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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    iSupport

    Score5.1 out of 10
    N/AiSupport is the ITIL / ITSM flagship product from the long-established company of the same name in Washington state.N/A

    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
    iSupportMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    iSupportMicrosoft System Center 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
    iSupportMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of iSupport and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    iSupport
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.01 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Expert directory5.01 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Service restoration7.01 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Self-service tools9.01 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.01 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation7.01 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards8.01 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of iSupport and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    iSupport
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    8.2
    7 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of iSupport and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    iSupport
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings6.16 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    iSupportMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    iSupportMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    iSupport
    Tech tickets and engineering support. The best thing about iSupport is the ability to make custom views and filters. For instance, I have my view set up so I can see when the case was opened, the priority, product, and the customer. I also set it up so if any case has not been updated for 5 days it will turn red notifying me that I need to update the customer.
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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.
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    Pros
    iSupport
    • Very organized
    • Easy to track and follow-up
    • Great for engineers to prioritize and track all incidents and product related requests that are needed. The real time email system is great exposure across the company as well.
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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
    iSupport
    • Although it's great to have everything in one place, it can be a little hard to read sometimes in terms of the amount of tickets and being able to decipher between multiple [issues]. Color coordination might be able to help with this for example.
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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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    Support Rating
    iSupport
    No answers on this topic
    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
    iSupport
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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
    iSupport
    • Saves time and positive ROI as we don't take the time anymore to hold meetings to discuss all incidents. As a software tool, it is amazingly customizable and gives us tons of control over what each department, support representative, or user can see. This is important for us because we have currently 2 separate support departments using iSupport as well as confidential and personal information that goes through the system.
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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
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