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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AServiceDesk Plus is free help desk software from ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corporation.

    $10

    Starting Price Per Month

    Zoho Desk

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AZoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusZoho Desk
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $10.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Professional
    $21.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Enterprise
    $50.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Free
    $0
    Express
    $9
    per month per user
    Standard
    $20
    per month per user
    Professional
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusZoho Desk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—A discount is offered for yearly billing.
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    Community Pulse
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusZoho Desk
    Considered Both Products
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    No answer on this topic
    Zoho
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusZoho Desk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    7.1
    20 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.020 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Expert directory5.013 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Service restoration5.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications6.014 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation10.016 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    7.7
    15 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Configuration mangement9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard8.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement6.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    8.9
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings6.64 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Score4.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (20 ratings)
    7.8
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.4
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    We use the free version, it allows up to 10 technicians to be added to the system, but that has never been an issue, as we are a small team. The functionality and usability of MESDP are great and can work with larger teams too. It is well suited to be used as a main Ticketing system, and this is not limited to IT only, I am sure other teams that need to keep track and log issues will be able to utilize MESDP without any issues. There is a self-service portal as an option, however, we do not use it as of yet, as there has not been the need for it. If you would need to use the same instance within multiple departments, this may be a bit tricky to achieve, as there is no easy way to limit visibility to tickets from other departments, however, I am sure there is a way around it.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
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    Pros
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • 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.
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    Zoho
    • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
    • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
    • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
    • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
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    Cons
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • We would like to see the ability to schedule technician auto-assign based on shifts. Presently we have to manually select technicians after close of business Friday for the weekend shift each week.
    • When managing a problem, it is difficult to extract a list of attached Incidents for use elsewhere. I must add that it is very easy to bulk add Incidents during an event. The only small issue with the bulk add is that the window only shows you 5-10 incidents at a time, and you must scroll through to select Incidents. We'd like to be able to see a full page view of the list.
    • When editing a request, the history is graphically & textually very verbose. Too much so in many cases. For example if a user has included screen shots, the entire email string is repeated for each change. For example an email forwarded to Helpdesk, repeats even though the only change made was to update the requestor from the person forwarding to the actual requestor.
    • It is not currently possible to update a problem automatically using special characters in the subject line, like we are able to do in a request. We overcome this by always creating a root incident for each problem that collects all the email communication of the resolution.
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    Zoho
    • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
    • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    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
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    As any other feature-rich software package, starting out with ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus has a little bit of a learning curve, but it usually doesn't take very long until you can use the basic features. Training new technicians on the use of the software does not take very long, and for users to submit tickets it is as easy as sending an email.
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    Zoho
    I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
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    Support Rating
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    I have a few issues with MESDP and even though we use the free version, the support staff was very quick to respond and extremely competent and helpful. Luckily, I have only had to use them a couple of times over the 2.5 years I have been using their product, but they strike me as very competent, friendly and helpful, regardless of the version of their product you use.
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    Zoho
    As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
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    Alternatives Considered
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Spiceworks was free, which obviously had both benefits and limitations - I will say that the community around Spiceworks has always been great. If we could replicate that experience with the ME user base, it would be terrific.
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    Zoho
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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    Return on Investment
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    • 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
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
    • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
    • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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    ScreenShots

    Zoho Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.