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ServiceNow vs VMware Service Manager [EOL] comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

ServiceNow
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
216
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)
VMware Service Manager [EOL]
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Mizanur-Rahman - PeerSpot reviewer
We don't have any issues if the node fails
We have installed a physical server for failover. We need to configure cluster on everything. But with VMware, we do not need to cluster. We get automatically seven physical nodes failover. If one fails we have no issues. We will then have six nodes. We can handle all these applications or resources.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Will give us better control over asset management and technical debt once we can centralize all contract information."
"ServiceNow is great. You can download the data into Excel and you can basically create reports. It's very flexible."
"There are many expansions available."
"The workflow makes things extremely efficient and it improves effectiveness."
"Primarily, we use it for incident management and change across the landscape. It is the virtual repository for our incident management processes. It gives us visibility about what's happening from the change management perspective across our CABs, including our enterprise CABs."
"ServiceNow offers a range of ITSM, IT incident management, and PRCPs."
"We have found the service easy to use, although, we have ended up customising a lot of parameters."
"It has more extensive features as compared to the other competitors."
"It provides us with improved maintenance cycles."
"We have installed a physical server for failover. We need to configure cluster on everything. But with VMware, we do not need to cluster. We get automatically seven physical nodes failover. If one fails we have no issues."
"All of the features are very suitable for us. It is also a stable solution."
 

Cons

"Their GUI could be updated."
"The solution could improve by being more stable."
"The customization that we are doing for the needs of our organization are difficult to do and could be improved."
"The utilization of AI in ServiceNow needs enhancement."
"Some enhancements to the self-service platform would be helpful. That part is still a little barebone... Also, the mobile app is not bad, but it's limited."
"The pricing structure could be more budget-friendly."
"The standard UI is very restricted. It doesn't look as good, compared to Remedy. Building your own UI requires some additional coding..."
"I find the way you need to attach things like screenshots and stuff is a bit gimmicky. I'm a casual user. I'll use it once every two months and only when I have an incident that I need to report. You don't get a lot of experience with it when you're just using it once in a while like that. Therefore, it needs to be more intuitive so that you don't have to re-learn how to do simple tasks as the way to do certain things just isn't obvious."
"Its automation feature needs improvement. They can include the vRealize Automation feature in this solution."
"Not a ten because the price is high."
"It needs to improve user roles and access rights."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The mandatory minimum is US$ 20,000 for licensing."
"This is a pretty expensive product, so the licensing could be better."
"It is very expensive because it is a big organization. You have to pay for additional things."
"I have found the solution very expensive."
"The CapEx version is great."
"It's sold as a less expensive solution, but it has to be highly modified. That's where you get into the cost."
"The pricing is reasonable and affordable, making it suitable for businesses ranging from small to large scale."
"The price is okay for us. It's reasonable."
"The price depends on different enterprises. As compared to Citrix, VMware is reasonable."
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
28%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Questions from the Community

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

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    
Seventy Seven Energy Inc., Symantec, KBC, Vodafone, Region Hovedstaden, Bank Audi, Hewlett-Packard, BT Global Services, Edogawa City Council, HDFC Bank Limited, Bank Al Bilad, ABN AMRO N.V. Singapore, Savvis, Abu Dhabi Ports Company, SAP AG, Fundaments, T-Systems
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