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Freshservice vs ServiceNow comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
Freshservice support is responsive and helpful, despite navigation challenges, translation issues, and occasional resolution delays.
Sentiment score
7.4
ServiceNow's support is praised for responsiveness but inconsistent with complexities; community aids, yet customization support needs improvement.
However, they have improved over the period of two years.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.6
Freshservice users seek better reporting, integrations, customization, and workflow features, while citing issues with updates and support.
Sentiment score
4.9
ServiceNow faces challenges with high costs, complex usability, limited support, and needs improvements in flexibility, integration, and documentation.
There's limited experience with the CMDB or asset management features.
Asset management can definitely be improved because it doesn't pick up every single device on the network or every single piece of information.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Freshservice is scalable and adaptable for small to medium businesses, with some limitations in customization for larger enterprises.
Sentiment score
7.2
ServiceNow scales effectively, accommodating larger user bases, though cost and performance issues may require closer attention during implementation.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
6.5
Freshservice provides competitive, flexible pricing options with popular plans for ITSM, HR, and project management, accommodating diverse needs.
Sentiment score
6.4
ServiceNow's pricing is high, often per-user, with variable costs needing negotiation for better transparency and flexibility.
The solution offers flat licensing and appears to be cost-effective.
We pay a certain amount annually for the number of users, and as users increase, the cost increases.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Freshservice offers stable, reliable performance with seamless updates, rare integration issues, and high user-rated search functionality.
Sentiment score
7.8
ServiceNow is highly stable and reliable, with minimal downtime and excellent performance, despite occasional minor issues.
Freshservice is quite stable as they host it on AWS.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.1
Freshservice provides user-friendly incident management, automation, integrations, and analytics, enhancing productivity and ITIL compliance with versatile features.
Sentiment score
8.1
ServiceNow provides flexible, customizable IT solutions with integration capabilities and intuitive design, enhancing workflows and departmental collaboration.
The most valuable features include ticket routing, automation in triage, data control, and flat licensing.
 

Categories and Ranking

Freshservice
Ranking in Help Desk Software
7th
Ranking in IT Asset Management
7th
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (11th), Cloud Management (15th)
ServiceNow
Ranking in Help Desk Software
1st
Ranking in IT Asset Management
1st
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
214
Ranking in other categories
Rapid Application Development Software (2nd), No-Code Development Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the IT Service Management (ITSM) category, the mindshare of Freshservice is 3.9%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 26.0%, down from 27.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Service Management (ITSM)
 

Featured Reviews

Tim Guilder - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides excellent traceability along with improved efficiency and reliability
It would be good to have the product integrated with Google because that's our corporate tool of choice. I'd also like to see a notice board where you can list a summary of the top 10 items being dealt with each day. It's something that would be very helpful. I believe they're working on a chatbot but we haven't seen that as yet. I'd like it to include a space where questions asked to a chatbot can be self-triaged in terms of support or with the ability to point you towards a knowledge-based article. We've been doing some of that ourselves but it would be good to have it through a chatbot.
Fabio QUINTANILHA - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable and scalable solution that has excellent features and is useful for collecting data and building KPIs
As much as possible, we use the out-of-the-box features. We do very few customizations. We follow the schedule to refresh the versions when they come up. As an end-user, I am not happy with the scalability. We have to wait a long time to buy more capacity. It is not an issue with the tool. Our team must manage it better. ServiceNow is a powerful tool. As long as we have enough users, it works. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
26%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Government
6%
Educational Organization
26%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Freshservice?
The solution has been very helpful engineering insights into the client's environment. We have been able to manage calls and incidence very efficiently which provides us with a clear understanding...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Freshservice?
We're on the pro model and the pro license. It is kinda expensive. There are several licensing options. We don't use the higher license model, which is very, very expensive. So, there are three opt...
What needs improvement with Freshservice?
There are requirements, not only from our side but from different users worldwide. I work with some community groups worldwide, and we have been placing several requests. So, there are a few areas ...
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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Sample Customers

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Western Carriers, Judson University, Golf Canada, Travix, Proxama, Paymentez, Ready Auto Transport
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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