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CA Service Desk Manager vs. OpenText Service Management Automation X (SMAX)

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricCA Service Desk Manager

by Broadcom

OpenText Service Management Automation X (SMAX)

by OpenText

Overall rating4.24.2
Review count2072
Ease of use8.48.2
Ease of setup7.47.6
Quality of support8.68.2
Meets requirements8.78.7
NPS47.36842142.857143
Small Business15.0%18.1%
Mid-Market30.0%23.6%
Enterprise55.0%58.3%
Total page views90180
Total LLM citations1051,595

CA Service Desk Manager

Formerly known as CA Service Management, Clarity SM believes delivering quality service and attaining service management maturity does not equate to a costly-to-operate software solution with a complex user experience. Clarity SM (Service Management) delivers a modern, social media-based user experience to access knowledge, collaborate, resolve issues, request services and manage IT assets to help make sure your business consumers don’t skip a beat. The xFlow innovation-award-winning user experience provides analysts with tools and context to embrace the team and make every moment count.

Pros

    OpenText Service Management Automation X (SMAX)

    OpenText™ SMAX delivers a smart approach to service management, with full capabilities for IT service management (ITSM), IT asset management (ITAM), and enterprise service management (ESM). Empower users to self-resolve common requests with private generative AI chatbots that offer human-like responses. Give your team what they need—ITIL best-practice templates, codeless configurations, and built-in AI and analytics for automating workflows, improving processes, and solving issues. With SaaS deployment, SMAX eliminates the hassle of installation, maintenance, and upgrade.

    Pros

    • Ease of Use
    • Helpful
    • Integrations
    • Time Management
    • Cloud Services
    • Software Updates