BOSSDesk vs SmartDeploy

Zendesk Suite

Freshdesk

Milvus

Zendesk offers an AI-powered service platform that unifies conversations from multiple channels. It features AI agents for resolving inquiries, ticketing for support requests, and analytics for tracking service quality. Its Resolution Learning Loop technology enhances automation by integrating AI, human agents, and knowledge resources on one platform.

Freshdesk is a cloud-based, omnichannel customer service software for businesses of all sizes, with solutions that increase agent productivity and improve customer satisfaction.

Milvus is an IT management platform which is available only in Portuguese. The system includes capabilities for managing IT assets, help desks, support/issue tickets, service catalogs, remote access, file transfer, device discovery, IT inventory, asset monitoring, customer documentation, and more.

Desktop Administrator

It has been great overall the customer support is very responsive and they are very helpful

Administrative Assistant

Easy to navigate, easy to manage, and if need help from BOSS they have a very fast responsive team who are very friendly and knowledgeable.

BOSS Desk provides a fully integrated Help Desk Software and IT Asset Management solution for both cloud and on-premise. It has been highly ranked by customers for providing an affordable ITSM solution with great user experience, wide range of features, and excellent customer support.

Access Controls/Permissions

Active Directory Integration

Activity Dashboard

Activity Tracking

AI Copilot

AI/Machine Learning

AI Summarization

Alerts/Escalation

Alerts/Notifications

Approval Process Control

Approval Workflow

Asset Lifecycle Management

Asset Tracking

Assignment Management

Audit Management

Audit Trail

Automated Responses

Automated Routing

Availability Management

Barcode/Ticket Scanning

Calendar Management

Call Center Management

Catalog Management

Change Management

Change Planning

Change Tracking

Chatbot

Chat/Messaging

Client Portal

CMDB

Collaboration Tools

Commenting/Notes

Communication Management

Compliance Management

Compliance Tracking

Configurable Workflow

Configuration Management

Content Library

Content Management

Contract/License Management

Conversation Intelligence

Cost Tracking

Customer Database

Customer Portal

Customer Support

Customizable Branding

Customizable Fields

Customizable Forms

Customizable Reports

Customizable Templates

Dashboard

Dashboard Creation

Data Import/Export

Data Visualization

Decision Support

Device Auto Discovery

Discussions/Forums

Document Management

Drag & Drop

Email Management

Email Templates

Event Logs

Full Text Search

Generative AI

Help Desk Management

Inbox Management

Incident Management

Interaction Tracking

Inventory Management

Issue Auditing

Issue Management

Issue Scheduling

Issue Tracking

IT Asset Management

IT Asset Tracking

IT Reporting

Key Performance Indicators

Knowledge Base Management

Knowledge Management

License Management

Live Chat

Macros/Templated Responses

Maintenance Management

Maintenance Scheduling

Mobile Access

Mobile App

Monitoring

Multi-Channel Communication

Performance Metrics

Performance Monitoring

Personalization

Personalization and Recommendation

Predictive Analytics

Prioritization

Problem Management

Process/Workflow Automation

Procurement Management

Project Management

Real-Time Chat

BOSSDesk

Windows

Web-based

iPhone

Linux

Android

iPad

ServiceNow

SolarWinds Service Desk

Zoho Desk

Faveo Helpdesk

TOPdesk

Essential

Professional

Enterprise

Sysadmin-Security Analyst

The ability to use LDAP makes it much easier for the end user to log in and create and check status on tickets.

I.T. Director

It gives us the ability to demonstrate to our administration that we're swamped at times and need more resources.

Regional PCLan Technician

Customization – The ability to tailor forms, workflows, and automations to specific organizational needs.

IT Director

It allowed us to configure the ticketing system to meet our specific needs for our radiology practice.

Technology Technician II

Over all as stated it keeps my workorders organized by date, by locations, and is my go to for all the jobs and task that I require to keep organized.

Information Technology Specialist II

Ability to search old/closed tickets by keywords.

the search function. When searching for a particular ticket we sometimes have issues finding them.

Technical Support Specialist Supervisor

The ticket system feature is great and they have really expanded the options when creating tickets and managing the workflow of it all

IT Help Desk

I like the use of reports as it allows us to analyse our performance in ticket management.

Information Systems Manager

There could be more connectivity between some modules, such as software assets, contracts, and ticketing.  

I wish they offered a BOSSDesk Admin certification to demonstrate an individual's knowledge and skills in designing and managing the application.

There is a little bit of a learning curve when setting up groups and templates.

Automates some very basic tickets that come in regularly.

We like the ease of being able to configure the menus and forms.

Telecom Coord

ticketing process was very easy to get setup; feature set was loaded with tools we do use such as asset mgmt. but we might use 40% of total capabilities

Voice Engineer

Having a knowledge base built in helps our internal staff along with our customers we serve.

IT Support Tech

There are so many features and tools to ensure that our requests and tickets are expertly organized and stored.

Client Services Manager

It is a great product for IT tickets & monitoring the computer inventory, at a Gear price.

GIS Supervisor

BOSSDesk allows management of a variety of workflows.

Business Analyst

What I liked least about BOSSDesk is that it does not offer much integration with our existing tools like Asana.

There are always learning curves when going to a different version of any system, but after moving to OnPrem, there are sooo many more settings and filters that need to be set for proper viewing.

Having a way to view old tickets/requests as well as the new submissions are super important in our environment.

pricing was a little high; some updates needed more updates and resulted int some downtime or lag  :)

Still lacking some features you may find with larger enterprise service desk platforms.  

IT Deputy Director

The asset management needs some improvement

Ever since they combined the on-prem & cloud versions, I have lost a couple of minor functionalities.

IT Manager

The help desk is always helpful and will make improvements to make things more efficient.

System Admin

Overall, I’d recommend it if you’re looking for a reliable help desk system without unnecessary complexity.

Information Technology Director

The team gets to know the needs and goals of your organization and department and works to help you achieve your support vision.

Senior IT Technician

The ticketing system is the "bread and butter" it works well and has decent workflow options.

Security for it is great and love the SSO feature.

Reporting could be more robust and customizable.

Inventory management (which we are just starting to use) is pretty good also, with APIs for Dell and Lenovo.

Empowers end users to help themselves, reducing IT workload.

Deputy CIO

We are able to track projects, task and inventory at ease.

Service Desk Administrator

This software helps the Service Desk to keep up the problems that the end users are having.

their support staff is quick to respond to any reported issue, question, or request for assistance.

The support team answers all of our questions and issues quickly and professionally.

Bossdesk is constantly making improvements in their software to make the entire experience, very smooth.

It’s been a solid fit for our team so far.

Service Desk Team Lead

Documentation on how to use BOSSDesk is great.

As for training, it was surprisingly smooth.

Manager, Benefits and HRIS

From building, with our rep to the user experience.

I love the functionality of BOSS and having to have the flexibility to create your own work flows and service requests that are Taylor made for your organization

It is user friendly, reliable, and supports our IT needs well.

Service Desk Analyst II

N/A. Whenever a problem occurs, support responds quickly and the issue is resolved.

Director of Information Security

Any problem (very few) we've encountered was addressed and resolved immediately.  

Deputy IT director

Easy and very customizable ticketing management options.

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