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We performed a comparison between SolarWinds Web Help Desk and vRealize Business for Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"SolarWinds is scalable as far as adding devices and servers.""It is easy to use.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the assets management module.""Once installed, it runs like a charm and doesn't ever crash.""It has a pretty good search function. If you do the advanced search, you can basically search for anything in any field. If I do a search on the request field and just put in some terms I'm searching for, I can usually find the ticket that I'm looking for."

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"The tool helps us to monitor the services provided to customers as a cloud provider. The product is a monitoring solution that helps customers pay for their utilization of services.""This solution has made us aware that we are over-provisioning our virtual machines.""The product provides excellent daily reports.""The most valuable feature is the metering capability.""I like the integration with other applications or vendors.""It doesn't take long to develop an automation blueprint. You need about half an hour, and then you can install or deploy it on several systems. That was our first great advantage in the project because we urgently needed to deploy across many different systems.""The most valuable feature is that it has a very easy and adaptive look and feel, compared with some other cloud solutions.""The flexibility is the product's most valuable feature."

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Cons
"We would like to see automation included in the next release. We would like to eliminate the L1, and L2 support, by at least 80%. To do this, we need automation with AI (Artificial Intelligence) in combination with ML (Machine Learning).""It would be good if there were training and tutorial videos on the Web Help Desk.""This solution needs to have mobile application support added.""The interface feels clunky to me compared to some other systems that I've used. I used ManageEngine Service Desk prior to this at my previous job and that had stuff like categories that we use that I don't see in SolarWinds.""A little outdated compared to newer products that include protection and detection."

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"I would like it if they could provide their customers with more qualified support.""The solution's private cloud is much too expensive.""It's not always easy to find the information you need. You must have a lot of technical experience to find the right location for what you're implementing within the program.""It would be a good idea for VMware to be compatible with the most popular orchestration tools in the market.""If you haven't established a vSphere cluster and you only have a single server to integrate, you can't deploy any service.""The knowledge base is not available for the engineers, which is something that needs to be improved.""The pricing model is complicated and would be more predictable if it were simplified.""The product needs some investment in configuration. I would like to see better and more optimized configuration in the tool's future releases."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "When you compare with ManageEngine and ServiceNow, SolarWinds is reasonable."
  • "They charge by the technician. It costs $117 per technician per year."
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  • "It's expensive, which is one of the problems with this solution."
  • "The pricing model is complicated."
  • "The product is a cost-effective solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Once installed, it runs like a charm and doesn't ever crash.
    Top Answer:It would be good if there were training and tutorial videos on the Web Help Desk. There are videos on the website, but it would be handy if they were on the Web Help Desk.
    Top Answer:The tool helps us to monitor the services provided to customers as a cloud provider. The product is a monitoring solution that helps customers pay for their utilization of services.
    Top Answer:The product needs some investment in configuration. I would like to see better and more optimized configuration in the tool's future releases.
    Ranking
    18th
    out of 59 in Help Desk Software
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    972
    Comparisons
    487
    Reviews
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    Average Words per Review
    254
    Rating
    10.0
    12th
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    184
    Comparisons
    145
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    Average Words per Review
    238
    Rating
    8.0
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    VMware IT Business Management Suite, VMware ITBM, IT Business Management Suite, Digital Fuel
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    Overview

    SolarWinds Web Help Desk simplifies service management with unified ticketing, asset, knowledge, and change management. Key features include:

    1. Maintain asset inventory by managing the use, availability, and health of IT assets, and tracking this over time.
    2. Control change management, It regulates and manages change requests through automated approval workflows and panel voting options.
    3. Employs robust reporting and monitoring using a built-in reports and dashboards to track ticket status, technician performance, and customer support needs.
    4. Automate ticketing management that Automate service request management through ticket creation, assignment, routing, and escalation.
    5. Centralize your knowledge management, Leverage a built-in help desk knowledge base to create and maintain KB articles and promote end-user self-service for common issues.
    6. Meet your SLAs, it has "SLA breach approaching" notifications and date-specific SLA reminder alerts that help customize escalation and de-escalation workflows.
    VMware IT Business Management Suite offers in three editions: Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise. VMware IT Business Management Suite provides transparency and control over the cost and quality of IT services. By providing a business context to the services IT offers, IT Business Management helps IT organizations shift from a technology orientation to a service broker orientation, delivering a portfolio of IT services that align with the needs of line of business stakeholders. With benchmarks providing objective evidence, IT Business Management also provides the fact-based approach needed to minimize the cost of IT while maximizing the value IT delivers to its customers. Greater transparency and alignment, and the continuous improvement of IT services they enable, support IT as it seeks to develop competitive advantage through major IT transformation initiatives such as cloud, mobility and data center modernization.
    Sample Customers
    Instacart
    Rent-A-Center, SAIC - (Science Applications International Corporation), Tribune Media, iGATE, EMC, Deutsche Telekom, GEFCO, Banca Ifis
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization71%
    Computer Software Company4%
    Government4%
    Manufacturing Company3%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Real Estate/Law Firm14%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business57%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise72%
    Large Enterprise18%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise30%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    SolarWinds Web Help Desk is ranked 18th in Help Desk Software with 6 reviews while vRealize Business for Cloud is ranked 12th in Cloud Cost Management with 10 reviews. SolarWinds Web Help Desk is rated 7.6, while vRealize Business for Cloud is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SolarWinds Web Help Desk writes "Has good search functionalities but the interface feels clunky". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vRealize Business for Cloud writes "Complete solution for automation, orchestration, and end-to-end lifecycle management". SolarWinds Web Help Desk is most compared with ServiceNow and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, whereas vRealize Business for Cloud is most compared with VMware Aria Operations, VMware Aria Automation and VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth.

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