SolarWinds Service Desk

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IT Service Management
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A cloud-based and AI-powered IT service management (ITSM) platform built to maximize productivity and accelerate resolution with lightning-fast time to value

How to Replace SolarWinds Service Desk

Overview

SolarWinds Service Desk is an AI-powered IT service management platform that streamlines IT operations and elevates user experiences through better ITSM. It combines incident management, asset management, configuration management, and change management in a unified cloud-based solution. The platform ensures IT meets the needs of users and the business with intelligent automation and real-time collaboration tools.

Features

24 features across 10 categories

AI Automation(1)

Assisted ResponseAI

Auto identify solutions, ticket sentiment monitoring, centralized procedures, and automatic assignment

Artificial Intelligence(5)

Auto CategorizationAI

Recommendations based on ticket content

Sentiment AnalysisAI

Prioritize tickets based on urgency

Smart SuggestionsAI

Solutions displayed while searching or submitting tickets

SolarWinds AIAI

Generative AI sidekick that builds solutions, responses, and summaries for your agents

Virtual AgentAI

A chat bot helps users get to answers faster

Also in: UiPath, Scoro, Dayforce

Asset Management(4)

Full Coverage Tracking

On-premises, physical, virtual, cloud, hardware, software, buildings, and more tracking

IT Asset Management

Drive visibility, optimization, and compliance through smarter asset management

License Management

Ensure optimal usage of assets and license compliance

Network Discovery and Reporting

Scan your network and report on connected devices

Change Management(3)

Centralized Change Documentation

Centralized documentation, approvals, and process for proper changes

Change Audit Trail

Maintain a history of all changes in the event a rollback or audit is needed

Change Management

Structured change processes to minimize risk and maximize stability

Collaboration(1)

Live Collaboration

Real time comments and status updates for ticket resolution and team communication

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Obsidian

Communication(1)

Multi-channel Engagement

Engage via web, email, Teams, Slack, or mobile app

Also in: Jobber, Jira, Insightly

Configuration Management(4)

Asset-Incident Correlation

Connect assets to incidents for root cause analysis and asset-issue history

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)

Understand the relationship between infrastructure and your business-critical applications and systems

Dependency Mapping

Understand relationships between configuration items (CIs)

Impact Analysis

Understand change impact based on asset dependencies

Incident Management(1)

Incident ManagementAI

AI-powered incident management system designed for efficiency, scale, and better processes with faster resolution times

Security & Privacy(1)

Segregated Service DesksPremium

Segregated service desks ensure access control to sensitive data

Service Management(3)

Enterprise Service ManagementPremium

Improve the management, efficiency, interactions and experience across every department

Service Process StreamliningPremium

Provide tools needed to be successful service providers

Unified Service ProviderPremium

Empowering departments to publish offered services and structure service delivery

Pricing

Standard

$39/month per technician
  • Unlimited users
  • Incident Management
  • IT Asset Management
  • CMDB
  • Change Management
  • AI Features

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying SolarWinds Service Desk

Monthly$39/mo
Yearly$468/yr
5-Year Total$2.3k

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~2 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyVery Easy

Total Cost Comparison

1 YearSave $228
SaaS
$468
DIY
$240
3 YearsSave $684
SaaS
$1.4k
DIY
$720
5 YearsSave $1.1k
SaaS
$2.3k
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 24 features at very easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a SolarWinds Service Desk alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 24 features.

Buy SolarWinds Service Desk

Better Value
Monthly cost$390/mo
3-year total$14,040
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$12,000
Maintenance$180/mo
3-year total$18,480
Dev time~1 months

Buying SolarWinds Service Desk saves ~$4,440 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 24 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

6 known integrations

Dameware Remote EverywhereMicrosoft TeamsOpen REST APISelf-HostedSlackSolarWinds Observability