ServiceNow Reviews

We are using ServiceNow as a helpdesk.

We are using ServiceNow as a helpdesk. If I have any issues, I just raise a request. It is a very nice tool for communicating with my headquarters team. The solution has a user-friendly interface.

I would like to see a mobile version of ServiceNow.

I have been using ServiceNow for five years.

I rate the solution’s stability ten out of ten.

Approximately 10,000 users use the solution at our headquarters. Apart from that, we have 15 subsidiaries with 2,000 more users. In total, around 12,000 users use ServiceNow.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten for scalability.

I have previously used ManageEngine. ServiceNow is better than ManageEngine in terms of scalability.

The solution is installed on our cloud server. We can access it from anywhere, and it works smoothly. Would recommend ServiceNow to other users.

Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.

We use a ServiceNow for ticketing.

We support multiple use cases across several tracks: the database, middleware, ETL, and Abolition track. As a DevOps team, when we receive requirements from the production team related to production issues like memory or infrastructure upgrades, we initiate the process by raising a ticket, an incident, and a change request.

For example, when we procure new servers, whether physical or managed VMs. We submit a change request for the Go-Live, including business tasks requiring approval from different teams, such as our L3 support and service delivery teams. Once all tasks are approved, the appropriate group of approvers authorizes the change. The change occurs during the weekend, provided it falls within the green zone, which refers to a maintenance window designated by the support team. This will follow the same process for submitting a change request. For certain incidents, we also need to raise a separate incident request. For example, if we need to check the table space in the database, we might have to raise an incident to request access or additional permissions.

ServiceNow is a lightweight utility. You can always customize it, which filters out your data and gives it to you based on the selected filters.

As a team lead, the functionality I use most is reporting, where I pull reports on overdue changes to ensure no SLA breaches. Self-service is another feature. The change management feature is crucial, allowing me to track all changes requested or coordinated by my team. Lastly, incident management is also a key feature I use frequently.

We are not supposed to access outside our network.

I have been using ServiceNow for two years.

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability a nine out of ten.

Even if it's a new user, it's a very easy tool for anyone to get hands-on quickly. It is a very user-friendly user tool.

I rate the solution’s scalability a seven out of ten.

I have used BMC Remedy.

We have to submit a marketplace ticket, and it gets installed automatically. So, it's a very smooth and lightweight process.

Our organization uses a bot that interacts with ServiceNow, which helps us create ticket templates. ServiceNow doesn't have AI integrated into our current setup.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We run thousands of automations.

The reason that ServiceNow is as good as it is, and opposed to Remedy, Cherwell, and HP OpenView, is that ServiceNow was the first IT service management platform or enterprise.

ServiceNow was the first true enterprise to service management platform. They were the first to understand that a request is a request and service is service.

ServiceNow goes back internationally a long time ago when they were Fuji. ServiceNow releases are alphabetical. My experience started with Fuji, and they are on the Orlando release now. Even back then, they were able to put any process into ServiceNow, even if it wasn't and IT process, and have it managed through the platform.

Security needs some improvement. The governance, security incident management, cloud management, and the security module are getting better.

Service mapping could be less complicated. The configuration, and running it appropriately, but that's a difficult thing to do overall.

It needs to be more cost-effective because it can be pricey. 

I would love to see ServiceNow create a solid mid-market entry point for it. They tried it in the past and it failed. That was ServiceNow Express.

I have been using ServiceNow for over a decade.

ServiceNow is incredibly stable.

This solution is scalable to a point. Once you get as large as the Department of Veterans Affairs you will have some issues, but it scalable.

We have 3000 people here in our company. Anyone who is in IT is using ServiceNow.

I haven't contacted technical support. 

If you are as close to out-of-the-box as you need to be then you won't have any issues at all with ServiceNow.

ServiceNow is the least complex of all of the platforms available.

When I worked at the bank they went from zero to running it within three months. At that time when dealing with Remedy or other legacy systems, that was unheard of to go from nothing to running in three months.

With one of our customers, we had it up and running in one month.

We have seven members to maintain ServiceNow. They are developers, senior developers, and the head of service management.

The mandatory minimum is US$ 20,000 for licensing. They have a three-year cycle. I am not sure if it works out to be $60,000 for three years or if it's $20,000 for the three years. 

It's mainly for licensing. The more that you use it and the more it goes to other areas in your organization, the more licensing you will have to pay.

There may be some who look at this and use it for the HR service delivery or they could use another HR application that looks cheaper, but they will be missing the point of having all of the information on a single platform.

I manage an automation orchestration team. The focus of my team is external, not internal. The company uses ServiceNow. We are one of the largest and older consumers of ServiceNow. The members of my team have ServiceNow practice, infrastructure automation practice, could management platforms, containers practice, and DevOps. 

Our team is focused on helping other organizations adopt and adapt to ServiceNow.

ServiceNow is in the cloud, it's basically remedy in the cloud. ServiceNow doesn't get deployed unless you are a Federal Agency because they have their own data centers. ServiceNow only allows Federal Agencies to have their own instant data Center.

Make sure that you are big enough to afford it. If you have a small IT department, then ServiceNow is not for you. The problem is that you won't be able to afford it. You must be a mature enough and a large enough IT organization to start using it.

It doesn't just do IT things, it does more than that.

Make sure that you configure and not customize.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We're using ServiceNow for the entire chain process and all aspects of the module. It covers all modules and their associated problems.

It offers significant benefits due to its compatibility and comprehensive approach. Consolidating multiple functionalities into a single platform reduces the need to invest in various separate solutions. ServiceNow integrates ITSM, CMDB, Discovery modules, and more into one cohesive system. This unified approach provides a single view across all modules, reducing complexity and financial risk. By using a single technology, organizations can effectively meet their needs and address potential risks more efficiently.

This was very helpful in CMDP, particularly regarding extraction and workflows. The benefit lies in having a single console rather than multiple consoles, which significantly simplifies the process and improves efficiency.

ServiceNow has had a similar pattern, but when it comes to third-party integrations, Uddin appears to be more flexible than ServiceNow. ServiceNow might need to improve its capabilities to integrate with third-party tools.

Due to differences in naming conventions and data fragmentation between systems, we need to address compatibility issues by modifying naming conventions, altering fields, and making adjustments as necessary. ServiceNow has default field functionalities that may not align with those the MagOne system provides. Therefore, customization will be required to ensure compatibility and meet specific requirements.

I have been using ServiceNow for six years.

The product is stable.

Deployment depends upon the environment. For me, it takes three months to deploy the solution because it has different dependencies.

It saved 30% of the money compared to others.

We have three competitors. One is BMC product, the second is ServiceNow and the third is Atlassian.

ServiceNow provides insights into topology, though it may sometimes lack detailed understanding. We have correlated it with our monitoring tools to trace the hierarchy and determine its impact across various business lines. This is part of the AIOps information, consolidating all relevant details into a single ticket for easy access.

I recommend the solution.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

We use ServiceNow for ticketing, integrations, automation, and event management.

The solution has an innovative technology that keeps on changing. The flow designer feature of ServiceNow has had the biggest impact on our productivity because it has helped me reduce manual efforts by creating automation and robotics. The solution's automation capabilities save time for our customers by resolving issues quickly and reducing human intervention.

The solution's integration with existing tools is quite straightforward. The way they set up the integration using the low-code/no-code model is very straightforward, and any developer can pick it up easily.

The solution's user experience could be improved concerning its UI and portals.

I have been using ServiceNow for more than three years.

We have mostly faced stability issues for the on-premises model. We haven't faced any downtime for the SaaS version.

ServiceNow is a scalable solution. We have different customers using ServiceNow, with more than 100, 500, and 1,000 user bases.

The solution's overall technical support is quite good. Sometimes, the technical support team lacks understanding of the issues.

I rate the solution’s technical support seven and a half out of ten.

Neutral

The solution’s initial setup is very straightforward.

The solution's on-premises deployment depends on the customer's requirement. It depends on how exactly the customers want to set it up in terms of users, what modules they want to integrate, and what integrations they want to have. An out-of-the-box deployment will take a week's time. The solution's SaaS model is already pre-bundled. You just need to switch it on and start working on it. You can start working on the solution's SaaS model in a day.

Our customers are extremely happy with their return on investment with ServiceNow.

ServiceNow's pricing is comparatively higher than Helix's.

ServiceNow is interactive, user-friendly, and easier to set up than Helix. It adds a lot of modules integrated within the tool, and you don't need to have different components installed separately, like Helix.

ServiceNow provides the best practices to streamline our IT service management processes. We have customer processes, and the tool helps to follow the process and reduce the meantime and resolution.

I work with both the on-premises and cloud versions of ServiceNow. The on-premises model requires some resources because we have to maintain the databases and applications. We don't require any resources for the solution's SaaS version.

Maintaining the on-premises model has its own challenges. It's a little bit difficult unless you know how the whole technology works. We don't need to worry about any maintenance for the SaaS version.

Overall, I rate ServiceNow a nine out of ten.

I'm a service manager, so I'm mainly focusing on customers' CMDB, incidents, changes, and problem management tasks. We have many global customers with network solutions.

It improved the customer experience. For instance, preference management is very useful to be able to set up automated notifications based on various things, such as site priority, site size, client's importance, and incident's priority. We can configure that only a portion of a group gets P1, P2, or P3 cases. Those features have really improved the relationship with the customers and within the organization. The reporting features and the setup of the customer CMDB file are improving the customer experience, and our internal groups are also able to benefit from them because they are using it daily. If there is an incident, it is an advantage that they don't need to fill out things. The notifications are also sent out automatically. So, they are saving time, and they can focus more on taking care of the customers, communicating with them, and taking up new issues.

I really like ServiceNow and all of the features. The way incident management is built is very helpful. You have a lot of options to optimize it, customize it, and automate it. You also have a lot of options for reporting. There are plenty of possibilities to do preference management within your customer CMDB file. These are very useful features, which I missed in BMC Remedy ITSM. ServiceNow is the best ticketing tool I have used so far.

I have enjoyed all the features. There is not any feature that I have missed or didn't have.

I have been mainly using it for the past three years. I also used it previously for two years, and then I stopped for three years.

It is totally stable. I never had issues with it.

I believe it is scalable.

We were having a lot of issues. It took nine months to fix all of them. Those were mainly because of customer requirements that were not caught firsthand. There were virtual connections, and there were different bespoke elements that we needed to have. That was the reason we had to resolve some technical issues, but they were within our company. It wasn't outsourced to ServiceNow itself.

We had BMC Remedy ITSM. Our ITSM was already outdated. It had no support, and we were looking for a new solution that had all the features we needed. Our first priority was customer satisfaction, but the choice wasn't up to me. It has always been up to the organization. I didn't have the chance to choose. I have just been given a solution.

It was complex because we support network customers. They have dedicated fiber connections all around the world. It was a complex project, and we suffered afterward in terms of missing features and so on, but that wasn't because of ServiceNow. It was rather an internal issue of not allocating enough resources.

The implementation took six to nine months because we needed to prepare the cutoff. We did a pilot phase with dedicated customers, and we tested it first. After that, we rolled it out, and then based on agile, we fixed any production issues. We prioritized them, highlighted them, and we fixed them, which took another nine months. 

We had at least 20 people, but not all of them were for deployment. We have many global customers with network solutions. They are scattered around the globe with different priorities and focuses. It wasn't an easy task to gather all the information about the features that we and the customers require. We were also using two ticketing systems. So, we had to organize and then migrate.

It was deployed around the globe because there were some users in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Hungary, India, and Egypt. So, it was deployed at several locations.

I would absolutely advise using it. I have been an advocate within our company to change different tools and move different departments to ServiceNow because it's a really useful tool. I would recommend it to others.

I would rate it a 10 out of 10. I'm totally satisfied with it.

Multi Tenant, Scalable, Flexible and Stable

It has improved out response time to the client

The reporting is very good. 

The solution has very good automation tools.

The solution has been extremely stable so far. 

The need to improve their technical support services. 

Their dashboards are very, very basic. Maybe if they could develop some sort of very good fancy-looking, visible, graphical, visible kind of appearance. 

The pricing of the solution could be better. It's a bit high.

When we are monitoring, for example, a device, an S-Switch, we can create insights. We can segregate the LAN, and create a VLAN. When we create those VLANs, we should be able to monitor those VLANs. The same with storage systems. The LANs, through the cable space level, should be able to be monitored. 

I've been working with the solution for eight or nine years so far. It's been almost a decade. I've used it for a while now. 

The stability is excellent. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. I find it to be reliable. 

The solution works very well for large enterprises. If you have a very, very big setup, it's an ideal option.

Technical support could be better. We are not satisfied with the level of support they offer.

I've also worked with SolarWinds and ManageEngine. I prefer ServiceNow, as there's a lot of automation tools available in that and it's been a stable product. It's been in the market for a long time. It's got a good market reach also.

Very Complex, 13 companies, 9 Towers, 17,000 devices

First time we implemented it through Vendor and we took a training from the OEM and now we have a team to deploy the solution

Not calculated, but I would say 2 years we recover the cost 

Their pricing is relatively high. They are expensive.

Yes,

SolarWinds and ManageEngine

We are not a partner or reseller. I'm a consultant. Before that, I have implemented the products. I've migrated a lot of products, a lot of systems. That's how I have an association with monitoring tools and service test tools.

I differently would recommend the solution if a company is a huge enterprise. For example, if you are maybe looking at more than some 10,000 or 20,000 devices. There should be a minimum of 10,000 devices or 15,000 devices. I would recommend ServiceNow for those setups. For data centers and other things, definitely I would recommend ServiceNow. I would not recommend SolarWinds or ManageEngine for these types of setups. I don't see that much capacity in them. 

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

I like that in ServiceNow creating workflows is simpler than that in HP Service Manager. Also, I really like the customization feature. It allows us to customize the service portal and permits us to do a lot of customization per business needs.

It covers all the modules regarding ITSM, IT asset management, and customer service as well. That is, all modules are covered in the same platform.

It is very user friendly, and I've enjoyed using the dashboard and user interface.

Technical support is great, and a lot of documentation is available on Google.

There is a need to learn scripting because as in the case of all the ITSM tools, scripting is needed for customization. If you're not very comfortable with scripting, then you may feel that you cannot do everything in ServiceNow without learning scripting.

The licensing costs are high for companies in Tunisia.

I've been using the open source version for almost two years.

I have found it to be a stable, reliable solution.

I have discovered a lot of support and a lot of documentation on Google. So the information is always available.

Sometimes, I have opened a ticket to ask participants in the community, and I have always got an answer from support.

The initial setup is not complex.

In Tunisia, the companies find the licensing costs to be expensive.

I would recommend this solution because it's a very well performing solution. As a result, I would rate ServiceNow at ten on a scale from one to ten.