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IT service management · November 2026 Edition

ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus vs InvGate Service Management

Zero of fourteen models named ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus first on the direct prompt; three named InvGate Service Management. ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and InvGate Service Management by nine and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus carries 49 labels and InvGate Service Management 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Named in four categories this edition.

InvGate Service Management

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share8%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4917A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Freshservice was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Freshservice vs ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus · Freshservice vs InvGate Service Management · Jira Service Management vs ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the IT service management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusFirst choices, of fourteen modelsInvGate Service Management
Direct03
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained50
Scale-constrained01
Negative004 against ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and InvGate Service Management were named in the same answer thirty-five times, of the 136 answers naming ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and the 49 naming InvGate Service Management. In those answers InvGate Service Management took the first choice six times and ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus zero.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and InvGate Service Management stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus InvGate Service Management first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus on the left and InvGate Service Management on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus and InvGate Service Management stood in it.

InvGate Service Management first, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus an alternative

3 of 14 modelsManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2InvGate Service Management, Jira Service Management alternatives: Freshservice, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, TeamDynamix
GLM 4.7 FlashXFreshservice, InvGate Service Management alternatives: HaloITSM, Jira Service Management, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, SysAid
MiniMax M2.5InvGate Service Management, TeamDynamix alternatives: Freshservice, Jira Service Management, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Freshservice alternatives: HaloITSM, InvGate Service Management, Jira Service Management, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, TOPdesk, TeamDynamix
Perplexity SonarFreshservice alternatives: InvGate Service Management, Jira Service Management, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Grok 4.20Freshservice alternatives: Jira Service Management, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, Zendesk ITSM
Mistral SmallJira Service Management, TeamDynamix alternatives: Freshservice, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
DeepSeek V4 FlashFreshservice alternatives: HaloITSM, InvGate Service Management, Jira Service Management, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Llama 4 MaverickFreshservice alternatives: InvGate Service Management, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, Zendesk ITSM

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniFreshservice alternatives: Jira Service Management
Gemini 3.5 FlashFreshservice alternatives: HaloITSM, Jira Service Management, TeamDynamix
Qwen 3.7 FlashFreshservice alternatives: Ivanti Neurons for ITSM, Jira Service Management
GPT-6 LunaFreshservice alternatives: Jira Service Management, ServiceNow ITSM
Muse Glimmer 30BFreshservice alternatives: Jira Service Management, TeamDynamix

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus leads by nine points.
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus9%#3 of 17
InvGate Service Management0%#10 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus leads by two points.
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus8%#3 of 12
InvGate Service Management7%#4 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: InvGate Service Management leads at enterprise.
InvGate Service Management4%#5 of 8
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus2%#7 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Good mid-market option, but expect to invest time in training and configuration” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Integration gaps - Microsoft application integration reported as lacking” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“A budget-friendly option, but users cite: Outdated UI... Scalability issues” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best ITSM platform for a company with a limited budget is ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, as it offers full ITIL coverage at a low cost.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Small team with a few technicians, want real ITSM features without paying: ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus free up to 5 technicians.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“If you're under 5 IT technicians and budget is the primary constraint, start with ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Standard” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about InvGate Service Management

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“For most mid-market B2B companies, InvGate Service Management or Jira Service Management offer the best balance of capability, scalability, and total cost of ownership.” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Freshservice or InvGate typically offer the best balance of: Full ITSM capability” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“InvGate Service Management and Freshservice are the top starting points” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.