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"The most valuable feature was how the solution helped us to prioritize tasks.""Provides service level optimization."

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"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 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 easy to use and easy to manage.""The most valuable features are the inventory and personalization.""Spiceworks is generic and free.""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.""The nice thing about Spiceworks is always it's free. Monitoring of printers for low toner. Finding machines that have low memory or low hard disk space.""It's easy to understand."

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"Connection to other softwares could be improved.""There are other products that are more popular."

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"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.""There are a lot of disadvantages to Spiceworks because it's not an agent-based solution.""Having an integrated asset management tool, where I can plug in things that are offline, would be good.""The GUI must be improved.""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.""Once a device was recognized on the network, Spiceworks never got rid of it even after you took it off the network. You had to go in and manually remove it.""The network mapping could be improved. Putting together an actual bonafide network map would be really nice.""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."

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  • "The product is free! Get it now."
  • "It's free."
  • "It might be about $300 annually for a bigger company. If you pay annually, it's better and cheaper."
  • "Seeing that it is a low-cost solution, I would advise you to go ahead with Spiceworks and experiment with it to see if you can get things working properly, especially if you currently don't have any existing service desk software in place."
  • "The tool is cheap."
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    Top Answer:The solution is easy to use and easy to manage.
    Top Answer:The GUI must be improved. The GUI looks old-fashioned. The vendor must do some web development for it.
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    Overview

    Stay on top of all customer requests and inquiries with LiveAgent, the most reviewed and top-rated help desk software for SMB in 2020. LiveAgent boasts the fastest chat widget on the market and has over 150M end-users worldwide. LiveAgent is a fully-featured web-based live chat and helpdesk software. LiveAgent harnesses the power of a universal inbox, real-time live chat, built-in call center, and a robust customer service portal. LiveAgent has over 179+ helpful features such as advanced automation features, rules, tags, and 40+ integrations.

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    From network inventory and network monitoring to help desk software, and mobile device management (MDM) to cloud services detection, Spiceworks helps you manage everything about your IT workday from one easy place.
    Sample Customers
    Orange, Huawei, T Mobile, eOn, Solid Trust Pay, G4S, Oxford University
    Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Symantec, Webroot, EMC, Pertino
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    Manufacturing Company16%
    Construction Company10%
    Educational Organization6%
    Transportation Company6%
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    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Government7%
    University6%
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    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise21%
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    Small Business32%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    LiveAgent is ranked 33rd in Help Desk Software while Spiceworks is ranked 16th in Help Desk Software with 47 reviews. LiveAgent is rated 8.0, while Spiceworks is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of LiveAgent writes "Service level optimization is key as is the integrated email and chat functions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Spiceworks writes "Good low-cost service desk system, but lacks in automation workflows and categorization ". LiveAgent is most compared with , whereas Spiceworks is most compared with Zabbix, Lansweeper, ServiceNow, Freshdesk and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus.

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