The IT service desk that runs itself.

Triage tickets, automate routing, and give your team the visibility to act before things break.

Provide a single point of contact for users, deliver on your SLAs, and operate on ITIL best practices — all preconfigured and deployed in just weeks.

ITIL® compliant ITSM software Octopus
More than 220 organizations rely on Octopus ITSM to run their internal services
Common Challenges

The challenges weighing on your IT service desk

Your team is stuck reacting to incidents instead of anticipating them. SLAs are slipping, ROI is difficult to demonstrate, and you don't have the data you need to make confident, strategic decisions.

Stuck in Reactive Mode

Critical incidents, repetitive tasks, and unstructured requests pile up. Your technicians spend their days reacting to emergencies instead of preventing them — SLAs slip, service quality suffers, and planning for what's next never makes it to the top of the list.

Lack of visibility

Your dashboards are incomplete and unreliable. Measuring service desk performance, proving ROI, spotting bottlenecks — every answer takes hours to dig out. So decisions get made on gut, not data.

Self-service portal users avoid

Users continue to call and email instead. Requests arrive incomplete, miscategorized, and impossible to route efficiently. Your technicians spend more time clarifying tickets than resolving them.

Proactive mode

From reactive to planned

Your processes are standardized, routing is automated, and every ticket reaches the right technician in the right context. Escalations trigger automatically before an SLA slips. Changes are planned, reviewed, and documented. Root causes are resolved at the source.

Automated workflows

Intelligent routing by category, priority, and support group. Zero manual intervention.

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Change management

Plan changes, assess risk, and document every step with complete traceability.

Preconfigured service catalog

The most common service requests come ready to use — categorized, routed, and built on ITIL best practices. Live in weeks.

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Automatic escalation

Support tickets at risk of breaching SLAs escalate automatically before they do. No incident falls through the cracks.

Incident and problem management

Spot recurring incidents, link them to the underlying problem, and resolve the root cause.

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Reliable, accessible data

Reliable data for better decision-making.

Don't make decisions based on instinct. With centralized, reliable data, your dashboards show the real state of your service desk in real time. Performance reports run automatically — no manual exports, no guesswork. And recurring incidents surface with the context you need to find the cause and act.

Real-time dashboard

Critical incidents, SLAs at risk, and the prioritized queue — all visible to your team in real time. No more debating what's urgent.

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SLA tracking with proactive alerts

Get alerted before an SLA breaches. Act before the user picks up the phone.

Trend and pattern detection

Spot systemic problems before they escalate, and back your ROI with hard numbers.

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Technician workload at a glance

See who's overloaded and who has room to take more. Rebalance the queue with data, not gut.

Automated executive reporting

Performance reports generate themselves — ready to present, no manual exports required.

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Web Portal

Self-service web portal users actually use

Intuitive and easy to use, the web portal captures complete and properly categorized requests — then routes them to the right group automatically. Users solve common questions through the built-in knowledge base and get updates at every step. Fewer Tier 1 tickets. Fewer calls.

Configurable self-service portal

Build dynamic forms, categories, and approvals around your processes — no technical expertise required.

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Automatic updates and notifications

Users get updates at every stage of the process. Fewer follow-up calls, less load on your team.

One place for every request

A single point of entry for every internal service. Users know exactly where to go, every time.

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Smart, preconfigured forms

Each request type has its own form with required fields and automated routing. Tickets come in complete and categorized correctly.

Built-in knowledge base

Users answer their own common questions. Fewer Tier 1 tickets, more time for the work that truly matters.

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Octopus ITSM features

Everything you need to manage, automate, and run your IT services every day.

ITSM Processes

Incident management
Service request management
Problem management
Change management
Backlog management
Approval management

Self-Service Portal

Service catalog
Dynamic forms
Knowledge base
Multi-department requests
Modern, intuitive interface

Automation

Configurable workflows
Automatic escalation
Approval automation
AI-powered classification
Smart recommendations
Configurable Kanban boards

Reporting and analytics

Real-time dashboards
Custom reports
SLA / XLA tracking
MTTR analysis
Backlog management

IT assets

CMDB
IT asset management
License management

Flexibility and evolution

No-code platform
Preconfigured industry templates
Sandbox
Automatic updates
Enterprise Service Management (ESM)

Governance and security

ITIL compliance
Full audit trail
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Data hosted in Canada
SOC 2 Type 2
AD / SSO integration

Integrations and connectivity

Open REST API
Webhooks
Native connectors
Microsoft 365 / Teams integration
Email gateway
Extension marketplace

Collaboration and employee experience

Smart notifications
Mentions and comments
Mobile app
Real-time request tracking
CSAT surveys
Internal announcements

Never start from scratch

Hundreds of organizations have already laid the foundation. Their expertise and best practices are built into every Octopus solution through preconfigured, industry-standard templates.

Our ITIL-certified consultants bring deep industry expertise and guide you every step of the way, from deployment to continuous improvement.

Industry-specific preconfigured templates

Every industry (SMBs, healthcare, municipalities, education, public sector) has its own processes, terminology, and unique requirements. Your templates are already built to reflect them.

Deployed in just weeks

No more endless implementation projects. Your teams are up and running in just a few weeks with a solution that already reflects their reality.

No-code customization

Add forms, adjust workflows, and build automation rules directly within your solution. No technical expertise or external consultants required.

A partner that supports you

Our ITIL-certified consulting team supports you at every stage, from initial setup to the continuous evolution of your solution.

Meet your new built-in AI intelligent Assistant

Got a question? A request? A change to make? Just ask using plain language. Your Octopus AI Assistant figures it out and takes appropriate action. It's a fundamental shift in how you manage services.

Configuration, by conversation

Want to add a field, tweak a workflow, adjust a rule? Your AI Assistant does it for you — in real time, no code, no delay.

Proactively identify opportunities

Your AI Assistant scans for gaps, inefficient processes, and missing automations — then recommends concrete improvements before you think to ask for them.

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Why these suggestions?

Analyze your data

Ask about your tickets, work orders, SLAs, trends, equipment and assets the way you'd ask a knowledgeable colleague.

Automated communications

Need to write a user announcement, a release note, or a new procedure? Your AI Assistant writes it for you — in the right tone, ready to deploy.

Customer Stories

How ITSM service desks across Quebec and Canada transformed their operations with Octopus

We chose Octopus ITSM for its ease of use, intuitive design, and rich features for managing inventory-related requests. The integrated web portal was also a major advantage in our ability to centralize and improve the management of user requests.
Jacques Lebrun
Administrative Manager, User Support Services
Cégep Limoilou
Cégep Limoilou
We've been using Octopus for 14 years. It supports HR, facilities, contract management, communications—it even manages our inventory. From the moment we adopted Octopus, it has more than exceeded our needs.
Chantal Mercier
Service Center Analyst
Élections Québec
Élections Québec

Ready for your industry. From day one.

Co-developed with organizations just like yours, our solutions are grounded in proven industry best practices. Choose your sector and see how Octopus tackles your specific challenges.

Healthcare

Fragmented requests across sites, unclear IT incident prioritizations, and constant pressure between teams and leadership. Octopus centralizes everything into a single entry point with structured workflows and real-time visibility.

Biomedical engineering

Unplanned inspections, missing maintenance records, and limited traceability for regulatory audits. Octopus GBM gives you complete visibility into every medical asset’s lifecycle, with built-in preventive maintenance scheduling.

Education

High request volumes at the start of the year, limited IT staff across campuses, and no visibility on timelines. Octopus structures IT service requests in schools and automates routing so teams can move from reacting to actively managing demand.

Municipalities

Citizen requests arrive by email, phone, and in person with little traceability, aging infrastructure, and limited reporting capabilities. Octopus centralizes internal requests and field operations so every request is visible, assigned, and tracked, delivering data to support decisions.

Public sector

Siloed departments, untracked requests, and time-consuming audit reporting with limited traceability. Octopus standardizes internal service management across teams compliant with Loi 25, hosted in Quebec, and built for public sector requirements.

Small and medium-sized businesses

No dedicated IT, scattered tools, unclear priorities, and hard-to-justify investments. Octopus structures your internal services without complex IT projects—quick to deploy, adaptable to your budget, and built to scale.

Easy to deploy. Powerful in everyday use. Made for your reality.

See how Octopus ITSM solves your toughest challenges — and get your team up and running in just weeks.