Ivanti Neurons for ITSM vs. ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

It's a great system for anyone between wanting something that's just plug-n-play that works out of the box, or someone who wants to shape it to make it their own, and do things their way. It's easy to build your processes into the system, or you can just run with how it's been preconfigured. One of it's limited features is document management. While the system will allow you to upload documents to a record, it's purely storage. It's not suitable for processes that require document processing functionality.

The cost for what you get is very good.

The amount of additional functionality is great too - we originally went in expecting to use it for just a helpdesk but eventually it evolved into change management and asset tracking.

We also started using the invoicing addon which helped massively and allowed us to track items from point of purchase to decommission.

Incentivized

• 100% ITIL Process Compliance.
• Dashboards, Reporting, Analytics.
• Workflow Automation.
• Holistic Overview of IT Health.
• Easily customizable.
• Self Service customer portal.
• Integration (ERP, CRM, EPM, SCCM, Discovery Tools, Softchoice, Active Directory).
• HR Automation (Onboarding, Offboarding, Changes).
• Change Control including Change Notifications.
• Asset Scanning, Asset Management, Asset Integration.
• Policy and Contract Management.
• Software Inventory and Software Entitlement.
• Procurement Integration (Purchase Orders, Invoices, Shipments, Packing Slips, Product Catalog).
• Approval Workflows.
• Audit Capabilities.

• It's very simple to submit and handle ticket for both user and Engineer.
• Set some customize template for intent replay or job done reply.
• SLA management is the good option to maintain workflow.
• There is solution option where user can resolve their common issues.

Incentivized

• Had a little trouble sending some files remotely a few times, but it could have been on our end.
• The system was a little different from what we were used to. We had to drill down into the program a bit more than expected.
• We couldn't tell if some of our older machines were having problems with it, or if it was the program itself.

Incentivized

• When trying to select the top row ticket, you have to be careful not to select all tickets. Happened to us twice and we assigned all open tickets to one technician. Took a few minutes to correct.
• Site is sometimes a bit sluggish to respond. Don't know if that is an issue with our network infrastructure or the program itself, though.
• When users send emails to the help desk, we sometimes experience delays until the tickets appear on the site for the technicians.

Incentivized

We are fully committed to this system. After customizing it for the past 3 years we have no plans to change

Incentivized

we are looking at other tools like Zendesk which may replace ServiceDesk. We are currently evaluating both tools to see which one would serve our needs better

Incentivized

You will need a certified partner to make sure you are configured to meet the needs of your organization. If you use it as is/turnkey then Ivanti Service Manager (powered by Heat) will begin to be more of a clunky product.

Incentivized

It is still very cumbersome, lots of data entry on the back end to build how we want it but it is still not completely user friendly. Many functions still dont work and contacting someone for help isnt always easy or we get told solutions for issues we have just arent built yet.

Incentivized

Initial response is usually fast, but solving issues takes longer than expected and most of the times it is not clear what exactly the issue is and when it is going to be solved. It would be helpful to know if there are already complaints by other customers regarding new issues, so that we know that we are not alone and that Ivanti support is already aware of the problems.

Incentivized

Our network administrator usually gets a good response when contacting ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus customer service. They are quick to respond and so far have been able to eliminate most of our issues. We have been through several upgrades of the software over the years and have no issues to report in regards to customer service.

Incentivized

From what I've seen of ServiceNow, Ivanti Service Manager seems to be easier to configure for smaller teams. In addition, the expense necessary to fully build-out a ServiceNow system was much larger. Both systems follow ITIL framework recommendations quite closely, which was a major feature we were looking for in a Service Management system.

No contest. Remedyforce required a full time investment to understand the use of cryptically named variables, so all changes needed to be made by a specially trained administrator. Remedy had terrible problem handing capability. ServiceDesk Plus is a polar opposite - most customization is done using plain English and simple screens.

Incentivized

• Our instance has introduced integration of HEAT Voice and HEAT CRM to our contact center, which has resulted in reporting efficiencies in our group.
• The product has allowed an in-house team to administer the product and support it rather than rely on our IT Organization for basic reporting and administrative needs ($$ savings)
• A browser-based application has eliminated the time expended on installing the product for newer users.

Incentivized

• It has provided better visibility to upper management in terms of the scale of the workload of the IT department
• It has allowed licensed software to be tracked more efficiently, allowing redundant license to be reclaimed, rather than additional ones being purchased
• It has fulfilled the requirements for multiple audits, including Microsoft audits, as it allows the assets and their software to be tracked

Incentivized