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JIRA Service Management vs Samanage comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

JIRA Service Management
Ranking in Help Desk Software
2nd
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Samanage
Ranking in Help Desk Software
19th
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
18th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
IT Asset Management (14th), License Management (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Help Desk Software category, the mindshare of JIRA Service Management is 8.8%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Samanage is 1.3%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Help Desk Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
JIRA Service Management8.8%
Samanage1.3%
Other89.9%
Help Desk Software
 

Featured Reviews

Karim Yousef - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently track and document projects with seamless tool integration
We are a management warehouse that provides services to different customers in different sectors. Primarily, we serve the banking sector and the military sector. We manage all the software delivery projects through tools such as JIRA Service Management or TFS Confluence is a great tool for…
Moldir Shynggys - PeerSpot reviewer
Great filtering feature and a good analytics dashboard
Samanage is our ticketing system and users email us with their issues which we're then able to prioritize. We are customers of Samanage The best feature of Samanage is filtering. It also allows us to create a solution for recurring issues. It's like having a stack overflow in the company. I like…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This is a flexible tool for logging and tracking issues efficiently."
"The flow of the reports is good."
"The customization is the most valuable aspect of the solution. I can customize full workflows. It's very flexible. We can use mail if we want to open requests as well."
"Customizations are most valuable. The customization of workflows is the main power of the Atlassian tools in general."
"Easy to use and user-friendly."
"Two features I like about Jira are its ticketing system and its compatibility with Confluence. Also, the Knowledge Base is one of the more valuable features that would really benefit us."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its SLA, which everybody wants when it comes to a service-based offering."
"JIRA helps integrate Kanban Board features and for this reason what it does it does well."
"The best part is the ability to keep records, especially incident records. It's easy to use the tool to store data and monitor it."
"The solution has a great filtering feature."
 

Cons

"I rate Atlassian support two out of 10. It takes a lot of time to reach them and get ahold of someone who understands my problem enough to provide a solution. Also, I live in Israel, so my work week is Sunday through Thursday, but I can only contact them from Monday to Wednesday."
"In-built chat is missing in JIRA Service Management."
"It would be beneficial if we could turn comments into subtasks or other JIRA tickets directly."
"JIRA Service could benefit from improvements to its voice support."
"If I need a new feature, JIRA requires me to pay for all users when only specific people use that add-on. I should not have to pay for everyone, so this is an area for improvement."
"A lot of users have said that they want a feature that was on the on-prem version of Jira and the vendor can't deliver. They're either unwilling or unable to give feature parity."
"Initially, as a completely new user, the interface was not very user-friendly, with many cluttered options."
"It would be better if it had capabilities to connect to mobile applications (e.g., Whatsapp)"
"The setting up process is not quite easy. It's quite difficult."
"The system shuts down about once a month which is frustrating."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution is becoming expensive and it should be reduced."
"JIRA Service Desk has different pricing as it is based on agents. On average, the price is about $300 per agent."
"Actually in Iran we don't have copyright or intellectual property, so we can use JIRA for free."
"We have an annual license with JIRA Service Management, but it is billed monthly."
"JSM's pricing is one of the best, starting at around $10 per user, per month, with volume discounts available."
"The price for JIRA Service Management is reasonable and cheaper than other ITSM solutions, but the licensing model is different, so you cannot compare it with other solutions. Overall, the pricing for the solution is acceptable."
"On a scale of one to five, with one being really high and five being good, I would rate the price of this solution as a four."
"The pricing is very competitive and I think that it is okay."
"It is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise33
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Samanage?
The best part is the ability to keep records, especially incident records. It's easy to use the tool to store data and monitor it.
What needs improvement with Samanage?
We mainly use it for incident logging. We'd like to add service request functionality, but we don't have the knowledge to configure the requests and the workflows properly. We'd like to integrate o...
What is your primary use case for Samanage?
I use it for incident recording based on your inventory.
 

Also Known As

JIRA Service Desk
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Sample Customers

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