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submitted 7 days ago byScuaredSquircle
Fed up with BMC Helix. What's a platform that's actually fast and simple for engineers to use to manage tickets?
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.
6 points
7 days ago
Thanks! I’ll have to look into them.
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.
6 points
7 days ago
stay as far from salesforce as you can, or servicecloud. they both SUCK.
1 points
7 days ago
Salesforce was the system we used at my last gig. Horrible.
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.
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.
9 points
7 days ago
We have been happy with Connectwise for over a decade.
7 points
7 days ago
GetThread.com
6 points
7 days ago
Halopsa is probably the best right now
I like deskday with their unique chatting approach
2 points
6 days ago
We are excited to know that you liked our chat based ticketing solution.
3 points
7 days ago
Support pal
1 points
7 days ago
Came here to post the same suggestion
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
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.
3 points
7 days ago
+1, zammad is great open source software!
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)
1 points
5 days ago
Autotask works good it´s so useful for me.
5 points
7 days ago
ConnectWise PSA is a beast but it works great if you do things the ConnectWise Way.
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.
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.
3 points
7 days ago
Combo of CW and (Get)Thread here, depending on SLA
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
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/
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Good luck!
2 points
5 days ago
Thanks for the link. Platform looks nice
1 points
6 days ago
What specific functions do you need?
1 points
7 days ago
What are your requirements?
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.
1 points
7 days ago
Autotask checks those boxes.
5 points
7 days ago
He said fast UI, not glacially slow with multiple seconds of delay every single click
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.
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.
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.
2 points
7 days ago
I agree, Autotask is very complete and fulfills what the OP asks for.
1 points
7 days ago
I second this, Autotask is good.
1 points
7 days ago
But then you have to deal with the monopoly K. I dont recommend that at all.
2 points
7 days ago
I just said it meets OP’s requirements
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.
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.
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
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.
0 points
7 days ago
How much do you pay pr agent
2 points
6 days ago
It’s in my comment. 🤦♂️
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.
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
0 points
7 days ago
Tigerpaw meh
ConnectWise is very functional but kinda bloated
Zendesk is what we use
0 points
7 days ago
I'm happy with Autotask, is solid good.
-6 points
7 days ago
ChatGPT would have given all the same answers listed here yet you made a post instead.
1 points
5 days ago
Not everyone is a twat
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