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

Find out in this report how the two Help Desk Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed JIRA Service Management vs. TOPdesk Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Q&A Highlights
Question: Should I migrate from TopDesk to JIRA?
Answer: @Dirk - Have you made a final decision about moving to JIRA? Anything you can share with the community? Thanks!
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Pros
"JSM's best feature is the integration with other Jira products.""The platform is easy to use.""In Jira Service Management, the most beneficial features are process improvement, workflows, and escalations.""The solution offers lots of information on the website to assist with technical queries. There are also many community sites to help you troubleshoot any problems.""JIRA helps integrate Kanban Board features and for this reason what it does it does well.""​Allows customized processes for our service contracts.""It makes the IT department more transparent and helps the employees.""Provides excellent management features."

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"When it comes to implementing new features, they listen to what their customers want via a suggestion forum that they have.""Change management is the most critical feature.""It is an easy-to-use solution.""The most valuable feature of TOPdesk is the reports.""Its ITSM approach is quite useful.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the incident management module.""The most valuable feature of TOPdesk is its ease of use if you have implemented it in the right way. If you're not implementing it in the right way, then it's very difficult.""This solution has provided me with a well-defined process and interaction, compared to my previous tool, GLPI."

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Cons
"Jira Service Management should be more user-friendly.""JIRA Service Management could improve the forms. When you complete the form for the ticket, for example, to have more information given to the team. If they needed this information, you can give it to them. They need to add additional information for a better understanding of the whole picture of the issue or problem.""JSD has some analytics, but it's pretty much basic and simple dashboards. There's no mobile application for JSD. It really would benefit from better implementation with other vendors. We're heavily reliant on some external marketplace applications.""I think the performance can be better.""The deployment can be a bit complex, especially for those who are not technical.""Currently lacks an asset management module that can affect deployment.""From the customer side, it's not friendly used compared to other competitors, like ServiceNow or BMC. It's also not fully ITSM management if you compare it with ServiceNow or BMC. They have a full model of ITSM. In BMC they have TrueSight, they have Discovery, which helps IT to discover IT equipment with a serial number, with the specs, capacity of the server.""I would like to see improvement in the ability to filter completed tasks."

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"This solution is modular so you only buy what you need, but I prefer what some companies are doing where they include everything in the package.""An operator is also a user but requires creating two different records.""All companies have processes that need to be adjusted. When you have a change, you need to name it, and many companies have a set of changes you can use. It would be helpful if there were more space in TOPdesk to name the change or use metadata to record the kinds of changes.""One of the disadvantages of TOPdesk is the reporting tool. It is very poor and not in real-time. You do not always receive the correct information.""Change management implementation, facility management, and making reservations on assets can be improved.""The solution's change management could be better.""If I open a ticket on the infrastructure team, I can't move it to the financial team for them to manage the ticket.""It is time-consuming to add new users."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "The cost of the solution on a yearly basis is $20,000. Technical support is not extra. It's included in the yearly cost. Updates are also included. The solution is good at keeping its product up to date."
  • "Compared to other products in this segment, I think that they are priced well and not too expensive."
  • "There are three fee options to choose from for a company and these options compared to market prices are very high. For example, if I use one of the first options for 10 assets, then it costs 20,000 Euros. If you went to competitors, then you pay less."
  • "The solution is inexpensive compared to competitors."
  • "TOPdesk's pricing is cheaper than Jira's."
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    Answers from the Community
    Anonymous User
    dkusma - PeerSpot reviewerdkusma
    Real User

    If you are looking for the simple and effective service desk then please check for the Manage Engine Service Desk Plus. Standard Edition is free to use. Professional and Enterprise solution are also available.
    Thanks
    Regards
    Dinesh

    it_user231321 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user231321 (Product Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees)
    Consultant

    Thx Kai. Will check it out. Still looking for drivers to move from TopDesk to Atlassian Jira. The integratwd workflow and shared SLA/KPI are compelling. Wil share what I find as I go...promiss

    it_user171264 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user171264 (Network Engineer)
    Vendor

    I've used a variety of help desk software over the years including open
    source. Personally, for price, features and interface I recommend SYSAID.

    it_user177684 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user177684 (Works)
    Vendor

    Seems to me Dirk's already made up his mind on the benefits of JIRA - but it'd be difficult to share a business case without knowing his key points of interests specific to those benefits. If he believes the two tools offer similar services then he'd need to assess cost per seat to install and ongoing cost to support. On going maintenance is the huge issue we see with DIY help desk installs not the initial cost per seat. Costs for version support, new requirements/customizations etc plus the cost to retrain the end users all have to be weighed. On the benefits side, he should do some time/motion studies for all the tasks/activies current spent in TopDesk and estimate the automation/touch times in the new environment. My experience has been that most of the process/task savings comes from new system's ability to integrate with legacy apps or other databases/tools or from out of the box process applications currently not supported in a true workflow system. TopDesk touts their ITIL/ITSM roots - including CMDB integration but JIRAs roots are in problem management/task management so we're back to the question of what does Dirk really want to do with his future state environment?

    Regards,

    Mike Tusa
    PartnerCommunity, Inc

    it_user100008 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user100008 (UK Sales Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees)
    Vendor

    Hi Dirk
    Great question. To help me and others, can you elaborate a bit more on the need to move from one to another? What is Top Desk not doing that you think JIRA will do?

    There are a number of reasons I ask.
    1. TopDesk is more service desk/ITIL based ticketing system and JIRA is more a bug/release/code tracking type ticketing system.
    2. Your title indicates that that the latter of point 1 is more suited to you and your team.

    Depending on the nature of your organisation I would have thought an ITIL based service desk to deal with customer (internal/external) issues would be more relevant. Allowing you do put structured processes with Incident, problem, change etc. But for product development they have their own system (JIRA perhaps) to deal of bugs/issues/releases.

    Example process.
    Customer logs an incident in a ITIL based ticketing system, once support identify it as an issue it gets logged to development who add it to their dev ticketing system (JIRA) and break it down do their code changes and update builds (tracked by JIRA). Once Prod Dev create a new patch release, that team can update the ITIL based ticketing system for support to inform the customer and close the incident. You could throw in some change management as well before the patch is applied to the customer to minimise risk and downtime.

    I suppose what I am saying is do you need to replace TopDesk with JIRA? It doesn't feel right as they are not the same type/flavour of ticketing systems.

    Thoughts?
    TIA
    Roland

    it_user204264 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user204264 (Technical Specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees)
    Consultant

    Hi Russell,

    As far as i know, Atlassian JIRA is good service desk product, since it has
    lot of customization feasibility as JIRA is open for integrating with third
    party system using remote API's. As far as I know, It would be great to
    decide which product is best w.r.t the following,

    Cost saving factor
    Different ITSM modules required for the business
    which Monitoring tool/event management tools is going to integrate with the
    ITSM product
    Support availability for the product

    Regards,
    Jithesh Padikkal

    it_user214275 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user214275 (Server Support Analyst at a government with 51-200 employees)
    Real User

    Here we use BMC Remedy but this software is very expensive and involves 6 months or more of training. You may want to consider JIRA which seems to be low cost and you can obtain a free trial package. Please see link: http://blogs.atlassian.com/2015/01/top-5-reasons-choose-jira-service-desk-competition/ for more information. Top Desk seems to be very large such as BMC Remedy. See link: http://www.topdesk.com/us/ for a free trial. I would test each one out and see which one performs the best through ease of use. With 5,000 personnel to support, you want something that works, cost less, and is easy to use.

    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We use JIRA Service Management for tracking purposes, planning, and execution.
    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 »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of TOPdesk is the reports.
    Top Answer:We cannot change the projects. If I open a ticket on the infrastructure team, I can't move it to the financial team for them to manage the ticket.
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    Also Known As
    JIRA Service Desk
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    Overview

    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.”

    Excellent service management made easy : Happy customers are the goal of every supporting department. We understand. That’s why we’ve created a solution that helps you improve customer communication, manage workflows and keep track of assets. But above all: our software is simple and attractive. This not only makes it pleasant to use, but also quick to adopt. You’re looking to deliver excellent service from day one – and TOPdesk is here to help. TOPdesk delivers one integrated service platform for IT, FM, HR and other Service departments with a build Self Service Portal, asset management, reporting and integration platform( see also our TOPdesk Marketplace for selection of connectors). Some key features include : Call Management, Incident and Service Request Management, Service Catalogue, Asset & Configuration Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Project Management, Operations Management, Reservations Management, Stock & Order Management, Contract Management and SLA's, Survey Management, Self Service Portal, Form designer, Portal designer, Event & Action Management, Knowlegde Base, Report wizards, Resource Management, Barcode, CAD and Exchange integration TOPdesk helps you streamline your ITIL, Agile, Sox, KCS, ASL/BISL, GDPR compliance Result at our global customer base : 98% customer retention rate 99% of our implementations within budget and timeframe 90% up and running within 3 month NPS score of 35 (4500 cusotmers) 98% customer recommondation score 4,7 score at Gartner Peer Insights Our ecosystem consist of : 4500 customers across 45 countries > 300.000 daily users > 15.000.000 supported end-users 40+ partners What makes TOPdesk unique? • ITIL-based modules for all your service needs: from Ticket and Asset Management to Reservations Management • License based on end users or service agents, whateveris best for you • Unlimited number of assets or self service users • Easy to implement: get up and running quickly • Choose between on-premises or SaaS
    Sample Customers
    mgm technology partners, Telestream, Build.com, Zend Technologies, OfficeDrop, PGS Software, American Diabetes Association, NEPTUNE Canada
    City of Amsterdam, University of Edinbroughm, IKEA, KLM Catering Services, FloraHolland, BOVAG, PostNL, Total, Hilton, Oce, Canon, Agip, Compass Group, Serco, Danone, BMW, Eneco, And many more.
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    Computer Software Company35%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Retailer9%
    Transportation Company6%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Educational Organization50%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Government5%
    Financial Services Firm3%
    Company Size
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    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise28%
    Large Enterprise35%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise58%
    Large Enterprise29%
    Buyer's Guide
    JIRA Service Management vs. TOPdesk
    March 2024
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    JIRA Service Management is ranked 2nd in Help Desk Software with 36 reviews while TOPdesk is ranked 20th in Help Desk Software with 4 reviews. JIRA Service Management is rated 8.2, while TOPdesk is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of JIRA Service Management writes "It lets you configure workflows and manage requests; it has a dashboard for monitoring". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TOPdesk writes "Easy to use, helpful support, but more AI needed". JIRA Service Management is most compared with ServiceNow, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, BMC Helix ITSM, Freshdesk and HaloITSM, whereas TOPdesk is most compared with ServiceNow, Freshdesk, Zendesk, BMC Helix ITSM and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus. See our JIRA Service Management vs. TOPdesk report.

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