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CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager vs. Microsoft System Center

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    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

    Microsoft System Center

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft System Center Suite is a family of IT management software for network monitoring, updating and patching, endpoint protection with anti-malware, data protection and backup, ITIL- structured IT service management, remote administration and more. It is available in two editions: standard and datacenter. Datacenter provides unlimited virtualization for high density private clouds, while standard is for lightly or non-virtualized private cloud workloads.

    $1,323

    per month

    Pricing
    CA Service ManagementMicrosoft System Center
    Editions & Modules
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    Standard Edition
    $1323
    Datacenter Edition
    $3607
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CA Service ManagementMicrosoft System Center
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CA Service ManagementMicrosoft System Center
    Considered Both Products
    Broadcom
    Chose CA Service Management
    CA is easier and faster to implement than Service Now, BMC Remedy/ITSM etc. It is more costly than off the shelf solutions, however much more worth it for large enterprises.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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    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 ManagementMicrosoft System Center
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager
    8.6
    6 Ratings
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager
    9.2
    6 Ratings
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Configuration mangement9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager
    9.1
    6 Ratings
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    CA Service ManagementMicrosoft System Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)