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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    JitBit Help Desk

    Score8.1 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

    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
    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
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    Community Pulse
    JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Considered Both Products
    JitBit Software
    Chose JitBit Help Desk
    JitBit Help Desk is more modern and easy to use (web-based). Customizing different areas is also simpler. Product is still receiving feature updates.
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of JitBit Help Desk and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    JitBit Help Desk
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets10.03 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications10.02 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation10.01 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of JitBit Help Desk and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    JitBit Help Desk
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of JitBit Help Desk and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    JitBit Help Desk
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of JitBit Help Desk and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    JitBit Help Desk
    -
    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 JitBit Help Desk and Microsoft System Center Service Manager
    Feature
    JitBit Help Desk
    -
    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
    JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    JitBit Help DeskMicrosoft System Center Service Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    JitBit Software
    If your budget is really tight, then JitBit is not for you. It's kind of pricey. That said, JitBit HelpDesk is very robust--we've never had one second of downtime in my two years of using it. It depends on what's important to you. If you need rock-solid Help Desk and stellar, trouble-free performance, then JitBit it. If not, there are alternatives that are much less expensive. The cloud version might be less expensive for companies that don't need an on-premise solution.
    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.
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    Pros
    JitBit Software
    • Fantastic ticketing system to keep track of old conversations from clients.
    • Fantastic analytics and metric tracking.
    • Fantastic for sharing relationships with a customer. Generally, this would be a salesperson sharing an onboarding with a support person, but I think you could get creative with it. JitBit is very flexible.
    • Super easy to learn and use. If you can use your email, you can use JitBit.
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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
    JitBit Software
    • Reporting functionalities could be better
    • Improvements to user management
    • Expansion to AI functionalities
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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
    JitBit Software
    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
    JitBit Software
    JitBit just had the feature set at the cost point we were willing to spend. Nothing against the other products, but this one just fit our model better.
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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
    JitBit Software
    • JitBit has neither had a positive nor a negative effect on our ROI. The reason is that we had to have a Help Desk solution that is secure and well-supported.
    • JitBit does cost real money. The least expensive on-premise option is $1,699, which might have a negative impact on your budget, but I'd have to say that it's worth it--at least for us.
    • Trouble-free, practically maintenance-free, Help Desk software has a positive impact on our technician time spent on it.
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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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