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Overview

What it is

SolarWinds Service Desk

SolarWinds built SolarWinds Service Desk for ITIL service desk. Explore SLA tracking, review cloud deployment and compare similar IT Service Management products.

Freshservice

Freshservice helps teams with ITIL service desk automation. Explore features like ChatOps, cloud deployment and the closest IT Service Management competitors.

Product type

SolarWinds Service Desk

Modern Cloud IT Service Management (ITSM)

Freshservice

Intelligent IT Service Management & Enterprise Service Desk

Best for

SolarWinds Service Desk

Cross-industry, Enterprise IT, Higher Education, Healthcare

Freshservice

Enterprise IT, Healthcare, Education, Financial Services, Retail, Technology

Pricing

Pricing model

SolarWinds Service Desk

Contact Vendor

Freshservice

Contact Vendor

Free trial

SolarWinds Service Desk

Free trial: yes

Freshservice

Free trial: yes

Deployment

Deployment options

SolarWinds Service Desk

SaaSCloud

Freshservice

SaaSCloud

Deployment details

SolarWinds Service Desk

Cloud SaaS; Cloud-delivered SaaS platform

Freshservice

Cloud SaaS; Cloud SaaS

Data residency

SolarWinds Service Desk

Global; US; EU; APAC

Freshservice

United States; European Union; Australia; India; AWS Cloud Regions

Key features

What it offers

SolarWinds Service Desk

  • ITIL service desk
  • Incident & service request ticketing
  • Integrated CMDB
  • Automated ticket routing
  • SLA tracking
  • Incident management

Freshservice

  • Freddy AI virtual support agents
  • ITIL-aligned incident and change management
  • Automated IT asset management (ITAM)
  • Visual workflow automations
  • ChatOps
  • ITIL service desk automation
  • IT asset lifecycle management
  • Conversational employee support

Platform & access

API access

SolarWinds Service Desk

API access: yes

Freshservice

API access: yes

Single sign-on (SSO)

SolarWinds Service Desk

SSO: yes

Freshservice

SSO: yes

Role-based access (RBAC)

SolarWinds Service Desk

RBAC: yes

Freshservice

RBAC: yes

Multi-tenant

SolarWinds Service Desk

Multi-tenant: yes

Freshservice

Multi-tenant: yes

Mobile app

SolarWinds Service Desk

Mobile app: yes

Freshservice

Mobile app: yes

Supported platforms

SolarWinds Service Desk

Cloud IT Service DesksEmployee Portals

Freshservice

Enterprise Service DesksIT Hardware FleetsDistributed Workforces

Compliance

SolarWinds Service Desk

ITILSOC 2ISO 27001

Freshservice

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPRHIPAACyber Essentials

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

SolarWinds Service Desk

SolarWinds DiscoveryActive DirectoryOktaSlackMS Teams

Freshservice

SlackMicrosoft TeamsJiraMicrosoft Entra IDOktaGoogle WorkspaceZoom

Industries

SolarWinds Service Desk

Cross-industryEnterprise ITHigher EducationHealthcare

Freshservice

Enterprise ITHealthcareEducationFinancial ServicesRetailTechnology

Regions

SolarWinds Service Desk

Global

Freshservice

Global

Vendor

Company

SolarWinds Service Desk

SolarWinds

Freshservice

Freshworks

Headquarters

SolarWinds Service Desk

Austin, Texas, USA

Freshservice

San Mateo, California, USA

Company size

SolarWinds Service Desk

3,000+

Freshservice

5,000+

Founded

SolarWinds Service Desk

1999

Freshservice

2010

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