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Freshservice vs ManageEngine IT Asset Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Freshservice
Ranking in IT Asset Management
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (4th), Project Management Software (10th), Cloud Management (10th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (4th), AI IT Support (4th)
ManageEngine IT Asset Manag...
Ranking in IT Asset Management
8th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
License Management (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of Freshservice is 5.4%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ManageEngine IT Asset Management is 4.3%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Freshservice5.4%
ManageEngine IT Asset Management4.3%
Other90.3%
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

RF
IT Service Delivery Manager at Symposiam
Automation and AI have transformed our service delivery and have made IT support faster and more efficient
I always keep up with Freshservice's roadmaps and new features. Freshservice has been very good at listening to feedback and adding those feature requests into their next iterations. I wish they would offer more granular data export options for utilizing in Power BI, along with predictive analytics for capacity planning and SLA breaches to enable more proactive support management and reduce firefighting. While the dashboards are effective, some users find custom reporting limited compared to ServiceNow or Jira. I would also appreciate deeper integrations, especially for niche apps requiring development coding work to enable advanced orchestration. Native integrations for DevOps pipelines such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins, along with stronger API flexibility for complex workflows, would enhance functionality. Although the CMDB and asset management are solid, they do lack advanced dependency mapping compared to other enterprise tools. My wishlist includes automated impact analysis for changes and improved visualization of asset relationships, enabling quicker resolutions from an agent's perspective when alerts come in. I acknowledge that Device42 may enhance this, but it is an extra cost beyond what we already pay. While Freddy AI is excellent for triage and suggestions, some users desire more proactive automation, such as predictive ticket routing based on historical patterns and AI-driven capacity forecasting. Lastly, the pricing tiers might seem rigid for mid-sized teams, so a more granular add-on option for features such as Device42 or pay-per-use for orchestration workflows could be beneficial.
CP
Technical Consultant at alnafitha IT
Tickets are managed efficiently across departments, ensuring continuous network monitoring
I predominantly use ManageEngine OpManager for network monitoring. Starting from my switches, firewalls, routers, and so on, the main use case is to ensure continuous monitoring of network devices. It provides unified console access, offering live performance metrics and granular details, including…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the sandbox, which allows me to test new configurations, automations, and workflows before taking them live on the production system."
"We really like the Freshchat widget that allows people to engage with our FAQs on any kind of webpage or web property."
"Depending on the size of your organization, is pretty standard and useful."
"I do like the workflow automation capabilities, where based upon certain actions, it will automatically go and route tickets to a particular person. It is fairly user-friendly."
"It has a very easy, flexible model. You can open up a particular module and work on the next. That's what we did. Overall, it provides a simple way of getting your support teams up and running. That was one thing that I thought was quite easy to do."
"We have definitely seen a return on investment based on the use cases we have implemented."
"All features explored in Freshservice have proven to be helpful in reducing workload and ticket redundancy."
"The solution has been stable."
"We are satisfied with the product because each module is user-friendly, and we can customize it based on our organization's requirements."
"The technical support is great."
"The auto-discovery feature has helped us a lot."
"The most valuable component of the ITSM tool is the help desk due to its organized way of raising tickets."
"This is a very stable solution."
"The ability to define custom templates for asset management helps track assets, budgets, warranties, and expiries effectively."
"It's very smart. I use it with minimal adjustments needed."
"In my opinion, it is the MDM; patch management and deployment are the valuable features."
 

Cons

"Freshservice could improve the integration with Microsoft Outlook."
"They can improve the search. While searching the inventory, when I cancel a selected category, the search box disappears, and I have to reload the page. It is a small glitch. Currently, we can have only one plan per subscription. All users have to be on the same plan. We can't have two users for plan A and five users for plan B. It might be good if there was an option to have different plans within one subscription so that you can assign each agent to the corresponding plan."
"The chat portal is not that great."
"The automation workflows are powerful, but the UI can feel limited; once the workflows get complex, it becomes hard to visualize them."
"Their analytics need improvement."
"Freshservice automation capabilities are improving the way we respond to a few customers. There is a bit of delay when we must respond to the customer."
"On the reporting side, when we were doing reporting, one thing that was a bit of a limitation was when you had a data list containing a list of changes that have occurred for the whole time and you had to fit the list onto a page. If the list went over the page, it would just truncate it at the page. You wouldn't get all your data. So, it didn't work. That was one big stand-out for me. What we tended to do was convert things into a more readable format, and then we had more targeted exception reporting, but it would be nice to have a full list of things that could be automatically generated and that can flow over pages."
"Freshservice's technical support has issues with delays and translations."
"The assets that can be discovered are pretty easy to manage, but there should be a better way to manage non-discoverable assets. Our development team works on bots and tests particular hardware. They have got different varieties of hardware. They want a feature for managing these assets within a warehouse kind of environment. For example, our IT has received 100 items, and they have assigned these items as a bulk unit to a project manager. The project manager further wants to distribute these items within his or her team. Instead of maintaining a separate Excel sheet, the project manager should be able to reallocate these items from within the tool so that we have hierarchical entities for the same unit."
"I would love to see a digital adoption feature or guide that navigates first-time users through the application, as it is quite complex with many relevant and irrelevant elements."
"The asset management tool is costly."
"I would love to see a digital adoption feature or guide that navigates first-time users through the application, as it is quite complex with many relevant and irrelevant elements."
"Responses from ManageEngine should be faster."
"It requires some development to be better, more comfortable, and usable, enhancing customer satisfaction."
"The engineering area needs improvement."
"I hope it includes barcode features, as barcode scanning and MacAdes cannot currently be mapped with this field."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is reasonable."
"The cost at the current timing is very reasonable but as the product gains popularity, I anticipate it might become expensive. Fortunately my customers have been offered a generous discount making it more affordable for me and satisfying both my needs and customers requirement."
"It was a middle tier. It wasn't an expensive one. It was a tier model usage. Licensing costs varied between admin users and regular users."
"The price of Freshservice could improve, it is expensive."
"Our licensing fee for Freshservice is $2,500 a year."
"Its price is great. Its pricing is supposedly a lot less than ServiceNow and other alternatives."
"Compared to other tools, Freshservice is affordable."
"The solution has an annual licensing model."
"Its price is reasonable, but I wish it was lower."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
9%
Educational Organization
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
6%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Freshservice?
The solution has been very helpful engineering insights into the client's environment. We have been able to manage calls and incidence very efficiently which provides us with a clear understanding...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Freshservice?
I do not have any experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing, as it was assigned to the infrastructure team.
What needs improvement with Freshservice?
Freshservice is a strong IT service management platform, but there are several areas where it could be further improved to deliver even more value. One key area is advanced reporting and analytics....
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine IT Asset Management?
The pricing of ManageEngine IT Asset Management is publicly available, so customers can verify its fairness. Some companies may request discounts, which ManageEngine can provide. The licensing mode...
What needs improvement with ManageEngine IT Asset Management?
When we encounter issues with ManageEngine IT Asset Management, we check the online portal or ChatGPT, and they provide numerous knowledge bases on YouTube and Google. However, the issue is that th...
What advice do you have for others considering ManageEngine IT Asset Management?
The pricing of ManageEngine IT Asset Management is handled by the management team, so I am not involved with that aspect. I consider it a stable solution. My overall rating for ManageEngine IT Asse...
 

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