JitBit Help Desk vs. Microsoft System Center Service Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
JitBit Help Desk
Score 8.2 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
JitBit Help Desk from JitBit Software is a cloud-based or installed help desk solution with a ticketing system, knowledge base, and related features.
$2,199
one-time fee
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft 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
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Editions & Modules
Small
$2,199
one-time fee
Company
$3,799
one-time fee
Enterprise
$6,499
one-time fee
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Features
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
JitBit Help Desk
9.6
Ratings
18% above category average
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
7.8
Ratings
4% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation10.00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Service restoration00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Self-service tools00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
JitBit Help Desk
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
-
Ratings
External knowledge base8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
JitBit Help Desk
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
-
Ratings
Customer portal8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
JitBit Help Desk
-
Ratings
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
8.2
Ratings
0% below category average
Configuration mangement00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
JitBit Help Desk
-
Ratings
Microsoft System Center Service Manager
6.7
Ratings
22% below category average
Change requests repository00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Change calendar00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Service-level management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
Helps to create a continuous conversation between our team and the user. It was clean and easy to understand, training was less than a day for most newbies. Your Devs, Sales, Marketing Support, Management can all use one hub to talk to your users and gather feedback. Helped us expand our teams and realize what directions we needed to expand in. Support supports, Sales sells, Marketing markets... It's like a beautiful dance! It's hard to say that JitBit is right for you, but I can't imagine the industry that JitBit wouldn't work in. You put it in front of an employee, and they know what to do next.
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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
  • Flexibility.
  • Customizability.
  • Effective communication.
  • Historical tracking of issues and requests.
  • Reporting.
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  • Imaging - Can hold all of your images and allow them to be deployed from one central place
  • Patching - Able to manage patches from a central database and have reporting on machines out of compliance
  • Reporting - ability to utilize several reports to check compliance and other items you may want to review
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Cons
  • JitBit HelpDesk is not free. There is no free version. It would be nice if they had a free, limited version that would allow 100 tickets to get used to it before buying as it is pretty expensive, even for the lowest end implementation.
  • I wish it were easy to integrate forms into. I've seen numerous questions around the Net about integrating Google Forms or creating forms.
  • There is a strong push from JitBit to use the cloud version but some companies really have to use an on-premise solution.
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  • Reporting in System Center could be more user-friendly. While the data is there, sometimes several reports have to be run to get what you want
  • SCCM would be better making updates to SCCM easier. We see risk in updates, so it causes delays, which creates more risk
  • Improving the application deployment log files , making them easier to read
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Support Rating
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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
We've looked at several different Help Desk solutions, but the names escape me at the moment. We looked at Spiceworks and didn't find it to be bad but we didn't like the ads. There is a purchase version for about $500/year, but we still decided against it--I can't recall why. JitBit's reviews and history are both very good. And if two years worth of no issues is any indication of how well it works, then that alone speaks for itself. I have used other Help Desk applications over the past 20 years and none are perfect, but a hassle-free experience gets a gold star from me.
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It has its similarities between the two from a ticketing standpoint but as a primarily Microsoft shop it is nice to have a product that was created to play along with other tools that we are using such as SCCM. We like Jira for the project management tools and Cherwell for their customization but the latter took lots of effort to get that piece working.
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Return on Investment
  • Our old Help Desk product was outdated so JitBit Help Desk improved our helpdesk productivity
  • We can also offer help desk product to other groups besides IT
  • End users are better serviced with modern product
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  • "Quick" patch management -- once the process is nailed down.
  • The ability to include remote control in a central place.
  • Reporting is great.
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