ServiceNow IT Operations Management vs Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (2nd), Cloud Management (9th), AIOps (4th)
Splunk Infrastructure Monit...
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (14th), Container Management (11th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the market share of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is 2.8% and it increased by 0.9% compared to the previous year. The market share of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is 0.4% and it decreased by 29.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
Unique Categories:
Event Monitoring
18.8%
Cloud Management
1.6%
Cloud Monitoring Software
0.8%
Container Management
0.3%
 

Featured Reviews

Mahendra-Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 14, 2023
Comprehensive incident management module
ServiceNow is a very good product, but it's widely used in the industry. Overall, I'll give it an eight out of ten. I would advise customers that this is a very useful setup. We get a lot of real incidents, apart from false incidents. Also, ServiceNow has its pro application setup related to AI ops. So, as per the customer, if we need to figure out any issue, we can initially use the standard ServiceNow application. After that, if we separate ServiceNow using AI ops, we can get many features. It is machine learning and AI-based. After that, we can get a lot of features. In normal ServiceNow, we have to search for routers and other things, but we can get these things automatically from the system in AI operations. So, there is a set of things we can advise the customer in such a way.
MA
Aug 3, 2023
User-friendly, offers good visibility through the logs, and helps identify issues in our environment
We use Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring because it is a durable solution for our environment Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is easy to use. The dashboards are good. Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring has helped improve our operational performance and efficiency.  Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I like the solution mostly for CMDB discovery."
"The most valuable feature of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is the user interface."
"The dashboard maintenance is very good, and the tool doesn't get stuck."
"The most valuable features of ServiceNow IT Operations Management are ease of use, intuitive design, and ease of management, and its based on IT practices which are good."
"It's easy to set up."
"Has service mapping, impact management, metric intelligence and health of analytics."
"I like the tool's CMBD connection with Discovery. The solution is also flexible."
"It is flexible. You can tune it, more or less, as you want."
"The most valuable thing that we have seen within our group is the ability to ingest all this raw data and have it organized in a certain way so that different groups can get effective alerting from this massive amount of raw data that is out there."
"The features I have found most valuable are log searching and log analytics, both of which are quick features."
"The most valuable feature is log reporting."
"The tool is efficient in collecting, monitoring and evaluating logs."
"The data collection from our VMs, containers, databases, and backend components is valuable."
"We haven't really experienced any glitches or bugs."
"Splunk has drawn our attention to how the network is running. If there are alarms on things that are not functioning, it gives us early warning on problems that could arise."
"It is a great resource for us because we have so many different data sources and to be able to aggregate that and put it through a concise dashboard or an alert really helps."
 

Cons

"I would like more manual issues to have automated report-facing options."
"At times, it got cumbersome from the project management perspective. It could have been because of the way we were using it. I found Microsoft Project to be more extensive and robust than ITOM."
"The tool can be improved by including more detailed information to assist new users."
"The time for deployment of ServiceNow IT Operations Management depends on many factors. It's a SaaS application, it should not take too long, but if you want to define the tool based on your processes, then it would take some time. It fully depends on the company's complexity. There are out-of-the-box product flows and if you want to use them, you can from day one. However, if you want to customize it and change it to your company's practices, then it will take more time. The setup could be faster."
"The out-of-the-box reporting feature is not as user friendly as other tools."
"The setup and deployment could be simplified, and the pricing could improve."
"There are some limitations with Discovery; some areas are not available in the installation. I would like the solution to be able to discover more devices. That will remove the need to have multiple tools."
"Even though they call it low code there are a lot of customizations needed, especially from an ITOM standpoint."
"There is a lot of room for improvement with the automation."
"The deployment can be quite complex."
"The end-to-end visibility is lacking because Splunk cannot directly monitor network devices."
"This solution is difficult to configure and the instructions are complex."
"The solution's stability is an area that has room for improvement. It needs to provide constant stability to its users."
"The clustering part of indexes can be more refined."
"I would like to see an improvement and some innovation in the customer interface."
"They need more EDR functionalities."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is expensive."
"It is expensive. It is around 10 Euros per server per month."
"It is moderately expensive. The pricing itself and the licensing options are depending on the model and the customization."
"While not entirely sure, I believe the solution costs at least a million dollars annually."
"My customers pay for the ServiceNow IT Operations Management license annually. I'd rate the pricing based on value. ServiceNow IT Operations Management is a premium product as it has better features than competitors."
"ServiceNow IT Operations Management is a costly solution. I'd rate the price at ten, on a scale from one to ten with one being the lowest and ten being the highest price. Some clients do have a problem with the price, but most find that the solution is worth the cost."
"I would rate the product's pricing a five out of ten since there are vendors who are cheaper."
"The cost of ServiceNow is much higher."
"I am not in that circle, but we are currently licensing based on our queries. That is working out for us. Previously, it was by volume of data, and now, we can store as much data as we want."
"The product is a bit expensive considering the competition but the company may negotiate the price."
"It is expensive."
"The solution's pricing is competitive. I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten. The price of the solution could be cheaper."
"Splunk's infrastructure monitoring costs can be high because our billing is based on data volume measured in terabytes, rather than the number of devices being monitored."
"This is an expensive solution."
"I would rate the price of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring as an eight out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
"Splunk has been fairly expensive, but it has been predictable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
From my perspective as an asset manager, the most valuable feature of the solution is the configuration management portion, where I can actively add something to the database.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
It is moderately expensive. The pricing itself and the licensing options are depending on the model and the customization. The standard version offers numerous ready-to-use automation options and i...
What needs improvement with ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
The solution needs to add mobilization, where we can connect mobile devices or wireless devices to do wireless scanning and bring assets into the database.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring?
Splunk's infrastructure monitoring costs can be high because our billing is based on data volume measured in terabytes, rather than the number of devices being monitored. Replacing legacy systems w...
What needs improvement with Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring?
The main drawback of Splunk for network monitoring is its limited agent deployment. Splunk excels at collecting data from servers and databases where agents can be installed. However, it cannot dir...
 

Also Known As

ServiceNow ITOM
Splunk Insights for Infrastructure
 

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Sample Customers

servicenow, TransAlta, NATS, Symantec
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