Helpdesk Ticketing Software Recommendations
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I don't like the fact that there isn't pricing on the ServiceDesk Plus website, just an option to obtain a quote. I hate that. I like to know what I might be getting into if I want to scale up from the free version.
No quote, it's 100% free for the helpdesk. It does say that somewhere. There is NO scaling up, it's completely free. The pricing is there, it says free. There is nothing more to know on the helpdesk component.
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If you want other features other than the helpdesk ones, those I am not sure about the pricing. That might be on the site or maybe you have to contact someone. I've not looked into those and am not sure. But that's not scaling up, that's adding other software that isn't the helpdesk.
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Linux has OTRS, I know Turnkey Linux has an built in ISO for this as well.
Not that you'd have to use Turnkey for it.
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@scottalanmiller said:
No quote, it's 100% free for the helpdesk. It does say that somewhere. There is NO scaling up, it's completely free. The pricing is there, it says free. There is nothing more to know on the helpdesk component.
Ah, yes. So it does. I was flummoxed by the 'Standard', 'Professional' and 'Enterprise' editions, but I can see now that the Helpdesk part is free.
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Some of those terms linger from when it wasn't free, too. It went free somewhere around a year ago.
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Another suggestion from Manage Engine ServiceDesk Plus - There is a bit of a learning curve as stated,.. and can be a bit to configure.. but well worth it. And - if you have less than 25 devices, you can get the bonus of PC management and software deployment for free also - Pretty sure they will connect and log both sides.
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Just trying Manage Engine now. Initial impression is that Zendesk looks a lot simpler and has a far more beautiful interface.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
Just trying Manage Engine now. Initial impression is that Zendesk looks a lot simpler and has a far more beautiful interface.
No doubt there.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
Just trying Manage Engine now. Initial impression is that Zendesk looks a lot simpler and has a far more beautiful interface.
Agreed.
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So I was looking around on the ServiceDesk site and I can log in with my zoho credentials. That's kind of cool. They must be built with Zoho Sites. The license was in a zoho document also.
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@johnhooks said:
So I was looking around on the ServiceDesk site and I can log in with my zoho credentials. That's kind of cool. They must be built with Zoho Sites. The license was in a zoho document also.
If I remember correctly ManageEngine is a Zoho company.
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@coliver said:
@johnhooks said:
So I was looking around on the ServiceDesk site and I can log in with my zoho credentials. That's kind of cool. They must be built with Zoho Sites. The license was in a zoho document also.
If I remember correctly ManageEngine is a Zoho company.
Ha that explains it then. I use them for my email, so that might work out nicely.
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@johnhooks said:
@coliver said:
@johnhooks said:
So I was looking around on the ServiceDesk site and I can log in with my zoho credentials. That's kind of cool. They must be built with Zoho Sites. The license was in a zoho document also.
If I remember correctly ManageEngine is a Zoho company.
Ha that explains it then. I use them for my email, so that might work out nicely.
I am very pleased with their email system (I use it for personal stuff) they have a bunch of other tools for IT as well.
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@coliver said:
@johnhooks said:
@coliver said:
@johnhooks said:
So I was looking around on the ServiceDesk site and I can log in with my zoho credentials. That's kind of cool. They must be built with Zoho Sites. The license was in a zoho document also.
If I remember correctly ManageEngine is a Zoho company.
Ha that explains it then. I use them for my email, so that might work out nicely.
I am very pleased with their email system (I use it for personal stuff) they have a bunch of other tools for IT as well.
Ya, you can't beat what you get for free. I haven't used any of the other services since I've been using Wave for accounting and I do all my web stuff with Drupal, but the other stuff looks like it would be just as good as the email.
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@coliver said:
...they have a bunch of other tools for IT as well.
Zoho, or ManageEngine? A lot of their other tools seem a wee bit pricey to me... but maybe that's just because I'm a cheap skate and will always try the free options first...
I see that Nobody has mentioned the Honorable mention of Spiceworks for the Helpdesk... It's not the cleanest, but I have had good results with it in the past.
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@dafyre said:
@coliver said:
...they have a bunch of other tools for IT as well.
Zoho, or ManageEngine? A lot of their other tools seem a wee bit pricey to me... but maybe that's just because I'm a cheap skate and will always try the free options first...
I see that Nobody has mentioned the Honorable mention of Spiceworks for the Helpdesk... It's not the cleanest, but I have had good results with it in the past.
From the OP:
What do you use? What have you used? What do you recommend? What do you not recommend. The only thing I am sure about is that I am not going to start using Spiceworks!
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@dafyre said:
@coliver said:
...they have a bunch of other tools for IT as well.
Zoho, or ManageEngine? A lot of their other tools seem a wee bit pricey to me... but maybe that's just because I'm a cheap skate and will always try the free options first...
I see that Nobody has mentioned the Honorable mention of Spiceworks for the Helpdesk... It's not the cleanest, but I have had good results with it in the past.
Zoho. They have a bunch of other tools. I'm also a cheapskate (which is why I'm using their email ha). I used spiceworks for a little but it started to bog my computer down.
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@johnhooks said:
I used spiceworks for a little but it started to bog my computer down.
This is the reason I moved away from Spiceworks as well. After running it for 2 years I couldn't get it to be stable for more then a few hours. It was also a huge resource hog.
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@coliver & @johnhooks -- If you guys havent' used one of the Recent v7.3 or 7.4 versions, they are rock solid and relatively fast when compred to anything before then.
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