Vivantio
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Service Management Software to Centralize Support Teams
How to Replace VivantioOverview
Features
98 features across 18 categories
AI(7)
Surface trusted answers from existing knowledge and service history to resolve questions quickly, reduce unnecessary tickets, and capture context when work needs to be escalated
Automatically summarize, detect sentiment, and suggest responses so teams communicate consistently, resolve faster, and reduce escalation risk
Turn service data into continuous improvement with trends, insights, and recommendations that help leaders prioritize what matters and improve outcomes
Allow end users/customers and technicians to search and use AI to summarize an answer based on knowledge base articles
Automatically determine the emotional tone of tickets and highlight and apply automations accordingly
Provide a summary of the activity on a ticket automatically using AI
Use generative AI to build feedback to customers and adjust tone, check notes for errors and language
Asset Management(10)
Store asset data with custom forms, fields, and relationships with full integration to the service platform
Maintain a complete audit trail of all changes made to an asset over time
Scan and import assets from the entire organization or from customer systems
Pull data from multiple different sources, combining and consolidating it for auditing, reporting, and analysis
Track, monitor, and manage IT assets with built-in Configuration Management Database
Link related assets using custom-configured downstream and upstream relationship types
Record all tickets or service requests that have been logged against an asset
Setup different types of asset configuration
Customize the layout of forms within the Asset working window, configure order, card/tab display, and role access
Provide a graphical representation of the entire network of people and systems that could be impacted by a change
Automation(12)
Define complex, multi-step processes with tasks assigned to different individuals in specific order
Turn emails into tickets automatically with support for embedded images, video, and attachments
Automatically re-assign tickets on configurable schedule
Set up canned responses that agents can use at any point during the ticket lifecycle
Distribute work in name-order between specific groups with rules for all or subset of tickets
Automatically assign tickets based on criteria including AI-driven insights as soon as ticket is created
Lookup sender from CRM and link all cc recipients to the ticket
Leverage AI to determine which ticket types each technician is best suited to resolving
Extract email information and insert into ticket details and history for cleaner activity view
Build templates linked to specific action types such as change priority, change owner, etc.
Provide ticket templates to help agents log tickets in seconds by adding end-user details
Define complex, multi-step processes with tasks assigned to different individuals in specific order, automatically applied to specific ticket types
CRM(5)
Add alerts visible on tickets and contact records for specific clients
Configure relevant categories that appear as options for specific clients when creating tickets
Spotlight certain clients from system area lists
Store and manage customer data as a standalone CRM or integrated front-end to surface external system data to service teams
Configure priorities and SLAs on a client-by-client basis
Communication(5)
Support multiple email signatures
Pre-populate email templates for rapid response with support for embedding database merge fields
Set up multiple themes or brands for email templates with ability to change look and feel per customer
Review original email, reply to all or forward email internally or externally
Embed images, screenshots, and files with generative AI text formatting features when interacting with customers
Configuration(3)
Control who can log tickets via email and who is restricted to just updating or not using email
Allow team to record OOO time, surface that information to other agents, and exclude OOO agents from automated assignment with delegates
Configure one or more working time plans for SLAs and OLAs, capturing different regions, offices, or service hours for different customer tiers
Customer Portal(11)
Expose Knowledge Base to anonymous users with ability to filter what they can do and see
Use wizard-like category selector to guide users into choosing right ticket categorization
Have complete control over HTML and CSS providing ultimate flexibility in look and feel
Implement and customize out-of-the-box language packs or build custom ones
Build completely custom content within SSP
Enable customers to log tickets, view assets and knowledge base articles, and run reports in a fully configurable portal
Create multiple custom branded self service portals to embed in website or organization
Exercise granular control over who can do what inside the SSP
Define services, expose them via self-service portal, allow users to request services with custom forms followed by automated approvals
Customize look and feel of portal allowing it to match corporate website or existing intranet
Surface answers to customers during ticket creation process to resolve issue before it is logged
Customization(6)
Control visibility of forms or fields based on values selected in other fields
Control visibility of custom forms to always appear or only for certain ticket categories or statuses
Control visibility of custom forms to always appear or only for certain ticket categories or statuses
Control visibility of forms or fields based on values selected in other fields
Link fields between system areas to combine them into one custom form
Create multiline custom forms for complex data entry
Developer(2)
Native JavaScript support for advanced functionality and API access
Supports oData connections for data access
Feedback(3)
Send one-off surveys to large groups of customers and analyze and report on their feedback
Enable customers to provide easy, anonymous, one-click feedback at any point during ticket lifecycle
Define rules to control when to trigger customer satisfaction surveys after ticket resolution with configurable survey types
ITSM(2)
Enable OOB ITIL requirements for full compatibility with Incident, Problem, Service Request, and Change Management ticket types
Configure service levels with definable milestones like response, diagnose and fix beyond simple open-to-close SLAs
Knowledge Base(10)
Automatically create articles on ticket closure
Set visibility dates for knowledge base articles to expire and be reviewed
Create templates for knowledge base articles requiring preset fields by category
Create a consistent look-and-feel for knowledge base articles with ability to enforce use of header/footer/custom CSS or change layout, and brand articles differently per-client
Allow customers and end users to rate and comment on knowledge base articles
Customize the layout of forms within the KB working window, configure order, card/tab display, and role access
Create, update, categorize, and manage documentation with visibility controls for system users, customers, or public access
Define visibility for system users, customers, or public access articles
Create, update, categorize, and manage documentation in a comprehensive document/file management system for ticket deflection and agent support
Send articles to customers during ticket closure, saving technician time with stock responses that include article links and descriptions
Reporting(14)
Surface data via OOB integrations with BI tools or specialized API endpoints
Visualize data in variety of ways within service management environment
Push specific reports to self-service portal to allow customers with appropriate permissions to run reports
High performance, feature-rich Data Table and React Data Grid reporting tool with built-in charting
Set up fully customizable schedules for any report to automatically email recipients with per-client reporting options
Build OLAP-like data warehouse using service provider's servers and infrastructure
Provide graphical representation of network of people and systems that could be impacted by a change
Explore data in instance via intuitive user interface
Leverage library of pre-built reports ready-to-run and ready-to-customize
Maintain complete audit trail of all changes made to an asset over time
Expose data to customers in self-service portal without understanding complex reports or seeing underlying data
Enable customers to run self-service reports on demand
Record the amount of time technicians spend working on tickets with higher tiers including start/stop clock and automatic time recording
Create customer documents, worksheets, and reports from ticket data, run directly from that ticket
Security(1)
Integrate SSP with customers' infrastructure making experience seamless and reducing friction
Task Management(1)
Create sub-work items with complete data sets, inherited or not from parent ticket, and reassign to other individuals or teams
Ticketing(1)
Create and configure unlimited ticket types with dedicated configuration, categories, priorities, and custom forms while retaining collaboration ability
Vendor Management(1)
Record third parties, assign work to them, and report on third-party referrals
Workspace(4)
Enable agents to control which data fields are visible in any grid view
Subscribe to tickets for updates or bookmark them for quick access and visibility
Create ideal working environment for each technician across the organization with right information surfaced at the right time
Subscribe to tickets for updates or bookmark them for quick access and visibility
Pricing
The Vivantio Platform
Popular- ✓All Vivantio features
- ✓600+ Integrations + API
- ✓HIPAA / SOC2 / ISO27001 / Cyber Essentials
- ✓Choice of data centers
- ✓Streamlined dedicated onboarding
- ✓Vivantio US & UK technical support
- ✓Dedicated customer success manager
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Integrations
4 known integrations