Compare Spiceworks and Pulseway - Mar 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Mar 25, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Spiceworks or Pulseway?

Pulseway is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Spiceworks, and Spiceworks is rated higher (90/100) than Pulseway (75/100). Spiceworks offers users more features (16) than Pulseway (0). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Spiceworks!

Looking for the right MRP Software 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:

Spiceworks Vs. Pulseway

Spiceworks: Spiceworks is a software development company headquartered in Austin, Texas. It was formed in early 2006 by Scott Abel, Jay Hallberg, Greg Kattawar, and Francis Sullivan to provide a Facebook-like community integrated with a free ad-supported inventory, and help desk software application designed for network administrators working in small- to mid-...

Pulseway: Pulseway is the easiest way to remotely monitor and control IT systems from any device enabling busy IT admins to fix issues on-the-go and be more productive.

Who is more expensive? Spiceworks or Pulseway?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of MRP Software 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 Spiceworks and Pulseway.

Spiceworks accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Spiceworks is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of MRP Software software. Pulseway price starts at $32 per month , When comparing Pulseway to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average MRP Software software cost.

Bottom line: Spiceworks cost is around the same cost of Pulseway.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Spiceworks Vs. Pulseway based on some of the most important and required MRP Software features.

Spiceworks: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Asset Management, Change Management, Contract Management, Customer Survey, Email Integration, ITIL Compliant, Knowledge Base/FAQ, LDAP/Active Directory Synchronization.

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

Target customer size

Spiceworks is best for small and medium sized business IT support teams. The usual customers of Pulseway are the individuals that has small (with 10 to 100 employees) and/or medium-sized (with 100 to 1,000 employees) businesses and even large enterprises that enjoys the benefits from the services from IT, web and data hosting and other related information services sectors, mainly with IT management, application monitoring and performance management.

Spiceworks

ITQlick rating
(4.4/5)

Looking for simple but powerful help desk software? Something that lets you manage user tickets, organize your work, and assign tasks to your helpdesk team? Spiceworks is completely free…and you can get started...

Categories: Dashboards & KPIs, CRM, Complaint Management, Help Desk.

Pulseway

ITQlick rating
(4.7/5)

starts at $32 per month

Pulseway is a monitoring and management software of the IT environment in any businesses.

Categories: Performance Management, Data Management, Application Monitoring, IT Asset Management, IT Management.

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Spiceworks: 16 Features

Asset Management
Change Management
Contract Management
Customer Survey
Email Integration
ITIL Compliant
Knowledge Base/FAQ
LDAP/Active Directory Synchronization
Mobile Integration
Multi-Site Support
Remote Control Access
Reporting
Rules/Workflows
Self Service Portal
Service Level Agreements
Support Ticket Tracking

Pulseway: 0 Features

We are working to collect the information
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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Spiceworks
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
26
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Pulseway
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
75/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$32 per month
Functionality
13
xTuple
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
83/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$175 per feature/month
Functionality
13
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WorkClout
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
80/100
Pricing
2.8/10
License pricing
$25 per user/month
Functionality
16
Atera
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
78/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$79 per technician/month
Functionality
15
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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.