Effigate vs TOPdesk

Effigate brings agile project delivery, contract-governed helpdesk support and end-to-end billing into one platform. Project management covers epics, stories, tasks, sprint boards, poker planning, velocity tracking and workload views. Its helpdesk supports priority-based SLA timers, L1/L2/L3 service levels, breach alerts, escalation rules and client visibility controls. Billing supports Fixed Price, Hourly, Bucket-Based and Scope-Based contracts, with rate cards fixed at activation and automated invoicing. Integrations listed include GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, S3, Google Drive and Dropbox. The platform provides a tenant-scoped REST API, MCP-ready workflows, signed outbound webhooks and AI connections for OpenAI, Gemini and Grok. Effigate states that it uses schema-per-tenant isolation, AES-256-GCM encryption at rest, TLS 1.2 or higher in transit and append-only audit logs. Desktop Timer builds are available for macOS, Windows and Linux; screenshot capture modes can be set to full, blurred, silent or disabled under tenant policy. The 7-day free trial includes full access and requires no credit card. Professional costs $79 a month, billed monthly, for up to 25 users. Enterprise has custom pricing and unlimited users.

TOPdesk is service management software for teams handling tickets, knowledge, assets, and service requests across IT, Facility Management, and HR. Incident Management lets teams register and process requests and complaints, then assign tickets to agents. End users can submit and follow tickets through the Self-Service Portal and look for answers to common questions. Asset Management gives teams a graphical overview of company assets, such as access passes and company cars. All three listed plans include unlimited assets, tickets, and end users, 100GB of storage, and a 2GB file upload limit. Essential costs £51 a month per agent. Engaged costs £72 a month per agent and adds change, contract and SLA, operations, and problem management. Excellent costs £101 a month per agent and adds project management and a webshop. TOPdesk runs in the cloud for most customers and also supports on-premises setups. It offers 100+ integrations and an Open API, including Microsoft Teams, Slack, Salesforce, and Power BI.