Betty Blocks vs ServiceNow comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

ServiceNow and Betty Blocks compete in the application development and service management category. Data comparisons suggest that while ServiceNow provides strong support and cost-effectiveness, Betty Blocks leads with its rich features justifying its price.

Features: ServiceNow offers comprehensive IT service management, automation, and integration capabilities, along with advanced analytics and a large library of pre-built solutions. Betty Blocks focuses on no-code development, rapid application deployment, and offers greater customization and agility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ServiceNow provides a traditional deployment model with extensive documentation and a strong support system, suitable for large enterprises. Betty Blocks emphasizes a flexible, no-code platform with an emphasis on quick deployment and responsive customer support.

Pricing and ROI: ServiceNow involves a higher initial setup cost with broad functionality offering substantial ROI over time. Betty Blocks offers a competitive pricing model with lower upfront costs, focusing on rapid development tools that may lead to faster ROI.

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Betty Blocks vs. ServiceNow

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Betty Blocks

Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software

32nd

Ranking in No-Code Development Platforms

19th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

ServiceNow

Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software

2nd

Ranking in No-Code Development Platforms

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

216

Ranking in other categories

Help Desk Software (1st), IT Asset Management (1st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Betty Blocks is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 11.0%, up from 10.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Hans De Groot

Owner/Operator at Informatieewerkplaats

The solution is stable and has good support, but is expensive

Betty Blocks, when I started with it, was similar to a back-end platform with the ability to have a standardized back-office UI out of the box, which is perfect for a lot of situations. For more customer-facing UIs, we had to create the front end ourselves, building endpoints with HTML and JavaScript. Then Betty Blocks started in 2018 with the page builder. This allowed us to create drag-and-drop interfaces. That was quite cumbersome. Now Betty Blocks is entering a new generation of it - next generation forms - which should be a lot better. The most valuable feature is the back end. The way we can create action flows for things such as sending emails, creating PDF reports, or connecting to web services is very complete. I never experience a lack of functionality in it. The standardized back-office UI is said to be deprecated over time, which is a shame, because it is a real time-saver and is one of their strong points, only if it was kept up-to-date.

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Somnath Kand

Team Lead at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

Custom integration and reporting lead to efficient ticket management

There is a need for bug or error tracking in ServiceNow. Although there are child incidents or tickets, tracking primary issues or bugs within enhancements is not present. The reporting features in the new portal could be more user-friendly. While it provides options to minimize chart and image sizes, actual implementation doesn't always reflect these changes.

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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

"The most valuable feature is the back end."

"It provides internal clients with greater transparency about their projects and deliverables."

"The pricing of the product is quite good. It's not too expensive."

"ServiceNow is a cloud-based platform, so people won't need to worry about investing on hardware to host it. Being on the cloud, it is available 24x7. It's scalable, stable, and multifeatured, with a straightforward setup and good technical support."

"It's a straightforward and effective approach that minimizes the need for extensive explanations."

"The solution is easy to use, simple to make queries, flexible to configure, integrates well, and supports all of our companies needs."

"I like the reporting aspect of it. It helps us know where we stand regarding the types of issues we're receiving... It also shows us trends. That enables us to possibly predict an issue that might come up in the future as well as what is happening right now. We will like that feature. With it, we can either avoid certain issues or know where we need to focus more regarding the service we provide."

"I find the incident management part to be the most valuable. That's how the service desk tracks tickets."

"It uses a common base of data and allows different types of records to pull from that same base of data."

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Cons

"In many cases, they make choices where flexibility is a little bit degraded, but if you leave everything open and the flexibility is great then the usability is a little bit less."

"What I find lacking in the software is its ability to query the database."

"I would like to see full integration with AI."

"It should include information on navigating various user interfaces for creating diverse requests directed to different teams."

"The standard UI is very restricted. It doesn't look as good, compared to Remedy. Building your own UI requires some additional coding..."

"Transparency in the pricing model needs to be improved."

"They need to be providing vendors and implementation partners with materials and guidance on implementation."

"It's not user-friendly by default, but it can be customized to be customer-friendly."

"We find it good in general. Obviously, there are areas of improvement for every capability. As they evolve more, if they keep on adding more intelligence into the capabilities, it will improve. The improvement areas are more integration across the landscape and more intelligence for the overall capability of the solution."

"Its stability and pricing need improvement."

"Very expensive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing structure that we have been working with was based on a number of blocks."

"The pricing is quite high, but the pricing is also not very transparent."

"The platform offers a free trial, by providing a free developer instance once you sign up."

"The mandatory minimum is US$ 20,000 for licensing."

"While the option exists to pay for a monthly license, we are dealing with large enterprises and these typically involve multi-year licenses of ten or five years, at a minimum."

"Getting the solution up and running is expensive."

"There is an annual subscription to use this solution."

"The pricing is on the high side, but if you look at the stability and option to work, it's kind of justified."

"The solution is expensive."

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

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

33%

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

Real Estate/Law Firm

Educational Organization

28%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

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Overview

From mobile apps to (customer) portals to back office management and everything in between. The Betty Blocks platform’s ease of use supports every size or complexity of your app. Go as far as you like, the easiest way possible.

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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.”

Sample Customers

KPMG, TELE2, Sligro Food Group, Ymere, Flexpoint Group

AAA, AstraZeneca, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Broadcom, Christus Health, Epicor, Equinix, GE Capital, Intuit, KPMG, Loyola Marymount University, OshKosh, Quantas, RedHat, Royal Bank of Scotland, Swiss Re, U.S. Department of Energy, Safeway, Yale University, and Zillow

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