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Cherwell Service Management (discontinued) vs. Microsoft System Center

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    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
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)Microsoft System Center
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard Edition
    $1323
    Datacenter Edition
    $3607
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)Microsoft System Center
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)Microsoft System Center
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Cherwell is the most customizable and powerful ITSM product without programing your own system from scratch. It has the most "heart" of any product I have used.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    We went from a HP SM application with complex development and extensive cost. During our evaluations of the tools in the marketplace it became very clear that Cherwell Met or Exceeded all other applications for the functions we needed especially cost. We were very skeptical of …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)Microsoft System Center
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Cherwell Service Management (discontinued) and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    10.0
    53 Ratings
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets10.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory10.041 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration10.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools10.051 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications10.038 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation10.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards10.051 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Cherwell Service Management (discontinued) and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    10.0
    44 Ratings
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Configuration mangement10.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard10.041 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement10.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Cherwell Service Management (discontinued) and Microsoft System Center
    Feature
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    10.0
    50 Ratings
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository10.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar10.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management10.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)Microsoft System Center
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (57 ratings)
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)