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OpenText Service Management Automation X (SMAX) vs. ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

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

MetricOpenText Service Management Automation X (SMAX)

by OpenText

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

by Zoho

Overall rating4.24.2
Review count72253
Ease of use8.28.7
Ease of setup7.68.4
Quality of support8.28.4
Meets requirements8.78.8
NPS42.85714346.153846
Small Business18.1%9.6%
Mid-Market23.6%59.0%
Enterprise58.3%31.5%
Total page views180954
Total LLM citations1,59519,314

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

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

ServiceDesk Plus is ITIL-ready help desk software with integrated Asset and Project Management capabilities. With advanced ITSM functionality and easy-to-use capability, ServiceDesk Plus helps IT support teams deliver world-class service to end users with reduced costs and complexity. It comes in three editions and is available in 29 different languages. Over 100,000 organizations and 750,000 technicians, across 185 countries, trust ServiceDesk Plus to optimize IT service desk performance. It is fully integrated and easy to set up - without extensive customization or integrations.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Features
  • User Interface
  • Integrations
  • Customer Support
  • Intuitive