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BMC Remedy [EOL] vs ServiceNow comparison

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.7
Organizations report significant ROI from Automation Anywhere through cost savings, error reduction, and enhanced process efficiency.
Sentiment score
5.6
BMC Remedy EOL achieved high ROI and efficiency, but its cost limited adoption in some regions like Greece.
Sentiment score
6.5
ServiceNow delivers ROI through time savings, workflow automation, improved IT efficiency, and cost savings on infrastructure.
In terms of cost, we participated in projects achieving two to three million dollars in annual savings.
Software Developer at Boston Scientific
As a return on investment, we have achieved a 250% ROI in six to nine months, and sometimes it increases up to 380% percent.
Software Engineer Intern at a university with 11-50 employees
Automation Anywhere has helped us save money.
RPA Solution Architect at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Over the last five to ten years, there has been a good return on investment because BMC Remedy is very stable and the users are highly accustomed to it.
System Administrator at Porto Editora
Thanks to ServiceNow's end-to-end automation, we save five to ten days of cycle time for each invoice.
Application Development Associate & Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
They have removed the costs associated with on-prem infrastructure, including data center costs, power costs, and physical server costs.
General Manager at sPerception IT
ServiceNow offers a great return on investment because it saves us a lot of time and increases the efficiency of team members to complete their tickets and work on the PRBs to solve the root cause.
Product Developer at Cognizant
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Automation Anywhere's customer service is valued for 24/7 support but criticized for slow response and inconsistencies in interactions.
Sentiment score
6.0
BMC Remedy [EOL] support is reliable and available 24/7 but has variable response times and efficiency improvement opportunities.
Sentiment score
7.0
ServiceNow support is praised for responsiveness and knowledge, yet experiences mixed reviews, prompting reliance on community resources and partners.
Whenever we need help, we can reach out to them, and they help us out.
Software Developer at Boston Scientific
We also have dedicated account managers and technical experts to solve our problems related to Automation Anywhere.
Software Engineer Intern at a university with 11-50 employees
We just have to raise a ticket, after which we receive a call, email, or ping from the Automation Anywhere team.
Solution architect at Boston Scientific
More challenges are faced in engaging our support team to call or ask for different features required to integrate or if something is not working.
Machine Learning Engineer at cmc
Users can raise tickets for platform issues, workflow errors, integrations, or production incidents through ServiceNow's support portal.
Cloud Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
The support is exemplary and deserves a perfect rating.
Team Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Obtaining support for maintenance is the current challenge because they don't have a presence in the local market.
General Manager at sPerception IT
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Automation Anywhere excels in scalability, efficiently handling various project sizes and allowing seamless bot expansion with minimal effort.
Sentiment score
7.5
BMC Remedy [EOL] excels in scalability, efficiently supporting large user loads with flexible management despite potential costs and challenges.
Sentiment score
7.4
ServiceNow offers scalable, flexible solutions for diverse businesses, integrating easily but facing minor challenges with very large organizations.
As we are using Microsoft Copilot for our AI agents, I look forward to integrating it with Automation Anywhere and its solutions, seeing it as a beneficial partnership as Automation progresses toward AI as the main solution.
Sr. Manager, Finance Transformation at Amkor Technology, Inc.
The centralized control room allows us to orchestrate and manage bots seamlessly.
Associate Leadership Team at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I can scale it in terms of hundreds of bots and configure hundreds of parallel robots easily.
Director at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
BMC Remedy has been very scalable, handling 38 technical staff and 1,400 support users effectively.
System Administrator at Porto Editora
There are no limitations or performance issues with ServiceNow; it is cloud-based, so it is highly scalable and performs well.
General Manager at sPerception IT
It is capable of vertical scaling with no issues.
Team Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
ServiceNow's scalability is very good as it can be deployed in each environment.
Workload Automation at nab
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Automation Anywhere is stable with good error handling, though third-party dependencies and upgrades can cause occasional disruptions.
Sentiment score
7.8
BMC Remedy is stable and reliable, with high user ratings, despite occasional upgrade issues and comparisons to ServiceNow.
Sentiment score
7.7
ServiceNow offers high reliability and uptime, with minor issues resolved quickly, ensuring stable performance even under high demand.
With the latest applications, there are no significant issues like freezing or crashing.
Senior RPA Team Leader at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
From a stability and reliability perspective, we can remain confident that the product performs as an enterprise solution and meets expected standards.
Director Automation CEO at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
If you have good best practices, reusable code, an effective framework, and a solid development methodology, bots can be very stable.
Intelligent Automation Engineering Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
BMC Remedy is a very good product regarding stability.
Machine Learning Engineer at cmc
It is a reliable cloud platform with good uptime and workflow performance, supporting business-critical processes effectively when configured properly.
Cloud Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
It is cloud-based, so it is highly scalable and performs well.
General Manager at sPerception IT
I haven't faced any issues with stability; I've rarely seen any downtime.
Solution Engineer - Digital Platform | Mobile at British American Tobacco
 

Room For Improvement

Automation Anywhere needs improvements in cost, usability, integration, support, AI, stability, scalability, and user resources for satisfaction.
BMC Remedy [EOL] requires updates in automation, UI, support, integration, pricing, cloud adoption, and ease of use.
Users criticize ServiceNow for high costs, complex pricing, outdated interface, and inadequate automation, reporting, integration, and security features.
It is better to write a Python script instead of using Automation Anywhere's package when dealing with Excel because it is buggy and tends to break.
Low Code Developer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Making the product more lightweight by reducing its dependency on infrastructure could greatly help in the long run.
Software Developer at Boston Scientific
It would be beneficial if the platform provided options for power developers to integrate seamlessly with languages like Java or C#, allowing them to write their own scripts and code.
Rpa Infrastructure Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We want integration with Microsoft Teams and something similar to Artificial Intelligence.
System Administrator at Porto Editora
The room for improvement related to BMC Remedy is that if some kind of automation is possible in it.
Machine Learning Engineer at cmc
It makes no sense in my opinion, and they should offer the team at the front to help customize the product to fit each company's needs, as every company has different demands and forms of submitting a request that need adjustment over time.
Manager of Security Engineering & Architecture at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
My priority points for improvement are the UI glitches and modern AI technology integrations for faster incident management.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
There is a need for bug or error tracking in ServiceNow.
Team Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Automation Anywhere's pricing is high, suitable for large companies, with costs varying by region and strategic partnerships reducing expenses.
BMC Remedy licensing receives mixed reviews, seen as competitive by some but costly and complex by others.
ServiceNow's pricing is high due to subscription licensing, but is justified for some by functionality and efficiency gains.
It is more cost-efficient compared to all other RPA platforms.
AI/Robotics Process Automation Specialist at Bell
Automation Anywhere costs are aligned with UiPath and Blue Prism, which are also expensive.
Developer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
It is not cheap, with costs ranging between 700 to 800 dollars per month.
Director, Co-Founder & CEO at HEDEHI Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
The price is reasonable.
System Administrator at Porto Editora
ServiceNow's pricing can be justified if more functionality is required.
Service Now Developer at Bangmetric services pvt ltd
ServiceNow does come with a price.
Associate Vice President at Wissen infotech
ServiceNow PPM product to a competitive product like Jira, which is an Atlassian product, they were offering better functionalities at one-tenth of the price.
Senior Business Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Automation Anywhere simplifies bot creation and task automation with user-friendly tools, AI integration, and centralized management to boost efficiency.
BMC Remedy [EOL] provides customizable IT management with dashboards, automation, and integration, excelling in large, stable environments with ITIL support.
ServiceNow excels in customizability, integration, and workflow automation, enhancing ticket resolution, collaboration, and productivity across departments.
I can set it up to provide users with a form to fill in all required information, and then the bot operates based on those specifications.
Low Code Developer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
For example, the email module has been enhanced over the years to support all the latest authentication technologies. That is very important as we move away from username and password and embrace multi-factor authentication.
Automation Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Automation Anywhere has undergone drastic changes over the past five years, transitioning from version 10 to A360, including desktop-based and cloud-based options.
Solution architect at Boston Scientific
BMC Remedy is very stable and operational, with users being highly accustomed to using it.
System Administrator at Porto Editora
The best feature of BMC Remedy is that you can easily understand all the features in it as they are not complicated.
Machine Learning Engineer at cmc
ServiceNow provides a wide range of functionality, covering all the necessary modules, unlike Jira which is primarily for IT.
Service Now Developer at Bangmetric services pvt ltd
Automation capabilities are impressive, bolstered by a vast repository of out-of-the-box connectors and plugins that facilitate integration with various applications worldwide.
Security Architect at وزارة الثقافة Ministry of Culture
The features of ServiceNow that I find most valuable include its ability to easily access ticket details if you know the ticket number, monitor the timeline of when the ticket was created, and see the current status.
IT infra Admin at synu
 

Categories and Ranking

Automation Anywhere
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Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
631
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (2nd), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (2nd), Process Mining (1st), Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (1st), Agentic Automation (1st), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (2nd), AI Legal & Compliance (1st), AI Finance & Accounting (1st), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (1st)
BMC Remedy [EOL]
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ServiceNow
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
231
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (1st), IT Asset Management (1st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (1st), Rapid Application Development Software (2nd), No-Code Development Platforms (1st)
 

Q&A Highlights

it_user96999 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Aug 21, 2014
 

Featured Reviews

Venkat Sivaprakash - PeerSpot reviewer
Management Consultant at Accenture
Has significantly improved document-driven workflows and reduced processing time across finance and HR functions
Automation Anywhere has evolved significantly and upgraded itself to provide agentic AI and AI-based automation solutions for document automation. The product has matured considerably over time. We can create workflows that can call an API. We can include prompts in particular workflows for ChatGPT-related functions, connecting to an LLM and RAG to perform tasks. For document automation, modern features are available to train documents, ensuring high accuracy and repeatability over time. The system is very easy to use. I recently completed a course in document automation, typically designed for people involved in coding and technical aspects. Though I understand coding comprehensively, I don't do actual coding. The course was very accessible. Currently, extensive coding isn't necessary due to the hybrid model incorporating GenAI aspects, low-code, no-code capabilities, APIs, and numerous pre-built objects in Automation Anywhere. The features include GenAI-driven prompting methods and workflow creation capabilities. In these workflows, we can create decision boxes and call APIs without coding. We simply pull objects, drop them, connect them, and add minimal coding when needed. The most crucial aspect isn't coding but rather sizing the automation and fleshing out the details. Automation Co-pilot takes notes and performs automated analysis. It can extract details from videos, summarize conversations, and provide detailed information. During calls, it identifies instructions and performs tasks such as preparing reports and reconciliation. Automation Anywhere can also connect with Microsoft Co-pilot. Through Co-pilot, real-time operations can be executed, allowing direct interaction between vendors and automation through this component.
PiyushKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Machine Learning Engineer at cmc
Long-term ticket management has become straightforward and supports efficient incident handling
The best feature of BMC Remedy is that you can easily understand all the features in it as they are not complicated. When you click on new incident, all the fields are self-explanatory regarding what is required to be put in the work details node section assigned to chrome. These are all pretty easy to understand, and nothing much training is required for a person to start working on BMC Remedy.
Hemanthreddy Vakiti - PeerSpot reviewer
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Structured workflows have improved SLA compliance and now support prioritized incident handling
I think the licensing and pricing of ServiceNow is quite expensive compared to other tools. For large organizations, it is acceptable, but specifically for small and medium organizations to track incidents or change requests, ServiceNow is quite expensive. Sometimes performance can be slow when workflows and integrations are configured for complex tasks. For advanced customizations or advanced features which we rarely use, the documentation is not up to standard. The documentation needs to be improved for advanced customization features. However, the platform is stable overall and the features are quite good. The user experience and performance concerns I mentioned are areas I want to be improved. When many workflows and interactions are configured, performance is slow. For the features it is providing, it is quite expensive. If these performance features are improved, we can easily pay that price and get the return on investment.
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Answers from the Community

it_user96999 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Aug 21, 2014
Aug 21, 2014
Thank you everyone ... we have select Cherwell as their customer service seems to be on top of things... Will post a review soon enough
2 out of 5 answers
it_user84762 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a tech company with 51-200 employees
May 8, 2014
Hi Lawrence. I work at Agiloft, and we use our own Service Desk solution. We have several customers successfully using Agiloft for higher education IT service management, including Texas A&M and Cal Poly. Agiloft is completely customizable with no coding required - all customization is done using an easy drag-and-drop GUI. It's available as both an on-premise solution and SaaS, and includes modules for Asset Management, Customer Support, Integrated Chat, and more, with no additional per-module cost. You can learn more at www.agiloft.com, or google "Agiloft reviews" to find plenty of thorough, 5-star reviews of our product, including several from our higher education customers. Hope this helps! Good luck!
it_user104424 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 8, 2014
1. Which software are you using and how do you find the software? Service Now, very useful. Is it easy to use and customizable? Yes. If so, how can we customize it? Forms, fields are easy to setup; business rules – java scripts, api. 2. What software did you use before the one you are currently using and did it offer a way to import existing tickets from your old system to your current one? CA and BMC. We did not import old tickets into the current systems. We imported assets. Change, Incidents, Request start from fresh. Old data was exported and kept as retention. 3. What about/How does licensing costs/work? Only IT roles are payable. As educational institutions face financial pressures, what are the costs and flexible options for payment? Cloud based subscription – based on usage. 4. Is your software on-premise and cloud/hosted/SaAS models? SAAS 5. Are you using any other of their modules/product offerings? If so, which ones? Catalog, Service Desk – incidents, problem, request, Change, Asset, CMDB, Discovery, KB, SDLC 6. What is it about the software that you like? Easy to use What is it that you dislike? Ease of version upgrades are managed but require testing for many hotfixes, some issues are moved to enhancement request within the platform and needs to move to the next version for resolution. Reporting is not as good for trending etc. However, OOB reports can be easily created with existing views. More scripting solutions should be made available to provide greater functionality. 7. What is it that you like about their company and support? Have timezone support with ease of ticket creation. What is it that you dislike? Some problems moved as next release enhancements; manual creation of MIBS / updates for discovery creation of correct models. No able to detect stack switches out of the box 8. Does your software have asset management (desktop, mobile, app and network), a solutions wiki? a help/chat ticketing system? etc. ITAM yes but has not moved onto SAM. Mobile not captured; workstations, servers, applications, business services, network are captured. Service Now discovery is very good as it is agentless but still need to be tweak to ensure proper creation especially on newer equipment and stack switches. 9. Has anybody used Cherwell? ServiceNow? FrontRange? BMC Track-IT? Service Now
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business150
Midsize Enterprise82
Large Enterprise529
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise21
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business56
Midsize Enterprise35
Large Enterprise180
 

Questions from the Community

How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is ver...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applic...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.
What needs improvement with BMC Remedy Asset Management?
If we migrate to the cloud, the Software as a Service version's price is very high. The return on investment is very ...
What is your primary use case for BMC Remedy Asset Management?
BMC Remedy ( /products/bmc-remedy-18153-reviews ) is very important in our IT service management processes. I use it ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Remedy Asset Management?
The price is reasonable. It is not easy to negotiate with BMC, but the value is reasonable.
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 t...
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 ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow?
ServiceNow's pricing is fine. We have accounting for each headcount for ServiceNow, and the pricing is actually good.
 

Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)
Remedy Asset Management
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics
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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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