All SherpaDesk Reviews
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Randal
Information Technology and Services, 2 - 10 employees
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed April 2022
Every IT Business needs a Sherpa
Doug
Verified reviewer
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2017
SherpaDesk is the most economical and effective ticketing solution that we've ever used.
We transitioned from the BigWeb Apps, so it took a little time to learn how to effectively use SherpaDesk.
PROSSherpaDesk is adaptable for all users and groups of users. It's simple to enter, update, work on and close a ticket, and assets can be attached to a ticket. It's all web-based, so there is no client, so it's very device agnostic. The reports are informative and easy to generate. The process is now simpler to transfer tickets, including a feature to automatically route tickets to a user or queue.
Randal
Verified reviewer
Computer & Network Security, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2021
Every IT Business needs a Sherpa
Super happy. Simple means it works quickly out of the box and my techs are not annoyed at extra hoops for ticketing.
PROSWe needed something simple, that worked with Ninja, IT Glue and Quickbooks. This fit the bill perfectly, all at a reasonable monthly fee, without contract, which is the big bonus. Support is out of this word. Even a function that would help us greatly was added within about 2 months, which is unheard of with other companies. They listen and act.
CONSThe integration with Ninja for alerts could be better.
Reason for choosing SherpaDesk
Simplicity and price.
Ian
Media Production, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
2
EASE OF USE
2
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed January 2021
There are better CRMs out there
The tool allows us to track accounts and outreach relatively well
CONSWe no longer use Sherpa as a CRM tool because of the many problems. The search function is horrible, it feels like an outdated tool for CRM and our teams are extremely slow when logging information into the program.
John
Verified reviewer
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2017
Foundation of control for our IT support business.
- Easy to use. - Great support. - Full featured with options to enable only what is needed. - Continually updated. - A pleasure to use. - Easy for end users, engineers and customers. - Was up and using in 7.6 minutes. SherpaDesk is great. It has changed the way I do business. I have tried and reviewed many different helpdesk/ticketing solutions and SherpaDesk is the best fit for us by far..
CONSI struggled to find a sensible con to post. No deal breakers. Some features need improvement (which seems to be continually happening) as they are a little rough around the edges or overly complex. During my use we found one bug and made one suggestion which were both fixed/implemented in a timely manner.
Micah
Verified reviewer
Newspapers, 201-500 employees
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
Reviewed May 2016
Simple, powerful ticketing
If you're looking for a good web-based ticketing solution SherpaDesk deserves a look. It is straightforward and simple, and has been a great solution for us. If you use it for it's intended purpose, it is robust enough to do an excellent job and yet simple enough to have a very short learning curve.
PROSEasy to understand for techs; good presentation of information in dashboards; It does what it is supposed to do effectively and for a good price. You can get very good reporting and offers very credible tools to help a manager manage workflow.
CONSEnd users still have to understand the emails. Since the bulk of IT ticket work is generated by the lower end of the user base, easier to understand discussion chains would be nice. I haven't seen anyone really do it better - the time/date stamps make it easy for me, but I'm not at the low end of the user base (at least I like to think I'm not).
Brent
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
Reviewed February 2016
These Guys are Awesome
Cavern is the largest underground Co-location Facility in the world. A few years ago our customer satisfaction survey revealed that traditional Ticketing System was an process with room to improve. Since migrating to SherpaDesk we have received A+ on our customer satisfaction results including our ticketing system. In fact, a few of our 120+ clients have decided to use it along with other Sherpa Products and each one has told me personally that they love it! Note, recommendations from me are hard to come by but the Sherpa Team has earned this one. Feel free to reach out directly with any questions. Brent Jeffries- Cavern Technologies
PROSEase of use for clients. Reporting and tracking are simple with a very small learning curve. If there is a report you are looking for, they will gladly help as they realize others may be looking for the same thing. This is a well refined SaaS solution.
CONSN/A, I don't have any complaints or areas I wish were improved.
Eric
Verified reviewer
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2018
The best helpdesk system for education enterprises
I love how configurable Sherpadesk is. There are dozens of functions that are available within the system that can either be turned on or turned off per instance. Our organization has 2 instances (one for IT and one for Maintenance) and we are able to configure them both to include the options that make sense for that part of the organization. The ability to create tickets from an email and communicate with users via email are my favorite features within the system.
CONSI have not found any true "cons" to this system. We did encounter a couple of issues during our initial setup but Sherpadesk support (which is hands down the quickest and most professional support team I've ever worked with) was able to help us get through any of those initial hang ups.
Raul
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2018
Great product
All in one with ticketing, time tracking, invoicing and customer notifications
CONSAs many fields can be customized so that I can use it in other laguages then EN the main fields on emails I can't. Not a deal breaker but then....
Darryl
Verified reviewer
Education Management
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2017
SherpaDesk has proven to be a solid decision for our District
Easy implementation, will all the support features we needed, with an easy to use interface. The solution comes with multiple avenues you can interact with your tickets, and provide updates a crossed any platform with an internet connection. A completely cloud hosted solution, based on a subscription model. This makes it easy to manage from the IT administrative end. The support we've received thus far has been great.
CONSSo far, nothing major to note. They are making some enhancements to their reporting, which will be nice once it's made available.
Vendor Response
Thanks for the feedback Darryl! On the next release we will have a new visualization creator and Dashboards! Stay tuned for the next release
Replied April 2017
Callum
Verified reviewer
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
Reviewed February 2016
Sherpa Desk is a great support desk app.
I have been using Sherpa Desk for over a year to handle support requests for my membership sites. It has a very intuitive design and is very easy to learn how to use all the features. It has done a fantastic job at enabling me to handle all my members support inquiries and I would highly recommend it to anyone seeking a support ticket system for their business.
PROSVery easy to set up.
CONSThere is nothing that i have tried to do that it has not been capable of achieving.
Anonymous
1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Finally a decent ticketing system
Overall I really like the software. I've used a number of ticket tools and Sherpadesk doesn't cause me pain to use. Yeah, it's a ticket tool, but at least it's an easy to use one.
PROSThe interface is clean and simple yet offers everything I need as a technician. It has what I need when I need it and an easy way to interact with it.
CONSThe order of listing communications could be better or at least configurable. I often get confused when I go looking for something I added and yet don't see it.
Reasons for switching to SherpaDesk
I changed jobs.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the great feedback. We are always looking to our SherpaDesk community for feedback and making sure we are on the right track!
Replied October 2020
Peter
Verified reviewer
Higher Education, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2018
Brilliant ticket management system
SherpaDesk offers functionality we just didn't have with our old call management system. Being able to easily pass tickets across to other groups within the University, providing any relevant documents is in-valuable. Never once have we had a problem with attachments, or any other information, getting lost in the ether like our old provider did. Instead, SherpaDesk has been 100% reliable and secure. SherpaDesk is updated regularly, ensuring any bugs or security issues are patched out ASAP.
CONSThe main, if only, negative I have for SherpaDesk is getting to grips with the system. It was a rather a big learning curve coming from a much simpler system. The user-interface looks very nice, but navigating it as a newcomer, and even an experienced user, can be troublesome. Trying to understand weeks, sometimes months, of previous emails and correspondence can be confusing. But this seems to be a problem all ticket management applications suffer.
Tom
Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2023
Perfect Solution for our Organization
Excellent overall experience with SherpaDesk. Tech support and Sales team have been very helpful throughout the process from pre-purchase through deployment and even post sale.
PROSEasy to use for both the end users and technicians. Provides good metrics for management as well.
CONSReports could use some work. Not always easy to generate what I am looking to report out.
Reasons for switching to SherpaDesk
Far superior product.
Vendor Response
Thanks Tom for the feedback and review! It's super helpful to learn from our customers. Please send us your suggestions on how we can improve the reporting and we will look to get this implemented - support@sherpadesk.com
Replied April 2023
Mary
Publishing, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2019
Robust Software
I really want to like this software and I think I'm going to be very pleased with it once I stick with it. However, the lack of clear "this is what you do to get started" leaves the user feeling a little overwhelmed.
PROSI like the slate of features as well as the pricing. It looks like a great solution to incorporating a help desk as well as time tracking/invoice and will replace two different software solutions.
CONSIt is not intuitive to setup and the help guides could use improvement. I am going to have to dig in to fully use the software, and having only "setup videos" hampers those with limited internet options such as rural customers.
Vendor Response
Thanks for checking us out Mary! We are working on getting more self help articles out along with some more setup videos. The system has changed a lot over the last few months and some articles have already been dates. We know this is an issue for new users :( HOWEVER! Please feel free to send us questions at anytime to support@sherpadesk.com. We are quick to get back with you. You can also sign up for our weekly demo and talk directly with a product specialist on any questions you may have https://www.sherpadesk.com/book-a-demo
Replied May 2019
Anonymous
51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2018
Decent ticketing system with a lot of functionality
Several ways to sort and access tickets, modern interface, and overall very functional. There is also a phone app, which is a plus. Have not had a need to contact support, so I can't answer to the support quality.
CONSAs other users here, I also transitioned from BigWeb Apps (about 6 months ago), so there has been a bit of a learning curve to this one, and I'm actually still trying to learn all of it's functions. Though I like the overall modern look of SherpaDesk, I feel that BigWeb Apps was much easier to navigate. You have to click a lot more places in SherpaDesk in order to get where you're trying to go (as opposed to the simplistic interface of BigWeb Apps). This is the reason I couldn't give it a full 5 start.
Anonymous
1 employee
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2020
Very polished product
This software was very polished. It has a lot of features almost overwhelming!
CONSI found the usability of the software slightly challenging. In all honesty I think I need just some more experience with it.
Reason for choosing SherpaDesk
Cost and features
Reasons for switching to SherpaDesk
Cost, quality of product
Vendor Response
SherpaDesk provides free email based support, weekly web sessions with a product specialist and a support portal with help articles and videos. For customers needing more 1 on 1 sessions we offer paid training. We work towards answering all questions in a timely manner. Always feel free to reach out. Our support team us here to help.
Replied October 2020
Bjoern
Computer Networking, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2018
Great ticketing platform without the big price tag
very straight forward pricing model, much more competitive than the big players in the market the software has all the features we need (mostly time tracking) and can do a lot more that we don't even utilize support is very helpful and quick to respond and implement changes
CONSmaybe not as flexible as some other platforms, but it also is way cheaper and so much simpler to setup and administer
Ray
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2018
A simple work order system that helps keep the organization on track
The app is a convenient way to input and keep track of work orders for the multiple buildings under our management.
CONSThere are minimal drawbacks but none of them are insurmountable.
David
Verified reviewer
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2018
Very Sharp Product with Many Easy-to-Use Features
This product is fully-hosted, and with a very intuitive interface implementation is easy. We started with some features "turned off" so we could grow into them as we gained experience with the product and was surprised at how well it handled us using additional features on existing tickets, etc.
CONSMore flexibility in reporting would be great - a pre-bill report so you can check invoices for accuracy before creating them, for example, along with the ability to customize the invoice layout. A big item for us as a weak point is more granularity and control over what emails go out to clients. We have a number of "just get it done" clients who don't want to see progress report, awaiting response, and other interim emails that we sometimes see slipping out of the system.
Michael
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
The right ticketing system for sma businesses
Satisfied with the product. Only wish they had phone support.
PROSThe first tech is always free. The software has some really neat email parsing functions that allow you to open a ticket, put time against it, notes, categorize and close a ticket all in one email.
CONSThe software feels a bit clunky. Coming from other ticketing systems it's not the prettiest, but it gets the job done.
Reasons for switching to SherpaDesk
Price
Christian
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 2-10 employees
Used less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
Reviewed May 2016
End of a long search
Well, I'm an italian IT Tech. I need to take care of my customers, I need to track whenever they call me or send me email requests, track time spent for assistance, and so on. So I needed something super fast and easy to use real time while receiving phone calls, emails or doing remote/on-site assistance. I spent 3 months through different solutions. I actually needed just 1 seat to try, test and choose; we're a very small IT consulting agency, so a fair price is mandatory. We had our 1 seat and the full potential of the service permanently free (and we'll add more seats soon). Well, it's been easy to manage and configure from the beginning. You don't need to understand everything from time-0 to use it, you easily become familiar with everything in the first few days, tweaking the setting on your needs. It's not the most complete solution of all, but it's a perfect blend of speed/ease of use/price/flexibility for a small reality like we are.
PROSEase of use; no limited functions or super priced options; very fast; pretty flexible for customization; white-labeled; affordable price
CONSSome redundant unremovable fields in ticket classification; I really miss not being able to translate customer's GUI; Email reports customization shoud be improved to be more flexible.
Robert
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
Reviewed February 2016
Great option for keeping track of Service tickets
We have multiple clients with multiple locations. We use SherpaDesk to keep track of open service calls, pull reports on how long it takes our employees to address the calls, how much time we're spending on the solving the problem, and billing our customers for that time.
PROSEasy to use. Easy to pull reports, excellent customer service when we have a problem.
CONSLike all cloud based apps, we're dependent on the health of the cloud. When there's an issue with the cloud architecture, we have no service. This has only happened on a few occasions.
Chris
Verified reviewer
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2018
A Hidden Gem in a Sea of PSAs
It's simplicity, speed, and responsive support. Also, it's email parser is 2nd to none, allowing us full control in creating tickets (even on the user's behalf), updating, closing, adding billable time, and more all from email - which is one less interface we need to login to! We've tried other PSA solutions and were pleasantly surprised what Sherpadesk offers.
CONSIt's only been out for 3 years, still has a few rough edges, but they come out with product updates every two weeks and we doing all the right things to mature while keeping it simple.
Anonymous
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2018
Solid, simple product
Ease of the SherpDesk tool is appreciated. Keeping it Simple! I appreciate simplicity and not a lot of bells and whistles. I am still very new to SherpaDesk and need more time to truly assess the tool. However, I am well versed in ticketing software and simplicity is key. I appreciate that the online application has not once failed on me.
CONSBeing relatively new to SherpaDesk, I cannot state there are many cons. There are features I do not use but I expect to incorporate some features into our workload soon.