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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IFS Assyst

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIFS Assyst (formerly Axios Assyst, acquired by IFS March, 2021) is an ITSM product in both SaaS and on-premise configurations - the SaaS version is called assystSaaS. This product competes with BMC Remedy, IBM SmartCloud, Cherwell Service Management, and FrontRange ITSM (now Heat Service Management).N/A

    OpenText Service Manager

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOpenText™ Service Manager (formerly from Micro Focus) is scalable service desk software powered by machine learning, analytics, and automation. It provides an ITSM platform for standardizing service delivery and support across the enterprise.N/A
    Pricing
    IFS AssystOpenText Service Manager
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IFS AssystOpenText Service Manager
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IFS AssystOpenText Service Manager
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of IFS Assyst and OpenText Service Manager
    Feature
    IFS Assyst
    8.9
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    OpenText Service Manager
    9.4
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets10.01 Ratings8.62 Ratings
    Expert directory9.01 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Service restoration9.01 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Self-service tools9.01 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications9.01 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation9.01 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards7.01 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of IFS Assyst and OpenText Service Manager
    Feature
    IFS Assyst
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    OpenText Service Manager
    9.7
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Configuration mangement10.01 Ratings9.72 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard9.01 Ratings9.82 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement8.01 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of IFS Assyst and OpenText Service Manager
    Feature
    IFS Assyst
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    OpenText Service Manager
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Change requests repository10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Change calendar7.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Service-level management9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IFS AssystOpenText Service Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IFS AssystOpenText Service Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IFS
    I would suggest that in this product class, you get what you pay for. Although it is was sold as SAAS with a nearly 'plug and play' implementation, at least one full time highly trained admin is needed for ongoing support. I would advise a team implementation strategy.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    HP Service Manager (HPSM) is well suited for a big company and it does the job that it's intended to do but it's not perfect. It has a fairly large learning curve for searching Knowledge Management (KMs) and it takes time to learn how to be fast at creating/resolving tickets while on calls. I have been using HPSM for about 2 years now and we recently moved from the desk client to the web client and we are seeing a lot more issues than we did with the desk client. They keep coming out with updates for it so eventually most of our issues will hopefully be resolved. Overall the web experience is better as it looks more modern than what we used in the past.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    IFS
    • IT Asset Management and IT Service Management in one product
    • ITIL framework
    • Highly customisable service catalogue and processes
    • Mature mobility product
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    OpenText
    • Capacity management like maintaining CI's and their relations is good.
    • Approvals with HPSM is a cake walk and quite logical.
    • There is no wait for troubleshooting or help, HPSM tech help is always there.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    IFS
    • Service requests, incident, problem, and change management
    • Knowledge mgmt is not-existent - the product uses a WIKI for it's own knowledge base.
    • Axios help desk does is not knowledgable and does not follow up on reported incidents
    • Training is incomplete - no real resources available except billable by the hour.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    • When you search Knowledge Articles, it is not like Google, and you need to learn how to search for what you need.
    • It takes a very long time to close tickets in HPSM. Here are the steps to close a ticket. 1. Add notes. 2. Add KM 3. Click Resolve 4.Click Save 5.Click Close 6.Click Okay to Message (ticket has recently been modified) 7. Click Close.
    • It's slow and sometimes crashes/freezes and you lose all the information you may have entered. I usually use notepad++ to gather all my notes and paste them into HPSM.
    • When searching previous tickets the preview pane does not allow for sorting by date to have the most recent at the very top every time you pull up previous tickets. Sometimes there are pages and pages of previous tickets and you have to click and scroll to get what you need.
    • I click on search KMs and it takes me to a blank page and I have to click the back button which then brings me to the search KM page.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IFS
    At this point, we are stuck with it. We can't afford a change at this point.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    IFS
    Axios assyst outperforms JIRA in every aspect, JIRA is a good job system but when it comes to complex processes and configuration management then JIRA is simply not the right system.
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    OpenText
    [We selected HP Service Manager because] HPSM is reliable.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    IFS
    • Replacement of 3 systems with Axios assyst
    • Integration with other enterprise systems
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    OpenText
    • We take anywhere from between 850-1400 calls a day and overall the whole opening tickets to close process goes pretty smoothly.
    Incentivized
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