Shlomi Lavi /
Jun 22, 2022
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - JIRA Service Desk or Help Scout?
Help Scout is more expensive to implement (TCO) than JIRA Service Desk, and JIRA Service Desk is rated higher (87/100) than Help Scout (77/100). Help Scout offers users more features (4) than JIRA Service Desk (0).
Looking for the right Help Desk 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:
Atlassian Pty Ltd Vs. Help Scout
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Help Scout: Help Scout enables teams to deliver personalized email customer service that scales beautifully for a growing business. Any team of two or more can collaborate in real-time, keep track of customer history automatically and stay on the same page
Who is more expensive? JIRA Service Desk or Help Scout?
The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Help Desk 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 JIRA Service Desk and Help Scout.
JIRA Service Desk price starts at $7.50 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 JIRA Service Desk is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Help Desk software. Help Scout price starts at $20 per user/month , When comparing Help Scout to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Help Desk software cost.
Bottom line: JIRA Service Desk cost is around the same cost of Help Scout.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared JIRA Service Desk Vs. Help Scout based on some of the most important and required Help Desk features.
JIRA Service Desk: We are still working to collect the list of features for JIRA Service Desk.
Help Scout: Email Integration, Incident / Request Management, Multi-Site Support, Reporting.
Target customer size
The usual users of JIRA Service Desk are those insmall businesses (1-20 employees), medium-sized companies (10-100 employees) and large enterprises (with more than 500 employees) in the Information and Technology (IT), Systems Management and other Information Provider industry, mainly those businesses engaging in the field of helpdesk, self-service portal, document and feedback management and CRM. Customers of the software mainly include small and medium businesses as well as freelancers.