SymphonyAI IT Service Management vs. SysAid

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Symphony SummitAI, formerly the Summus IT Management Suite, is an ITSM and system monitoring offering from the company of the same name in Palo Alto.N/A
SysAid
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
SysAid is an ITSM platform that enhances service delivery with AI Agents, chatbots, workflow automation, and asset management. AI Copilot categorizes tickets, provides case summaries, and offers sentiment analysis. The AI chatbot, available via chat, email, and Teams, speeds support.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional DetailsSysAid Copilot is available as an add-on for any plan. It bakes generative AI into every aspect of service management.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
365 Audits is used for handling Audit things which help us to provide monthly logs to auditor to track the changes and verify the things. If anything goes non-compliance, then they track with this tool and helps the organization to stop this activities and improve daily things …
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Gone through other tools with other colleagues, but found that SymphonyAI IT Service Management can be used as user friendly tool and easy to understand the flow of the application.
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Symphony Summit has user friendly design and processes, easy to navigate and understand too.
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Becuase it is easy to setup and manage. We require only one manpower to handle this tool which is good for orginzation point of view. It is also easy to create new workflows, workgroups in this tool which is helpful for us in saving of time.
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
The main reason for choosing Symphony Summit is the customization. We wanted to have a separate tool for our business unit. Compared to ServiceNow, which requires a license to approve a request, Symphony does not require a license. In addition, it is much easier to customize …
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
SymphonyAI has a better interface and UX and a richer set of AI-powered features.
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Ive used ServiceNow before which I believe is a similar application. Both provide basic support reporting tools, but SymphonyAI IT Service Managements tool appears to more user friendly and is quicker

The reporting tool for SymphonyAI IT Service Management also seems to be …
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
It is providing single platform for all ITSM and ITAM functions under ITIL framework.
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
On the demo, we find the system is better than other app. this has better UI and the best workflow available, and the user can define or customize his own report. Users can add more fields in the app. you can define your own workflow .find more user-friendly than …
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Incident workflow management is better in Symphony SummitAI.
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Product fared really good in terms of end user usage and hence picked it as t was worth spending the money.
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Symphony Summit is certainly cost-effective in comparison to ServiceNow but their solution is not mature and is buggy.
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Symphony is the best ticketing tool and is efficient.
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Better dashboard and better MIS report for the IT manager.
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Symphony submit has lot of limitation . For example we can not change the password of Admin Account of Desktop. Email to ticket we can not attach documents
Chose SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Symphony SummitAI cloud Implementation was chosen over HP ITSM because it provided a ready-to-implement functionality for the service management modules with minimal scripting and administration. The easy GUI also enabled the rapid implementation of the product for digitalizing …
SysAid
Chose SysAid
Sysaid is a more streamlined overall process than Zendesk.
Chose SysAid
I find SysAid system much better than the Spiceworks cloud version in that you can actually customize it to your company needs. Spiceworks is a great free system, but limited by lack of customizations
Chose SysAid
The ease of implementation and the cost of the product for a small to medium-sized organization like mine.
Chose SysAid
The value of SysAid just seemed to be much better than Kaseya. The review was relatively short with Kaseya, but I immediately liked what SysAid offered. The overall capability compared to the costs associated with SysAid made it a great choice.
Chose SysAid
SysAid is simple to set up and gets online compared to Jira and Zendesk.
Chose SysAid
SysAid is very cost-effective and flexible and integrates ITSM and asset management tools in one platform, reducing the need for separate tools. They have an intuitive interface that ensures a smooth user experience, reducing the learning curve for IT teams. SysAid offers …
Chose SysAid
We found that SysAid was better value for money and had the features we needed in the right package for us.
Chose SysAid
There are many items offered on the other platforms that SysAid does not have. However, for a smaller or medium-sized business that needs a simple and easy way to get tickets flowing and allow users to help themselves, this is an excellent way to start.
Chose SysAid
ServiceNow is a very clean-looking portal and one of the primary IT asset management softwares. SysAid was originally onboarded by another project manager, but the selection came from a much lower cost than other ITSM software. In the future, interface/GUI will be a large part …
Chose SysAid
It was a lot less expensive, easy to use, and has all the features that you will need. Support is great and easy to work with.
Chose SysAid
SysAid is a decent ITSM based product for the money if you want an application that for the most part can be setup and administered without a dedicated resource assigned to SysAid maintenance.

In my experience, it does not have the full functionality of either Cherwell or …
Chose SysAid
ServiceNow is lightyears ahead of SysAid. They efficiently use workflows to get everything set up in the system. One prime example is the onboarding and offboarding of employees. You can set up individual approval tasks to add/remove employees from systems. These tasks will …
Chose SysAid
SysAid is better than our previous ticketing system in almost every aspect. The only thing our old system did better was time entry for our staff.
Chose SysAid
Better for immediate handling os priority issues but project related activities are better suited to a kanban board presented from devops
Chose SysAid
SysAid offers both cloud and on-premise delivery models, plus different ITSM capabilities and pricing levels from a basic ticketing system, through the help desk, to IT service management software.
Chose SysAid
The Spiceworks cloud helpdesk is a good, free alternative to paid helpdesk options. However, because it's free it's limited in functionality. We chose SysAid as it has all the features we desired such as strong change control, and more extras such as the remote support function …
Chose SysAid
Jira work management needs a difficult customization part. Jira is also a large scale tool. This tool is more complex. It requires more business understanding. SysAid is beginners friendly. Hence we have opted for this tool. For tools like Jira we need a scrum master to …
Chose SysAid
Better support than open source solutions. It provides a better overall design to get an overview of the whole IT system. To configure redmine you need some programming knowledge or search for plugins and solutions on forums. Sydaid has a proper helpdesk which you can contact …
Chose SysAid
SysAid, compared to other helpdesk software, was reasonably cost-effective; they provided seamless integrations and were willing to redesign the software to meet our needs. One of their current features that is winning with my organization is the SysAid bot. This is a great …
Chose SysAid
SysAid was better at including multiple modules than the competition. We also like the licensing options and price better than the competition.
Chose SysAid
Knowledge base, asset management, Teams Chat bot.
Features
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Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
8.8
Ratings
8% above category average
SysAid
9.1
Ratings
11% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.60 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Expert directory8.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Service restoration8.60 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Self-service tools8.30 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications7.90 Ratings9.90 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation9.60 Ratings9.40 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards9.90 Ratings9.40 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
9.0
Ratings
9% above category average
SysAid
8.6
Ratings
5% above category average
Configuration mangement8.30 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Asset management dashboard8.90 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement9.80 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
9.4
Ratings
11% above category average
SysAid
9.8
Ratings
16% above category average
Change requests repository8.30 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Change calendar9.90 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Service-level management9.90 Ratings9.80 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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9.3
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Likelihood to Renew
9.0
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8.9
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Usability
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8.0
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Availability
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9.1
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Performance
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9.1
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Support Rating
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7.5
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In-Person Training
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9.1
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Online Training
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9.1
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Implementation Rating
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8.5
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Configurability
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9.1
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Ease of integration
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9.1
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Product Scalability
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9.1
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Vendor post-sale
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9.1
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9.1
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
If the organization has a plan for the HelpDesk team and has active complaints, then this tool is suitable for Help Desk management. If you have many assets (more than 500), then managing those assets is a good business use case. If you have infrastructure on-premises and manage all of it, then you would need Change management.
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SysAid is Great for IT Support. Tickets can be easily entered using the portal that has a more modern look and feel. We have also used SysAid for our Customer Service Team. Tickets can come in through email or direct access through the cloud. They no longer get lost in the shuffle. Reports can be produced for the managers to better undersand where issues are.
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Pros
  • Service Catalog - Configuration of Catalogs and approvals flow in the SymphonyAI IT Service Management, which helps an organization for maintaining a structured way of organizing and completing the requests with a good manner
  • Publishing of knowledge records - Which helps in avoiding the creation of incidents by referring the Knowledge records
  • Publishing of Problem records - Which is created by analyst after analyzing the repeated issue, so that user can avoid creating the repeated issue like incidents
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  • Ease of use for end users creating tickets from their own Self-Service Portal (which is tied into Windows Active Directory so no login is needed).
  • Ease of use and management of tickets by the IT staff.
  • Flexibility. We currently have IT teams associated with a single program, a single department, and all other IT items. SysAid allows us to easily manage this, add to it, change it, etc.
  • Support - SysAid support has remained consistently great throughout the years that we have had the product. That is a fairly rare thing for hosted solutions these days.
  • Expandability. We have a lot more that we can still do with the product and are working on expanding what it can do as we move forward in time. There is a lot to this product overall.
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Cons
  • Business Rule Designer - Since it has many automation we are unable to use it properly, because of BRD related jobs not getting executed
  • Creation of sub tenant under tenant
  • 5 why analysis method in the problem management can be designed more efficiently rather than its designed now
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  • [I would like it if the] Due Date [could] recalculate if a ticket has been stopped (awaiting user).
  • [The] dashboard could have more options when creating a new graphic.
  • [The] end user portal [could offer] the ability to customize more info, like font and adding more images.
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Likelihood to Renew
The overall satisfaction is great and it offers great features. By expanding to using AI feature of Symphony Summit, we look forward to automate even ticket tracking and ticket resolution. The support provided by the symphony SummitAI team is also robust compared to industry standards and the team also conducts regular reviews to find out any dissatisfaction from the clients.
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Because through SYSAID is how the operation of all IT is carried out and in this way the performance indicators of the services, systems, operation, trends, workloads, project control and their deviations are known; as well as the requests for changes and requirements that are requested by both users and that is where the system improvement projects are triggered, such as change controls, which by the way are audit topics.
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Usability
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It is a very simple tool to use, the training required to implement it is minimal and it is also very simple for end users. There is a quick guide to configure and it was the only thing we used to configure the tool. The response of the users was good to the implementation because they did not feel that it was a big change that complicated the request of tasks by the IT department.
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Reliability and Availability
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Another of the benefits of sysaid is that it is highly available when working in on-premise environments.The only times the system is down is when a restart of the services is required to add a new feature. Apart from that, we have not had any problems.In the case of the cloud, the only condition I have seen where sysaid is not available is because the internet link is down or damaged.
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Performance
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In the case of system performance, I have seen that no matter the number of assets and users, Sysaid responds in the same way and at the same speed. The reports that are scheduled do not have any details because they arrive directly to your email. In the same way, when it is integrated with other systems, for example through the API or by email, we have not seen any failure due to the integration. It works very well with or without integrations.
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Support Rating
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I have had nothing but positive experiences working with the SysAid support team. There are multiple pathways to request and receive support, which are all connected with each other. I get an efficient and effective response most of the time and when there is not immediately a good answer, they create a support request to follow up for resolution.
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In-Person Training
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My team was greatly assisted and trained well. Despite the time zone difference the trainer made every effort to be available during times that were suitable for us and the assistance and help offered was extremely appreciated by my team. A wonderful experience by the team.
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Online Training
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The training I received was very good, they gave me tasks to carry out and then they checked what I had done.It was gratifying that the instructor noticed that I had made very fast progress because I had done the implementation myself and it was very fast. At least I remember that after 5 days I had already finished almost 90% of all the implementation tasks.
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Implementation Rating
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In the initial stage we implement separate SysAid servers for head and branch offices. When we managed to link up our offices via point to point VPN, we manage to console them into one server. All the assets and devices on branch office were divert back to the server in head office
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Alternatives Considered
365 Audits is used for handling Audit things which help us to provide monthly logs to auditor to track the changes and verify the things. If anything goes non-compliance, then they track with this tool and helps the organization to stop this activities and improve daily things to stop non-compliance things.
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The value of SysAid just seemed to be much better than Kaseya. The review was relatively short with Kaseya, but I immediately liked what SysAid offered. The overall capability compared to the costs associated with SysAid made it a great choice.
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Scalability
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Le doy esta calificación porque los módulos que contiene se pueden usar para casi cualquier departamento, tanto gestión de tickets como inventarios de equipos, hemos utilizado una versión gratuita en Ingeniería para gestionar sus tiempos en las tareas asignadas, es lo único que utilizan pero podrían usar fácilmente el módulo de inventario para su herramienta y el módulo de proyectos también
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Return on Investment
  • When rolled out in its entirety, SymphonyAI is expected to directly reduce the CTC of technical user support by 40%.
  • SymphonyAI has dramatically improved user experience, helping NPS levels cross over 60%.
  • It has been instrumental in deploying workflows to production by more than 50%.
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  • Our resolution time has increased a lot compared to not using a ticketing system.
  • We have reduced communication load significantly for our helpdesk admins.
  • The knowledgebase is rough, but still allows us to preserve and share our collective experience and expertise.
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ScreenShots

SymphonyAI IT Service Management Screenshots

Screenshot of an example of the AI-powered IT and enterprise service workflows available on the platform.Screenshot of the service portal, designed to make it easy for end users to get all their service issues addressed. By consolidating the user’s service needs into one place, users can find what they need quickly and easily.Screenshot of employee self-service, where employees can get answers and help. This helps to reduce call deflection and improve service experience.Screenshot of digitized work processes.Screenshot of the administration interface to launch new services. These can be rolled out with a few drag and drops using the Design Studio that includes 50 built-in modern controls to build forms, workflows, business rules and SLAs of any complexity.Screenshot of the 24/7 Omnichannel service desk experience. This delivers always on, natural language service experience to users with the AI-powered SymphonyAI Digital Agent. The agent features auto-resolve capabilities, multichannel support, and advanced natural language understanding.

SysAid Screenshots

Screenshot of Monitoring & Fine Tuning - Gives the admin control over the quality of answers that the AI Chatbot provides, through the ability to edit and fine-tune the answers.Screenshot of Ticket Journey - Admins can deep dive into the history and context of a ticket, quickly, with ticket journey filters, while reviewing a chronological, consolidated view of everything to help reach a resolution, faster – including all actions takenScreenshot of a Ticket Queue, which offers a consolidated, easy-to-navigate view of the ticket queue to help admins resolve issues more more efficiently.Screenshot of AI Chatbot, a conversational self-service experience that uses Generative AI to help employees work through issues by delivering answers based on what it has learned by absorbing knowledge base articles, internal data, and ticket resolution historyScreenshot of the workflow automation that digitizes processes without coding or scripting. Users can automate complex processes with simple design and editing capabilities, and real-time visibility of the end-to-end process.Screenshot of the SysAid AI Agents that empower IT teams with intelligence that thinks, learns, and acts securely. Designed to enhance—not override—IT operations, they anticipate needs, make informed decisions, and adapt responsibly