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Clarity SM vs SCSM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
8.5
Clarity SM yields satisfactory ROI; larger organizations benefit more, but simpler tasks might incur unnecessary costs, with limited data available.
Sentiment score
7.7
SCSM offers savings and efficiency, but underutilization and reporting issues can limit ROI and lead to potential dissatisfaction.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Clarity SM's customer and technical support receives mixed reviews, praised for knowledge but criticized for inconsistent and slow resolutions.
Sentiment score
6.2
SCSM support experiences vary with enterprise size, issue severity, and costs, leading many to seek alternative assistance.
Response times are slow, and engineers often lack the necessary product knowledge.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Clarity SM efficiently scales for thousands, adapting to various environments and processes, proving reliable for large enterprises.
Sentiment score
7.1
SCSM offers scalable solutions for enterprises, integrating with SCOM, but may face resource limitations affecting performance.
From an admin point of view, Intune has more features and is easier to manage.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Clarity SM offers stable performance with improved reliability, though larger deployments face challenges; system configuration is crucial.
Sentiment score
7.3
Many users find SCSM stable, with improvements noted, despite some concerns about cloud transitions and reporting speed.
 

Room For Improvement

Clarity SM requires updates in scalability, UI modernization, integration, reporting, mobile experience, customization, stability, and comprehensive documentation.
Users seek enhancements in SCSM's interface, integration, stability, pricing, support, administration, and compliance for improved user experience.
From an admin point of view, Intune has more features and is easier to manage compared to SCCM.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise buyers find Clarity SM pricing competitive but express concerns about cost management and prefer its flexible licensing models.
SCSM pricing is complex, with mixed user reviews, enterprise discounts, and potential extra costs for third-party integrations.
 

Valuable Features

Clarity SM offers robust ticket management, seamless integration, customization, automation, and ITSM support, enhancing security, scalability, and user satisfaction.
SCSM excels in integration, user-friendliness, ITIL support, incident management, reporting capabilities, and offers scalability and security enhancements.
SCCM provides remote tool functionality, which is not in Intune.
 

Categories and Ranking

Clarity SM
Ranking in Help Desk Software
21st
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
19th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SCSM
Ranking in Help Desk Software
13th
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
12th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
26
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the IT Service Management (ITSM) category, the mindshare of Clarity SM is 1.2%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SCSM is 1.8%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Service Management (ITSM)
 

Featured Reviews

Türker Kara - PeerSpot reviewer
Quite good back-end architecture for end users but the API is very, very bad
Our company uses the solution for system, program, service request, change, and knowledge-based management.  We perform CMD authorizations and use a lot of integrations for our in-house or third-party applications. We also use Salesforce automations and Microsoft orchestrations.  We have about…
PraveenSharma3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhanced remote functionality complements intricate admin management
We are using it as co-management, working from SCCM and some from Intune. However, there are dissimilarities between SCCM and Intune, so we use SCCM for specific tasks or policies Currently, with the system, we have some remote tool functionality which is not available with Intune. We are also…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Government
23%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Clarity SM?
It is the most stable product in the market.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Clarity SM?
The solution is quite reasonable compared to other solutions in the market.
What needs improvement with Clarity SM?
They should enhance the service desk manager's service point function to be more customizable. Presently, there are so many limitations in this particular UI. Thus, similar to the existing UI, they...
What do you like most about SCSM?
The solution offers good productivity at a low price point.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SCSM?
We acquired SCSM for free with our Microsoft Endpoint Manager purchase, and we only paid for the integration process.
What needs improvement with SCSM?
From an admin point of view, Intune has more features and is easier to manage compared to SCCM. SCCM is a little complex for the admin point of view. Although some engineers at Microsoft are good, ...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

CA Service Desk Manager, Clarity Service Management, CA Service Management, Unicenter Service Desk, CA SDM, CA Service Catalog, CA Business Service Insight
System Center Service Manager
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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
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