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IT HELP DESK SOFTWARE JULY 2018
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C O N T E N T S
Introduction
Defining IT Help Desk Software
FrontRunners (Small Vendors)
FrontRunners (Enterprise Vendors)
Runners Up
Methodology Basics
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This FrontRunners analysis is a data-driven assessment
identifying products in the IT Help Desk software market that offer the best capability and value for small businesses. For a given market, products are evaluated and given a score for Usability (x-axis) and User Recommendations (y-axis). FrontRunners then plots 10-15 products each on a Small Vendor and an Enterprise Vendor graphic, based on vendor business size, per category.
In the IT Help Desk FrontRunners infographic, the minimum qualifying scores were 3.75 for Usability and 3.66 for User Recommended.
To be considered for the IT Help Desk FrontRunners, a product needed a minimum of 20 user reviews published within 18 months of the evaluation period. Products needed a minimum user rating score of 3.0 for both Usability and User Recommended.
I N T R O D U C T I O N
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INTRODUCTION
The minimum score cutoff to be included in the FrontRunners graphic varies by category, depending on the range of scores in each category. No product with a score less than 3.0 in either dimension is included in any FrontRunners graphic. For products included, the Usability and User Recommended scores determine their positions on the FrontRunners graphic.
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IT Help Desk software provides a platform for managing IT support
with tools to track and resolve technical issues with computer hardware, software and networks. It is typically used to manage a company’s internal IT, though it can also be used externally, as in the case of managed service providers.
Software Advice’s FrontRunners quadrant is focused on the North American IT Help Desk software
market. We identify this set of core capabilities for the IT Help Desk software category: ticketing/issue tracking, knowledge base, communication tools and IT asset management, as well as at least one of the following: service level agreement (SLA) management and network monitoring.
D E F I N I N G I T H E L P D E S K S O F T WA R E
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For each individual rating in both the Usability and User Recommended criteria, the methodology
weighs recent reviews more heavily.
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USABILITY
SamanageSpiceworks
JIRA Service Desk
ServiceNow
Web Help Desk
ConnectWise Manage
SherpaDesk
IssuetrakMojo Help Desk
GoToAssistServiceAide Cloud Service ManagementManageEngine
ServiceDesk Plus
VivantioPhaseWare Tracker
SysAid
BOSS Solutions Suite
F R O N T R U N N E R S ( S M A L L & E N T E R P R I S E V E N D O R S )
FRONTRUNNERS® FOR IT HELP DESK, JULY 2018
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F R O N T R U N N E R S S C O R E S
( S M A L L V E N D O R S )
TOTAL SCORE
USABILITY SCORE
USER RECOMMENDED
SCORE
1 SherpaDesk 9.56 4.73 4.83
2 BOSS Solutions Suite 9.01 4.42 4.59
3 Issuetrak 8.93 4.41 4.53
4 Mojo Help Desk 8.87 4.31 4.56
5 GoToAssist 8.60 4.36 4.23
6 ServiceAide Cloud Service Management 8.50 4.26 4.24
7 ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus 8.43 4.21 4.23
8 Vivantio 8.26 4.11 4.15
9 PhaseWare Tracker 8.09 3.93 4.16
10 SysAid 7.77 3.94 3.84
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F R O N T R U N N E R S S C O R E S
( E N T E R P R I S E V E N D O R S )
TOTAL SCORE
USABILITY SCORE
USER RECOMMENDED
SCORE
1 Samanage 9.02 4.52 4.49
2 Spiceworks 8.68 4.22 4.46
3 JIRA Service Desk 8.60 4.30 4.30
4 ServiceNow 8.35 4.27 4.08
5 Web Help Desk 8.27 4.11 4.16
6 ConnectWise Manage 7.84 3.95 3.89
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R U N N E R S U P
Agiloft
Aihelp
Alcea | HelpDesk
Alloy Navigator
Amdocs Customer Management
assyst
Basic Online CRM
C-Desk
C2 ATOM
CallTaker
ChangeGear
Cherwell Service Management
CustomerWise
DeskCenter Management Suite
Deskero
DeskPRO
devContact
DiamanteDesk
Dixa
EasyVista
elevio
eStreamDesk
EvantoDesk
everything HelpDesk
Faveo Helpdesk
Focus Desk
Footprints
Freshdesk
Freshservice
Gemini by Countersoft
Giva eHelpDesk
Gorgias
Help Desk Management
HelpCrunch
Helpdesk Office
HelpDeskAdvanced
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HelpdeskEddy
Helprace
Helpshift
HelpSpot
Helpy
HPE Service Manager
iHelpdesk
InvGate Service Desk
iSupport
ITRP
ITsDone Help Desk
Ivanti
Ivinex CRM
JitBit Help Desk
Kapture CRM
Kaseya VSA
Kayako
Koho Service Desk
livepro
LiveZilla
ManageEngine SupportCenter Plus
MSM
NABD System
Nanorep
NetHelpDesk
ngDesk
OMNITRACKER
OrangeCRM
osTicket
OTRS
PagerDuty
PeopleSoft Enterprise HelpDesk
Polar HelpDesk
PROMYS
Re:Desk
Reamaze
RELAY
Remedy 9
Requestor
Richpanel Customer Data Platform
SapphireIMS
Seamless Desk
ServiceWise
SMART Service Desk
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SmarterTrack
Spoke
Sugester
SupportBee
Supportbench
SureHelp
SutiDesk
Symantec ServiceDesk
TeamHeadquarters
Tele-Support HelpDesk
Think Help Desk
TOPdesk
Track-It!
Trakdesk
UVdesk
Vision Helpdesk
Web Tracks
Wix Answers
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The FrontRunners methodology assesses and calculates a
score for products on two primary dimensions: Usability on the x-axis and User Recommended on the y-axis.
The Usability score is a weighted average of user ratings including:
• End-user ratings of one to five stars on the product’s ease of use.
• End-user ratings of one to five stars on the product’s functionality.
The User Recommended score is an overall weighted average of scores including:
• End-user ratings of one to five stars on how valuable users consider the product to be relative to its price.
• End-user ratings of one to five stars on how likely they are to recommend the product to others.
There are up to two FrontRunners graphics for each market, one Small Vendors and one Enterprise Vendors graphic. The Small Vendors graphic highlights qualifiers from smaller (by employee size) vendors, while the Enterprise Vendors graphic displays qualifiers for larger (by employee size) vendors.
M E T H O D O L O GY B A S I C S
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METHODOLOGY BASICS
Markets are defined by a core set of functionality, and to be eligible for FrontRunners, products must offer that core set of functionality. Core functionality required is determined by our research analysts, who provide coverage for and have familiarity with products in that market. Additionally, a product must have at least 20 unique user-submitted product reviews across the three Gartner Digital Markets web properties: softwareadvice.com, capterra.com and getapp.com, which have been published within 18 months of the start of the analysis period.
Inclusion in the Small Vendor or Enterprise Vendor FrontRunners graphics is based on the vendor’s employee count. Vendors eligible for the Enterprise Vendor graphic must have more than the median employee count for all vendors in the market, or 100 employees—whichever is greater. Vendors whose employee counts do not meet either of those thresholds qualify for the Small Vendor graphic.
1 In the event fewer than 10 products qualify for either a Small Vendors or Enterprise Vendors FrontRunners graphic, the vendors that do qualify will be combined into a single graphic.