We performed a comparison between Freshservice and Samanage 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."Its ease of use is fantastic. It is just above and beyond, especially when you compare it to something like Cherwell, Salesforce, or anything like that. It is on its own level. It is so easy to administer. The way everything is organized and the way it builds its own documentation is very good."
"Freshservice's best feature is its user-friendliness."
"The solution has been very helpful engineering insights into the client's environment. We have been able to manage calls and incidence very efficiently which provides us with a clear understanding of the system warranty and the actions that we might need to take in terms of insights. The system is very dynamic and prevents any kind of over sides which is yours that there is smooth contract management. Also we can easily uphold SLAs and deliver enhanced services without breaching any agreements."
"It has reduced the time to look up who is responsible for a service, and it has reduced the time to finalize a service request because it now goes directly to the person who is responsible for the service in that location. So, a service request is handled quickly and directly by the person responsible for it."
"Freshservice has automated a lot of our tasks, including ticket responses and call assignments, which has sped up our operations considerably."
"The most valuable features of Freshservice are the notifications, customization, and flexibility."
"We found the initial setup to be very simple."
"We find its ability to track what's going on with each request very valuable. We are also able to merge ticket requests and assign them to different groups in the company. We have another department that uses the same system."
"The best part is the ability to keep records, especially incident records. It's easy to use the tool to store data and monitor it."
"The solution has a great filtering feature."
"We'd like to see a CMDB, a Configuration Management Database, in the future."
"We'd like better integration with other products."
"Freshservice could improve the delegation and workflow management features."
"Freshservice has issues around how assets get picked up, requiring a lot of parameter changes within to network to ensure the system discovers everything."
"A chat bot needs to be added to the portal."
"Freshservice could improve the integration with Microsoft Outlook."
"Freshservice's technical support has issues with delays and translations."
"I am not too happy with the page layout or screen layout since it always looks messy."
"The setting up process is not quite easy. It's quite difficult."
"The system shuts down about once a month which is frustrating."
Freshservice is ranked 5th in Help Desk Software with 29 reviews while Samanage is ranked 25th in Help Desk Software with 3 reviews. Freshservice is rated 8.0, while Samanage is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Freshservice writes "Provides excellent traceability along with improved efficiency and reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Samanage writes "Detects incidents quickly, improves our SLA performance and solves issues faster". Freshservice is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, Microsoft Project, Zendesk and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, whereas Samanage is most compared with ServiceNow and SolarWinds Service Desk. See our Freshservice vs. Samanage report.
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