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SolarWinds Service Desk Reviews & Product Details

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IT Support Specialist
Non-Profit Organization Management
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

SolarWinds Service Desk is extremely user friendly. Our staff are able to easily access the platform and very easily submit a ticket. We, in turn, are able to get them the help they need as soon as possible and assign it to the proper tech to help fix their problem. It's connected with Dameware Remote Everywhere also is extremely helpful as we have many remote devices that we service. Keeping track of assets is simple. Additionally, the ability to create our own tickets and put a process in for our techs to follow really helps minimize mistakes or missed steps and maximize time spent directly helping staff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

I wish that SolarWinds Service Desk had more options for automations, such as automatically attaching a related asset when someone submits a ticket. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

SolarWinds is helping us solve the problem of staff submitting tickets. We had a lot of issues formerly with staff finding the platform difficult to use and not user friendly. When we switched to SolarWinds Help Desk, it was so user friendly that staff who had never submitted a ticket before easily submitted one for the first time. It helps us solve staff's tech issues faster too this way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SolarWinds Service Desk Overview

What is SolarWinds Service Desk?

SolarWinds® Service Desk is an all-in-one service management platform designed to help IT teams (and other departments) deliver reliable, efficient service. It integrates tools for managing incidents, tracking assets, creating custom workflows, and monitoring changes to provide a unified solution that fits seamlessly within the broader SolarWinds ecosystem. With Service Desk, teams can easily manage their daily tasks, focusing on what matters: keeping users and systems running smoothly. Key benefits of SolarWinds Service Desk: Automation: Automate routine tasks and processes with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to reduce human error and free up your team to focus on complex issues while improving their employee experience. Workflows: Build customized workflows to streamline operations, ensuring incidents are managed consistently and efficiently. Generative AI: Use advanced AI to deliver intelligent recommendations, automate responses, and support effective decision-making, reducing time for decisions and resolutions. Runbooks: Access pre-defined procedures for common incidents to speed up resolution times and promote consistency and accuracy across teams. Smart suggestions: Utilize an AI-powered suggestion engine providing end users with recommended knowledge base articles, empowering them to resolve issues independently before creating a ticket and helping reduce agent workloads.

SolarWinds Service Desk Details
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SolarWinds Service Desk is an IT and Employee Service Management solution that helps you redefine employee service experiences in seamless, smart, and meaningful ways.

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SolarWinds Service Desk is a cloud-based IT service management (ITSM) solution that empowers IT to streamline every aspect of service delivery and transform employee service experiences.


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Year Founded
1999
HQ Location
Austin, TX
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@solarwinds
20,054 Twitter followers
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2,655 employees on LinkedIn®
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NYSE: SWI
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SolarWinds provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses.


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Recent SolarWinds Service Desk Reviews

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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"SWSD works well is very intuitive and offers tight integration with many of our products"
The tool is well thought out and has improved our helpdesk offering. Our technicians have better visibility of tickets and deadlines and the report...
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Steve E.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Fully featured helpdesk system"
Very comprehensive, feature rich system. Very reliable and stable system
Tal M.
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Tal M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great product"
I have been using it for years to collect information and manage endpoints. Works great as it should.
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SolarWinds Service Desk Media

SolarWinds Service Desk Demo - Dashboard
See everything that is happening across your IT organization in one place.
SolarWinds Service Desk Demo - Automations
There are a number of different customization options available.
SolarWinds Service Desk Demo - Reporting
Report on the data that matters to you and your team, when you need it.
SolarWinds Service Desk Demo - Service Catalog
A customizable workflow engine, allowing you to introduce new services or make changes quickly and easily.
SolarWinds Service Desk Demo - Incident Management
Utilizing the incident management queue, you can better prevent the interruption of business processes or other IT services.
SolarWinds Service Desk Demo - Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
Automatically detect, map, and visualize dependencies between configuration items in your IT environment.
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AS
Senior DevOps Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic Review from User Profile
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

The setup feature of Service Desk appeals most to me. Coming from a Jira shop, I have found the options in Service Desk to be lots more user friendly and allow for generally better processes throughout the firm. Additionally quite simple to use in your surroundings and start straight out of the box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

After ten months or so at Service Desk, I truly cannot name anything I find objectionable. Since we are now a Solar Winds shop all around, I truly enjoy all of their items. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

These days, our ticketing system, PO tracking, and asset management system allow us as IT to help users by resolving problems or forwarding to the relevant teams or groups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SE
IT Operations Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

Very comprehensive, feature rich system. Very reliable and stable system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

Can be quite expensive compared to alternatives. For a basic helpdesk system, might be over complicated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

This system allows us to keep track of all our IT assets and software as well as managing our helpdesk calls. We are also using it for areas outside of IT such as HR and GDPR. Another section is used for our change manage processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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MV
System Specialist
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

The integration of help desk with remote support is one of my favorite aspects. SolarWinds is really good at being our helping hand to sort out problems. I love that everything is available in one place and we can be sure it will work. Along with easy configuration, SolarWinds helps us with topic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

However, using SolarWinds to manage all devices in the network is one of the challenges we face and this may create coverage holes. In the last month's scheduled audit, some inconsistencies in the data from one of our remote data centers were observed. This misalignment has an impact on our ability to analyze server and application traffic accurately, so adding human effort to troubleshoot manually is the result. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have solved centralizing device monitoring across our network and data centers. A recent server migration has enabled us to connect, through a single dashboard, to all pre-evaluation metrics in real-time reducing downtime risk. This service reliability keeps our business running and our clients' experiences are minimally affected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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MI
IT Support Head
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

The platform's user-friendly design was of great value to us during the expansion of our EU office. Now even the accounting pals no longer communicate through e-mails but ticketing systems. Just about two months ago, we had over 200 requests processed and not a single complaint on the submission process. The integration with Dameware RE was also very critical for our hybrid workforce. We are able to manage our remote team's devices on different sites with no hassle now, and the custom created workflow templates guarantee a constant support standard. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

I wish it offered more advanced automation options, particularly for asset-ticket associations, but asset tracking itself works quite well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

The switch from spreadsheets to SolarWinds has been a remarkable advantage in respect of our ticket submission rates and resolution times. We have successfully gone from the struggles of our previous such complex system to a quick and solid process that both our IT and employees actually enjoy using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Tal M.
TM
IT Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

I have been using it for years to collect information and manage endpoints. Works great as it should. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

There is nothing I dislike about this service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

As I said, I'm using it for IT Asset management and tickets system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Utilities
AU
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

I am part of an electric coop that has around 100 employees, and this service desk feature is the best fit for our company. It provides our end users with a simplistic way of entering help desk tickets, and it helps us manage our assets efficiently on the admin side. I would highly recommend this option for a small company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

There is no third-party integration from what I've seen. Customer support is lacking somewhat; when I've had questions, I get sent knowledge bases instead of being able to talk to an actual person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are able to track all of our assets, so we know where every piece of equipment is in our two branches. We can also see which tickets have higher priority and work on the most important issues first. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Translation and Localization
AT
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

The tool is well thought out and has improved our helpdesk offering. Our technicians have better visibility of tickets and deadlines and the reports provides really useful insights which aids in decisionmaking. The support offered is excellent as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

I think that the asset inventory piece could be better. It needs more customisation routes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is helping us to improve our servie desk offering Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Apparel & Fashion
AA
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

What I like best about Service Desk is the configuration aspect of it. Coming from a Jira shop, I have found the configurations in Service Desk to be alot more user friendly and allow for overall better workflows throughout the company. It is also very easy to implement into your environment and get rolling right out of the box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

After 10 months or so within Service Desk, I really cant name something that I dont like. I really love all Solar Winds products as we are now a Solar Winds shop all around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is now our asset management tracking system, PO tracking and also our ticketing software where us as IT can assist users by solving their issues or escalating to the appropriate teams/groups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeremy M.
JM
Director of IT
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

It is straightforward and mostly easy to use. It has powerful asset management, and notifications. I love how it leverages M365 email connectivity for email. Good API's Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

It needs some improvements. As much as I like the asset tool, I feel like its missing information which would really make it better. I would like to see it have more Remote Machine management, and access tools and include more RMM type tooling internal like a NinjaONE, Pulseway, Datto, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed a helpdesk, and we acheived it, we needed asset management, and it gets us there, we wanted remote control of endpoints, and it can link to software which allows you to navigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KH
Analytics Data Platform Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
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What do you like best about SolarWinds Service Desk?

I like that it has automatic ticket prioritizing by factor that it analyzed and time tracking that has time stamp how long it takes to work on the ticket. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SolarWinds Service Desk?

Need improvement with accessing service desk features from mobile devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SolarWinds Service Desk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Generate IT incident ticket for every IT problem by users, help desk platform for any problem with IT, and create process workflow to efficiently solve incident ticket. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.