The ITSM is really structured now. It's the most importante thing.
Pros
I really like what I get as an administrator. Everything is conected, and simple to configure. The self-service portal and it's features is also amazing.
Cons
The service feedback is awful. We can't embed the question, we can't personalize our forms, even the service feedback e-mail is bad.
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Likelihood to recommend: 8/10
Incredible customer service, precise vehicle maintenance management.
Pros
Its ability to accurately keep up with customer mileage, so then precisely recommend service when needed.
Cons
Training. Their system is very complex, and requires individuals to have a few hours to sit down and learn it. Though this is what I like least, it is also a very important asset to have with this product so we do appreciate SI helping us out so much.
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
A great solution for an organization that is willing to accept the vendors view of ITSM, not appropriate if your organization has mature IT but a great solution for a small company without that already.
Pros
If you lack leadership in the IT Service Management area and are looking for a solution that will instill discipline (and you are comfortable with outsourcing those choices to a software vendor) then this solution has a lot to offer you. It imposes a way of approaching service management and if you need that outside imposition it'll do a world of good for you.
It does have an increasingly modern look a feel (since being set free from CA Technologies). Uptime has also improved through a migration to AWS.
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 5/10
Pros
The interface is seamless. Setting it up was easy (I come from a fairly tech background but even if you don't, their support is quick to respond to and help you out with the smallest to the biggest of the questions or requests - yeah, I've tried them all :). Once its all setup, you will see the beauty of IT Service Management at the price that this comes at. Defining the workflows for different paths of approvals to be taken depending upon the nature of request was an added advantage. The backend update cycle is efficient since I've seen multiple update cycles and notifications for new features that are made accessible to us. SLAs could be well defined for the request chains. Creating multiple sub-units within a parent unit is one of the main reasons why we use this product as it solved our ever pressing need to restrict visibility of users and implementers from one department to peek into the stuff of others!
Cons
The default reporting is great. Advanced reporting is amazing but it does need the help of the support team to set it up but once its setup, it gave us exactly everything what we needed by joining multiple tables across its database.
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 9/10
We reviewed several products in this space and decided on ServiceAide due to the strong workflow engine and simplistic approach. We were able to install the product within a short amount of time (10 days) and begin using the core functionality. Our internal IT resource was able to pick up the product quickly and begin to enhance the Service Catalog to meet our client's expectations. The tool provides importing functionality that allowed us to migrate our customer/user list quickly. ServiceAide provides a Staging and Production environment, which allowed us to thoroughly test features before introducing them into production. We are very pleased with the overall product capability, ease of use, and feature rich environment. The implementation was
Pros
Ease of use, vast features, robust workflow engine, product integration API's, low cost.
Cons
Limited CMDB capability
Rating breakdown
Likelihood to recommend: 10/10
Service Management Edition: named or concurrent analysts. Contact ServiceAide for pricing.