Compare SCSM vs. Spiceworks
SCSM is ranked 8th in Help Desk Software with 7 reviews while Spiceworks is ranked 9th in Help Desk Software with 2 reviews. SCSM is rated 6.4, while Spiceworks is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of SCSM writes "Good flexibility and integration abilities but the interface needs improvement ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Spiceworks writes "Great asset management features in a free solution that's easy to set up". SCSM is most compared with ServiceNow, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and JIRA Service Desk, whereas Spiceworks is most compared with Zabbix, JIRA Service Desk and Nagios XI. See our SCSM vs. Spiceworks report.
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XFlow (Temperature) and Service Point together provided an extremely user-friendly and collaborative experience to the point of making it easy for all users of the product, whether end-users or analysts. The most valuable features of this solution are reporting, configuration monitoring, and the Request and Incidents workflow. It has all our configurations. All our infrastructure configurations are on a single pane of glass to view, allowing for one single point of information. It helps when you have an incident or performing a problem change management process. We can search open and closed cases to find what we have done in other incidents. Being able to specify event rules and SLAs that can help to automate some of the processes that people are doing manually is valuable. The fact that it aligns very well with ITIL. I think that's probably one of my favorite things about it, because it's following up a general best practice for service management. the ticket system makes sure that everyone gets taken care of, and that makes for a better customer experience. Using the system verifies that no one gets left behind. | A very convenient package like an all-in-one tool but it is actually five or six products acting well together. The solution is quite easy to integrate with other Microsoft products. The call logging is the solution's most valuable feature. It's very easy to use. This solution is easy to use. The remote access is one of the features I really enjoy. The pushing of email updates and things like that are very good. This product has helped our organization by allowing people to connect with each other. | 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. |
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Diversifying notification methods with pop-ups or ready-made WhatsApp or Skype integration packages would be welcome. The monitoring tool is in need of improvement. The interface for the users is a bit old-fashioned and not user-friendly. We would like the CMDB to be populated automatically. At the moment, everything is manually created. We would like more information about all the configurations that we have on our infrastructure side. Needs custom dashboards, without them it takes too long to view some information (though xFlow is an improvement). I would also like to see a simpler reporting tool. They went from one fairly robust, very complex, reporting tool - it was great - and then they went to another one that was also fairly complex and robust. That's a great tool for people who are report writers, but for the average person who just wants to get a quick little report, it's like handing somebody a chainsaw because they have to break some toothpicks in half. The interface is pretty straightforward, but I think for some end-users a little more simplified user interface would help. | Resources for understanding compliance and relative compliance need to be made available. It's not too hard to compile stuff but it is hard to manage the solution. Even the design itself makes it difficult for management. The patch management aspect of the solution should be improved. It's quite complicated and not user-friendly. If your systems are not patched properly, you are unable to pull reports. Mobile application integration would be an improvement. It crashes our client's computers. Sometimes they get blue screens. It would be useful if SCSM could check the upgrades or patches before we implemented them to see if they are going to crash a client's system. Or, if it does install, and the client's system crashes, it would be good if the solution could revert back somehow. The price of this solution is high and it needs to be cheaper. Once we had an issue with a desktop download that would not open. | It would be nice to have remote access to the solution via a tablet. They also need remote control from a PC. Right now, to complete the technical support process, you have to have a tool to access the PC, and check the problems. 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. |
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| Unicenter Service Desk, CA SDM, CA Service Catalog, CA Business Service Insight | System Center Service Manager | |
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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... | System Center Service Manager is a software product by Microsoft to allow organizations to manage incidents and problems. Microsoft states that the product is compliant with industry best practices such as the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and in the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). SCSM has integrated ITIL compliant fulfillment of service requests. Service requests are submitted by the end user in order to obtain information, access to a new application or the most common of all, password reset. | 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. |
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| Banco G&T Continental City of Perth, FEMSA, Fujitsu, Manpower, Muslim Commercial Bank - MCB, Punjab National Bank, Santa Clara County Social Services, Stefanini | Fibabanka, UMC Health System | Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Symantec, Webroot, EMC, Pertino |
Top Industries | ||
Healthcare Company29% Financial Services Firm20% Government8% Transportation Company4% Software R&D Company29% Insurance Company10% Comms Service Provider9% Financial Services Firm9% | No Data Available | Manufacturing Company12% K 12 Educational Company Or School8% Hospitality Company8% Construction Company8% |
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