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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SymphonyAI IT Service Management

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ASymphony SummitAI, formerly the Summus IT Management Suite, is an ITSM and system monitoring offering from the company of the same name in Palo Alto.N/A

    TOPdesk

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    TOPdesk is the flagship highly-modular cloud-based or installed ITSM service desk and asset management solution from the Dutch company of the same name, for enterprise companies.

    $76

    per month Per agent

    Pricing
    SymphonyAI IT Service ManagementTOPdesk
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $76
    per month Per agent
    Engaged
    $109
    per month Per agent
    Excellent
    $155
    per month Per agent
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SymphonyAI IT Service ManagementTOPdesk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—The TOPdesk license model: - Modular: Organizations purchase only the modules needed - Saas or On premise - Supports unlimited number of assets. - Service agents based. - Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    SymphonyAI IT Service ManagementTOPdesk
    Considered Both Products
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    No answer on this topic
    TOPdesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    128 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    106 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    127 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    80 Answers
    Features
    SymphonyAI IT Service ManagementTOPdesk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of SymphonyAI IT Service Management and TOPdesk
    Feature
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    8.8
    20 Ratings
    8% above category average
    TOPdesk
    8.1
    208 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.620 Ratings8.9208 Ratings
    Expert directory8.815 Ratings7.7146 Ratings
    Service restoration8.618 Ratings8.0140 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.317 Ratings8.5194 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.915 Ratings7.5144 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation9.617 Ratings8.2158 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards9.920 Ratings7.8168 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of SymphonyAI IT Service Management and TOPdesk
    Feature
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    9.0
    20 Ratings
    9% above category average
    TOPdesk
    8.2
    170 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Configuration mangement8.320 Ratings8.7159 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard8.920 Ratings7.8144 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement9.815 Ratings8.0109 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of SymphonyAI IT Service Management and TOPdesk
    Feature
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    9.4
    20 Ratings
    11% above category average
    TOPdesk
    7.8
    164 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Change requests repository8.320 Ratings7.6157 Ratings
    Change calendar9.916 Ratings7.7124 Ratings
    Service-level management9.918 Ratings8.0134 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SymphonyAI IT Service ManagementTOPdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (20 ratings)
    8.9
    (210 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (122 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
    (30 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (177 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (17 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (17 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SymphonyAI IT Service ManagementTOPdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    It is best for handling daily incidents and change records in the organization. And also provide features like which incident will have higher priority, and which have less and on the basis of that developer do their daily activities to resolve them. It also helps in managing our compliance change logs, which help the compliance team.
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    TOPdesk
    As TOPdesk is pretty intuitive it is often not needed to instruct colleagues on how to use TOPdesk. Most modules and fields do explain themselves. This means there aren't many additional instructions needed for the applications itself. Most information we do need to support our colleagues on based on organizational processes, not our ITSM tool of choice. And if there is more information needed, the knowledge base system can be used for this. On the other hand this could create the idea that no additional instructions are needed. Which might be true for the application itself, but not for how it is being used within your organisation
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    Pros
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    • The Design Studio is an easy solution for L3 support professionals to improve existing workflows without technical support quickly.
    • The process and UI are more seamless, robust, and attractive than existing solutions.
    • The copilot AI addition has removed a lot of repetitive tasks and improved UX.
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    TOPdesk
    • TOPdesk provides a clean and modern interface for all of its modules. Many of the modules have a similar look and feel, which makes it easy for users to utilize each one.
    • Its workflow system allows administrators and developers to define what needs to occur when certain events happen. This can ensure that processes happen in the correct sequence.
    • TOPdesk includes a vast API system to allow for external systems to integrate with it, and for TOPdesk to communicate with external systems.
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    Cons
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    • Business Rule Designer - Since it has many automation we are unable to use it properly, because of BRD related jobs not getting executed
    • Creation of sub tenant under tenant
    • 5 why analysis method in the problem management can be designed more efficiently rather than its designed now
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    TOPdesk
    • assigning rights is too extensive, making it very complex to manage this up to date.
    • Topdesk has gained so many features that it is difficult for a new user to become familiar with it.
    • action sequences remain tricky and certainly not for everyone to understand.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    The overall satisfaction is great and it offers great features. By expanding to using AI feature of Symphony Summit, we look forward to automate even ticket tracking and ticket resolution. The support provided by the symphony SummitAI team is also robust compared to industry standards and the team also conducts regular reviews to find out any dissatisfaction from the clients.
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    TOPdesk
    It just works, has some continuous development and an easy-to-use interface, which is important especially because not all our colleagues are technical experts (or in other words, "capable of more than switching on and off the computer"). We use a large range of functions and therefore it would be really hard to replace TOPdesk in our company.
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    Usability
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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    TOPdesk
    Sometimes I think some things are hard to find. I often do not know if I have to search in Settings or in Modules. In some cases the user has to do a lot of clicks for example to link a key to a user. Something could work a little smarter.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    No answers on this topic
    TOPdesk
    Like I said somewhere else in this review: the helpdesk of TOPdesk is top of the bill! In the Netherlands, that is. I can not plea for the helpdesks in other countries, but I guess the TOPdesk organization will make sure the quality of the helpdesk is the same in every country.
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    Performance
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    No answers on this topic
    TOPdesk
    Although being a SAAS solution, TOPdesk performs pretty fast. One can imagine that any SAAS solution is slow or has hiccups, but we have not experienced such with TOPdesk. Pages load quickly, logging in goes smoothly. We have made reports on premise in the past - that always took some time, as you might expect with such complex tasks. It seems that in the SAAS solution TOPdesk somehow has managed to make it even faster!
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    Support Rating
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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    TOPdesk
    Most if not nearly all questions are answered within the same or a few days. The helpdesk is very knowledgable about their product and are always willing to help. The only downside is that for more difficult questions it can take a while due to the experts being further removed from the helpdesk. But they are always willing to answer questions, even if they are not directly related to a problem with the service.
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    In-Person Training
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    No answers on this topic
    TOPdesk
    We had Topdesk in-house here training staff for almost a month (2-3 hour meetings 3x a week.) It was invaluable and we were able to take that training and share with the rest of our IT staff. Once implemented we were able to fly from there. The challenges we found were in how to get started. Once started the knowledge base offered from Topdesk has been invaluable.
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    Online Training
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    No answers on this topic
    TOPdesk
    Online training documentation is easy to access and consume. There is no real challenges with finding information on how to use the product and some really helpful knowledge base items that show us how valuable these options are in our own implementation of it. The online training we've used has been self driven
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    Implementation Rating
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
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    TOPdesk
    It was a challenge to port over years of the same thing and we ended up keeping old ideas in Topdesk that we will eventually weed out as time passes and we learn how users view categories and flows of tickets. Planning is key but bear in mind that just because you used to do it this way doesn't mean you still have to
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    Alternatives Considered
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    The main reason for choosing Symphony Summit is the customization. We wanted to have a separate tool for our business unit. Compared to ServiceNow, which requires a license to approve a request, Symphony does not require a license. In addition, it is much easier to customize and scale.
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    TOPdesk
    Spiceworks is an easier-to-use Help Desk solution but it lacks all other features that Topdesk has. Freshdesk was just too much for our environment. It was cost-prohibitive for our intended use. TOPdesk fit our org size and budget better than the others.
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    Scalability
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    No answers on this topic
    TOPdesk
    TOPdesk is very flexible and scalable. Every department in you organization can you the software. Perhaps some persons need some training, but that can be provided by TOPdesk ot some keyusers.
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    Return on Investment
    SymphonyAI IT Service Management
    • When rolled out in its entirety, SymphonyAI is expected to directly reduce the CTC of technical user support by 40%.
    • SymphonyAI has dramatically improved user experience, helping NPS levels cross over 60%.
    • It has been instrumental in deploying workflows to production by more than 50%.
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    TOPdesk
    • TOPdesk self-service portal has allowed our employees to quickly report and solve the incidents saving more time for productivity.
    • Employees are able to tackle common incidents from the knowledge base giving more efficient business operation.
    • It has helped us to create a smooth working environment while growing the organization capacity and production quality.
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    ScreenShots

    SymphonyAI IT Service Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example of the AI-powered IT and enterprise service workflows available on the platform.Screenshot of the service portal, designed to make it easy for end users to get all their service issues addressed. By consolidating the user’s service needs into one place, users can find what they need quickly and easily.Screenshot of employee self-service, where employees can get answers and help. This helps to reduce call deflection and improve service experience.Screenshot of digitized work processes.Screenshot of the administration interface to launch new services. These can be rolled out with a few drag and drops using the Design Studio that includes 50 built-in modern controls to build forms, workflows, business rules and SLAs of any complexity.Screenshot of the 24/7 Omnichannel service desk experience. This delivers always on, natural language service experience to users with the AI-powered SymphonyAI Digital Agent. The agent features auto-resolve capabilities, multichannel support, and advanced natural language understanding.

    TOPdesk Screenshots

    Screenshot of TOPdesk plan boardScreenshot of TOPdesk portal designerScreenshot of TOPdesk service desk KPIsScreenshot of TOPdesk asset management overviewScreenshot of TOPdesk call managementScreenshot of TOPdesk asset management dashboard