Spiceworks Software

Pros

The simplicity of the software, easy to use and the information is easily accessible. The reporting was sent directly to my emails and easy to distinguish what information was important.

Cons

There are constant reminder to install tools that give you more access, that are not originally in the setup wizard.

Overall satisfied, will continue to use the product and recommend

Pros

Easy to get one's hand around this tool
User-friendly
The product is evolving continuously through user feedback

Cons

The limitation it had on user accounts in trial version!

Pros

The price was perfect
The reporting features are great
Setting permission levels and creating user accounts is quick and simple
The ability to communicate with other users for advice is great
The alerts for when a new ticket is created helps a lot

Cons

It was a little difficult to navigate through the program but once you get used to it you will be fine.

Great for medium and small businesses. The resources available through Spiceworks makes it well worth the cost of admission.

Pros

From the download to the end of the install, Spiceworks is very easy to set up.
It is easy to mange, you don't need a network admin.
It is easy to use, you don't have to be in IT.

Cons

While Spiceworks is very easy to use it is not designed for a large businesses.
Some patches force you to reset views (No big deal)

Pros

-The program is Free, - relatively Easy to Use, - email notification makes for easy response communication - simply looking; not too complex to not understand how to operate within the system

Cons

- doesn't have the areas to input information that is required by our company. Also doesn't have the ability for auto populating equipment into tickets when person is selected.

It's user friendly and the design is neat. More functionality with reports would be nicer.

Pros

It's user friendly and the design is neat.

Cons

More functionality with reports would be nicer.

It is good for a free product, sometimes a bit overwhelming and sometimes a bit underwhelming.

Pros

It's free and does have a lot of functions.

Cons

Lots of those functions are not setup and unless you pay for support, it's user community for help, which isn't always helpful.

Advice to Others

If you don't have the money it's great, else, look for other product.

It has some wonderful features like IP tracking and software audit.

Pros

A powerful tool for admins and those who want to audit PC's.

Cons

You have to pay to free all the modules.

Advice to Others

Don't buy it. There are some other cheaper options that do the same.

Too complicated for something that should be simple. Creates too many tickets for one task. Font is too bad.

Pros

Don't know.

Cons

Mentioned in the review.

Advice to Others

Could be simpler.

I like the way Spicework is executed, however, it needs improvement. We were using it with the combination of our Gmail account. There are times it doesn't show who the sender is, so we have to locate it from our mailbox, which is an extra step we don't need.

Pros

It enables the user to keep track on how long the individual spends on the assigned task.

Cons

It needs to tell the user who the sender is, rather than guessing who sent it. We can improve on adding graphics to make it look more appealing to the user.

Advice to Others

N/A

Spiceworks provides a valuable way to keep track of tasks and to provide a system of accountability for employers. The interface of the platform creates a few issues. The size of the font in tickets is too small, it makes it difficult to work from it on a daily basis. Also, there are a few glitches with how information is displayed when the screen is enlarged. It's difficult to see the last ticket as it is often hidden under the field where you view information. When you link tickets to a group email, it doesn't always show who the ticket is from...instead, it lists the ticket as coming from the group email...which makes it difficult to follow up on issues.

Pros

Provides a way to track tasks, creates reports on productivity.

Cons

The size of the font in tickets is too small, it makes it difficult to work from it on a daily basis. Also, there are a few glitches with how information is displayed when the screen is enlarged. It's difficult to see the last ticket as it is often hidden under the field where you view information. When you link tickets to a group email, it doesn't always show who the ticket is from...instead, it lists the ticket as coming from the group email...which makes it difficult to follow up on issues.

Advice to Others

I honestly wouldn't recommend it unless there are improvements to some of the issues I've mentioned before. As I do not work at a tech company, it does not provide a better way of keeping track of tasks (in a way that makes using email inefficient)

We tried using Spiceworks at my work, but it was way too glitchy to be effective. Tickets were created that didn't include the email address of the person emailing us and when I responded, the message didn't go anywhere! I had to contact our Spiceworks admin to dig into the system and figure out where these messages came from and it ended up taking days to things that should have taken minutes. Ultimately it seemed easier to just go back to using other software instead of your ticketing system.

Pros

I like the idea of a ticketing system, but Spiceworks was too cumbersome to be effective. I also like that Spiceworks is stationed in Austin.

Cons

Emails got lost, the interface wasn't intuitive, the search function was inefficient.

Advice to Others

Try a collaborative inbox in Gmail instead.

We are a degree granting Business school. We use Spiceworks on a daily basis to track and resolve technical issues. The interface is easy and intuitive. It works perfectly. There are a lot of resources available like video tutorial. I will highly recommend Spiceworks.

We are a 1.2 person IT/computer education department and growing by leaps and bounds. We needed something to keep track of our open issues that didn't cost us much because we work at a Catholic school and the budget is low. Free is a good word and Spiceworks is beyond my expectations. Has the ability to create an article for a knowledgebase.

And can also generate stats.

Pros

Easy to use.

Advice to Others

Since we are a small shop, this may not have all the functionality of some big ticket help desk apps but I was surprised at how much it does have.

A powerful tool, good reporting, however, design portal is not so easy to navigate.

Advice to Others

It bills itself as a system for IT departments and that's clearly what it is. I've used it for maintenance and housekeeping tickets and it works, but it's not ideal for that purpose.

I used the cloud-based version of Spiceworks for our tech support team as our ticketing system. It was a way to keep track of all the inquiries, a way to divide tasks, keep track of how quickly these tasks were getting done and what topics are being worked on the most. Spiceworks is very easy to get off the ground, very easy to use. I liked the categories, having its own portal, & email address. I used it with my google group so anyone who emailed our specific email would then get forwarded to Spiceworks and from there it would automatically generate a ticket. I found it great to take a quick look to see productivity and efficiency of the team. It's a centralized location and prevents topics/emails from being forgotten.

Pros

Easy to use. Reporting feature is cool to see what response time is, can export a report to CSV. Nice for supervisors to see what is being worked on. It splits up the responsibility of the tasks and we know who is responsible.

Cons

Any yahoo.com emails would not get the creator labeled properly so if we were to respond to that ticket, it wouldn't go to the actual creator. Staff found it cumbersome and difficult to read the small font and to follow the thread.

Advice to Others

The downloaded version has more functionality. I used a google group and perhaps that caused some problems with yahoo accounts, I'm not sure. People who emailed us using a yahoo account would not get their ticket labeled properly by them as the creator so keep an eye out for that. Our staff was reluctant to use this so 50% of the team did not want to continue using it. It's great for upper management oversight but the staff didn't like using it as much. Train them on the nuances, explain why it's useful to use to get them on board. Maybe do a trail run with a dummy account.

Very simple, albeit, limited software that is fine for the most basic needs.

Pros

simplicity of use

Cons

Limited features and flexibility

Advice to Others

ok for small, not very complex, companies.

the spiceworks portal is easy to use and all information is right at fingertips.

Pros

all data in one spot for reports

Cons

none

Advice to Others

INSTALL IT NOW!

very good software and free.
i like the way you can manage your inventory

Pros

good to maintain you inventory up to date

Cons

sometimes it is hard to automatically get client specifications.
the agent sometimes does not work and you have to add you equipment manually

Spiceworks is a very easy to use product that is complimented by many features and functions that a full commercial helpdesk tool would use. Our organization has used the reporting capabilities, inventory management, ticket management and allocation, and has really cleaned up our CS email inbox.

Advice to Others

If you're looking for something free, easy to setup and easy to use this is your tool