ServiceNow Now Platform Reviews

We have customers that we are assisting with this solution, and we are also using it internally.

We are providing and using ServiceNow as a KSA hosted solution on our cloud (DETASAD SAHABA), not the SaaS model and that therefore we are offering it for our clients as a world-class product fully compliant with Saudi security regulations with all data remaining is Saudi Arabia. ServiceNow is an integral part of our service solutions and all our clients benefit from it.

We have two modules. We have the ITSM and the WFM. The WFM is not activated yet, and I am working on implementing this.

Currently, we are only using the incident ticket request functionality. We are implementing the request for equipment, change management, and other request forms.

It helped and organized the support for our customers, in which the customer is always updated about the status of his inquiry, also our support teams are always updated of their colleagues intervention. 

And from a management point of view, with the reporting and Dashboards the management is always updated about the open cases and the service delivery health status, and definitly quantify the work accomplished by the support teams.  

Incident Management and workflow are the most valuable features for us for the time (at least for us currently). 

Also Learning materials, such as online courses, are readily available. This solution is not difficult, and I have learned it from taking e-courses. I am actively giving the courses to my full team, because I want them to learn about it as well.

when it comes for the interface of ServiceNow is ok, and it is easy to use.

The licensing for this solution, with respect to the user, needs to be improved.

We use this solution on a daily basis.

I have fifty-two active licenses for this solution, and there are eighteen more that we are not yet using. 

I have not personally dealt with technical support very much. The feedback that I have from the team is that the technical support is very helpful, and they are supporting us in a good way.

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

As it is Cloud Hosted solution, the initial setup is as easy as setting up an application on a mobile phone.

ServiceNow and one of their local partners in KSA assisted us with the initial setup and customization of this solution. They were handling all of the maintenance and implementation before my arrival.

Not many people are required for maintenance. In fact, I'm building my team right now. I have two administrators, where one is a backup for the other. I'm preparing two developers for the process implementation, development, and configuration. These people are not dedicated to this solution.

All of the development work will be done in-house. We will be integrating it with SAP, Salesforce, and other platforms, and I need my developers to be involved.

We have definitely seen ROI. The most important thing for a director or manager is to be able to quantify the work of his team and to start building the knowledge base. This, by itself, is a return on investment. 

After that, on the knowledge base and on the tickets, we can apply artificial intelligence and some machine learning algorithms. Ultimately, it will be like an automatic helpdesk. We just need to build some history first.

DETASAD service offering combined with our AI/ML platform will support predictive maintenance and shortly will be used to optimize our 1000 field and engineering force better to increase service levels to our customers further.

Definitely, every company will evaluate many service platforms before choosing the one that best fits the requirement.

I am currently taking courses on this product to learn more about the platform, as well as the functionality that we have not been using.

My advice to anybody who is researching this solution is to have a better look at the overall capability of the platform. Many people, including us, understand ServiceNow to be a ticketing system. They do not see the other functionalities that are very big, and very important.

This is a great platform but it must be used correctly, and not only for ticketing. This solution was not well utilized in the company. Rather, it was treated as an application like Excel. When I arrived, I started forcing people to use tickets, and now I'm going to implement the workflows, processes, and everything else under ServiceNow.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for ticketing or reporting.

It's like a No-Code Development Platform or Rapid Application Development Software.

It's user-friendly. It's easy to use even if you don't have prior experience using the platform.

The initial setup is very straightforward. 

It's stable and reliable. 

Technical support is helpful. 

Reports could be generated in a more user-friendly or simple way. If we could merge two data tables, which is a bit complicated here in ServiceNow, that would be ideal. 

There is no facility in ServiceNow to transfer a ticket from one team to another team, and there is no tracking. We'd like more ticket management. 

Bug and defect management are not available in ServiceNow. 

I've been using the solution for the last two or three years. 

The solution is stable and reliable. The performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

The look and feel will keep changing. However, the product and the quality of the product are really good.

I'm not sure about the scalability. I've never tried to scale the product.

We have more than 1,000 users on the solution. It's used on a daily basis. 

It's very easy to chat with support or log a ticket with them. They get back to you with answers. They are helpful and knowledgeable. 

Positive

I initially used the HP ALM tool. It's very good for tracking bugs and finding defects. The issue with Service Now is that every time you come across a problem, you need to make a ticket, and that's a challenge. 

The initial setup is very straightforward and simple. It's not overly complex. 

I'd rate the initial setup a five out of five. 

I'm not aware of the exact pricing. 

We're a customer. 

I would rate the solution nine out of ten. 

I'll definitely recommend this solution to others since it's user-friendly. It's very easy, so you can create very good reports in it. You can track your data in a very efficient way. It's a very good tool.

Incident management, change request management, HR-related features, product management, and asset management are all valuable features.

We do analytics on top of these features as well.

The Robotic Process Automation features are not mature enough. ServiceNow could work toward that because we can leverage RP only from this platform.

Predictive intelligence could be fine-tuned as well.

All of the features are already there in ServiceNow, but they need to be mature enough to be utilized by bigger organizations.

We partnered with ServiceNow almost 15 to 20 years ago.

It's quite stable, which is actually the reason why we use it heavily.

It's quite scalable.

ServiceNow's technical support has been quite helpful. They assign account managers, and we are able to escalate issues as well.

The initial setup is straightforward. Because we are using the cloud version, we don't have to install it on the end user's machine; we just provide the URL and access to it.

We have a technology and operations team with 25 to 30 people for the global maintenance of the solution.

Some parts of the implementation process are done in-house. For others, we partner with consultants.

Most of the features are included in the licensing cost. However, if we need extra plugins that are not available at the ServiceNow Hub or store, then we have to pay extra for those.

ServiceNow Now Platform is quite useful, scalable, and flexible. The user interface is very good.

I would recommend it to other organizations and rate it at eight on a scale from one to ten.

The solution is in Gartner's Magic Quadrant. It is the only reason it's being recommended across corporations.

The tool has a lot of limitations. I do not like it. I did not see any return on my investment. The product does not work well.

I have been using the solution for five years.

I do not like the support.

Negative

The implementation and configuration took six months.

The product is very expensive. It costs $100 per user per month.

I prefer the newer ticketing systems like Zendesk.

I did not integrate the solution with other products due to its limitations. I do not recommend the product to others. I am not satisfied with it. I do not even use the dashboards. I download the data and use it in Excel. Overall, I rate the solution one out of ten.

I am in a consultant position as the office of operating activity and business activity. I have one foot on the operation side and the other on the sales side of things. We implement solutions for our customers, and ServiceNow Now is one of the platforms that we work with.

This solution is very reliable, and they are proactive.

This is a development platform that provides us with a strong database and a low code environment. Many things can be carried out without answering questions, such as database architecture, database relationships between tables, and fields.

The platform is quite complicated, because of the basics of the software.

The basic reporting system is rather static.

The pricing of this solution could be reduced, as it's expensive.

The technical support could offer more in terms of basic inquiries. They thrive with more complicated issues.

I have been using this solution for eight years.

It's a stable solution. As they are providing a cloud system with multiple operation sites, in terms of reliability it's 99.97%

This solution is scalable. We can scale this product infinitely, which is what we expect from the Cloud. It's not just scaling, but descaling as well. If my company decides that they want to reduce their size then they will need to downgrade to something which is more aligned with the business.

In terms of technical support, if I rely on the usual scale of activity. They are not good at level one or two. They are good at level three, which means that if you have a very specific issue, something that is quite complicated, or it deals with the architecture of the platform, they are quite good. Otherwise, they are not good. For the basic use of the application or an issue that is a bit more complicated, the support can be improved.

The initial setup is more straightforward than complex. If you want it complex, then you can do it. The main risk of such a product is that you can invent things that have not yet been invented. But, if you want to go straight from out of the box, you can do it.

It's some kind of an intellectual approach. If you want it out of the box, use it, and take advantage of all these standard issues. If it is already provided by the software, it's fine. From my perspective, this is the way it has to be implemented. It's quite straightforward.

Customers can install it by themselves and request implementation through an integrator. This is the way this product has been built.

We installed it for ourselves, and we are the integrators for our customers.

It's expensive and if you need some analytical views of your activity, there is an additional cost.

Today, there is a product called Mendix that is a good development tool. At the time we selected this product, there were not that many providing the possibilities. 

It's a very reliable, strong product.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We are a service provider and this is one of the solutions that we work with to offer services to our clients.

The main reason that people use ServiceNow is that performance is very good.

There is support for a lot of different services using any kind of device including desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.

This platform is used more by large companies because it is a little bit expensive.

I have been working with this platform for approximately two years.

We have not experienced any bugs or other problems with stability.

We are satisfied with the scalability of the ServiceNow Now Platform.

We have been in contact with technical support and they are good. They have good technical skills.

I have used other ITSM solutions and they often focus on just IT services, whereas the ServiceNow Now Platform focuses on a wider range. The services cover facilities, security, operations, and more. Other solutions are cheaper but they are too focused on IT services.

If you are familiar with this solution then the initial setup is straightforward. However, there are a lot of options so it can be complex. Some of our customers have found it unclear. It takes between three and six months to deploy.

The suitability of this solution depends on the size of the company and the scope. For large companies, this is a product that I recommend.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I am primarily using ServiceNow Now Platform for IT service management.

The most valuable features are the ease of use, stability, and the ability to change or upgrade seamlessly.

The analytics should be more readily available on the base product. Historical data isn't as easily available as expected and it requires buying additional licenses for more features.

I have been using it for nine months.

ServiceNow Now Platform is fairly stable.

The platform is fairly scalable, and I haven't experienced any limitations.

The customer service and support are fairly good. I haven't had any issues with regards to the support part.

Positive

I have not really used previous solutions.

The initial setup has been easy, with not many complications.

A team that knows what they're doing is needed to do the installation.

It's difficult to put a return on investment value on it as it's fairly early in the journey, less than a year.

ServiceNow Now Platform is an expensive product.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

We use the solution for incident management to receive emails and support.

The solution is very comprehensive. It has a very big scope. I never heard any complaints regarding the product.

The solution is very expensive.

We are currently using the solution in our organization.

The product seems to be stable. We use it for very critical applications.

The solution is scalable. We are responsible for an examination in Brazil. We have around one million subscriptions for which we give simultaneous access to the users.

The solution is more expensive than other products. I rate the pricing a nine or ten out of ten.

I work for the government, and we deal with a lot of contracts and services. The companies we contract for services bring the tool they would like to use and the margins they need to provide the services. Our use case for the product is very restricted to the infrastructure sector, but we'd like to use it for different areas of IT. We would like to use the product for portfolio, knowledge, and project management. The contractors implement the tools by themselves. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.