Samanage Review

PROS: I love Samanage features like: SLA rules, Problem management, Reports and others. Their customer support is excellent, they are always ready for help and for providing additional trainings if needed. We always have a full picture of our progress.

CONS: I love this software, but they need some improvements in every tool. I would like to schedule reports, and send them to some users or even groups. I like to show progress or alerts on my dashboards. I would like to have dynamic targets for SLA rules.

PROS: I love the integration with Google App, thanks to this integration we don’t need separate login to access Samanage, and we are doing this directly from Gmail. Samanage provides us with great workflow and asset tracking abilities. I like that this is a cloud based software and it is great for our IT department. They are always open to critics and suggestions, they constantly improve the software and this makes our work easier.

CONS: There is nothing to dislike. I love the improvements and the new features.

PROS: Samanage is clear, easy to use and provides you with a lot of reporting options and sorting filters. I love its interface. I am amazed how well the software works on mobile device and tablets. You can navigate it as you wish. They made this software very intuitive and understandable. The contact section is very useful. This software is great for small and medium sized businesses. I love calendar notification features. Samanage works well with Zendesk. This integration helps us to track machine maintenance and issues.

CONS: The software is great, I don’t have things I dislike. It would be great if they could add integration with SSO component or with Active Directory. This is the only thing I would like to see in Samanage. Also, they could add an app so we can install to a DC.

PROS: Samanage is easy to implement and meets all our Service Desk Management needs. We can post solutions to our users, and offers Incident Management system. This software gives me the ability to see all changes in one place when I modify and save them to other place. Changes to Forms and Fields are done effortlessly using only dropdowns and some configurable text fields. It is very easy to set up the Service Level Management, and what’s more you are able to copy a current rule set. I can easily import users from XLSX. Samanage allows me to modify the permissions and memberships of all users, and I can do this via mobile phone.

CONS: To be honest, Samanage needs some improvements. For example they need to work on their notification features. When a problem arises all notifications are gone. There is no notification when a problem gets assigned or commented, you need to go back and update the status. And that means you cannot set up alerts when problem lingers.

PROS: Samanage is great and powerful solution for tracking assets, keeping IT in order and managing work orders. The software is highly improved, and their management staff are very responsive and open for suggestions, solving issues and feature requests. Samanage brings the tracking to the next level with its Asset management feature.

CONS: No dislikes by now. It changed our picture of the support service in our work environment.

PROS: We made a transfer from IT ticketing system to Samanage, and now we can easily track tickets during their life-cycle, track inventory, we have CMDB. Our work is completely changed and improved since we start using this software. We are now focused on developing innovations and finding opportunities.

CONS: They could change something on the reporting option. But on the other hand, with API we can do customization easily.

PROS: Why Samanage? I can easily organize my helpdesk system, I can customize mu dashboard with some relevant metrics, it's easy to use and doesn’t take much time in training, I can adapt in organization very quickly and effortlessly, I get easy automation through Samanage workflow, I am able to set up trainings for different integrations, and its integrations with online management systems are really useful for running my business.

CONS: I don’t have anything to dislike about this software. They could include more design options. All in all the software is great.

PROS: The workflow of Samanage engine is awesome, they are constantly improving something. Asset Management is a very useful tool, also the service is easy to extend via GPO. User-friendly, intuitive and it’s very easy to setup every option and feature. Also, you have integration with ADUC.

CONS: There is nothing to dislike about this software. We are new to this system and we still learn how to use it.

PROS: We use Samanage for Helpdesk and it is a very powerful ITSM app. The Asset Management feature is great for our service management section. The Asset management is based on OCSInventory. I love their customer support team, they are always responsive and helpful when I have some issues when running the software. They are always open for suggestions and they constantly work on their improvement.

CONS: I have a suggestion for Samanage team, they could implement a roadmap to tenants and they could include updates and improvements before they are applied. Also, they could work on more customizable option for the user emails and the end user portal.

PROS: Samanage is very customizable software, and I am able to customize all our requests. The workflow feature for ticketing is very beneficial tool for our departments. We use the helpdesk option to respond to our different stores requests for some issues about the product. We are able to store stock answer for repeated questions by simply listing the solution on the help desk.

CONS: I’m not satisfied with the requirements for linking data with offers.

PROS: Overall, the product is easy to use and does support the general ITSM/ITIL model, which is great for IT departments to follow. Setup is easy, and the general look and feel of the product is nice. There is some ability to customize the portal and emails, as well as add custom fields to each category form.

CONS: There is an overall general lack of support for this product. Most times, when you call in for support, you get a super rude customer service rep who dismisses your issue, or you get a voicemail box. There is no call waiting queue, so if nobody answers or nobody is available, you go to a voicemail box and are at their mercy for a call back (rather than waiting on hold for the next available rep). They recently upgraded their phone system (as their reps tell me), which is very spotty/lots of quality issues and dropped calls. In addition, they announced dropping support for Linux, which is no good--especially if you are looking for one tool that works as an all-in-one tool to support your IT shop. They only want to support Windows. They also need to work on the back end of the product--there are many places where you have to set a setting twice to have the effect you are looking for (which you only discover when things aren't working as expected). Finally, they dump SSO on to third-parties, which have limited support. Their support team won't help if you're having issues with SSO, and neither will the third party, as neither "knows how the other product works." Both tell you to "contact the other company."