We compared Pega BPM and ServiceNow based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, ServiceNow seems to be the superior solution. The main difference between these products comes from the tools that ServiceNow users can employ to create whatever they deem necessary. Pega BPM’s features are not as powerful in this regard.
"Pega is a local platform that has evolved from a BPM perspective. This allows teams using this solution to address complexities without having deep knowledge in a specific development area."
"Pega BPM's most valuable feature is the use of CDX to solve problems."
"Pega BPM's most valuable features are case management, integration, the convenience of using REST APIs, and the ease of changing things at the UI level."
"It is a stable product."
"The most valuable feature of Pega BPMI would be the academy courses, specifically the Product Development Network (PDN). Additionally, our organization has a dedicated Customer Engagement Team that we work closely with to achieve our goals."
"The product helps you to build faster."
"Fast prototyping."
"When our clients automate the KYC and onboarding processes, they can reduce their manual force and then deploy them in much better tasks rather than the mundane activities of selecting forms and gathering information."
"Easy to implement and consolidate different platforms and users with useful functionalities."
"ServiceNow is one of the few easiest platforms you can integrate with products like Ansible to automate your workflows."
"ServiceNow is great. You can download the data into Excel and you can basically create reports. It's very flexible."
"Simplicity of Change Manager."
"ServiceNow is a very powerful tool that can perform a lot of different functions."
"I don't have to look through a whole bunch of other incidents that aren't relevant to me. It's very useful in that sense."
"Identifies better ways to license software or eliminate unused software to save money."
"ServiceNow offers a range of ITSM, IT incident management, and PRCPs."
"Pega BPM can improve product management, case management, omnichannel, CDH, and the customer data hub. All the major domains can improve. Additionally, more AI functionality and proper integrations with Pega RPA would be helpful."
"The licensing cost is very high."
"I believe that Pega's strategy when it comes to the UX part is not that great currently as compared to the other emerging BPM tools in the market."
"It needs more integration with other platforms."
"There is a scarcity of resources who have worked with this solution before."
"I think there is room for improvement in the low code/ no code environment that they're promoting now. That needs to be aligned a little bit more. I still feel that it is not that friendly for a person who has no experience with Pega to just go in and try to create something."
"The unit testing needs to improve, as well as the user interface."
"There are some UX shortcomings within the solution. However, it's my understanding that they have addressed them and in the next three months they will come out with a new updated version. They will be moving away from HTML5."
"The utilization of AI in ServiceNow needs enhancement."
"Their GUI could be updated."
"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."
"Performance could be improved."
"I would like to see a mobile version of ServiceNow."
"They can maybe improve the area of agile project management. They do have user storyboards and other things, but we kind of lean on Jira for that work. This is perhaps an area that could be looked at a little more."
"There should be fewer clicks and faster integrations between solutions."
"The capital expenditure neeed to get the tool up and running is extensive."
Pega BPM is ranked 7th in Rapid Application Development Software with 57 reviews while ServiceNow is ranked 4th in Rapid Application Development Software with 212 reviews. Pega BPM is rated 8.2, while ServiceNow is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Pega BPM writes "Low code with great APIs and good flexibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ServiceNow writes "A stable and scalable solution that has excellent features and is useful for collecting data and building KPIs". Pega BPM is most compared with Camunda, Appian, Microsoft Power Apps, IBM BPM and OutSystems, whereas ServiceNow is most compared with BMC Helix ITSM, Microsoft Power Apps, IBM Maximo, Appian and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. See our Pega BPM vs. ServiceNow report.
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