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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CA Service Management

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ACA Service Management, including CA Desk Manager, is a fully-featured ITSM platform, now from Broadcom. It competes with BMC Remedy, ServiceNow, FrontRange ITSM, Cherwell Service Management etc. It is based on technology acquired by CA in 2010 with Nimsoft, and is now supported by Broadcom since the 2018 acquisition.N/A

    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)

    Score4.3 out of 10
    N/ACherwell Software was a full suite of service management tools competing with BMC Remedy, ServiceNow, and IBM SmartCloud. It was acquired by Ivanti, and has reached EOL.N/A
    Pricing
    CA Service ManagementCherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CA Service ManagementCherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Considered Both Products
    Broadcom
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    Discontinued Products
    Chose Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Both Remedy & CA were far more complex to implement, enhance and support. The architecture and framework each solution was developed on didn't lend itself to be no-code or low-code like Cherwell, and therefore the ability to expand and utilize either tool on an enterprise-level …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CA Service ManagementCherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager and Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Feature
    CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager
    8.6
    6 Ratings
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    10.0
    53 Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.76 Ratings10.052 Ratings
    Expert directory8.75 Ratings10.041 Ratings
    Service restoration8.46 Ratings10.035 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.66 Ratings10.051 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.96 Ratings10.038 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation9.76 Ratings10.048 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards7.55 Ratings10.051 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager and Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Feature
    CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager
    9.2
    6 Ratings
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    10.0
    44 Ratings
    Configuration mangement9.76 Ratings10.042 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard10.03 Ratings10.041 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement8.03 Ratings10.031 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager and Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Feature
    CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager
    9.1
    6 Ratings
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    10.0
    50 Ratings
    Change requests repository9.06 Ratings10.048 Ratings
    Change calendar8.64 Ratings10.044 Ratings
    Service-level management9.55 Ratings10.045 Ratings
    User Ratings
    CA Service ManagementCherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (57 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.1
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (16 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)