Compare SuiteCRM and SolarWinds Service Desk - Dec 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Dec 11, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - SuiteCRM or SolarWinds Service Desk?

SolarWinds Service Desk is more expensive to implement (TCO) than SuiteCRM, and SolarWinds Service Desk is rated higher (94/100) than SuiteCRM (81/100). SolarWinds Service Desk offers users more features (18) than SuiteCRM (0).

Looking for the right CRM solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

SalesAgility Vs. Samanage

SalesAgility: SalesAgility re an employee-owned CRM Consultancy. As such, we are highly invested in developing cutting edged and innovative open sourced CRM solutions for organisations locally, nationally and globally. SalesAgility began life delivering bespoke open source solutions for the SugarCRM Community Edition over a decade ago. By 2013 however, SugarC...

Samanage: At Samanage, we work hard every day to deliver innovative SaaS-based IT management software. We create robust, easy to use solutions that help you save money and achieve value that was previously not available. We believe enterprise software can be sexy, easy to use, and as intuitive as Gmail or Facebook - that's the kind of experience you deser...

Who is more expensive? SuiteCRM or SolarWinds?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of CRM software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for SuiteCRM and SolarWinds.

SuiteCRM price starts at $1,500 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 SuiteCRM is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of CRM software. SolarWinds price starts at $19 per technician/month , When comparing SolarWinds to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average CRM software cost.

Bottom line: SolarWinds is more expensive than SuiteCRM.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared SuiteCRM Vs. SolarWinds Service Desk based on some of the most important and required CRM features.

SuiteCRM: We are still working to collect the list of features for SuiteCRM.

SolarWinds: Asset Management, Billing and Invoicing, Change Management, Contract Management, Customer Survey.

Target customer size

SuiteCRM is a designed for small businesses (1-20 employees) use, medium-sized companies (10-100 employees) and in large enterprises (more than 1000 employees) in the Information and Technology (IT), Systems Management and other Information Provider industry, mainly those businesses engaging in the field of customer support and CRM. SolarWinds is ideal for all sizes of businesses that need to organize their IT assets and operations.

SuiteCRM

ITQlick rating
(4.3/5)

starts at $1,500 per license

SuiteCRM is a cloud-based and an on-premise open-source customer relationship management software solution. This software is enterprise-ready and can also be customized to fit a business of any size as well as ...

Categories: Document Management, Banking CRM, Casino CRM, Customer Success.

SolarWinds Service Desk

ITQlick rating
(5/5)

starts at $19 per technician/month

SolarWinds Help-desk is cloud-based help-desk and customer service solution designed for businesses of any size. The solution features include change management, IT asset management and incident management and ...

Categories: Billing & Invoicing, Document Management, Banking CRM, Customer Loyalty, Feedback Management.

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Compare features

SuiteCRM: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

SolarWinds: 18 Features

Asset Management
Billing and Invoicing
Change Management
Contract Management
Customer Survey
Email Integration
Incident / Request Management
ITIL Compliant
Knowledge Base/FAQ
LDAP/Active Directory Synchronization
Mobile Integration
Multi-Site Support
Remote Control Access
Reporting
Rules/Workflows
Scheduling
Self Service Portal
Service Level Agreements
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality score
Software review
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SuiteCRM
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
81/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$1,500 per license
Functionality
18
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SolarWin...
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$19 per technician/month
Functionality
38
Pipedrive
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$9.90 per user/month
Functionality
19
Salesfor...
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$25 per user/month
Functionality
28
Zoho CRM
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$14 per user/month
Functionality
36

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.