Freshservice

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Atera, the first and only Agentic AI platform for IT management, offers IT teams and MSPs a digital workforce of AI agents to preemptively and autonomously manage their entire IT operations. Its all-in-one platform combines RMM, helpdesk, ticketing, and automation to reduce downtime, improve SLAs, and free IT teams to focus on strategic work over mundane tasks. At the core of Atera’s platform are two powerful AI agents built to enhance every layer of IT operations. AI Copilot helps technicians troubleshoot devices, run diagnostics, and generate actionable solutions in real time. IT Autopilot delivers 24/7/365, autonomously resolving Tier-1 issues and reducing IT workload by up to 40%. It acts like a personal AI technician for every employee, freeing your team to focus on what really matters. Trusted by 13K+ customers in over 120 countries, Atera scales with your needs while maintaining the highest security and compliance standards.

About

If you're looking for an IT service desk solution that's actually simple, turn to Freshservice. A plug-and-play ITIL service desk by Freshworks, Freshservice helps businesses modernize IT and other business functions--without the cost and complexity. Freshservice offers everything teams need for proactive IT service management, including ticketing and asset management, configuration management and enhanced impact analysis, robust incident management functionalities, and more.

Why Freshservice is Better than Atera

Freshservice is better than Atera for organizations that need comprehensive IT service management and enterprise-wide employee support rather than a platform centered on remote monitoring and endpoint administration. Atera combines RMM, patching, remote access, ticketing, and professional services automation for IT departments and MSPs. Freshservice provides ITIL-aligned incident, problem, change, release, request, asset, configuration, operations, and enterprise service management in one AI-powered platform. It is better suited to standardizing services across IT, HR, Finance, Legal, Facilities, and other internal teams.

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Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Ideal for internal IT departments or managed service providers (MSPs)

Audience

Organizations across industries and sizes from SMBs to large enterprises

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

30-DAY FREE TRIAL
Fixed cost — per technician-based pricing with unlimited endpoints.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

$19/agent/month
Starter: $19/agent/month
Growth: $49/agent/month
Pro: $99/agent/month
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.8 / 5
ease 4.8 / 5
features 4.6 / 5
design 4.6 / 5
support 4.7 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.4 / 5
ease 4.4 / 5
features 4.4 / 5
design 4.3 / 5
support 4.9 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Atera is very useful for remote monitoring and IT management. It combines many tools in one platform like ticketing, remote access and monitoring. Dashboard is clean and easy to navigate. Setup process is not very difficult and works well for small teams. Remote support feature is fast and reliable. It helps save time in daily IT tasks
  • Atera is best IT management tool I have used so far. It has all in one RMM, PSA and ticketing in single platform. As a MSP we handle huge number of hosts, this makes great tool to work with and even our client have positive feedback. Customization and automation is very easy and works efficiently. Even customer support is helpful to any problems.
  • Atera is an IT management platform with RMM, ticketing, patching, and AI tools for streamlined workflows.
  • Atera offers help desk and ticketing feature where issues can be resolved quickly. Atera provides patch management feature that is very important. It is fast to access and control remote devices with Atera.
  • Atera offers several benefits, especially for IT professionals and managed service providers: 1. **All-in-One Platform**: It combines remote monitoring, management, and ticketing in a single tool, making operations smoother and more efficient. 2. **User-Friendly**: The platform is designed to be easy to navigate, which helps reduce the time needed to get up to speed. 3. **Scalable**: Whether you’re a small IT firm or a larger MSP, Atera grows with your business, adapting to your needs. 4. **Automated Billing**: Its built-in billing system automates invoicing and recurring charges, simplifying financial management. 5. **Customizable**: You can tweak various features to fit your specific requirements and workflows. 6. **Cost-Effective**: Atera’s subscription model with no per-device fees can be more budget-friendly, especially for businesses managing many devices.

Cons

  • Pricing can feel expensive for individual users. Some advanced features take time to understand. Mobile app could be better. Sometimes system feels little slow when many devices are connected. Custom reports options are limited
  • Performance metrics of hosts could be more detailed.
  • Limited advanced customization. Slight learning curve for beginners. Occasional performance lags.
  • Atera delivers excellent performance hence nothing to disregard.
  • Learning curve.

Pros from Real Users

Pros

  • User-Friendly Interface: Freshservice offers a clean and intuitive user interface that makes it easy for IT teams to navigate and utilize its features. The well-organized layout and logical workflows contribute to a positive user experience and reduce the learning curve for new users. Comprehensive IT Service Management: Freshservice provides a comprehensive set of tools and functionalities to manage IT services effectively. It covers various aspects, including incident management, problem management, change management, asset management, and service catalog. This all-in-one solution simplifies IT service delivery and enhances efficiency. Automation and Self-Service: The platform offers powerful automation capabilities, allowing IT teams to automate routine tasks, notifications, and workflows. This helps in reducing manual efforts, improving response times, and ensuring consistent service delivery. Additionally, Freshservice empowers end-users with self-service options, enabling them to raise tickets, find solutions, and track the progress of their requests. Collaboration and Knowledge Management: Freshservice promotes collaboration among IT teams through features like internal notes, team assignments, and escalation workflows. It also provides a knowledge base where IT teams can document solutions, FAQs, and best practices, enabling quick and effective problem resolution and reducing dependency on individual expertise.
  • Its self-service helps desk ability helps us to reduce approaching time. The user interface is very appealing in my opinion. Ai Chabot, which gives instant replies to end users. Its SLA management works great for me. Well-designed dashboard.
  • It has provided us with multiple benefits: - Supervise the performance of the team, hand in hand with the management and monitoring of the workflow where we can evaluate the correct fulfillment of schedules and assigned tasks. - Manage our service catalog where we can innovate and update, manage the inventory with its income and expenses. - In relation to quality and price, it is a tool with great potential, it is really worth what it costs, it offers complete and useful functions in exchange for a great price. - Excellent integrations that perfectly complement asset management. - Problem auditing, it has a large magnifying glass that allows us to supervise the entire cycle and deliver personalized results as required in the reports. - Ease of use, it is incredibly easy to configure it and adapt it to what we need for fluid work. - The automation of tickets takes the optimization of workflows to the next level; it significantly supports us in the assistance service through emails. - The customer support is excellent and has been a fundamental help during our development on the platform, whenever we need assistance, they are there to get solid solutions.
  • Freshservice does an excellent job in our company, keeping the creation of flows as one of the easiest and simplest jobs to execute. Freshservice does an exceptional job with alerts and notifications keeping track of them in place and without presenting any errors. Incidents are also displayed in order of request and urgency so we maintain direct contact in customer service.
  • Freshservice has provided us with excellent tools to be able to keep correct inventory controls. We can generate detailed reports where we clarify the amount of assets we have in case an inventory process does not match initial reports. In the same way, we can enter all the assets we have in our facilities to control and monitor them.
  • The application integrates tools that manage inventory control functions of tangible and non-tangible assets to have a state-of-the-art management within their life cycle or accounting of them. In addition, it has tools for creating incident reports when we present stock failures.
  • It is advantageous how this application provides IT inventory management functions to manage and administer assets throughout their lifecycle. It has inventory management and control tools, as well as allows you to create incident reports and diagnostics of probable causes of problems.
  • For as little as $19 per month per user we can manage all of our organization's finances entirely from the web, ensuring that our accounting books are kept completely secure on the web. In this case, it is convenient for us to keep our information safe from loss.
  • It offers world-class IT assets monitoring. Easy to set up and also offers remote and alert features. Very easy to use platform. Cost-effective and intuitive user interface.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Supported

Company Information

Atera
Founded: 2011
Israel
www.atera.com

Company Information

Freshworks
Founded: 2010
United States
freshservice.com

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Categories

Agentic AI Supported
AI IT Agents Supported
AI Tools Supported
AIOps Supported
DNS Monitoring Supported
Help Desk Supported
IT Automation Supported
IT Documentation Supported
IT Management Supported
IT Service Supported
ITSM Supported
MSP Supported
Network Discovery Supported
Network Mapping Supported
Network Monitoring Supported
Patch Management Supported
Remote Desktop Supported
Remote Support Supported
RMM Supported
SaaS Management Supported
Server Management Supported
Service Desk Supported
SLA Management Supported
SNMP Monitoring Supported
System Monitoring Supported

Categories

Asset Tracking Supported
Change Management Supported
Cloud Management Supported
CMDB Supported
Help Desk Supported
Issue Tracking Supported
IT Documentation Supported
IT Management Supported
IT Service Supported
ITSM Supported
SaaS Management Supported
Service Desk Supported
SLA Management Supported

Help Desk Features

Alerts / Escalation Supported
Automated Routing Supported
Community Forums Not Supported
Customizable Branding Supported
Document Storage Supported
Email Integration Supported
Incident Management Supported
Interaction Tracking Supported
IT Asset Management Supported
Knowledge Base Supported
Known Issue Management Supported
Live Chat Supported
Multi-Channel Communication Supported
Multiple Brands / Products Supported
Network Monitoring Supported
Real-time Chat Supported
Self Service Portal Supported
Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management Supported
Ticket Management Supported

IT Asset Management Features

Asset Tracking Supported
Audit Management Not Supported
Compliance Management Supported
Configuration Management Not Supported
Contract/License Management Supported
Cost Tracking Not Supported
Depreciation Management Not Supported
Inventory Management Supported
IT Service Management Supported
Maintenance Management Not Supported
Procurement Management Not Supported
Requisition Management Not Supported
Supplier Management Not Supported

IT Management Features

Capacity Monitoring Supported
Compliance Management Supported
Event Logs Supported
Hardware Inventory Supported
IT Budgeting Not Supported
License Management Supported
Patch Management Supported
Remote Access Supported
Scheduling Supported
Software Inventory Supported
User Activity Monitoring Supported

IT Service Features

Contract Management Supported
Incident Management Supported
IT Asset Management Supported
Knowledge Management Supported
Release Management Supported
Self Service Portal Supported
Service Catalog Not Supported
Service Reporting Supported
Ticket Management Supported

ITSM Features

Asset Tracking Supported
Availability Management Not Supported
Change Management Supported
Configuration Management Not Supported
Contract/License Management Supported
Dashboard Supported
Incident Management Supported
Problem Management Supported
Project Management Not Supported
Release & Deployment Management Not Supported
Self Service Portal Supported

SaaS Management Features

License Management Not Supported
Onboarding Supported
Renewal Management Supported
SaaS Operations Management Not Supported
Shadow IT Detection Not Supported
Spend Management Not Supported
Subscription Management Not Supported
Usage Tracking / Analytics Supported
Vendor Management Not Supported

Service Desk Features

Change Management Not Supported
CMDB Not Supported
Incident Management Supported
IT Asset Management Supported
Knowledge Base Supported
Mobile Access Supported
Procurement Management Not Supported
Remote Control Supported
Self Service Portal Supported
SLA Management Supported

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Features

Baseline Manager Supported
Diagnostic Tools Supported
Full Transaction Diagnostics Not Supported
Performance Control Supported
Resource Management Supported
Root-Cause Diagnosis Supported
Server Performance Supported
Trace Individual Transactions Supported

MSP Features

Backup Management Supported
Billing & Invoicing Supported
CRM Supported
Dashboard Supported
Help Desk Supported
Issue Management Supported
Live Chat Supported
Patch Management Supported
Privileged Access Management (PAM) Not Supported
Project Management Supported
Remote Access Supported
Remote Systems Monitoring Supported
Scheduling Supported

Network Mapping Features

Color Codes / Icons Not Supported
Compliance Management Not Supported
Device Auto Discovery Supported
Hierarchical Mapping Supported
Location-Based Mapping Not Supported
Map Exporting Not Supported
On-Demand Mapping Supported
Reporting/Analytics Supported
Self-Updating Maps Not Supported
Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported

Network Monitoring Features

Bandwidth Monitoring Supported
Baseline Manager Supported
Diagnostic Tools Supported
Internet Usage Monitoring Not Supported
IP Address Monitoring Not Supported
Real Time Analytics Supported
Resource Management Supported
Server Monitoring Supported
SLA Monitoring Supported
Uptime Monitoring Supported
Web Traffic Reporting Not Supported

Network Troubleshooting Features

Alerts / Escalation Supported
Bandwidth Troubleshooting Supported
Change Management Not Supported
Configuration Management Not Supported
Connectivity Management Not Supported
Data Visualization Not Supported
Historical Audit Not Supported
Mobile Network Troubleshooting Not Supported
Network Analysis Not Supported
Network Monitoring Supported

Patch Management Features

Alerts/Notifications Supported
Automatic Approval Supported
Automatic Patch Deployment Supported
Automatic Scans Supported
Compliance Management Supported
Custom Patches Supported
Dashboard Supported
Network Wide Management Supported
Patch Prioritization Supported
Patch Testing Supported
Remote Access/Control Supported
Vulnerability Scanning Supported

Professional Services Automation Features

Billing & Invoicing Supported
Client Portal Supported
Collaboration Tools Not Supported
CRM Not Supported
Document Management Supported
Portfolio Management Not Supported
Project Management Not Supported
Proposal Generation Supported
Quote Management Not Supported
Resource Management Not Supported
Time & Expense Tracking Supported

RMM Features

Deployment Management Supported
For MSPs Supported
IT Asset Management Supported
Mobile Access Supported
Network Monitoring Supported
Patch Management Supported
Real-time Alerts Supported
Remediation Management Supported

Remote Desktop Features

Chat Supported
Cross-Platform Access Supported
File Transfer Supported
Group View Not Supported
Mobile Device Access Supported
Multi Monitor Support Supported
Record Remote Sessions Supported
Remote Print Supported
Remote Wake Supported
User Management Supported

Remote Support Features

Diagnostic Tools Supported
File Transfer Supported
Live Chat Supported
Real-time Chat Supported
Remote Control Supported
Screen Sharing Supported
Session Recording Supported
Session Transfer Supported
Surveys & Feedback Supported

Server Management Features

CPU Monitoring Supported
Credential Management Supported
Database Servers Supported
Email Monitoring Supported
Event Logs Supported
History Tracking Supported
Patch Management Supported
Scheduling Supported
User Activity Monitoring Supported
Virtual Machine Monitoring Supported

System Monitoring Features

Alerts / Notifications Supported
Antivirus Management Supported
Data Backup / Recovery Supported
Device Monitoring Supported
Inventory Management Supported
Patch Management Supported
Policy-based Automation Supported
Remote Monitoring Supported
Reporting / Analytics Supported
Risk Analysis Supported
Server Monitoring Supported
Service Configuration Management Supported

Help Desk Features

Alerts / Escalation Supported
Automated Routing Supported
Community Forums Not Supported
Customizable Branding Supported
Document Storage Supported
Email Integration Supported
Incident Management Supported
Interaction Tracking Supported
IT Asset Management Supported
Knowledge Base Supported
Known Issue Management Supported
Live Chat Supported
Multi-Channel Communication Supported
Multiple Brands / Products Supported
Network Monitoring Supported
Real-time Chat Supported
Self Service Portal Supported
Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management Supported
Ticket Management Supported

IT Asset Management Features

Asset Tracking Supported
Audit Management Supported
Compliance Management Supported
Configuration Management Supported
Contract/License Management Supported
Cost Tracking Supported
Depreciation Management Supported
Inventory Management Supported
IT Service Management Supported
Maintenance Management Supported
Procurement Management Supported
Requisition Management Supported
Supplier Management Supported

IT Management Features

Capacity Monitoring Not Supported
Compliance Management Supported
Event Logs Not Supported
Hardware Inventory Supported
IT Budgeting Not Supported
License Management Supported
Patch Management Not Supported
Remote Access Not Supported
Scheduling Supported
Software Inventory Supported
User Activity Monitoring Supported

IT Service Features

Contract Management Supported
Incident Management Supported
IT Asset Management Supported
Knowledge Management Supported
Release Management Supported
Self Service Portal Supported
Service Catalog Supported
Service Reporting Supported
Ticket Management Supported

ITSM Features

Asset Tracking Supported
Availability Management Not Supported
Change Management Supported
Configuration Management Supported
Contract/License Management Supported
Dashboard Supported
Incident Management Supported
Problem Management Supported
Project Management Supported
Release & Deployment Management Supported
Self Service Portal Supported

Service Desk Features

Change Management Supported
CMDB Supported
Incident Management Supported
IT Asset Management Supported
Knowledge Base Supported
Mobile Access Supported
Procurement Management Supported
Remote Control Supported
Self Service Portal Supported
SLA Management Supported

Asset Tracking Features

Activity Tracking Supported
Audit Trails Supported
Barcoding / RFID Supported
Checkout / Check-In Not Supported
Depreciation Tracking Supported
Disposal Tracking Supported
Inventory Management Supported
Location Tracking Not Supported
QR Codes Supported
Reservations Not Supported
Service History Supported

CMDB Features

Change Management Supported
Configuration Management Supported
Data Visualization Supported
Device Auto Discovery Supported
Impact Management Not Supported
IT Asset Management Supported
License Management Supported
Performance Management Not Supported
Relationship Mapping Supported

Change Management Features

Approval Workflow Supported
Audit Trail Supported
Automated Notifications Not Supported
Change Calendar Supported
Change Planning Supported
Compliance Management Supported
Prioritization Supported
Release Management Supported
Task Management Supported
Tracking & Reporting Not Supported
Training Management Not Supported

Complaint Management Features

Case Management Supported
Complaint Classification Supported
Corrective Actions (CAPA) Supported
Customer Complaint Tracking Supported
Feedback Management Supported
Forms Management Supported
Issue Tracking Supported
Quality Assurance Management Not Supported
Routing Supported
Self Service Portal Supported
Social Media Monitoring Not Supported
Survey Management Supported

Contract Management Features

Buy Side (Suppliers) Supported
Completion Tracking Supported
Compliance Tracking Not Supported
Contract Lifecycle Management Supported
Electronic Signature Supported
Full Text Search Not Supported
Government Contracts Not Supported
Pre-built Templates Supported
Sell Side (Customers) Supported
Specialty Contracts Not Supported
Version Control Not Supported
Workflow Management Supported

IT Project Management Features

Bug Tracking Supported
Issue Management Supported
Milestone Tracking Not Supported
Percent-Complete Tracking Supported
Portfolio Management Not Supported
Prioritization Supported
Product Roadmapping Supported
Requirements Management Supported
Resource Management Not Supported
Status Tracking Supported
Supports Agile Supported
Supports Scrum Supported
Task Management Supported
Testing / QA Management Supported
Time & Expense Tracking Supported

Incident Management Features

Audit Trail Supported
Corrective Actions (CAPA) Supported
Disaster Recovery Not Supported
Incident Reporting Supported
IT Incident Management Supported
OSHA Compliance Supported
Root-Cause Diagnosis Supported
Safety Management Supported
Task Management Supported
Ticket Management Supported

Issue Tracking Features

Assignment Management Supported
Dashboard Supported
Escalation Management Supported
Issue Auditing Supported
Issue Scheduling Supported
Knowledge Base Supported
Project Management Supported
Recurring Issues Supported
Scheduling Supported
Task Management Supported

Integrations

Domotz Supported
QuickBooks Online Supported
Salesforce Supported
ScalePad Supported
ScalePad Lifecycle Manager Supported
ServiceNow Supported
Splashtop Remote Support Supported
TeamViewer Supported
ThreatAware Supported
Zapier Supported
Coevera Not Supported
Espressive Barista Not Supported
Kore.ai Not Supported
Make Not Supported
Microsoft Azure Not Supported
Peaka Not Supported
Saner CVEM Not Supported
Scalefusion Not Supported
SurveyMonkey Enterprise Not Supported
Talkdesk Not Supported

Integrations

Domotz Supported
QuickBooks Online Supported
Salesforce Supported
ScalePad Supported
ScalePad Lifecycle Manager Supported
ServiceNow Supported
Splashtop Remote Support Supported
TeamViewer Supported
ThreatAware Supported
Zapier Supported
Coevera Supported
Espressive Barista Supported
Kore.ai Supported
Make Supported
Microsoft Azure Supported
Peaka Supported
Saner CVEM Supported
Scalefusion Supported
SurveyMonkey Enterprise Supported
Talkdesk Supported
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