OneDesk, SolarWinds Service Desk alternative

Experience a user-friendly yet powerful alternative to SolarWinds Service Desk, with OneDesk.

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Why look for SolarWinds Service Desk alternatives?

SolarWinds is a software suite offering multiple products focused on IT service departments. Their solution called SolarWinds Service Desk, is a cloud-based help desk software with ticket and incident management features. SolarWinds Service Desk offers four different plans with separate pricing and features. Their basic “Team” plan is priced at $19/user a month, while the highest level “Enterprise” plan is priced at $89/user a month.

Meet OneDesk, the all-in-one SolarWinds alternative

OneDesk is an all-in-one service desk and project management software built into one application. OneDesk offers a cloud-based or an on-premise solution.  OneDesk offers many of the same features as SolarWinds, including ticket management. In addition, OneDesk provides features such as project management and customer-facing applications. In terms of pricing, OneDesk is simple and affordable. With OneDesk you pay only for the number of agents. 

See how SolarWinds Service Desk and OneDesk stack up next to each other: 

OneDeskSolarWinds Service Desk
Pricing$11.99-15.99/user a month when billed annually$39-99/user a month, billed annually
Unlimited Customers/End UsersFeature includedFeature included
Email to TicketFeature includedFeature included
Satisfaction SurveysFeature includedFeature included
Request FormsFeature includedFeature included
KnowledgebaseFeature includedFeature included
Custom Email TemplatesFeature includedonly in 'Advanced' plan or higher
Time TrackingFeature includedFeature included
Service Level Agreements (SLAs)Feature includedFeature included
AutomationsFeature includedonly in 'Advanced' plan or higher
Custom FieldsFeature includedonly in 'Advanced' plan or higher
Customer PortalFeature includedFeature not included
Real-Time Agent MessagingFeature includedFeature not included
Agent CollaborationFeature includedFeature included
Asset ManagementFeature not includedFeature included
Custom Lifecycle StatusFeature includedonly in 'Advanced' plan or higher
Scheduled ReportsFeature includedonly in 'Advanced' plan or higher
Customer Live ChatFeature includedFeature not included
Gantt ChartFeature includedFeature not included
Kanban BoardFeature includedFeature not included
Project ManagementFeature includedFeature not included
Built-in IntegrationsFeature includedFeature included
Public APIFeature includedonly in 'Advanced' plan or higher
Mobile ResponsiveFeature includedFeature not included
Mobile AppsFeature includedFeature included
AI ChatbotFeature includedFeature not included
Activity AuditFeature includedonly in 'Advanced' plan or higher
User/Team RolesFeature includedFeature included
Two Factor AuthenticationFeature includedFeature included
Single Sign On (SSO)Feature includedFeature included
HIPAA enabledAdd ononly in 'Advanced' plan or higher

What can OneDesk offer over SolarWinds Service Desk?

Provide support options to to end-users

Solarwinds Service Desk offers many tools for your agents. However, for optimal support, it is important to also provide your customers or end-users their own tools. In OneDesk, these tools include: a customer portal, knowledgebase, request forms and a live chat.

Real-time and in-context messaging

SolarWinds offers ticket collaboration tools. Alternatively, in addition to real-time ticket collaboration, OneDesk offers a live messenger. Communicate directly with your team or customers with built-in messaging. You can create tickets out of messenger conversations or link to existing tickets. Linking to tickets allows you to stay in-context with the ticket details. 

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All-in-one project and service management

Aside from a robust service desk software, OneDesk provides project management seamlessly integrated into one application. Convert any ticket into a task to plan and schedule. Even manage and plan entire projects with tools like subtasks, task dependencies, a Gantt chart and calendar. Learn more about OneDesk for project management.

See how OneDesk is the best SolarWinds alternative

Evaluate OneDesk for yourself with our completely free 14-day trial.

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