We performed a comparison between CA Asset Portfolio Management and ServiceNow based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about ServiceNow, BMC, Freshworks and others in IT Asset Management."Also, the software you have, you can monitor for end of life. If you have software that is end of life, then you can have it uninstalled and buy the new software, so you can make sure that you're not running into vulnerabilities with unsupported software in your environment."
"You build the items one time and then you have your discovery that's coming in and the system will let you know whether or not you're out of compliance."
"Enables me to know where an asset is at any point during its lifecycle: How old it is, who it belongs to, and where it's at within that lifecycle."
"Being able to determine the licensing position for existing vendors and future vendors. Also, visibility into our environment,"
"They're staying up to date as vendors make changes to how they want to manage the software. CA is usually really quick about getting those updates in the system."
"My organization now understands what type of products they have: warranties, how long the warranties last, depreciation. We never really knew what our depreciation values were, so it was really nice to have that on hand as well. It gives us a better view of our hardware, which is really beneficial."
"You could also look for software that is no longer being used and you can re-deploy the software, so then you save from a purchasing standpoint because you don't have to buy the software again."
"It's easy to integrate with our system information."
"ServiceNow provides quite good insights about what is happening in the organization."
"It allows us to filter the data, create graphs, and get detailed reports."
"Data in reports and dashboards are easily accessible."
"We can keep track of incidences. There is a bucket where we keep all our information, and it enables communication between stakeholders. It helps us collaborate with each other."
"We always get good support."
"Change management is most valuable."
"I have found that sorting and grouping functions are particularly useful."
"We used ServiceNow for change management, release management, and event management."
"The UI, even though they upgraded the UI, it's still kind of dated, it's a little bit convoluted to use. It's not like something that you can sit down and automatically understand how to use it."
"I'd like to see end-of-life information on software products."
"It needs stronger rebooting components and the ability to develop our own software metrics."
"I'd like to see more mobile. I'd like to have it actually manage mobile devices. It really doesn't, and I'd like to have a mobile application just for asset management."
"Needs a stronger reporting component, and more integration with CA Client Automation."
"There were a lot of things that we had to prepare for that we weren't thinking about with this installation. I think from a CA standpoint, the software was good. But us preparing for that, we had a lot more work to do."
"I would like to see more control over audit trail features, where you can turn on and off fields."
"CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve the uploading of batch information. I have to upload large amounts of information and it can take a long time to finish. There are some other solutions that are better, such as Micro Focus."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"In an upcoming release, there should be more administration tools."
"Local solutions have lower costs."
"It's missing monitoring capabilities."
"There is room for improvement in price."
"I have enjoyed all the features. There is not any feature that I have missed or didn't have."
"The RPA needs improvement. That's a new area for them that they're just entering into now."
"The biggest complaint I have is that the ServiceNow search engine is not very robust."
CA Asset Portfolio Management is ranked 12th in IT Asset Management with 1 review while ServiceNow is ranked 1st in IT Asset Management with 24 reviews. CA Asset Portfolio Management is rated 8.4, while ServiceNow is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of CA Asset Portfolio Management writes "Integrates well, highly stable, and scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ServiceNow writes "Comprehensive IT service management with predefined processes, and seamless integration, empowering organizations to streamline workflows and enhance productivity". CA Asset Portfolio Management is most compared with , whereas ServiceNow is most compared with BMC Helix ITSM, Microsoft Power Apps, Pega BPM, IBM Maximo and Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
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