IFS Assyst vs. JitBit Help Desk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IFS Assyst
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
IFS Assyst (formerly Axios Assyst, acquired by IFS March, 2021) is an ITSM product in both SaaS and on-premise configurations - the SaaS version is called assystSaaS. This product competes with BMC Remedy, IBM SmartCloud, Cherwell Service Management, and FrontRange ITSM (now Heat Service Management).N/A
JitBit Help Desk
Score 8.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
JitBit Help Desk from JitBit Software is a cloud-based or installed help desk solution with a ticketing system, knowledge base, and related features.
$2,199
one-time fee
Pricing
IFS AssystJitBit Help Desk
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Small
$2,199
one-time fee
Company
$3,799
one-time fee
Enterprise
$6,499
one-time fee
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IFS AssystJitBit Help Desk
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
IFS AssystJitBit Help Desk
Considered Both Products
IFS Assyst
Chose IFS Assyst
Axios assyst outperforms JIRA in every aspect, JIRA is a good job system but when it comes to complex processes and configuration management then JIRA is simply not the right system.
Chose IFS Assyst
We thought SDE was bad, we were looking for an alternative. Assyst is worse. We thought ServiceNow was too expensive. We were wrong. RightAnswers is a reaaly good tool but only for KM.
JitBit Help Desk
Chose JitBit Help Desk
JitBit Help Desk is more modern and easy to use (web-based). Customizing different areas is also simpler. Product is still receiving feature updates.
Chose JitBit Help Desk
JitBit just had the feature set at the cost point we were willing to spend. Nothing against the other products, but this one just fit our model better.
Chose JitBit Help Desk
We've looked at several different Help Desk solutions, but the names escape me at the moment. We looked at Spiceworks and didn't find it to be bad but we didn't like the ads. There is a purchase version for about $500/year, but we still decided against it--I can't recall why. …
Chose JitBit Help Desk
JitBit is great. The price is great. The support is great. You can feel that it's growing in the right direction.

JitBit is one of those tools that I mention in converstaion. There's lots of systems that I hate talking about because you just think of the headaches, regret, and …
Features
IFS AssystJitBit Help Desk
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Assyst
8.9
Ratings
9% above category average
JitBit Help Desk
9.6
Ratings
18% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Expert directory9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Service restoration9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service tools9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Assyst
9.0
Ratings
9% above category average
JitBit Help Desk
-
Ratings
Configuration mangement10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset management dashboard9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
IFS Assyst
8.7
Ratings
4% above category average
JitBit Help Desk
-
Ratings
Change requests repository10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Change calendar7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Service-level management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
IFS Assyst
-
Ratings
JitBit Help Desk
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
IFS Assyst
-
Ratings
JitBit Help Desk
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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IFS AssystJitBit Help Desk
Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Score 9.2 out of 10
SysAid
SysAid
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
IFS AssystJitBit Help Desk
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IFS AssystJitBit Help Desk
Likelihood to Recommend
Axios assyst is for organisations that want to improve and automate processes.
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Helps to create a continuous conversation between our team and the user. It was clean and easy to understand, training was less than a day for most newbies. Your Devs, Sales, Marketing Support, Management can all use one hub to talk to your users and gather feedback. Helped us expand our teams and realize what directions we needed to expand in. Support supports, Sales sells, Marketing markets... It's like a beautiful dance! It's hard to say that JitBit is right for you, but I can't imagine the industry that JitBit wouldn't work in. You put it in front of an employee, and they know what to do next.
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Pros
  • It was a low cost solution
  • The service catalog is an ITIL compatible format
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  • Flexibility.
  • Customizability.
  • Effective communication.
  • Historical tracking of issues and requests.
  • Reporting.
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Cons
  • Like many other ITSM tools, built-in reports are limited; third party reporting tool such as Microsoft SQL need to be used.
  • Axios service desk does not offer much help, our internal technical people know more than their support analysts.
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  • JitBit HelpDesk is not free. There is no free version. It would be nice if they had a free, limited version that would allow 100 tickets to get used to it before buying as it is pretty expensive, even for the lowest end implementation.
  • I wish it were easy to integrate forms into. I've seen numerous questions around the Net about integrating Google Forms or creating forms.
  • There is a strong push from JitBit to use the cloud version but some companies really have to use an on-premise solution.
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Likelihood to Renew
At this point, we are stuck with it. We can't afford a change at this point.
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Alternatives Considered
We thought SDE was bad, we were looking for an alternative. Assyst is worse. We thought ServiceNow was too expensive. We were wrong. RightAnswers is a reaaly good tool but only for KM.
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We've looked at several different Help Desk solutions, but the names escape me at the moment. We looked at Spiceworks and didn't find it to be bad but we didn't like the ads. There is a purchase version for about $500/year, but we still decided against it--I can't recall why. JitBit's reviews and history are both very good. And if two years worth of no issues is any indication of how well it works, then that alone speaks for itself. I have used other Help Desk applications over the past 20 years and none are perfect, but a hassle-free experience gets a gold star from me.
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Return on Investment
  • Replacement of 3 systems with Axios assyst
  • Integration with other enterprise systems
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  • Our old Help Desk product was outdated so JitBit Help Desk improved our helpdesk productivity
  • We can also offer help desk product to other groups besides IT
  • End users are better serviced with modern product
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