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ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus vs. SysAid

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SysAid

    Score9.1 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
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusSysAid
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $10.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Professional
    $21.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Enterprise
    $50.00
    Starting Price Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusSysAid
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    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
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusSysAid
    Considered Both Products
    ManageEngine, A Div of Zoho Corporation Pvt Ltd
    Chose ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Just ended up being the winner of the tortoise race. Showed the most promise but costs to fulfill those promises made it fall short of expectations.
    Incentivized
    SysAid Technologies
    Chose SysAid
    My recent experience with a service desk platform was using ManageEngine's ServiceDesk Plus solution. SysAid stacks up well against this solution, and I tend to appreciate SysAid more due to it being a cloud solution and for the Microsoft Teams integration. SysAid is also …
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    Sysaid includes more features in the baseline product. Multilanguage (English, spanish, portuguesse, etc). It's highly customizable and ITIL aligned.
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    We had ample experience previously with SysAid and when we evaluated the aforementioned alternatives we went for the "old trustworthy" but were also surprised that everything we were looking for in the alternatives was in the latest version of the tools we already had so we …
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    ManageEngine was a pain to keep updated with new updates and releases at very short intervals. The way the software was managed and scripted was all from .bat files and was not extremely reliable and often caused our server to crash after an update and it would need to be …
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    Both products are ITIL compliant and capabilities are almost about the same. In terms of cost, Sysaid is much more affordable than ServiceDesk Plus. Good thing about Sysaid is the modular approach which we think is flexible and we don't have to take up everything if we don't …
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    We chose SysAid over the cost concern. Also, SysAid is a power all-in-one application that can do all the work. We ended up using different applications for different tasks (patch management, anti-virus and asset management) because other management and performance issues.
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    In my opinion much easier to use and with less of a hardware requirement impact
    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
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusSysAid
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and SysAid
    Feature
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    7.1
    20 Ratings
    SysAid
    9.1
    178 Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.020 Ratings9.9177 Ratings
    Expert directory5.013 Ratings8.0144 Ratings
    Service restoration5.015 Ratings8.9125 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.018 Ratings8.3171 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications6.014 Ratings9.9127 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation10.016 Ratings9.4145 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards8.018 Ratings9.4154 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and SysAid
    Feature
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    7.7
    15 Ratings
    SysAid
    8.6
    154 Ratings
    Configuration mangement9.014 Ratings9.8144 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard8.014 Ratings8.9151 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement6.010 Ratings7.1103 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and SysAid
    Feature
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    8.0
    16 Ratings
    SysAid
    9.8
    143 Ratings
    Change requests repository7.015 Ratings9.8130 Ratings
    Change calendar8.011 Ratings9.8109 Ratings
    Service-level management9.014 Ratings9.8135 Ratings
    User Ratings
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusSysAid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (20 ratings)
    9.3
    (180 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (45 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (53 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)