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Clarity SM
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85% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Clarity SM and Micro Focus Service Anywhere [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Clarity SM
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (22nd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (21st)
Micro Focus Service Anywher...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Sandip Kheni - PeerSpot reviewer
Sandip Kheni
Lead Developer at STL - Sterlite Technologies Limited
Allows for customization of the service desk manager
They should enhance the service desk manager's service point function to be more customizable. Presently, there are so many limitations in this particular UI. Thus, similar to the existing UI, they should provide a customization source for this new UI. It could turn out to be very good for the end-user experience.
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it_user568017 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user568017
CTO at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
It is accurate, secure and stable.
Anything that can basically reduce the amount of time that the guys spend working on a specific problem or task. There is always room for improvement that can be in terms of functionality, cost of market, ease of use, training of the product and so on. If it brings functionality into the solution, that would be good. I'll leave it at that because there's so much that they can offer, it's unreal.
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It has a good GUI interface."
"Customer Service: High. Collaborates with gains in maturity."
"The most valuable fractures of Clarity SM are its ease of use and security. I have been highly satisfied. We've been able to integrate it with email and an SMS gateway for the purposes of notifications. That works very well."
"We are better able to manage and keep track of SLAs with end users, analysts work more efficiently based on the ticket priority, and we can better manage IT assets and contract licenses through CMDB."
"It also provides the front end for the employees too. It's pretty basic, but it gives them the means to reach out to IT so they don't have to pick up the phones."
"That has been very good with the decision that we made because we've been able to upgrade the software versions in one month which is amazing."
"Modules of integrated ITIL managers."
"The in-service catalog is quite useful."
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"We've got faster time for our agents to open tickets, they find the screens really easy to use, and they're pre-populated with information about our users which our old system didn't have."
"Now, our customer has a flow chart to maintain requests, and the service desk has got good feedback from the customer."
"We chose Service Anywhere because it provides a cost effective pricing model, was quick to implement, and provided a good end user experience."
"The self-service portal is good, the dashboards are good, and it's an improvement over what we had before."
"It helps to capitalize everything in our company and also to leverage the activity between the teams."
"So far, the initial setup time for the initial configuration to get it up and running and usable was surprisingly fast."
"If ITIL adoption is important, then this would be the product as it is cloud based, quick, cost-effective, and easy to implement."
"We can provide a rollout in two to four weeks from customer engagement to production use."
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Cons

"Service Desk is not perceived as one of the better products in this space."
"Rebuilding the visual interface in the same style using modern web technologies can extend the usability of the system for up to 10 years."
"I would like to see the API cleaned up. Right now, because of the way CA works, they combine a lot of applications. But the API is a mess, it's hard to navigate, hard to figure out."
"There are a lot of messages that just are not necessary."
"The upgrade was pretty complex."
"Ease of support and upgrades need much improvement."
"I encountered a scalability issue with an older version."
"The UI is old school with a lot of windows opening and slowing down the process of ticket creation by the end users."
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"Customer service is 3/10 as it has a lot of scope for improvement."
"Technical support is okay. They have a large customer base so the technical support is not quite the same as the on-premises solution."
"I'd like to see better ways of getting reports into a paper copy which means the ability to export into Excel."
"However, this application won't be enough for us."
"They're terrible as there was just a lack of response. We had to go through other avenues to get responses from the first level support."
"The technical support could be better."
"Reporting is a challenge. We're working out how we can effectively report on what's going on."
"Integration: The integration capacity of the tool is limited."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is based on a subscription model."
"I don't see anyone other than large companies being able to afford this system."
"The solution is quite reasonable compared to other solutions in the market."
"Pricing is simple, as it’s per concurrent analysts."
"It is a bit expensive, but you definitely get what you pay for. It is worth it!"
"There is a subscripted needed to use Clarity SM. The price of the solution could be less expensive. ServiceNow is less expensive and BMC Helix is priced similar to Clarity SM."
"I think pricing of this model is suitable for growing corporations."
"Clarity offers a perpetual license. Customers purchase the license once and then pay for maintenance. CA provides a subscription model as well. Both models are available for our customers."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Marketing Services Firm
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Media Company
7%
Performing Arts
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise66
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise10
 

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Micro Focus Service Anywhere [EOL]
March 2026
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Also Known As

CA Service Desk Manager, Clarity Service Management, CA Service Management, Unicenter Service Desk, CA SDM, CA Service Catalog, CA Business Service Insight
HPE Service Anywhere
 

Overview

Service desk capabilities, an integral part of the CA Service Management solution, can enable you to deliver efficiencies in IT service management to business consumers, power users and decision makers. Mobility and collaborative self-service capabilities provide a modern user experience for accessing services and performing tasks, which can help drive user adoption, satisfaction and productivity.

Learn More: https://www.ca.com/us/products...

Broadcom

Micro Focus Service Anywhere is a comprehensive, Big Data SaaS service desk based on industry best practices and built on a modern, scalable platform. Micro Focus Service Anywhere is easy-to-use with no installation, seamless upgrades, and rich out-of-the-box capabilities.

Using Big Data analytics, Micro Focus Service Anywhere proactively suggests knowledge during the natural course of service desk activities based on what is trending and most relevant. Big Data is embedded, analyzing all useful ITSM data across traditional structured records and previously unused, unstructured data. Combined with social collaboration and an attractive, modern interface, employees become more self-sufficient and tickets are reduced. Agents also become more efficient as tickets are automatically categorized and assigned to the appropriate agent, and when an agent reviews a service request, the system offers information that can resolve the issue and helps fill in required fields. Big Data also provides insights into trends to help process owners become more proactive, improving service quality.

Quick to deploy – your service desk can be up and running in just a few short weeks. Once deployed, it is then simple to administer and maintain going forward. Upgrades are effectively effortless. Its out-of-the-box capabilities reduce the need for customization and further decrease implementation times and associated costs.

For additional information read the Forrester Total Economic Impact Study on Micro Focus Service Anywhere.

To try a 30-day free trial of Micro Focus Service Anywhere, visit: hpe.com/software/servicedesk

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Sample Customers

Banco G&T Continental City of Perth, FEMSA, Fujitsu, Manpower, Muslim Commercial Bank - MCB, Punjab National Bank, Santa Clara County Social Services, Stefanini
·         United Airlines·         America First Credit Union·         AerLingus·         PointClick Care·         Faro Europe GmbH·         The Hutton Institute·         Tunise Electronique
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