Open-source alternative  ·  IT Service Management

Replace ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus with Zammad.

Open source helpdesk and ticketing. Modern UI, SLA management, knowledge base, live chat, email integration. Self-hosted with no per-agent limits.

You'd keep~R24 996 to ~R69 996/year

Current licence  ·  IT Service Management

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

~R24 996 – ~R69 996/yr

10-user estimate

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Zammad

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R69 996/yr

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Today's licence price

3 tiers. ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Standard (10 agents)

R24 996/yr

R2 083/month

Flat rate

With Zammad

Keep R24 996/yr

Professional (10 agents)

R45 000/yr

R3 750/month

Flat rate

With Zammad

Keep R45 000/yr

Enterprise (10 agents)

R69 996/yr

R5 833/month

Flat rate

With Zammad

Keep R69 996/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus grows around 10% per year on average. Zammad hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR31kR62kR93kR124kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R113kR12k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R0.47M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusZammad, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

Check the project

Migrate ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus.
Keep the money.

Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.