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ManageEngine IT Asset Management vs ServiceNow comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

ManageEngine IT Asset Manag...
Ranking in IT Asset Management
10th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
License Management (6th)
ServiceNow
Ranking in IT Asset Management
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
216
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (1st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (1st), Rapid Application Development Software (2nd), No-Code Development Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of ManageEngine IT Asset Management is 6.3%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 24.3%, down from 26.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

Anil  Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps with guarantee and warranty period management, license expiration tracking, device patches, and integration with our finance system for depreciation and invoicing
We are the users of the tool, and we are using it for our customers as well. We have multitenant operations, and we're using it for our customer. Our primary use cases are warranty period management, license expiration tracking, enterprise OS patches for devices like firewalls and switches, and…
Somnath Kand - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The auto-discovery feature has helped us a lot."
"The ability to define custom templates for asset management helps track assets, budgets, warranties, and expiries effectively."
"ManageEngine IT Asset Management helps with guarantee and warranty period management, license expiration tracking, device patches, and integration with our finance system for depreciation and invoicing."
"In my opinion, it is the MDM; patch management and deployment are the valuable features."
"The technical support is great."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"What I like the most is that it's a common service data model and the fact that everything is available on one platform."
"Identifies better ways to license software or eliminate unused software to save money."
"HR Case Management and Customer Service Management are two of the key areas which clients are using."
"If you stick to the out-of-the-box solution, it's an easy setup."
"It facilitates the monitoring of major incidents and provides insights into the effort expended to resolve each incident."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of development for customization."
"The biggest feature is that it is cloud-based, so it's always updated, it's always current. We don't have to worry about patches, revisions. We're always working with the latest version."
 

Cons

"The assets that can be discovered are pretty easy to manage, but there should be a better way to manage non-discoverable assets. Our development team works on bots and tests particular hardware. They have got different varieties of hardware. They want a feature for managing these assets within a warehouse kind of environment. For example, our IT has received 100 items, and they have assigned these items as a bulk unit to a project manager. The project manager further wants to distribute these items within his or her team. Instead of maintaining a separate Excel sheet, the project manager should be able to reallocate these items from within the tool so that we have hierarchical entities for the same unit."
"The engineering area needs improvement."
"Responses from ManageEngine should be faster."
"The asset management tool is costly."
"It would be helpful if there were a premium technician license that includes all the suites, eliminating the need to buy separate licenses for each feature."
"If you have advanced questions, technical support often doesn't know the answer."
"It's not user-friendly by default, but it can be customized to be customer-friendly."
"The level of complexity and the level of discovery are the two areas that can be improved. Its UI needs to evolve. They focus a lot on cool colors and other little things, which don't bring value in terms of functionality. They need to focus less on presentation and more on the functionality within the UI. Its discovery mechanism should be improved. There is a component in ServiceNow that discovers the assets, but it doesn't do an immediate discovery, and there is a lag. If I want to open a ticket for a laptop or an asset, that asset needs to exist within ServiceNow for me to be able to say that I need to have its disk space or memory increased. It is referred to as a CI or configuration item in ServiceNow. Sometimes, ServiceNow doesn't discover these items, and as a result, I cannot open a ticket and tag that system or asset. If a system was introduced to the environment last week and it is still not listed, it becomes a problem. I will either have to wait or manually enter that system or asset. So, if I have a laptop with only 8 GB of memory and I want to request 16 GB of memory, I won't be able to do that in ServiceNow because my system or asset hasn't been discovered yet. Discovery is not immediate, and there is a lag."
"The capital expenditure neeed to get the tool up and running is extensive."
"It's a great platform, but there's still room for improvement. As the solutions stands now, you do need a lot of previous experience to use it. It would be great if they could develop some use case templates. This would be beneficial for a small and medium-sized businesses."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"The visuals are the one area where there is opportunity for improvement."
"I find ServiceNow to be a little bit clunky. If I need to report an issue they have a number of different options. I can report an issue, I can ask a question, I can make a request and it has varying levels of importance or levels of attention required. I find that what's required to submit is not always clear."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is reasonable, but I wish it was lower."
"The price could be a little lower for the solution. Many of my customers have issues with the licensing process, they have to make it easier and straightforward."
"I would say it is moderately expensive, ranging from six to seven on a scale of ten."
"For large-scale companies, the cost of ServiceNow is not expensive, but for small and mid-scale companies, it is higher."
"It is fairly expensive."
"The license model is based on a number of fulfillers (active users who play some role within the ServiceNow functionality). Therefore, you can serve as many end-users as you want, without additional costs."
"We are happy with the pricing."
"It is very expensive because it is a big organization. You have to pay for additional things."
"Some time ago it was expensive, but large companies have special contracts. It's enterprise prices, and we're talking about millions per year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Healthcare Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
8%
Educational Organization
27%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ManageEngine IT Asset Management?
In my opinion, it is the MDM; patch management and deployment are the valuable features.
What needs improvement with ManageEngine IT Asset Management?
Responses from ManageEngine should be faster. We also need to explore automated asset lifecycle management and integration with AI for asset management. Including features that automatically update...
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.
 

Overview

 

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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