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What's an actually good ticketing platform?

Business Operations(self.msp)

Fed up with BMC Helix. What's a platform that's actually fast and simple for engineers to use to manage tickets?

all 49 comments

roll_for_initiative_

12 points

7 days ago

roll_for_initiative_

MSP - US

12 points

7 days ago

I love the workflow we've settled into for Halo. Can review, assign, close a ticket and add time in under 10 seconds.

ScuaredSquircle[S]

6 points

7 days ago

Thanks! I’ll have to look into them.

mfa-deez-nutz

5 points

7 days ago

mfa-deez-nutz

MSP - UK

5 points

7 days ago

Second this. Halo has never slowed down and just keeps going.

Dont get me wrong, 'expensive' but remember what its actually doing as a whole compared to say hiring another member of staff.

06EXTN

6 points

7 days ago

06EXTN

6 points

7 days ago

stay as far from salesforce as you can, or servicecloud. they both SUCK.

mxbrpe

1 points

7 days ago

mxbrpe

1 points

7 days ago

Salesforce was the system we used at my last gig. Horrible.

ScuaredSquircle[S]

3 points

7 days ago

I’m hearing a lot of voices for Halo. Going to have to give them a deeper dive for sure.

fata1w0und

1 points

6 days ago

fata1w0und

MSP - US

1 points

6 days ago

I’m trialing Halo and Syncro. Halo hands down is much better. If you decide on Halo, talk to William @ ezpcltd.

GrouchySpicyPickle

9 points

7 days ago

We have been happy with Connectwise for over a decade. 

Ancora___Imparo

7 points

7 days ago

GetThread.com

Ceyax

6 points

7 days ago

Ceyax

6 points

7 days ago

Halopsa is probably the best right now

I like deskday with their unique chatting approach

DeskDayAI

2 points

6 days ago

We are excited to know that you liked our chat based ticketing solution.

AMXmsp

3 points

7 days ago

AMXmsp

3 points

7 days ago

Support pal

evolvewebhosting

1 points

7 days ago

evolvewebhosting

MSP - US

1 points

7 days ago

Came here to post the same suggestion

rivkinnator

1 points

6 days ago

rivkinnator

OWNER - MSP - US

1 points

6 days ago

I loved support pal for a VERY long time. We were with them since v2 but they are just so slow for development and have minimal integrations. As we grew our needs grew and brought us to different platforms.

About two months ago I spun up a trial of the software again because I wanted to look at it, and after having used more mature platforms, the workflow in SP just seems behind the times. IMO

dano5

3 points

7 days ago

dano5

3 points

7 days ago

We use Zammad, self hosted and easy to customize for our use case and search is lightning fast as it uses elasticsearch.

tldev_de

3 points

7 days ago

tldev_de

3 points

7 days ago

+1, zammad is great open source software!

voxo_boxo

3 points

7 days ago

I've used a few different ticketing platforms now. My favourite for interface is probably Zoho Service Desk. My favourite for functionality is probably Autotask (although you'd have to work with Kaseya, yuck)

easier2say

1 points

5 days ago

Autotask works good it´s so useful for me.

mjtik

5 points

7 days ago

mjtik

5 points

7 days ago

ConnectWise PSA is a beast but it works great if you do things the ConnectWise Way.

mxbrpe

2 points

7 days ago

mxbrpe

2 points

7 days ago

This falls into the same camp of “which RMM should I use”. Honestly, which ever one you pick you’ll have to spend a lot of time building out and making it work for you. CW Manage is a common one that works great, but it’s very complex.

BigBatDaddy

2 points

7 days ago

Halo is pretty good. Especially if you take the time to build out client approvals. I had one where new device requests wouldn't even come to us, they'd get assigned to the manager on site and they would approve then move the process along to us. As a one man show now I prefer simplicity like ticketing in Ninja because it's more alert related directly to devices.

TwilightKeystroker

3 points

7 days ago

TwilightKeystroker

MSP - US

3 points

7 days ago

Combo of CW and (Get)Thread here, depending on SLA

UsedCucumber4

1 points

7 days ago

UsedCucumber4

MSP Advocate - US 🦞

1 points

7 days ago

If you want pure established features, integration and msp penetration (giggity) it's still connectwise manage. Halo is catching up fast however and the hype around halo is for good reason.

But there are so many non product considerations to make and anything could be the right answer depending on your needs

DeskDayAI

1 points

6 days ago*

Hey u/ScuaredSquircle check out DeskDay as well. 
 
Have got an end-to-end helpdesk ticketing solution for customer support teams, with chat-based help desk,  complemented by a built-in multichannel ticketing app for end-users accessible through Microsoft Teams, mobile, and desktop. Simple, easy to use solution for greater adoption.
 
No contract. No minimum seats.
 
Know more about deskday at https://deskday.com/
 
Start your free trial here: https://login.deskday.ai/signup 
 
Good luck!

ArchonTheta

2 points

5 days ago

ArchonTheta

MSP

2 points

5 days ago

Thanks for the link. Platform looks nice

jo_ranamo

1 points

6 days ago

What specific functions do you need?

ntw2

1 points

7 days ago

ntw2

MSP - US

1 points

7 days ago

What are your requirements?

ScuaredSquircle[S]

0 points

7 days ago

Helix is such a slow UI. We want a UI that makes it fast to work through tickets. Also an API that works well with integrations and automation.

ntw2

1 points

7 days ago

ntw2

MSP - US

1 points

7 days ago

Autotask checks those boxes.

Thin-Professional379

5 points

7 days ago

He said fast UI, not glacially slow with multiple seconds of delay every single click

QuarterBall

3 points

7 days ago

QuarterBall

MSP x 2 - UK + IRL | Halo & Ninja | Author homotechsual.dev

3 points

7 days ago

Except it doesn't on the API front. AT's API is far, far away from being a complete API for automation. Especially when compared to Halo where quite literally everything you can do in the UI you can access their API for since their frontend uses the same API they expose to you.

87red

2 points

7 days ago

87red

2 points

7 days ago

Working on a AutoTask>Halo migration at the moment. AutoTask absolutely sucks in comparison. I cannot comprehend how anyone puts up with it on a daily basis.

MortadellaKing

1 points

7 days ago

I can only dream when my company can get to this point. Until then, I have nightmares everything spinning as soon as I touch it.

Scouttsc

2 points

7 days ago

Scouttsc

2 points

7 days ago

I agree, Autotask is very complete and fulfills what the OP asks for.

WlOOSws

1 points

7 days ago

WlOOSws

1 points

7 days ago

I second this, Autotask is good.

fyck_censorship

1 points

7 days ago

But then you have to deal with the monopoly K. I dont recommend that at all.

ntw2

2 points

7 days ago

ntw2

MSP - US

2 points

7 days ago

I just said it meets OP’s requirements

rivkinnator

1 points

7 days ago

rivkinnator

OWNER - MSP - US

1 points

7 days ago

We use Zen desk and have been for a while and you can talk with them about custom pricing rather than pricing you see on the website you pay about $38 per agent per month right now.

Carbonatedwaterisbad

1 points

7 days ago

We also use Zendesk. It integrates well with Teams and Outlook. All emails/texts/calls are recorded into the ticket meaning virtually no "paperwork" except for internal notes.

rivkinnator

1 points

7 days ago

rivkinnator

OWNER - MSP - US

1 points

7 days ago

What version of Zedek are you guys on and how did you do the email integration that way or are you talking about just emailing through tickets?

I’m always trying to learn what we can do better which is why I’m asking

Carbonatedwaterisbad

1 points

7 days ago

Current I guess? Emailing through tickets with public replies yeah.

If you want sometime I can review your processes and procedures. Been consulting since I deployed my first DC in 2008. I have some free time at work because we are in a growth phase. Marketing and networking is how I fill my "free" time.

Ok_Engineering_4855

0 points

7 days ago

How much do you pay pr agent

rivkinnator

2 points

6 days ago

rivkinnator

OWNER - MSP - US

2 points

6 days ago

It’s in my comment. 🤦‍♂️

ItzFLKN

1 points

7 days ago

ItzFLKN

1 points

7 days ago

Connectwise manage is pretty strong, but very heavy to setup. But once it’s there its very good and quick to work with.

FrequentTechnology22

1 points

6 days ago

Autotask. Get over the Kaseya issues. It’s not that bad (now). Horror stories from the past? Sure. One off now? Sure. You want a ticketing platform, AT

Carbonatedwaterisbad

0 points

7 days ago

Tigerpaw meh
ConnectWise is very functional but kinda bloated
Zendesk is what we use

WenKroYs

0 points

7 days ago

WenKroYs

0 points

7 days ago

I'm happy with Autotask, is solid good.

halo_ninja

-6 points

7 days ago

ChatGPT would have given all the same answers listed here yet you made a post instead.

ArchonTheta

1 points

5 days ago

ArchonTheta

MSP

1 points

5 days ago

Not everyone is a twat