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Tim
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
Multiple Implementations
I've worked with some other, similar products before, and this is by far the most capable. Additionally, the company is U.S. based and support is almost always available the same day with quick resolutions.
PROSIt does exactly what you need it to in terms of Asset Management, Remote Support, and software deployment
CONSSo far I haven't had anything bad that hasn't been able to be resolved
Reason for choosing SyAM Software
Past experience with all three products. Syam was the most hand-on company and personally cared about my implementation.
Reasons for switching to SyAM Software
Spiceworks was pretty, but slow and that was a huge detriment to the environment.
Vendor Response
Tim, Thank you for your review. Glad to hear the features are covering all of your asset management requirements. Will be in touch later in the month to see how the Help desk roll out is going. Nick
Replied September 2019
Stephen
Information Technology and Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
Goes above and beyond.
We were looking for a product to easily push out software. Syam had the way to do and fairly simple. The other features were an added bonus and saved us money. We also switched to their helpdesk solution as well
PROSNot only does it do power management, it also does inventory, helpdesk ticketing, pushes out software and patches, integrates into your network and chrome or Apple devices. Also you to manage your mobile devices. All around great product that ties multiple features into one product.
CONSLots of emails for the ticketing system but with email rules it can be managed or there is the option to turn off alerts.
Reason for choosing SyAM Software
All in one product unlike everything separate and easy to use.
Reasons for switching to SyAM Software
Previous product was complicated and expensive. Tech support was terrible.
Vendor Response
Stephen Thank you for your positive review. Its great to hear that our features are benefiting your school district with managing your assets. We've enjoyed working with you rolling out SyAM over the last few years. I agree the emails from ticketing can be overwhelming and we've got changes in the pipeline to enable more control around alerting. Nick
Replied August 2019
John
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
1
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed July 2019
Review
The software offers many different services. The help desk ticketing portion of the system is well done.
CONSSome aspects of the system are not intuitive and in return the software can be very complicated to use. Support has been great however in helping navigate though some of the tougher features of the software.
Vendor Response
John, Thank you for bringing up your concern of the ease of use. I'll be in touch shortly to setup a training, that way we can cover all features and help improve the use of the software. Nick
Replied July 2019
Sharon
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2019
Syam Software
Customer support is outstanding! Representative always responds immediately to any request for help. Their level of assistance and training far exceeds any other software vendor by far! Having so many software components integrated into a singular software package has improved productivity, efficiency and overall software costs.
PROSWe use this software for our Asset Management, Ticketing System , MDM, Power Management, alerts on server/computer health, storage issues, reporting on what software is installed on our computers and remote access to our clients. We also have the ability to push 3rd party software to our computers . The Asset Management has helped us with our Inventory, assigning devices to staff and students and has been beneficial to us in collection of chromebooks at the end of the year. The import and export functions have been of great value to us. The ticketing system has allowed us to work more efficiently. Our users are able to create tickets easily by going to our helpdesk portal or by launching the desktop icon from their system tray. By customizing the ticket system, we are able to get as much information from our users immediately for us to assess and address the problem as quickly as possible and in some cases tickets are automatically assigned to a technician. We are also able to take advantage of the remote desktop feature directly to assist our users if a visit is not necessary. The MDM has been the best solution for our District. We have purchased and trialed many different products and have found Syam the best for managing our iPads, Apps and Apple TV's . We just got Google Integration into the MDM. We are still exploring this, but have found it to be very helpful already. Our technicians are just starting to use this feature but their feedback has been positive.
CONSI really have no Cons. If there is something we think would be useful to us, it is usually addressed in an upcoming update.
Vendor Response
Sharon, Thank you for your detailed review. I'm glad the hear the features incorporated into the software are greatly assisting your school district. Its been great working with you and getting feedback. Nick
Replied August 2019
Pamela
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2019
SyAM one stop for all!
It has been exceptional!
PROSBy using the SyAM applications - it has reduced the time in so many different ways. Making the daily work load so much less than it was. We use SyAM for asset management , one benefit is that is has taken away the task of touching each machine to grab the mac address for MAC authentication. We just run a report and grab it from the SyAM asset management application. It also helps us with our yearly inventory report that needs to be presented to the BOE. We use SyAM for our MDM - by using SyAM we touch the machines once when they come in and then we never see them again unless the screen breaks. We use SyAM for our ticketing system. We had a reduction in staff this year and the ticketing system has been amazing. When a ticket is created - it is sent out to the techs and they are able to respond in a reasonable time, making everyone happy. I am so glad we have this system. The support from SyAM is fantastic. I have never been disappointed.
CONSI would like to clean up the ticketing system so it flows better for the end user. I am pretty sure this is on my end not SyAM. I can't really think of anything that we do not like about the software.
Reasons for switching to SyAM Software
SyAM had more to offer at the time
Vendor Response
Pam, Thank you for the kind words on our support, I'll let everyone know here that they are doing a great job. Glad to hear that our software is helping on all fronts of your IT department. Will be in touch to work on updating the ticketing system to utilize all of our features and assist with the additional workload due to the staff reduction. Nick
Replied July 2019
Lauren
Primary/Secondary Education, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2019
SyAM Software
SyAM has been a good solution for us this last year. We were looking for a system which could help us eliminate multiple vendors and costs for MDM, inventory, helpdesk, power management and software installs. We are actively working with SyAM to discuss desired features and adjustments to the system and are thankful they are willing to be part of the conversation.
PROSWe have tried many helpdesk/MDM/inventory systems and this one is very intuitive to learn. The customization level is decent and the support from the company staff has been amazing. Someone is always a phone call away and willing to explain or remote into the system. Their support documentation is also very detailed which makes it easy to follow along with steps to something you are unfamiliar with. The MDM groups system is wonderful. This saves us a lot of time over previous systems that we have used. Moving from bucket to bucket is also a breeze which makes things quickly. We have not full explored he functionality of features such as remote access or the machines "health" statues. We plan on using SyAM for the foreseeable future and I look forward to exploring more of its features.
CONSThe cons that I have about this software seem to all be items SyAM is working on, which is nice. The MDM system currently does not allow assignment based on ID's like some other systems. Currently the helpdesk system is not integrated with Google SSO sign in for our organization, which does not allow us to use the helpdesk end-user portal. In the future they say this will be possible and we are very much looking forward to it! I would also love to see an upgraded UI. Things like color coding, clearly labeled organization, and graphic design go a long way with technology staff.
Vendor Response
Lauren, Thank you for your review, I'm glad the help desk roll out has gone well. I will let the staff know that the online help and documentation are helpful.. Please be assured we are working hard on bringing the features requested for MDM and Google integration Nick
Replied July 2019
Richard
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2019
Great software
Syam has help us get a control on our assests and management of the desktops/laptops from one location. Been using the software for 5 plus years. The last school district I was in started using. So when I started with a new district that had the software but was not using it. I contacted support to get it up and running. They actually made several site visits to assist in the setup of the software.
PROSIt is a great tool to manage desktop and laptops. We were able to deploy secure browsers to all of our desktop and laptops that needed the browser install. We have been able to update Java and Internet browswers with a few simple steps. Our iPads are easier to track now and deploy APPS to them using the SyAM software. We were able to save the district over $15,000 a year by switch to Syam for the IT ticketing system. We are able to ask for more inforamation when a ticket is being entered by the end user. Asset management has been help also.
CONSWhen switching from the ticket system to asset management you cannot have two tabs open with each showing up.
Reason for choosing SyAM Software
It was in place and had used it in the past.
Vendor Response
Rich, Glad to hear about the savings and all of the functions you're utilizing with SyAM. Lets discuss the use case for the multi screen asset/ticketing requirement Nick
Replied July 2019
Steven
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
SyAM Software Review
Workflows are better than ever. We have a great handle on our assets. Overall a great product for the money.
PROSThe product is a one-stop shop for all our asset management and ticketing needs. We also have some specific circumstances in our district and the developers of the product have been excellent at providing customized solutions in a timely fashion. For example, we were looking to at an insurance module for our student Chromebook program and that functionality is now built into the system. Customer support is absolutely top notch. New features that we haven't asked for but are quite helpful are constantly being added to the platform. For example, we have a full mobile device management system which is also being heavily used by my techs.
CONSEarly on in our adoption of the product, the software could be buggy at times. Instances such as this are quite rare. Other than that, I have not complaints about the software at all.
Vendor Response
Steve Thank you for your review. It's been great working with you on the Ticketing and Chromebook Insurance and are grateful to have feedback from your team to make the product even better. I'm glad the MDM roll out has been helpful in managing your mobile assets. Nick
Replied August 2019
Roberta
Education Management, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2019
Automating processes
Distributing software is easy once you understand their process. They work with you from the beginning through all processes. They still keep in touch and ask if there is anything they can do to help. Their help desk is a little difficult to set up but after that it is easy and informative.
PROSThe software allows you to automate many processes. The team works with you to customize what they already have in production and then works with you on any add-ons you would like. Their assistance in setting up the software and working with you every step of the way to make sure you are successful.
CONSthere isn’t much to say here, they are helpful and stay in touch.
Reasons for switching to SyAM Software
Ease of one solution. I used this in a previous district and was very happy with the results. My team needed to decide for themselves which I gave them the option to do. They decided that this software was a valuable tool
Vendor Response
Roberta It's been a pleasure working with you over the last few years and look forward to the new roll out this summer. Nick
Replied July 2019
George
Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2019
Great Multi-Role Software with great support
With SyAm we have a much needed platform for energy management, resource management and mobile device management.
PROSI love the ability and support to be able to customize it to our needs. I like the real-time updates, the reporting structure, and the ability to customize templates including the automatic e-mail responses.
CONSWhile the end user sees a very simple interface, the mid-level needs a bit of training to interact with the system. The KB is a bit clunky.
Reason for choosing SyAM Software
Overall capabilities of the platform.
Reasons for switching to SyAM Software
Schooldude was not as flexible as we would have liked.
Vendor Response
George Thank you for your review, I'll send your feedback on the KB and make sure that's improved over the next few months. NIck
Replied November 2019
Matthew
Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
Software for everything
It is the best product for schools if they want to figure out what they have in place in all their buildings. The support and customer experience is fantastic. It is a company that is always hands-on with their customers. If there are problems with the software I always get support within the hour or at least one business day.
PROSI like how it can do almost anything we can think of. It helps us not have to use so much manpower for projects and implementation. It is easy to navigate and use for anyone.
CONSonly thing is sometimes it can be buggy. The support staff has been great with resolving issues but it does happen.
Vendor Response
Matt Thanks for your kind words. Its been great working with you as your roll out more of our features. Unfortunately, no software product is perfect, and we try our best to qualify all types of environments on the new features. I appreciate your communication and access to resolve any issues quickly and with minimal disruption. Nick
Replied August 2019
Ramon
Government Administration, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2019
SyAM System at TON
The remote support to other PCs is very helpful for us, but like I stated above; wish we had the option to see users' second or third screen when they used.
PROS1) Site Manager Suite very user-friendly 2) System Area Manager very user-friendly 3) Remote Support is also easy to use - just wish we had the option to see users' second or third screen.
CONSThese are not 'CONS" per se but I just need to get more acquainted with the Management Utility modules. I have had worked on some features but I need more training on them.
Vendor Response
Ramon, Thank you for your review. I'd be glad to schedule some time in the next few weeks to come in and provide more training. I will keep you posted as we investigate the ability for multi screen support. Nick
Replied July 2019
James
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2019
Outstanding
It is a very powerful software suite and I can't say enough good things about the customer support.
PROSThe customer support is top notch and the software does what it is supposed to do very well.
CONSI really haven't found any cons. The software is outstanding.
Vendor Response
James, Thank you for your kind words, its been great working with you over the years at Kirbyville and now Buna Nick
Replied July 2019
Angela
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2019
Daily use of syam
The support has been outstanding and I am looking forward to learning more about syam and using it to its full potential
PROSThe ability to have a remote view and control over our devices
CONSThere are so many steps to configuring the devices and some of the steps are confusing and complex for the average user
Vendor Response
Angela, Thank you for the feedback. We are working on simplifying the enrollment process and MDM user Interface. I would welcome the opportunity to come and present the new interface to get your valuable user feedback. Nick
Replied July 2019
Dave
Information Technology and Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed July 2019
Find a better solution
I really don't like anything about it. Maybe the web interface versus an application interface.
CONSExtremely poor functionality. Saved filters often get removed and you need to recreate them. Cannot close multiple helpdesk tickets at a time. Response time even in a heavily resourced environment is poor.
Vendor Response
Dave Thank you for your review, sorry to hear of the issues being experienced, I will follow up with Lauren on the filter issue. To close multiple tickets, click on the check boxes next to the tickets you wish to close. Next click on the red circle in the header, you can then enter a comment to be recorded within each ticket, this can be made public or kept private. Nick
Replied July 2019
terry
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
MIS Manage
Ticketing, asset management, interface with GAC, remote control
CONSI find the report function a little cumbersome
Reason for choosing SyAM Software
cost, support, it was developed to be used by an IT department
Vendor Response
Terry, Thank you for your review, I agree with your comment on reporting and we are working on improving this feature. Nick
Replied August 2019
Suthakar
Financial Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2019
RDP and ticketing
Nice to use and less price
PROSEasy to automate to discover and install agent automatically, and we can take quick RDP session.
CONSReport we need little more data. For example, In that software summary report we can find out asset number.
Reason for choosing SyAM Software
Cheap and best
Vendor Response
Suthakar Thank you for your review. Nick
Replied September 2019
Ritesh
Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2019
Best Remote Management solution
Best Remote Management s
PROSRemote Management solution Patch Management
CONSNo issue in the product identified as such
Vendor Response
Ritesh I am glad you are happy with our remote management capabilities. Nick
Replied August 2019
Bhavin
Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2019
Best IT System solution
Excellent
PROSAsset Management solution Help Desk Management
CONSDid not find any issue in the solution as such
Vendor Response
Bhavin, Thank you for your kind words Nick
Replied August 2019
Evan
Information Technology and Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed July 2019
SyAM Review
Once the software is setup, it is easy to manage and use. I personally use the Mobile Device Management part of the software the most. I believe it is cheaper per device then any of the other MDM software products currently on the market.
CONSSometimes, our SyAM server (which is local) will go down. It ends up using too much memory on the windows server.
Vendor Response
Evan, Thank you for confirming the ease of use of the MDM management. I'll get in touch with Robert about reviewing what's causing the server issue. Nick
Replied July 2019
Christopher
Education 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 July 2019
Great MDM software
The ease of use. Getting devices up and running is almost too easy.
CONSHonestly, my only complaint is the loading time, and I'm sure it's just my impatience.
Vendor Response
Chris, Glad to here the software is working our well managing your iPads. Lets setup a time to meet and review the loading time issue. Nick
Replied July 2019
Christine
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2019
SYAM ROCKS!
SYAM has helped my organization manage our fleet of ipads and customize preferences and apps by group. We have been very impressed with their level of customer service. Reps are quick to answer questions, explain functions, helped us set up the system, and even come visit us when we needed extra training.
PROSSYAM is an awesome device management suite that allows remote management, energy monitoring and inventory management all in one. I like the level of detail I am able to see on individual devices as well as groups of devices.
CONSThe user interface is a little confusing in some areas. Syncing can be slow at times to the point where I am wondering if it is actually performing a task or is just hung up. It would be helpful to have a "working on it" indicator so I know it is working.
Vendor Response
Christine, It's been great working with you and I'm happy to hear the iPads are now under control. Lets chat when I'm at your district next week about the 'working on it' message requirement. Nick
Replied July 2019
Amy
Libraries, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2019
SyAM Software review
It was easy to keep track of my iPads and keep them updated.
CONSSometimes the locking down of the missing iPads didn’t seem to work. I may have been doing something wrong though.
Vendor Response
Amy, Thank you for your review, I am glad to hear that the MDM is helping with your iPad management. I will have information sent to you covering the lockdown and tracking features for your iPads. Nick
Replied July 2019
Soumen
Automotive, 11-50 employees
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2019
Excellent Asset Management, Patch Management, Remote Managment and Power Management Solution
Saved Money Lovely Dashboard and reports
PROS1) Many features catering to the requirements of an IT Head. 2) Has all the features of Asset Tracking, Remote Management and Patch Management. 3) Save money and Power from the Power Audit features 4) Excellent dashboard and reports.
CONSThe Power Audit features which saves energy.
Vendor Response
Soumen, Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad to hear the features are covering your IT requirements. Nick
Replied July 2019