ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

ITIL service desk with incident, problem, change, asset and project management, available on-premise or in the cloud.

Adopt it when

An IT department wants a full-featured service desk it can host on its own servers at moderate cost.

Watch out

The interface is dated and on-premise installs need timely security patching.

Ready for

Production-ready

Runs as

Self-hosted server and cloud service

Built with

Java

What the license allows

Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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Every program, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus included, runs on a microchip.

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