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HaloPSA alternative: Tenvara

HaloPSA is a popular, highly configurable PSA with every feature in one per-agent price. It does not include an RMM, so MSPs pair it with one through its integrations. MSPs look at Tenvara when they would rather have the service desk and the RMM, backup and Microsoft 365 tools in one app, with one agent.

Tenvara: PSA and service desk

The tool today

What HaloPSA does

An all-inclusive PSA with ticketing, projects, billing, sales and stock at one price. Made by Halo Service Solutions. This is how the vendor describes it, in our words.

  • Ticketing across email, chat, SMS, social and phone, with SLA management.
  • Project management, contracts and a finance module with billing.
  • Quotes, sales pipeline and CRM features.
  • Stock, suppliers and purchase orders.
  • A self-service portal with a knowledge base, live chat and appointments.
  • Native iOS and Android apps, with over 250 integrations including Xero and QuickBooks.

Side by side

Tenvara vs HaloPSA

The PSA and service desk jobs that matter most, and how each product handles them.

Tickets with SLAs

Tenvara Yes

Response and resolution targets per priority Guide

HaloPSA Yes

Customer SLA management

Self-service portal and knowledge base

Tenvara Yes

Portal with tickets and published help articles Guide

HaloPSA Yes

Branded portal with knowledge base

Live chat

Tenvara Yes

Website widget, portal and tray Guide

HaloPSA Yes

Live chat included

Scheduling and appointments

Tenvara Yes

Visits, dispatch board and customer confirmations Guide

HaloPSA Yes

Calendars and appointments

Remote monitoring and management

Tenvara Yes

Built in, same agent Guide

HaloPSA No

Integrates with RMM tools such as NinjaOne

Add-on means the vendor sells it as a separate product or paid extra. HaloPSA details come from the vendor's own website, see sources.

Switching

Moving from HaloPSA

A calm move, not a big bang. Run both side by side until your team is happy.

  1. 1

    Set up customers, sites and contacts

    There is no automatic import from HaloPSA, so add your customers, their sites and the contacts who raise tickets. Contact email addresses matter, as mail is matched on them.

    Customers, sites and contacts
  2. 2

    Recreate contracts

    Add each customer's monthly fee, included hours and overage rate as a contract, so time counts against it from day one.

    Contracts and the Xero export
  3. 3

    Point your support mailbox at Tenvara

    Connect your Microsoft 365 support mailbox so new mail becomes tickets. Finish open tickets in HaloPSA while new ones land in Tenvara.

    Email to ticket and alert rules
  4. 4

    Deploy the agent alongside your RMM

    Install the Tenvara agent next to the RMM you use with HaloPSA, so monitoring, patching and remote control are ready before you switch.

    Installing the agent
  5. 5

    Run both side by side, then switch

    Run a billing cycle or two in parallel, check the Xero export against your usual invoices, then switch off the old tools.

HaloPSA pricing

HaloPSA publishes its prices on its website. Check its pricing page for current prices and terms.

Vendor pricing page

Tenvara pricing

One subscription, per technician or per endpoint, hosted or self-hosted, with every feature in every plan.

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Questions

HaloPSA vs Tenvara: FAQ

HaloPSA includes every PSA feature, but not an RMM. Tenvara puts the RMM, backup and Microsoft 365 management next to the service desk, on one agent and one customer record.

See Tenvara next to HaloPSA.

A 30 minute walkthrough of the real product. Bring your list of what you use today and we'll show you where each part lives in Tenvara, and where it doesn't.

Comparison based on publicly available information as of September 2026. HaloPSA is a trademark of its owner; Tenvara is not affiliated with it. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.

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