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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

ServiceNow and AppSheet compete in the low-code app development and IT service management category. ServiceNow appears to have the upper hand due to its extensive features and flexibility, while AppSheet offers a cost-effective and simpler solution.

Features: ServiceNow excels with extensive customizability, a visual workflow editor, integration capabilities, and a strong community. It offers ITIL processes and custom app development. AppSheet provides an intuitive environment focused on Google Workspace integration, mobile-friendliness, and a straightforward solution for simpler tasks.

Room for Improvement: ServiceNow could simplify its complex licensing model, improve its user interface, and enhance non-IT asset integration. Performance analytics and mobile capabilities need betterment. AppSheet could expand integration partners, improve app templates, and enhance SQL database functionality.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ServiceNow offers flexible hosting options like public, private, hybrid cloud, and on-premises, but its customer service can be inconsistent. AppSheet operates mainly in the public cloud, offering simplicity within the Google Workspace ecosystem, although technical support ratings vary.

Pricing and ROI: ServiceNow is a premium-priced solution, often justified by extensive features, and offers significant ROI in enterprise efficiency. AppSheet has a more budget-friendly pricing model, attractive to Google Workspace users, with ROI seen in flexibility and integration with Google's ecosystem.

To learn more, read our detailed AppSheet vs. ServiceNow Report (Updated: December 2025).

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AppSheet vs. ServiceNow

December 2025

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

AppSheet

Ranking in No-Code Development Platforms

3rd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

ServiceNow

Ranking in No-Code Development Platforms

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

224

Ranking in other categories

Help Desk Software (1st), IT Asset Management (1st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (1st), Rapid Application Development Software (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the No-Code Development Platforms category, the mindshare of AppSheet is 4.7%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 6.0%, down from 16.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

No-Code Development Platforms Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
ServiceNow	6.0%
AppSheet	4.7%
Other	89.3%

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Featured Reviews

Varun Kumar Gupta

Senior Manager Information Technology Program Manager at Microtek International

Centralized task tracking has transformed team collaboration and has saved significant time

The features or capabilities of AppSheet that I have found the most valuable include Freeze Panes, which is one of the most valuable features, and Dropdown, which is another valuable feature. Freeze Panes is extremely important because it freezes the first top row of the sheet. When I'm scrolling the sheet and going down, I can see the first row on the screen full time while scrolling to my data. This is a very beautiful feature of Google Sheets. Additionally, the dropdown feature allows me to write yes, no, and not applicable against a particular line item without typing every time by creating a dropdown. I write it once with yes, no, not applicable, and then I select that option. The real-time updates in AppSheet improve collaboration in my team because 40 people in the same department operate on a single Google Sheet. They all update their tasks, their projects, and everything on that same sheet, which is a massive leap in technology. Otherwise, I would be mailing a single Excel sheet to 40 people and getting everybody's input from them all manually, which would be extremely time-consuming. It's a massive technology jump when it comes to collaboration.

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Shafqat Paracha

General Manager at sPerception IT

Adopting flexible workflows with customized automation delivers measurable benefits

There are things that I would like to see improved in ServiceNow, such as the pricing, as it is a very costly solution compared to other tools. Additionally, its presence in the local market is very limited; in Pakistan, for example, I don't see any vendor or distributor of ServiceNow available. They need to increase their sales spectrum globally so people can easily access them and engage them for client meetings and more. From a functionality perspective, the features in ServiceNow are acceptable as, at the moment, the ITSM modules rank highly, being 13 plus Pink Elephant certified, which is a good aspect to have. When providing advice to users, I would suggest they consider making strategic decisions about their per user pricing since it is very high. In our region, people normally start with 5 to 10 users, but the per user price is quite steep. Moreover, ServiceNow does not charge based on data uploaded or downloaded, so they should reconsider their pricing and data policies to align better with the financial capabilities of the region.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"A feature I found most valuable in AppSheet is its intuitive UI/UX design, as that makes the platform very easy for customers to use. The solution also has a drag and drop feature that's quite good. I also found AppSheet integration with the cloud platform to be quite good."

"The solution is quite efficient, elaborate, sophisticated, fast, and easy to use."

"The solution is pretty simple to implement."

"I have found the way they structure the workflow and the fact that it a progressive application is valuable for me. This allows me to be able to build it once and use it in multiple formats."

"The tool's integration capabilities enhance our existing workflows and as far as the workflows are concerned, I think it is pretty seamless, intuitive, and interactive."

"The security of the solution is very good."

"The real-time updates in AppSheet improve collaboration in my team because 40 people in the same department operate on a single Google Sheet, and they all update their tasks, their projects, and everything on that same sheet, which is a massive leap in technology."

"The solution has been very user friendly, easy to use, and we are able to use many applications like Excel or Google sheets."

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"SPM and ITSM features are the most helpful."

"The Idea Portal and the PPM platform are most valuable. Their out-of-the-box dashboards and reporting are fantastic. I use them almost on a weekly basis. I have developed a couple of PMO dashboards for reporting. It is user-friendly. Everything is done through a navigation bar, and it makes things a lot easier that way."

"ServiceNow gives us a lot for free: workflows, organizational structures, service portal, forms, reporting, disaster recovery, and so on."

"Identifies better ways to license software or eliminate unused software to save money."

"It is a very promising product. They have a new release every six months. They're investing quite a lot, and you can do many creative things with the product. If you know how it works, you can have stricter rules in the product."

"You can put information in or export it out quickly, which is very useful when you have weekly or monthly reports."

"The workflow capability for easy setup is powerful."

"ServiceNow is a cloud solution. That fact was very important for us, that it is not an on-prem solution, as it reduces our internal cost of support."

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Cons

"In terms of areas for improvement in AppSheet, I do many things with it, and I'm happy with its data features. The solution has good data features, and though some basic functions may not be there, AppSheet is good enough for me at the moment. I can use it in my business. I like it, and I'm still happy with it because I'm not using it intensively. I just use AppSheet for simple tasks rather than complex ones, though the solution has many use cases. In its next release, what could make the solution better would be more partners for integration, for example, integration with SAP, particularly plugins or APIs with more partners that it could integrate with. There should be an out-of-the-box feature built for integration with more partners."

"No improvements are required as AppSheet is quite efficient."

"What I think could be improved or enhanced in AppSheet includes the timeline feature, as that is something which is a real pain point and not very efficient in Google Sheets."

"They could improve by providing more language support other than English, integrate better with other databases, and provide a better UX."

"AppSheet should continue to make the tool's features easy to use, such as the ability to add additional notes or notifications."

"There are now a lot of low-code or no-code applications available on the web. AppSheet is working on that path."

"They only give a single sign-on at a very high cost."

"There needs to be an improvement in their operation vision. They need to see things more globally because at the moment they are very North-America focused. We do not always have mobile applications and the way we use them is slightly different in Africa from the way they use them in America."

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"An area for improvement would be the accessibility of downloaded and compressed files."

"Needs additional software titles and easier normalization."

"All the screens are similar. It's the same platform for everything and you need to familiarize yourself with it. In the past, you used to have one screen per application. Now, you have everything integrated into one. Everybody will manage the same screen and they need to navigate into the same screen as the Internet Explorer with a toolbar with the categories and look for the things you want to see or the models you want to use."

"The challenge with ServiceNow lies in its expansive portfolio of services. It can be complex, and users may find it expensive and challenging to understand. There is a need for a configurator within ServiceNow that guides users on how to utilize the tool effectively. This configurator should provide insights into licensing, team requirements, and the best licensing model based on whether companies prefer ownership or consumption-based models."

"It's a little expensive compared to other tools."

"I would like the reporting aspect to be better, including the graphs. It could have some way for us to easily to export to a csv or spreadsheet so that if a graph cannot be provided by ServiceNow itself, we would be able to use other applications to create them. Also, if there was a feature that enabled us to interact with end users directly from ServiceNow, like an instant-messaging type of feature, that would be great."

"Once a change request has been created once it's been approved and been submitted, there is no way to go in on that particular change request and submit an additional task."

"I would like to see more functionality in terms of custom workflows, not impacting the overall platform health."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I chose this solution because it was cheaper than other competitors."

"There is a license required to use this solution and it costs approximately $10 per user a month. I am paying $300 a month for 30 licenses."

"In terms of how much AppSheet costs, I'm currently on the free tier, but if I need to add more users to it in the future, I will go with the paid version."

"The tool is available at a low price."

"Initially, the licensing model ServiceNow came up with was very good. But now, from a licensing perspective, they are changing their model day by day. It is becoming a bit expensive for customers."

"The first impact for the customer is that it is expensive, but do not forget that it is a solution that includes infrastructure; a single cost, easy to justify."

"We are happy with the pricing."

"I would say it is moderately expensive, ranging from six to seven on a scale of ten."

"The product cost is higher than that of other vendors."

"The price is okay for us. It's reasonable."

"ServiceNow pricing is an art, not a science. The deal depends on how commercially savvy you are, which does make it something that is quite difficult to get right. It is most definitely an opportunity area for ServiceNow to improve and have more visibility around pricing of the different products within the platform."

"It is very expensive because it is a big organization. You have to pay for additional things."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

No data available

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	55
Midsize Enterprise	35
Large Enterprise	166

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppSheet?

The pricing and licensing of AppSheet are quite competitive. Even the Google One membership or its plans are quite cheap, so that is not an issue. When compared to the Microsoft Suite of Apps, Goog...

What needs improvement with AppSheet?

What I think could be improved or enhanced in AppSheet includes the timeline feature, as that is something which is a real pain point and not very efficient in Google Sheets.

What is your primary use case for AppSheet?

My usual use cases for AppSheet involve tracking our IT projects and tasks. All the projects of our IT department and all the tasks are tracked under Google Sheets and AppSheet. Another use case is...

Which solution is better for developing non-ITSM applications: OutSystems or Service Now?

The short answer is that OutSystems is far better for 2 main reasons. Firstly, with Service Now you are locked into that platform for good. The business model is to lock in and then keep pumping th...

Would you choose ServiceNow over Microsoft PowerApps?

Hi Netanya, I will choose ServiceNow because ServiceNow is a very good tool compared to Microsoft PowerApp. Because ServiceNow has a very strong module (Performance Analysis) reporting which will ...

What do you like most about ServiceNow?

The solution has a user-friendly interface.

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Overview

AppSheet provides a no-code development platform for application software, which allows users to create mobile, tablet, and web applications using data sources like Google Drive, DropBox, Office 365, and other cloud-based spreadsheet and database platforms.

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ServiceNow is a cloud-based task-management platform that specializes in IT operations management (ITOM), IT services management (ITSM), and IT business management (ITBM). ServiceNow allows users to manage their teams, projects, and customer interactions using a variety of different plugins and apps with which it easily integrates.

ServiceNow offers prebuilt applications to support any process, as well as a framework and tools that allow you to build your own.

ServiceNow’s service management solutions include change, request, incident, problem, and cost management, as well as HR, IT, field service, and facilities management solutions. They also cover business management solutions such as vendor performance management, financial management, performance analytics and project portfolio suite, as well as governance, risk, and compliance.

“The Smarter Way to Workflow”

ServiceNow’s activities, processes, and tasks are overseen as part of a comprehensive managed workflow that supports such features as real-time collaboration, communication, and resource sharing. ServiceNow’s suite of products allow for operation using serverless computing, and include the categories of Business Apps, Customer Service, HR, IT, and Security.

ServiceNow can be used to support most workflows because of the wide range of tools it offers. These include on-suite ticketing tools, predictive modeling to manage workflows, and benchmarking for the tracking of progress. ServiceNow can assist with artificial intelligence and machine learning processes and can be used to organize the cases of a help/service desk as well as for instance management and problem management. It also smoothly integrates with many legacy systems.

ServiceNow offers service management software for industries including:

Cloud services
Education
Financial services
Government
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Telecommunications

Reviews from Real Users

PeerSpot users prefer ServiceNow to its competitors because of its scalability, stability, and ease of use. It helps everyone in the company to be on the same page by creating a single source of record across all departments. One user stated that “I’ve definitely used over 20 project management solutions, but they can't be compared with ServiceNow.” Another said that “ServiceNow is an industry leader in multiple areas and provides an excellent ROI.”

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