ConnectWise PSA vs InvGate Service Desk

ConnectWise PSA is a paid service for project and service operations, available on Android, iOS, and the web. Listed capabilities include project management, ticketing, resource management, billing and invoicing, time tracking, utilization reporting, resource planning, project financials, and a customer portal. The Basic plan includes project management, ticketing, resource management, and a customer portal. Standard includes those functions plus QuickBooks Online integration. Premium includes unlimited project management, ticketing, resource management, and a customer portal, along with cloud infrastructure billing. Prices are available on request rather than listed publicly. ConnectWise was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, USA. The plan structure separates a basic operational set from accounting integration in Standard and unlimited project management plus cloud infrastructure billing in Premium. Teams can review these listed functions against their project, resource, ticketing, and billing workflows before requesting pricing.

InvGate Service Desk is a service management system for coordinating end-to-end service processes across IT and other departments, including Facilities. It combines ticket management, self-service, knowledge management, analytics, SLAs, change and problem management, automation, gamification and a product catalog. A visual no-code workflow builder supports forms, approvals, conditions, parallel flows, reusable components and external actions. AI Hub can summarize tickets, suggest answers, generate knowledge articles, assist through a virtual service agent and support routing. Connections are available through a REST API and native integrations such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Intune, Azure AD/Active Directory, Office 365 and FileWave. Deployment options are SaaS and on-premise. InvGate lists Starter at $1,499 a year for five agents, and Pro at $500 per agent per year, starting at $2,500/year. A 30-day trial is available without a credit card; trial resources include a virtual-machine OVA, a 64-bit Windows installer, and scripts for CentOS and Ubuntu.