Last updated: May 07, 2026
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FeatureOn-PremisesCloud
General
Web-based access
Custom tracking fields
Minimal learning curve, simple user training
ITSM best practices support
Configuration wizard for software setup
Data archiving
Technician broadcast messages and notifications
Custom Function Usage Stats -
Secondary email for technicians
Manage sites and groups for technicians
Extensions
Resizeable list views across modules -
Adaptive, responsive web views across devices -
Multi-currency support with exchange rate
Multi-currency support with exchange rate configuration
Accessibility controls for an inclusive user experience
Population of sample data across modules
FIPS mode -
ITSM best practices support
Service catalog
Incident management
Problem management
Change management
Release management
Asset management
Integrated CMDB
Purchase management
Contract management
Project management
Knowledge management
Custom modules
Request management and call tracking
Request mode
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Chat
  • Self-service portal
  • Customize the self-service portal for technicians and requesters separately.
  • Add, delete, rearrange, and resize custom widgets
Multi-site support
Right-to-left language support
Central repository to log and track issues
Auto-generate tickets
User-facing announcements
Send and receive emails from ServiceDesk Plus
Automatically merge email replies as conversations
Send and receive SMS messages from ServiceDesk Plus
Email parser
Automatic message classification and routing
Request forwarding (manual and automatic)
Request form customization
Creating help cards in request templates
Dynamic request forms with field and form rules
Link two similar requests
Merge service requests
Rich text editor and attachment support
Request scheduling
Configure group and site-specific operational hours and special operational hours
Technician calendar
Real-time request collaboration
Request sharing with end users and agents
Follow request updates -
Share a request
Technician access roles
Fine-grained authorizations
Create multiple tasks for each request
Dependent task handling
Email spam and notification filters
Classification and routing based on work groups
Instant request and workstation history
Request history filters
Request classification by category
Combined request and task view
Priority and severity levels for requests
Automatic request escalation based on business rules
Trigger an email when a business rule is matched
Apply a business rule after editing a request
Continue with subsequent business rules after one rule is matched
Cascade the execution of Business rules
Queue support to manage technicians efficiently
Attach documents to a request
Manage, edit, assign, and close tickets as a group
Request closing rules
Automatic ticket closure upon denial of a request
Manager dashboard
Round-robin ticket assignment
Ticket load balancing
Import categories, subcategories, and items from CSV
Configure the request action menu
Configure workflows with custom triggers
Custom actions: Build your own actions based on your business requirements
(custom scripts)
Seeking clarification for approvals
Business rules: Build condition-based actions to suit your business requirements
Recover deleted requests
Allow your technicians to add comments for any status change in a request
Request life cycle
Request workflows configuration with custom functions
Streamlining request fulfillment with request workflows
Guided control of Request Workflows with user transitions
Technician auto-assign
Backup technician
Backup approvers
Kanban view
Data migration between instances (ESM)-
Triggers for Request Sub Entities
Move requests between instances
Timers for triggers
Announcement banners-
Add tags to index requests based on keywords
Stay on track with Checklists
Sending notifications to channels within Microsoft Teams for request module
Request layout customization for technicians and requesters -
End user self-service
Self-service portal
Web-accessible self-service
End users can create new requests
End users can check the status of and update existing requests
End users can update their contact details
Searchable knowledge base
Solution and announcement auto-suggestions for requester during request creation
Self-service portal customization
Support for requesters to create change requests-
Requesters can edit the requests
Customization of end user portal
Access Consumables Widget on home page-
Track assets assigned to users from the self-service portal
Enable requesters to acknowledge and audit assets from the self-service portal -
Industry-specific templates for personalized experiences
Knowledge management
Technician access to knowledge management services
Approval process for newly added solutions
Keyword search to find solutions based on the request description
Indexed document search for faster results
Search history, including previously resolved requests
Rich text editor
Like or dislike solutions
Comments
Link solutions
Ability to show the requests resolved by using a particular solution-
Expiry dates for solutions
Review dates for solutions
Video Embedding
Configure additional fields -
Solution owner -
Non-logged-in users can view solutions -
Configure solution templates to quickly create and publish KB articles -
Trash Solutions
Maintain versions of solutions -
SLA management
Configure SLAs for incidents and service requests
Configure SLAs for changes -
Configure different levels of escalation
Automatic escalations
Notifications before and after an SLA is breached
First-response-based SLAs
Reporting
Prebuilt, standard reports
Custom reports
Flash reports -
Integration with third-party reporting software (e.g., Crystal Reports) -
Export reports to CSV, XLS, or PDF format
Report scheduler (auto-generation and distribution)
Analyze trends and performance levels
Real-time updates included in reports
Save and schedule customized reports
Query reports for developers -
Custom widgets from reports
Activities dashboard with table and graph widgets -
Asset management
Custom asset forms based on product types
Barcode scanning
QR code scanning
RFID scanning
Label customization for bar codes/ QR codes -
Automatic workstation discovery
Discovery of all IP devices (e.g., printers and scanners)
Discovery and complete scan for Windows, Linux, and Mac machines
Distributed workstation scan
Network scans and file import options to build IT asset inventory
Validate credentials of end machines while using a probe -
Import software licenses from CSV files
Vendor and asset associations along with their details
Assets and asset relationships
Asset history with a list of associated requests
Software compliance
Software metering -
Support for client access license and volume-based software licensing
Dynamically scan the network or import files to build an asset list
Remote control
Asset loan -
Asset booking
Asset Replenishment
Enhanced tracking of license limits on assets and technicians-
Triggers and custom actions for assets-
Track and manage consumables -
Consumable replenishment -
Import vendors and associate assets
Widgets on the Assets Dashboard
Asset age tracking -
Asset life cycle -
End-to-end governance of assets with workflows -
Guided control of asset workflows with user transitions -
Configuringcustom triggers for Assets -
Associating assets with requests, problems, changes and releases
Asset auto-assign
Fine-grained access to assets -
Asset acknowledgement -
Custom notifications for assets
Asset audit -
Tracking asset allocation details for users
Hierarchical relation between parent and child product types
Purchase management
Manage purchase orders
Contact vendors directly from the application
Integration with purchases, assets, and vendors
Purchase order approval system
Schedule approval reminder notifications
Add invoice details to purchase orders
Reconcile purchased assets with scanned assets
Purchase requests-
Purchase order to service request mapping
Purchase order configuration templates-
Site-based purchase orders-
Custom triggers for purchase orders-
Conversations for purchase orders-
General ledger codes and cost centers
General ledger codes and cost centers for items-
Import purchase orders-
Support for additional fields
Purchase Dashboard-
Custom menu for purchases-
Timers for triggers-
Triggers for purchases and subentities-
Contract management
Create and manage contracts
Add information and attach documents related to a contract
Associate contracts with assets
Generate alarms before contracts expire
Parent-child contracts
Renew contracts
Multiple contract notifications
Automatic generation of requests for contracts nearing expiry -
Site-based contracts -
Setindefinite validity for contracts -
Enable auto-renewal for contracts -
Save contracts as drafts -
Contract Conversations -
Track the extent of usage of contracts -
Cancel a contract -
Contract templates -
Control the accessibility of different types of contracts -
Custom triggers for contracts -
Contract costs in the vendor's currency -
Additional fields configuration
Contract Dashboard -
Custom menu for contracts -
Timers for triggers -
Triggers for contracts and subentities -
Service catalog
Record service requests
Manage service categories and services
SLAs
Service request approval
Schedule approval reminder notifications
Add tasks to service requests
Add resources to the service catalog
Manage the catalog for different user groups
Classify IT and business service categories -
Hierarchical relationship between parent and child service categories -
Incident management
Incident logging and classification
Record service requests
Impact
Urgency
Priority
Configure statuses (e.g., open, on hold, or closed)
Link incidents to assets and configuration items (CIs)
Incident templates
Creating help cards in incident templates
Incident workflows configuration with custom functions
Seeking clarification for approvals
Problem management
Problem detection and classification
Create a new problem from an incident
Record a new problem in the problems module
Associate multiple incidents with a single problem
Problem priority
Add analysis on root cause, impact, etc.
Add workarounds, solutions, or known errors
Problem Approvals -
Problem closure
Problem Life Cycle -
Standardizing problem managment with visual workflows -
Guided control of problem workflows with user transitions -
Problem workflows configuration with custom functions -
Problem templates
Customizing the layout of analysis and solutions sections within problem templates -
Problem Form Rules -
Multiple change associations -
Associate problems with releases -
Logging changes initiated and caused by release -
Triggers and custom actions for problems
Conversations
Providing Workarounds and Resolutions using Solutions
Custom Menu -
Timers within custom triggers and Problem Workflows -
Copy Problem -
Associating Assets and CIs with Problem ticket
Triggers for Probelm Sub Entities (Tasks, approval levels, approvals, Email responses, Worklogs, Notes) -
Custom Widgets for problems -
Recover deleted Problems (Trash) -
Closure Code
Custom scripts for problems
Change management
Custom change templates
Layout customization for all change stages within the template -
Configurable change workflows
Visualize life cycles for change using workflows
Guided control of change workflows with user transitions -
Dynamic templates with field and form rules
Change Risk
Initiate and record new change requests
Initiate change requests from an incident or problem
Associate multiple incidents or problems with a change
Stages and Statuses configuration
Reason for change
Change Type
Additional fields configuration
Create change advisory boards (CABs)
Change approval from CAB members
Schedule approval reminder notifications
Add impact, rollout, and back out plans, and use a checklist for implementation
Capture planned and actual downtime
Coordinate change implementation
Review changes
Make announcements to technicians, end users, or both
Triggers and custom actions for changes
Recover deleted changes
Stage-based task creation in changes
Stage-based task creation in change templates -
User acceptance testing and release stages
Project Association
Associate a release with a change
Associate multiple releases with changes
Change Calendar View
Copy Changes
Change conversations
Multi-stage and multi-level change approvals
Backup Approver
Configure custom change actions using custom menu -
Send custom change notifications
Create custom change roles and associate them with change templates
Restrict access only to the stages and statuses configured in the change workflow
Change Roles can now be associated with support groups, change request's site, or group-based technicians -
Conflict detection for changes -
Timers for triggers and workflows -
Business rules: Condition-based actions for changes -
Automated rule application following change request modifications (via custom actions) -
Cascading the execution of business rules -
Abort process execution -
Business rules support for change sub-entities (Approval, Approval Level, Attachment, Downtime, Email responses from Users, Note, Task, Worklog) -
Closure Code and Rules
Custom change action configuration using custom menu -
Change workflows configuration with custom functions -
Scheduling maintenance for changes -
Release management
Utilize custom release templates
Customizing the layout of release templates across every stage -
Structuring releasing with release workflows
Guided control of release workflows with user transitions -
Create custom release roles
Associate release roles with templates
Initiate a release from incidents or problems -
Initiate a release from a change request to associate a change
Associate multiple incidents or problems caused by a release -
Configure stages and statuses
Additional fields configuration
View the release calendar integrated with changes -
Use notification rules and customizable email templates
Add impact, rollout, and back out plans, and use a checklist for implementation
Send custom notifications
Schedule approval reminder notifications
Make announcements to technicians, end users, or both
Carry out post-deployment training and review
Link releases to assets and CIs
Closure code
Triggers and custom actions for release
Recover deleted releases
Dynamic templates with field and form rules
Import releases, release tasks, and release conversations -
Custom menu for releases -
Custom widgets for releases
Associate releases with requests -
Timers for triggers and workflows -
Triggers for Release Sub Entities -
Release Dashboard -
Custom scripts for releases
Parent release and sub-release association -
CMDB
Define relationships between CIs based on their dependence
Define and manage CIs to ensure uninterrupted IT service
Define CI types and relationship types
Attach documents to CIs
Map view for CI relationships explaining the relationship between CIs
Integration with incident management module
Integration with problem management module
Integration with change management module
Integration with release management module
Triggers and custom actions for CMDB -
Integration with the contracts module -
Export CMDB relationship map as CSV or an image file
Track the downtime associated with CIs-
Rule-based CMDB updates using sync rules
Custom menu for CMDB-
Fine-grained access for CMDB-
Track the state of CIs
Resource management
Graphically track and manage your users' tasks effectively.
Categorize resource utilization based on workloads.
Filter tasks based on time or time scales, sites, groups, and technicians
Project management
Custom project templates
Import data from MS Projects as CSV, XLS, and XLSX
Project, milestone, and task integrations
Task planning and management
Project history
Additional fields configuration
Project status
Project roles
Project Timesheet
Effort estimation
Notifications and comments
Gantt view
Project overview map
Export project Gantt map as PDF
Kanban view for project tasks-
Kanban view for projects
Task Dependency
Resource Management
Custom triggers and custom functions for projects-
Associate requests with a project
Associate multiple changes with a project
Associate releases with a project
Attachment import for Projects, Project Milestones, Project Tasks, General Tasks -
Custom menu for projects -
Custom widget for projects -
Enterprise service management
Single enterprise directory
Unique service desk instances
Service automation across departments
Built-in catalog, and templates specific to each service desk instance
Centralized request portal
Space management
Room booking in space management -
Dedicated finance help desk instance -
Others
Activities: Combined view of tasks and requests (tickets)
Custom Modules
Site locale and locale-specific notification templates-
In-product communication-
SmartView in Dashboards and the Scheduler-
Custom triggers and custom functions for tasks
Executive Dashboard
Enabling mail service from Gmail-
Native email service-
Customizing task template layout-
Sandbox environment-
Send custom notifications to third-party applications-
Dark-mode based display
Track audit and system logs
Role-based module tours for technicians-
Custom widgets
Integrations
Email
Single Sign On
- OAuth support for single sign on -
- AD FS 2.0/3.0
- Google Apps
- Okta
- Microsoft Azure AD
SMS
API
Outlook
Microsoft actionable messages
OpManager
Zoho Analytics
Active Directory
Mobile apps for Android and iOS devices
Remote control
(through Remote Access Plus add-on and Endpoint Central's unified agent)
Endpoint Central (Desktop Central)
Site24x7
Live chat
SMS gateway
Skype - -
Slack -
Microsoft Teams
Cloud file attachment -
SCCM
Application Manager
Mobile Device Manager Plus
Password Manger Pro
PAM360
AD Manager Plus
AD Self Service Plus-
AlarmsOne-
Eventlog analyzer-
Jira
Zapier
Microsoft Azure AD User Sync
TeamViewer
Qntrl Circuit-
Microsoft Intune-
Microsoft Azure Dev Ops-
WhatsApp
Cloud Telephony
Zoho Survey-
Zoho flow
Zoho Cliq -
SaaS Manager Plus -
Zoho Directory-
Microsoft 365 integration to track software details-
Microsoft graph for mail servers-
Connect your ServiceDesk Plus Cloud account with external apps using a secure authentication mechanism-
Create Office 365 calendar entries from reminders in ServiceDesk Plus, and sync reminders and leave days between ServiceDesk Plus and Microsoft Office 365 calendars
(Leave information)
ScriptsJava/PythonDeluge
ChatGPT integration-
Google AI studio integration-
Azure OpenAI integration-
AI and ML
Agentic Capabilities
Deploying plug-and-play AI agents across ITSM practices
(3 AI agents available out of the box)
Building bespoke AI agents with Agent Studio -
Coordinating a task force of AI agents with a multi-agent orchestrator -
Ask Zia: The GenAI-powered conversational AI companion
An LLM-style conversational interface -
Multimodal support for user queries through text, image, or voice input across tickets -
RAG-enabled knowledge retrieval from Solutions -
Public searches through LLMs
Answers to ServiceDesk Plus configuration or troubleshooting questions -
Performing ticket actions, including updating the status or adding notes
Context retention during follow-ups or task switching -
Report generation powered by Analytics Plus -
Building, optimizing, and summarizing workflows across ITSM practices -
Setting Ask Zia as the default landing page for requesters -
Classic Ask Zia: The virtual agent for quick task assistance
Intuitive conversation workflows with Zia Blended Conversations -
Customization of the virtual agent -
Voice-based chatting for ticketing actions -
Default Zia actions to perform various service desk activities
A serverless Zia developer console to build custom Zia actions
(With Custom Functions)
Zia Widget: Make Zia available across your websites or intranet pages
(In Classic mode)
Report generation through Zia (powered by Analytics Plus) -
Scouring external sources with the Ask ChatGPT action in Zia
Scouring external sources for solutions with ChatGPT while creating requests in Zia
Scouring external sources with the Ask OpenAI action in Zia -
RAG-enabled summaries of solution articles
Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Copilot integrations
Generation of concise ticket summaries in Microsoft Teams
Solution suggestions for user queries in Microsoft Teams -
Suggestion of ticket actions in the absence of relevant solutions within ServiceDesk Plus -
Presenting solutions before creating requests in Microsoft Teams -
Executing Zia action commands within Microsoft Teams -
Intelligent ticketing operations within Microsoft Copilot
Other GenAI capabilities
Zia Code Generator for Custom Functions -
Detection and automation of asset acknowledgements from email replies -
Automated detailed analysis of requests with the Ask AI widget -
Citation of solution articles within ticket acknowledgement emails -
RAG-based solution suggestion while creating tickets -
Generation of solution articles -
Translating solution articles into multiple languages -
Reply generation and content enhancement
Generation of conversation summaries of requests
Generation of structured resolution plans

(With the AI Assistant Custom Widget)

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Generation of post-incident reviews

With the AI Assistant Custom Widget and Ask Zia

Through an extension published on the ManageEngine Marketplace

Generation of checklists -
Custom script generation (for Field and Form Rules) -
Generation of resolutions from request conversations and conversation summaries -
Analyzing usage statistics for the ChatGPT integration
Leveraging Zia LLM (powered by open-source foundational models) for GenAI features -
Choice of AI provider (Zia LLM, ChatGPT, Azure OpenAI, or Google AI Studio) for every GenAI capability

(For ChatGPT)

Accelerated auto-approvals based on the user's email response
Predictive AI capabilities
Prediction and application of categories for requests
Predictions for field attributes like the subcategory and item -
Prediction and application of the priority for requests -
Template predictions when creating or editing requests
Multi-language support for field prediction -
Prediction and auto-assignment of technician groups and technicians based on historical data -
Zia Parser: Perform ticketing actions by having Zia analyze incoming emails -
Sentiment analysis to assess end-user satisfaction -
NLP-based automatic reopening and closing of requests
Prediction and suggestion of relevant technicians, requesters, and technician groups when sharing requests -
AI and ML for problem management
Prediction of problems by clustering similar incidents -
Prediction of technicians to handle problems -
Generation of root cause analysis for problems -

Through an extension published on the ManageEngine Marketplace

AI and ML for change management
Prediction of risks for changes -
Ask Zia: The GenAI-powered conversational AI companion
Creating changes and fetching all changes and their stages -
Adding, assigning, and retrieving change tasks -
Adding and retrieving change notes -
Approving or rejecting changes -
AI Assistant Custom Widget
AI Assistant Custom Widget Analysis of request detailsGeneration of structured resolution plansAnalysis of requests based on technicians' queriesFetching relevant solutions from the knowledge base for techniciansImage analysis in the context of request details -
Zia Dashboard -
Configuring the Zia Verifier role to restrict who can verify Zia predictions -
Multilingual AI
Spanish
Ask Zia: The GenAI-powered conversational AI companion
An LLM-style conversational interface -
Leveraging Zia LLM, ChatGPT, or Azure OpenAI -
Multimodal support for user queries through text, image, or voice input across tickets -
RAG-enabled knowledge retrieval from Solutions -
Public searches by fetching information through LLMs -
Answers to ServiceDesk Plus configuration or troubleshooting queries -
Performing ticket actions, including updating the status or adding notes -
Context retention during follow-ups or task switching -
Report generation powered by Analytics Plus -
Building, optimizing, and summarizing workflows across ITSM practices -
Predictive AI capabilities
Prediction and application of categories -
Predictions for field attributes like the subcategory and item -
Prediction and application of the priority for requests -
Template predictions when creating or editing tickets -
Prediction and auto-assignment of technicians with the right expertise -
Accelerated auto-approvals based on the user's email response
Swedish
Accelerated auto-approvals based on the user's email response -
Polish
Predictive AI capabilities
Prediction and application of categories -
Predictions for field attributes like the subcategory and item -
Prediction and application of the priority for requests -
Template predictions when creating or editing requests -
Prediction and auto-assignment of technicians with the right expertise -
Accelerated auto-approvals based on the user's email response
Custom applications
Create custom forms with varied field and date types (drag-and-drop interface)
Add custom validations, actions, and triggers; define custom workflows
Share custom apps with specific users
Refer to important ticket data via lookups
Host your custom apps in any portal as web forms
Custom schedules
Custom schedules
User surveys
Separate survey for incident and service requests
Multiple question types
Multi-language support
General survey
Anonymize users' responses to surveys
Criteria to trigger survey
Set reminders for surveys
System requirements
Supported operating systems
Windows-
Linux-
Supported databases
MSSQL-
Postgres-
Supported browsers
Internet Edge
Firefox
Chrome
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