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Spiceworks vs SysAid comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.4
Spiceworks needs improvements in monitoring, performance, reporting, user interface, and automation to meet enterprise expectations.
Sentiment score
3.8
SysAid needs improvements in Knowledgebase linking, user interface, security, asset management, reporting, training, automation, and a mobile app.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.5
Spiceworks provides free, user-friendly IT management with features like help desk, inventory, remote monitoring, and community support for SMBs.
Sentiment score
8.8
SysAid simplifies IT management with customizable features, enhancing transparency, efficiency, and scalability in service and asset management.
 

Customer Service

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SysAid offers quick and professional 24/7 support, with highly praised second-level assistance, despite mixed first-level evaluations.
 

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
9.0
SysAid effectively scales with growing user bases, supporting various departments and smooth expansion for both local and cloud infrastructures.
 

Setup Cost

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SysAid offers cost-effective pricing with flexible licensing and comprehensive features, often preferred over competitors like ServiceNow and ConnectWise.
 

Stability Issues

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Sentiment score
7.0
SysAid is generally stable with rare issues, mostly resolved, though occasional AWS-based outages affect some users' ratings.
 

Categories and Ranking

Spiceworks
Ranking in Help Desk Software
17th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
IT Asset Management (11th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (47th)
SysAid
Ranking in Help Desk Software
18th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
IT Service Management (ITSM) (18th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Help Desk Software category, the mindshare of Spiceworks is 1.8%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SysAid is 0.7%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Help Desk Software
 

Featured Reviews

Hassan Zia - PeerSpot reviewer
Good low-cost service desk system, but lacks in automation workflows and categorization
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 also several other automation features in ServiceDesk that are not present in Spiceworks. Another feature that I have always wanted in Spiceworks is categorization. Let's suppose that I select a certain piece of software within Spiceworks, and I want to see the subcategories, Spiceworks should be able to auto-populate those subcategories. This is unfortunately not possible within Spiceworks at the moment.
Todd Blake - PeerSpot reviewer
A solution that streamlines ticket creation for the staff members of a business and enables efficient issue resolution by the IT team
SysAid is similar to Nintex AssureSign. Some of the back-end configurations of the solution are very difficult. So, we always need SysAid's help. Also, there are almost too many features that we are not taking advantage of in our company since we don't even know about them. A little bit of a streamlining or simplification of the main features would be a good improvement. I would like to see SysAid present its solution more easily. There is a lot in the solution, and it is more than what we need in our company.
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Comparison Review

it_user174738 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 31, 2015
Nagios vs. Zabbix vs. PRTG vs. Spiceworks vs. Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor
I have researched a quite a few network monitoring tools which can be used for various monitoring purposes of not only the servers, but the intermediate routers as well. There are majorly three types of these softwares. Ones which are completely open-source, you can do almost anything you want…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Insurance Company
8%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Spiceworks?
The solution is easy to use and easy to manage.
What needs improvement with Spiceworks?
The GUI must be improved. The GUI looks old-fashioned. The vendor must do some web development for it.
What do you like most about SysAid?
SysAid is more user-friendly, and its configuration is easier than other tools.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SysAid?
Though I am not really sure about SysAid's prices, I know that it is competitive compared to some of the other products that our company looked at, like ConnectWise and ServiceNow.
What needs improvement with SysAid?
With SysAid, most of the customers are requesting a native mobile application. SysAid has fewer AI features compared to other tools.
 

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Sample Customers

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Symantec, Webroot, EMC, Pertino
Disney, Sears Holdings Corporation, LAN Airlines, Schneider Electric, On Semiconductors, Toyota, Sky, KPMG, Georgetown University Law Center, Motorola, North York General Hospital, Volksbank, Xerox, Bacardi, Del Monte Fresh Produce, Manpower, Nucor, Ecobank
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