Comparison

ServiceDesk Plus | On vs Absolute Secure Access

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ServiceDesk Plus | On

Access IT and enterprise service management capabilities on the go. Employees can find answers and get services, while technicians can manage requests, approvals, and tasks for various departments like IT, HR, and finance.

Highlights
  • Manage requests, approvals, and tasks
  • Create and resolve tickets
  • Add attachments and work logs
  • Access solutions for common issues
  • Scan assets via barcode/QR code
  • Approve change requests
  • Chat with end users
Features
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Employees can find answers or get the services they need, anytime and from anywhere, with the mobile app powered by ServiceDesk Plus. The platform combines ITSM essentials and ITAM with enterprise service management capabilities. Technicians can also manage requests, approvals, and tasks on the go, be it handling IT, HR, legal, or finance service desks. Here are some of the key features available in the app: Requests: Create, view, edit, and resolve requests. Track the status of tickets, assign technicians, and add notes. Tasks: Break down requests into tasks, assign them, and track progress. Attachments: Add files and images to requests for reference. Work logs: Record time spent on requests. Solutions: Access prerecorded solutions for common issues. Assets: Add assets through bar code/QR code scan, view details, and gain access to remote Windows machines. Calendar integration: View all your pending tickets as events on your mobile calendar app. Change approval: CAB members can quickly approve change requests. Additional features 1. Review and approve service requests and changes from your mobile device. 2. Receive real-time notifications on request assignments, replies, and approvals. 3. Chat with end users right from the app. 4. Create custom views and tailor the app to your preferences. If you haven't installed ServiceDesk Plus yet, go ahead and try out out the fully featured, 30-day, free trial at https://mnge.it/install-servicedesk. Note: This is not a stand-alone application. To log in, your organization must have downloaded and installed the ServiceDesk Plus app or must have an account with ServiceDesk Plus. The ServiceDesk Plus mobile app is only supported with ServiceDesk Plus On-premises version 14000 and above.

About

Absolute Secure Access

This app provides secure and resilient network connectivity for accessing critical resources. It offers a Zero Trust approach to network access, enhancing security and user productivity. The platform includes advanced threat detection and network monitoring capabilities.

Highlights
  • Resilient network connectivity
  • Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
  • Data encryption and access controls
  • Proactive network monitoring
  • AI/ML-powered threat detection
  • User and entity behavior analysis (UEBA)
  • Configurable alerts
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The Absolute Secure Access product portfolio provides resilient network connectivity for users to securely access critical resources in the public cloud, private data centers, and on-premises. These products allow users to transition from traditional VPN to a resilient Zero Trust approach, without impairing productivity or administrative controls. Absolute VPN provides security and confidentiality for data in motion by means of encryption and access controls. It also offers benefits to the end user, such as making tunnel and network sessions resilient and optimizing streaming video and audio. Absolute ZTNA provides a software-defined perimeter via Zero Trust Network Access, creating a context-based, logical access boundary around an application or set of applications – wherever they're hosted. It shields applications from the Internet, making them invisible to unauthorized users. Access policies are enforced at the endpoint, avoiding latency and any data transgression. Absolute Insights for Network offers diagnostic and experience monitoring capabilities across endpoints and network, allowing organizations to proactively monitor, investigate, and remediate end user performance issues quickly and at scale, even on networks that are not company-owned or managed. The Secure Access SaaS platform leverages the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to provide highly resilient, advanced threat detection combined with user and entity behavior analysis (UEBA). Secure Access analyzes each device’s activity to establish a comprehensive baseline of normal network behavior for that device and user. Regardless of whether a device has Secure Access policies that route traffic inside or outside a tunnel, the new AI-powered network security and vulnerability detection capabilities continuously monitor all devices for deviations in behavior, analyzing network traffic, user behavior, application usage and data access patterns, including the following: o Data exfiltration o Unsafe application and web browsing behavior o Malicious network port scanning o New applications generating network traffic o Denial of service attacks o Device being used at unusual times o Higher than expected network activity o New network usage patterns o Device acting as a server o Device refusing server-like requests o Device network usage is abnormal Secure Access generates configurable alerts with rich context and direct links to detailed Insights for Network dashboards, empowering security teams to prioritize and investigate potential threats. As new threats emerge and user behavior evolves, Secure Access automatically modifies its baseline for each user’s device and potential threat profiles, ensuring your defenses remain continuously updated. All clients require a licensed server to work.

Screenshots

ServiceDesk Plus | On4 screens
Absolute Secure Access2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ServiceDesk Plus | On at 4.8 against Absolute Secure Access's 4.0. ServiceDesk Plus | On also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ServiceDesk Plus | On holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 16% of ServiceDesk Plus | On's written reviews are positive against 20% of Absolute Secure Access's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ServiceDesk Plus | On ships an update monthly, Absolute Secure Access every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ServiceDesk Plus | On versus Absolute Secure Access: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterServiceDesk Plus | OnAbsolute Secure Access
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (21 ratings) — better4.0 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews16.0% of reviews20.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2121
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZoho CorporationNetMotion Software Inc.

Customer experience

ServiceDesk Plus | On

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive16.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative74.0%

Absolute Secure Access

All ratings21 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative23.8%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Bugs and requests

ServiceDesk Plus | On

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Invalid JSON errors when viewing ticket details
  • App crashes when pressing request details
  • SAML login returns to login prompt after authentication
  • Photo attachment failures with invalid JSON error
  • Dark mode UI issues (white text on white background)
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  • Password field doesn't allow pasting
  • Buttons cut off on iPhone 12 Pro and newer devices
  • App incompatible with iPhone 14 Pro Max
  • App doesn't work with iOS 13+ and iPhone 11+ screen formats
  • Force closing on various device models
  • Widget loading indefinitely
  • Barcode scanner only works 1 in 10 times
  • Subcategory dropdown not properly populated
  • App signs out spontaneously
  • Notifications sent for user's own actions
  • Group assignment broken after updates
  • Missing account element error on login
  • Work log viewing causes crashes
  • Null errors when opening tickets
  • Random error messages appearing

Requested features

17 requests
  • SAML/SSO authentication support
  • Audio notifications for incoming tickets
  • Ability to view full conversation history
  • Attachment preview functionality
  • Reply templates
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  • Global search across tickets
  • Sort tickets by priority, due date, and other fields
  • iPad universal app support
  • Ability to edit more ticket fields (category, subcategory, group assignment)
  • Access to Problems, Projects, and other modules
  • Closure codes and FCR checkboxes
  • Asset editing capabilities
  • Barcode scanner improvements
  • Task creation and closure from app
  • Email signature support for replies
  • Custom filter visibility
  • Ability to create service requests as standard user

Absolute Secure Access

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ServiceDesk Plus | On

No in-app purchases

None

Absolute Secure Access

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ServiceDesk Plus | On free?
ServiceDesk Plus | On is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Absolute Secure Access free?
Absolute Secure Access is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ServiceDesk Plus | On or Absolute Secure Access?
ServiceDesk Plus | On is rated higher. ServiceDesk Plus | On averages 4.8 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Absolute Secure Access averages 4.0 from 21 ratings.
Do ServiceDesk Plus | On or Absolute Secure Access have ads?
Neither ServiceDesk Plus | On nor Absolute Secure Access shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ServiceDesk Plus | On or Absolute Secure Access?
ServiceDesk Plus | On ships an update monthly, and Absolute Secure Access every 2 months. Most recently, ServiceDesk Plus | On was updated on October 30, 2026 and Absolute Secure Access on October 24, 2026.

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