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GLPI

Score9.3 out of 10

8 Reviews and Ratings

What is GLPI?

GLPI is an IT Service Management software based on open source technologies. It is a suite for IT, project, financial and user management. GLPI can support companies of any size, and offers both on-premises and cloud (SaaS) solutions.

Media

Dashboards for Asset Management and Helpdesk
Asset Management
Asset management: item view
User management
Helpdesk: Kanban view
Helpdesk

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Top Performing Features

  • Organize and prioritize service tickets

    Prioritize tickets to ensure most urgent are tackled first

    Category average: 9

  • ITSM reports and dashboards

    Reports and dashboards are used to optimize service desk operations by supplying key performance and capacity data

    Category average: 8.2

  • Service-level management

    Process for negotiating agreements regarding service level expectations, and ensuring these are met

    Category average: 8.6

Areas for Improvement

  • ITSM collaboration and documentation

    Issue resolution through collaboration mechanisms like discussion threads, social tools; agents can attach notes, files, etc. to tickets in order to maintain a record of all interactions related to the case.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Asset management dashboard

    Dashboard showing organization's software portfolio

    Category average: 8.1

  • Expert directory

    Directory of IT and businesses services available to customers to help route tickets to appropriate subject matter experts

    Category average: 7.9

GLPI in Action, Simplifying IT Asset Tracking and Support

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently use GLPI to cover 3 areas in our infrastructure:

1: Manage our complete IT inventory which includes all computers, servers, networking gear, UPS and track all warranties, maintenance contracts.

2: Ticketing system GLPI is the solution we use for all our ticketing needs.

3: we also use the reservation plugin to lend out IT equipment to users.

Pros

  • Asset tracking
  • Inventory mangement
  • Helpdesk ticketing

Cons

  • Lack of auto update mechanism.
  • Admin interface is somewhat dated.

Return on Investment

  • No cost upfront apart from hosting
  • Extensive plugin catalogue to add new features without any cost
  • No maintenance cost unless you need support.

Usability

Other Software Used

BookStack, Omada, PaperCut

GLPI great ticketing solution

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

GLPI is our internal IT support and ticketing solution, we also use it as an inventory of computer equipment and applications. It is a flexible and powerful solution.

Pros

  • Tickering
  • Inventory
  • FAQ

Cons

  • Documentation

Return on Investment

  • Quick resolution of incidents
  • User satisfaction measurement

Other Software Used

Redmine, WordPress, GitLab