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GitHub CoPilot vs ServiceNow comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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
7.5
GitHub CoPilot boosts ROI by up to 500%, improving productivity, code quality, and speeding time-to-market despite varied project complexity.
Sentiment score
6.5
ServiceNow enhances efficiency and ROI, with benefits outweighing costs through improved integration, automation, and project management capabilities.
A lot of time is saved using GitHub CoPilot because the PR review process used to take two to three days, but now it takes about two to three minutes to analyze the complete PR, get context, and give the rating.
AI Research Enthusiast and Developer at ADP
Once developers start using it, they are completing coding tasks 55% faster, which I consider a great achievement worth sharing.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Efficiencies with GitHub CoPilot have improved by 30%, which means a quicker go-to market and a simplified way of documenting technical designs.
Vice President of Products at C5i
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.
Programmer Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.2
GitHub CoPilot's support receives mixed feedback, praised for responsiveness but criticized for delays; enterprise users enjoy priority support.
Sentiment score
7.0
ServiceNow's support is praised for responsiveness and expertise but experiences vary; improvements in certain areas are suggested.
With a large user base, it covers a wide range of questions, from simple to complex, ensuring that answers are available.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Whenever there's a downtime of GitHub CoPilot or any issue with login or plugins, customer support is good enough to solve those issues.
AI Research Enthusiast and Developer at ADP
Our organization utilizes the GitHub CoPilot Enterprise tier, which allows us to receive more priority for our queries and faster resolutions.
System Engineer 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
Whenever we have had issues, they have provided good support, and those issues have never recurred.
Vice President Delivery & Operations at Rezilyens
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
GitHub CoPilot is scalable, handling diverse workloads well, though complex scenarios and disruptions may occur; enterprise plans enhance appeal.
Sentiment score
7.4
ServiceNow offers scalable solutions and robust architecture, favored by businesses despite occasional latency and high licensing costs.
It cannot be fully depended on to build every component and run a large enterprise application without significant human intervention.
Vice President of Products at C5i
Multiple people using it get a lot of immediate and exact responses useful for fixing issues, debugging, automating, or enhancing features.
AI Research Enthusiast and Developer at ADP
For our organization, it scales effortlessly as we add new engineers to our GitHub organization and can provision them with a GitHub CoPilot license instantly.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
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
7.5
GitHub CoPilot is highly stable, efficiently supports users globally, with minor setup and connectivity issues occasionally reported.
Sentiment score
7.7
ServiceNow is praised for stability and reliability, with occasional latency and technical issues quickly resolved by support.
In most cases, it does not generate irrelevant code.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
At certain times, you may not get the required response and realize it's either down or not responding for other reasons.
Vice President of Products at C5i
GitHub CoPilot is extremely stable and built for hyperscale, currently supporting millions of developers globally.
System Engineer 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
ServiceNow is stable enough.
Service Now Developer at Bangmetric services pvt ltd
 

Room For Improvement

GitHub CoPilot needs improvements in language support, stability, UI, context awareness, scalability, and integration for better user experience.
ServiceNow needs improvements in pricing, UI, automation, security, support, and API functionality for better usability and flexibility.
Users should not be 100% reliant on AI or any LLMs. They need to work on it and they need to review the code.
QA Manager at Synechron
There is excellent support across various code editors like JetBrains, VS Code, and NeoGen.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
To understand our application better and learn from it would likely require access to the entire codebase, which a lot of companies may not allow.
Vice President of Products at C5i
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

GitHub CoPilot offers tiered pricing from free to enterprise-level, with potential discounts, perceived as valuable by many users.
ServiceNow's high pricing concerns users, but its scalability and integration justify costs for larger enterprises, with negotiation opportunities.
They recently made Copilot free to use up to a certain limit, which is a positive change.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The kind of use that I am having with a $20-30 license, I think it is really of really good help.
QA Manager at Synechron
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 is expensive for all regions.
Security Architect at وزارة الثقافة Ministry of Culture
 

Valuable Features

GitHub CoPilot boosts productivity by enhancing code quality, supporting multiple languages, and integrating with popular IDEs for efficient development.
ServiceNow offers flexibility, customization, cloud accessibility, and robust features for enhancing efficiency, productivity, and streamlined business operations.
It is certainly time-saving; we have seen upwards of around 30% plus of time savings using GitHub CoPilot.
Vice President of Products at C5i
Things which were taking like two days are now finished within half an hour.
QA Manager at Synechron
Context awareness, inline autocompletions, rapid code prototyping, Agentic mode, and availability in multiple language IDEs are the best features of GitHub CoPilot.
AI Research Enthusiast and Developer at ADP
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

GitHub CoPilot
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
AI Code Assistants (3rd)
ServiceNow
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
228
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (1st), IT Asset Management (1st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (1st), No-Code Development Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of GitHub CoPilot is 3.2%, down from 5.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 5.4%, down from 11.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rapid Application Development Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ServiceNow5.4%
GitHub CoPilot3.2%
Other91.4%
Rapid Application Development Software
 

Featured Reviews

TusharShankar - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager at Synechron
AI coding assistant has transformed development speed and supports learning new languages
Any technology comes with two things, or rather anything in this world has both sides, good and bad. LLMs also have the same thing. The bad part is for a person who is 100% dependent on AI because they won't be able to learn more if they are 100% dependent on that. The main thing is that there has to be restraint from our side. I won't say it is from the tool side, but from our side, we need to learn and we need to work on it. We need to review the code. That is one thing that we need to do from our end. From a technology perspective, it is designed to help us out, and it is totally on our side of thinking about how exactly we are going to use that. There is not any area for improvement from the tool side, but it is from the users altogether. Users should not be 100% reliant on AI or any LLMs. They need to work on it and they need to review the code.
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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise17
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business55
Midsize Enterprise35
Large Enterprise171
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for GitHub CoPilot?
For now, I think it is okay. It is not that expensive. The kind of use that I am having with a $20-30 license, I think it is really of really good help.
What needs improvement with GitHub CoPilot?
To improve GitHub CoPilot, I believe the context window could be larger for better understanding of the current file, as it sometimes struggles with very deep structural relationships across hundre...
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.
 

Comparisons

 

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Sample Customers

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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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