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    FacilityBot

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AFacilityBot is a messaging-first smart facilities management system, designed to make interactions as convenient as possible for all users. FacilityBot has features of a mobile CMMS system such as fault reporting, preventive maintenance checklists, and asset management, and it also allows flexible configurations, such as configurable request forms and workflows, that allow adaption to an organisation’s unique building workflows. The digital connection established with building occupants also…N/A

    SolarWinds Service Desk

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Service Desk (formerly Samanage) is a cloud-based, multi-tenant IT service desk and asset management software for IT and enterprise service management. Samanage is on a single, always new instance of software. The service desk includes a self-service portal, service catalog, knowledge base, and SLA management tool. The integrated agent-based asset management solution collects contracts and licensing data from Windows, Mac, Linux, and Unix systems.N/A
    Pricing
    FacilityBotSolarWinds Service Desk
    Editions & Modules
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    FacilityBotSolarWinds Service Desk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    FacilityBotSolarWinds Service Desk
    Considered Both Products
    FacilityBot
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    SolarWinds
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    92%
    Would buy again
    86 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    85 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    86 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    84 Answers
    Features
    FacilityBotSolarWinds Service Desk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of FacilityBot and SolarWinds Service Desk (SSD)
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    FacilityBot
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    Ratings
    SolarWinds Service Desk (SSD)
    7.0
    97 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.096 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings6.057 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings6.058 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings7.086 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.967 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings6.077 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings7.087 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of FacilityBot and SolarWinds Service Desk (SSD)
    Feature
    FacilityBot
    -
    Ratings
    SolarWinds Service Desk (SSD)
    7.3
    82 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings8.074 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings6.980 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings7.064 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of FacilityBot and SolarWinds Service Desk (SSD)
    Feature
    FacilityBot
    -
    Ratings
    SolarWinds Service Desk (SSD)
    7.0
    80 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings7.064 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings7.044 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings7.072 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FacilityBotSolarWinds Service Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (119 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (92 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FacilityBotSolarWinds Service Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FacilityBot
    Facilities Managers spend their days ensuring that the building operations are running smoothly and efficiently. Using FacilityBot helps them to digitize their FM workflows so that can manage their time more easily and effectively. It's all about working smarter, not harder! The asset management function of FacilityBot is also beneficial and useful. The tool also provides easy-to-read statistics reports for users.
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    SolarWinds
    If you are looking for a way to support a company and bill based on the outcome this software works really well. If it's a quick password change there was no charge, but if it's troubleshooting things you click the box to charge. It works really well for this. Also bringing all your assets into this and associating them to a client works well. I can't think of anything that this software would not be less appropriate for. It works well for what we use it for.
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    Pros
    FacilityBot
    • Fault Reporting
    • Asset Management
    • Preventive Maintenance
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    SolarWinds
    • Approval flows: You can have multiple layers of approval required for the tickets and service requests you design. This helps us show auditors that access to privileged systems and data was formerly reviewed and approved by the appropriate managers.
    • Easy to design forms: You don't need to spend hours reading the documentation to figure out how to create forms. It's simple enough that you can just jump right in and start creating them with minimal training.
    • Lots of options and features are available for you to include in your forms.
    • Integrates well with SAML-based SSO and has capabilities for MFA.
    • Easy and useful search function. Need to find that ticket from last year that you worked for a particular user or issue? Just search by keyword or username, and it'll quickly find the ticket.
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    Cons
    FacilityBot
    • Limited checklist templates
    • To have extension for the free trial
    • There is room for improvement in terms of customization of simple reports.
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    SolarWinds
    • There is potential to greatly improve the capacity for cascading attributes. Currently, categories are limited to a top-level category and one subcategory. This leaves a fairly shallow decision tree.
    • Greater flexibility to modify the layout of incident request forms.
    • More integration options for cloud file-sharing platforms. Solarwinds Service Desk has tie-ins to Dropbox but not other vendors.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    FacilityBot
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    My renewal is soon coming up, it is fairly likely I will renew again for the 5th year. I may consider evaluating what else is out there, It was requested by my staff to not make a change. They feel that SSD fits our needs, is easy to use and should keep it.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    FacilityBot
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Solarwinds Service Desk has a very "user friendly" interface. Everything looks nice and neat. And, learning how to use the system is very easy. It provides multiple services that are easy for most people to grasp, and allows for great organization of incidents and assets. Support for Solarwinds Service Desk has a good response and resolution time and are easy to work with.
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    Reliability and Availability
    FacilityBot
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    Because the data is stored on Amazon Web Services (AWS) there are very rarely any outages. There have been some times when the product has been slow to load, but because the interface is web based it could be anything between my computer and AWS that was causing the issue. But also, because the application is web based it can be access from anywhere which makes it very convenient
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    FacilityBot
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    When the system is working, the pages load very quickly. We run reports all the time in the system. The reporting can be extremely complex or very simple. Either way, we have not had any issues with the reports. We do not currently integrate Solarwinds Service Desk with any other software.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    FacilityBot
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    SolarWinds support department will respond to you quickly from the time of purchase to after-purchase instructions & supporting, and the company is great in customers support. In buying a software, our organization always has a priority for the seller and support and accountability is very important to us, and the manufacturer or seller must be responsible and supportive.
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    Online Training
    FacilityBot
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    When we first purchased Samanage (now Solarwinds) they provided us with an informational training session to show us all of the basics on how the service works and showed us everything we were interested in using. There are still some areas of Solarwinds that we do not yet utilize but I know if we choose to use them in the future we would be able to schedule another session with our representative to have them show us what we need to know.
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    Implementation Rating
    FacilityBot
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    The implementation process for our organization was fairly simple. We set up an email address to receive the emails from the system (for incident creation), and we allowed the system to spoof our IT email to respond to requests. Solarwinds helped us with the rest of the implementation, and it took less than a week to get the system fully operational.
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    Alternatives Considered
    FacilityBot
    FacilityBot replaced multiple layers of coordination and communication between users and subcontractors. There are many facilities management systems that are not user-friendly on the market. Most of them do not support multiple communication methods and are costly. Unlike FacilityBot, the implementation wasn't as straightforward. In terms of features, not many are as feature-rich as FacilityBot.
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    SolarWinds
    We chose SolarWinds Service Desk for its user friendly platform compared to what we had. Its was easier for requestors to submit tickets, provide feedback, merge tickets, build a suitable approval process. Our organization had a hard time going back and forth with the end user on providing a status on their request or issue, where most users just didn't follow through or lost interest in their issue. We would have to send multiple emails to get any type of feedback and that's something we did not want to keep on doing.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    FacilityBot
    No answers on this topic
    SolarWinds
    We have over 500 computers and tablets across our organization and this has helped us greatly in keeping track of where computers are and who is currently using it. I can see this product being useful to groups both larger and smaller than us and I really appreciate this product.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    FacilityBot
    • Quick and prompt fault reporting and tracking
    • Save cost and resources
    • FacilityBot also provides simple and evaluated statistics
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    SolarWinds
    • We are more easily able to quantify user satisfaction with support.
    • We are able to develop SLAs that quantify and define the obligation of our support teams.
    • The actual cost of Solarwinds Service Desk per agent user is high in our estimation. The more you implement this platform across your organization, the more tightly tethered you are to this solution.
    Incentivized
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