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CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager vs. Freshservice

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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

    Freshservice

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AFreshservice is a cloud-based service desk and IT service management (ITSM) solution that currently serves more than 10,000 SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers worldwide.

    $29

    per month per agent

    Pricing
    CA Service ManagementFreshservice
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $29.00
    per month per agent
    Growth
    $59.00
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $119.00
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CA Service ManagementFreshservice
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    CA Service ManagementFreshservice
    Considered Both Products
    Broadcom
    No answer on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshservice
    Well not so great and hence we replaced it with CA service desk.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CA Service ManagementFreshservice
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager and Freshservice
    Feature
    CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager
    8.6
    6 Ratings
    Freshservice
    8.2
    142 Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.76 Ratings9.1142 Ratings
    Expert directory8.75 Ratings8.3100 Ratings
    Service restoration8.46 Ratings8.485 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.66 Ratings8.1126 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.96 Ratings7.9103 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation9.76 Ratings7.6117 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards7.55 Ratings8.1122 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager and Freshservice
    Feature
    CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager
    9.2
    6 Ratings
    Freshservice
    7.7
    114 Ratings
    Configuration mangement9.76 Ratings7.4106 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard10.03 Ratings7.5111 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement8.03 Ratings8.278 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager and Freshservice
    Feature
    CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager
    9.1
    6 Ratings
    Freshservice
    8.0
    109 Ratings
    Change requests repository9.06 Ratings7.7103 Ratings
    Change calendar8.64 Ratings7.887 Ratings
    Service-level management9.55 Ratings8.4102 Ratings
    User Ratings
    CA Service ManagementFreshservice
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.5
    (143 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.1
    (6 ratings)
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (107 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)