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ServiceNow IT Operations Management vs Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Aug 5, 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

ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (1st), Cloud Management (9th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (11th), AIOps (4th)
Splunk ITSI (IT Service Int...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (10th), IT Alerting and Incident Management (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Systems Management solutions, they serve different purposes. ServiceNow IT Operations Management is designed for Event Monitoring and holds a mindshare of 19.3%, up 15.0% compared to last year.
Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence), on the other hand, focuses on IT Alerting and Incident Management, holds 4.2% mindshare, up 1.2% since last year.
Event Monitoring
IT Alerting and Incident Management
 

Featured Reviews

RichardG - PeerSpot reviewer
Effortlessly blends management systems for comprehensive infrastructure insight
ServiceNow IT Operations Management brought together Intune and SCCM or MECM really well. It provided out-of-the-box integrations, requiring only minimal effort, typically a couple of days, to massage those systems into a seamless operation. Additionally, the performance analytics of ServiceNow was especially beneficial for setting thresholds, aggregating, and correlating infrastructure data.
Sunil K R - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps improve our incident response time, and our mean time to resolve, but visibility is limited
In my previous project, I successfully led the end-to-end deployment of a Splunk migration. The process went smoothly thanks in part to Splunk's professional services team. They conducted a thorough assessment, identified all our potential pain points, and developed a tailored solution and migration plan. This comprehensive approach ensured a seamless transition. Our core deployment team consisted of 5 internal members and two specialists from Splunk. Additionally, the project included a project manager and a product owner. We also benefited from the expertise of two professional service consultants and two representatives from the customer's side. An on-site admin architect further provided valuable technical support. Throughout the deployment process, we leveraged support from various resources whenever necessary. This included assistance with configuration changes, deployments, and other related tasks. We also collaborated effectively with our teammates to ensure a smooth and successful implementation.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The scalability of ServiceNow is good."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The most important features of ServiceNow IT Operations Management are the discovery service mapping and orchestration."
"The way this solution has helped us is that it improved our communication."
"ServiceNow IT Operations Management is a stable product."
"The most valuable feature of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is the user interface."
"It is flexible. You can tune it, more or less, as you want."
"I like the solution due to the fact that it's scalable."
"One particularly useful feature of Splunk ITSI is the ability to create custom services."
"Having worked closely with Splunk support engineers, I've observed their high capabilities in resolving issues."
"Splunk Episodes are valuable because it correlates and aggregates all the information, and you do not have one million events to look at and triage, so it is quite convenient."
"The observability is great and valuable."
"Splunk ITSI offers a valuable visualization tree that allows us to map and analyze dependencies and co-dependency within our environment."
"The most valuable features are the service analyzer and Glass Tables."
"The search function is the most valuable. It includes regular expressions and wild card searches. We'll write searches using field and case-sensitive services and use all of these search types to write an alert condition. Splunk ITSI has another feature called Glass Table that offers a visual representation."
"It's scalable and expands well."
 

Cons

"The pricing is high."
"Lacks the ability to do its own monitoring."
"There is a slower learning curve associated with the tool's scripting part. It is also not cheap."
"ServiceNow IT Operations Management could do a little bit better with integrations. Integrating ServiceNow IT Operations Management with CMDB processes needs a little more work."
"The solution needs to add mobilization, where we can connect mobile devices or wireless devices to do wireless scanning and bring assets into the database."
"ServiceNow could be more prescriptive on how customers can leverage some of the benefits."
"The solution's subscription model could be improved."
"The solution's licensing model is a bit complicated. It should be simple and easy for people to understand."
"It was an intimidating tool for us to jump into at the beginning."
"The license cost is expensive."
"The user interface visualization could be improved."
"They should make it easier to use. Many people are new to it. It is hard and has a steep learning curve."
"We had issues with support that took a long time to resolve."
"There should be entity conflict resolution, specifically regarding duplicate entities. There should be case sensitivity for various keys amongst entities, specifically host names. We need IT metrics-based indexes and more content packs. I know they are coming out with these features"
"The data recovery has room for improvement."
"Splunk ITSI could benefit from including more features that other solutions support, such as vulnerability management modules."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We obtained discovery licenses at about seven dollars Australian per unit, which we found to be reasonable and competitive."
"While not entirely sure, I believe the solution costs at least a million dollars annually."
"The cost of ServiceNow is much higher."
"It has different subscription models."
"There are additional costs, you have to pay more for everything."
"This solution offers good value but comes at a very high premium. Pricing could be reduced by 10 to 20%."
"The price of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is expensive."
"The pricing is high and may be excluding the small to medium-sized enterprise businesses."
"The cost of the modules is a bit high for non-global companies, making it difficult for them to afford Splunk ITSI."
"I know that it is expensive, but I do not think there is another solution that can do similar things for that price."
"Splunk ITSI is expensive compared to other tools."
"I wouldn't say there's been an issue with the solution's pricing because we went through the AWS marketplace and negotiated directly with Splunk."
"It would have been good if the product cost was much lower."
"Splunk ITSI is expensive; however, with the appropriate use case, it justifies the cost."
"Splunk ITSI is expensive."
"Pricing has some room for improvement."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
12%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
From my perspective as an asset manager, the most valuable feature of the solution is the configuration management portion, where I can actively add something to the database.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
We obtained discovery licenses at about seven dollars Australian per unit, which we found to be reasonable and competitive. The pricing model offers scaling where not everything consumes a license ...
What needs improvement with ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
There is room for improvement in service mapping within ServiceNow ITOM. When we have more time, we'll look to extend that and apply it to business-critical services like email.
What needs improvement with Splunk ITSI (IT Service Intelligence)?
Currently, Glass tables in ITSI only display metrics related to KPIs. I proposed adding an option to show metrics related to entities. This would eliminate the need for custom SPL to achieve this f...
 

Also Known As

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Sample Customers

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