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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HaloITSM

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    HaloITSM provides ITIL aligned help desk software that can be installed on premise or in the cloud. Boasting over 25 years of experience, HaloITSM has been developed to offer a feature rich application whilst maintaining a simple to use interface. Features include: Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Asset Management, Service Catalogue, Telephony Integration, as well as the best of breed mobile apps. The vendor describes the following five differentiators: 1.…

    $49

    per month per user

    Microsoft System Center Service Manager

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft System Center Service Manager is an integrated platform that is designed for automating and adapting IT Service Management best practices to an organization’s requirements. The platform includes built-in processes for incident and problem resolution, change control and asset lifecycle management.N/A
    Pricing
    HaloITSMMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Editions & Modules
    On Premise
    $49
    per month per user
    Cloud
    $49
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HaloITSMMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThere is 15% discount for all charities, educational institutions and non-profit organisations.—
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    Community Pulse
    HaloITSMMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Considered Both Products
    Halo Service Solutions
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    HaloITSMMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of HaloITSM and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    8.4
    12 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.612 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Expert directory8.58 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Service restoration8.77 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.611 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.612 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.39 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards7.712 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of HaloITSM and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    8.2
    7 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Configuration mangement8.07 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard7.77 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement8.05 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of HaloITSM and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    HaloITSM
    8.8
    9 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Change requests repository8.79 Ratings6.16 Ratings
    Change calendar8.77 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Service-level management9.08 Ratings8.05 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    HaloITSMMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HaloITSMMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Halo Service Solutions
    If you want a value for money full system, which you could use out of the box then this is the one for you. If you want a system that can take care of tasks then this is the one for you. [HaloITSM] is easily scalable with very competitive pricing. New features are added regularly based on best practices and customer requirements.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    I think any organization that runs windows on their computers that is size over 50 workstations and looking for a complete package to manage their windows machines must have Microsoft System Center Service Manager, especially if they have Windows servers and VMs. The capability of managing multiple devices at ones can save a lot of time for the IT jobs.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Halo Service Solutions
    • The Self Service Portal is very easy to configure and the end-users have commented on how easy it is to log and manage their own calls.
    • Asset and User Management works very well and it is simple to link them to tickets. Looking up ticket history for particular Users or Assets is also very useful.
    • The ability [to] use different ticket types and templates is fantastic. The added ability to merge and clone tickets is also a great benefit.
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    Microsoft
    • This tool is used to track support requests among our IT staff.
    • We use this tool to automate some more routine tasks.
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    Cons
    Halo Service Solutions
    • Support for M365 \ Power Platform, Power Bi reporting in particular
    • Feel the asset management side of the product is not as good as the ticket management
    • Support is excellent but maybe an old school user forum where other admins can share and discuss ideas
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    Microsoft
    • Kind of clunky.
    • Takes a lot a lot a lot of configuration.
    • There is a lot of jargon to learn to be able to use it to its full ability.
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    Usability
    Halo Service Solutions
    Its simple and intuitiuve - requires minimal training to get people in and working at speed
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Halo Service Solutions
    I've made overall positive experiences with the Halo support. The only thing to increase would be some follow ups on feature requests. If someone would reach out to me, telling me wheter or not my feature request will be considered in future updates or not.
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    Microsoft
    The customer support service is excellent. They help from start/deployment through to any time later on. They responded quickly and resolved our issues professionally and in no time.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Halo Service Solutions
    HaloITSM offered the highest level of functionality, available as standard, at our price level. Halo support during our trial period was second to none and unrestricted. We had a list of deciding factors covering the most important areas of functionality and HaloITSM covered all of these.
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    Microsoft
    We selected MCSM because it is a solid product that we could use very quickly, compared to other tools there is a lot more effort for integration into the infrastructure, costing time and money. We implemented the tool very quickly and since it integrates with other Microsoft products, it was very easy to get up and running.
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    Return on Investment
    Halo Service Solutions
    • It enabled us to allow our Service Desk Staff to work from home during COVID and this has continued ever since.
    • We have halved our average resolution time.
    • Some of the automation processes, when implemented alongside the MS Power Platform, have saved approximately 30 hours a month. This includes times when customers were unable to access the system until they had been trained. This is now automated via Halo and they get sent to on-demand training, instead of waiting up to 3 weeks for the next scheduled session.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • Save a world of time when imaging
    • Save a world of time with patch management
    • Provides decent reports to get a snapshot quickly
    Incentivized
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