its status."
"The solution can find all asset details automatically, whether it's a Mac address, computer name, IP address, models, etc. It's very helpful."
"The solution is very stable. It's reliable and efficient."
"The most valuable features are the inventory and personalization."
"It shows the users that are currently logged in, which is not something that Active Directory by default will ever let you know up front."
"If you're in the market for a low-cost service desk system, Spiceworks is a good software solution to start out with, especially when it comes to startups and those organizations that don't currently have any existing service desk software in place."
"The solution needs to improve its reporting features. The user interface needs a lot of improvements."
"With Spiceworks, like, when I open the websites, I have to Zoom in. I need to zoom in on those websites sometimes because it makes it horrible to use."
"I would like the solution to allow for more direct interaction with computers. I can open tickets and I can see their status, but I can't interact directly with the computers themselves."
"The SNMP sniffer requires a lot of work to get right."
"I would like to see more information when drilling down into access permissions, assignments management, or tagging. When I click a note or a device, I should be able to see more details about the router and modem. For example, I want to see the version, downtime, availability, latency, etc. I should have easy access to everything about our assets at a glance."
"One of the biggest ways in which Spiceworks could improve is by developing better and more automated workflows. For example, in another solution called ServiceDesk by ManageEngine, you can have levels of approval in the event that there is a request for new software, or when someone requests a VPN or WiFi connection. This kind of multi-stage approval feature provided by ServiceDesk does not appear to exist in Spiceworks, and it is one of their main shortcomings for me."
"Having an integrated asset management tool, where I can plug in things that are offline, would be good."
"They've also tried to integrate it with social logins, like Twitter and LinkedIn, and that type of login authentication has no place in a corporate application."
"Since Spiceworks is a free tool, it's not very scriptable or customizable."
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Serviceaide ChangeGear is ranked 31st in Help Desk Software while Spiceworks is ranked 16th in Help Desk Software with 47 reviews. Serviceaide ChangeGear is rated 7.6, while Spiceworks is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Serviceaide ChangeGear writes "Reduced the Service Desk effectiveness compared to the product we were using". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Spiceworks writes "Good low-cost service desk system, but lacks in automation workflows and categorization ". Serviceaide ChangeGear is most compared with ServiceNow and Zoho Desk, whereas Spiceworks is most compared with Zabbix, Lansweeper, ServiceNow, Freshdesk and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus.
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