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Cherwell Service Management (discontinued) vs. ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

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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

    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AServiceDesk Plus is free help desk software from ManageEngine, a division of Zoho Corporation.

    $10

    Starting Price Per Month

    Pricing
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Editions & Modules
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    Standard
    $10.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Professional
    $21.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Enterprise
    $50.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Cherwell is much more powerful than ServiceDesk Plus. It has all the capabilities required for ITSM. It is also much slower and less user-friendly. It requires way more resources to develop and run. Ultimately, we selected for its vast feature set.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    Cherwell Service Management is much better than the other products that I've used in the past. While it isn't a simple system, it does all of the things that you'd hope a ticketing system would. I've personally implemented other systems, but Cherwell Service Management has been …
    Incentivized
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Chose ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Compared to Cherwell, SDP is much much faster, and easier to deploy, set up, and use. But it does not have automation, and has limited customization. Since it is smaller and easier, it does not require any development effort. On the other hand, it is far more expensive, …
    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
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Cherwell Service Management (discontinued) and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Feature
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    10.0
    53 Ratings
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    7.1
    20 Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets10.052 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Expert directory10.041 Ratings5.013 Ratings
    Service restoration10.035 Ratings5.015 Ratings
    Self-service tools10.051 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications10.038 Ratings6.014 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation10.048 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards10.051 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Cherwell Service Management (discontinued) and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Feature
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    10.0
    44 Ratings
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    7.7
    15 Ratings
    Configuration mangement10.042 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard10.041 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement10.031 Ratings6.010 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Cherwell Service Management (discontinued) and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Feature
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)
    10.0
    50 Ratings
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    Change requests repository10.048 Ratings7.015 Ratings
    Change calendar10.044 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Service-level management10.045 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cherwell Service Management (discontinued)ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (57 ratings)
    9.0
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (16 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 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)