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 BPM offers a lot of out-of-the-box functionalities."
"I have a lot of experience in this kind of industry, and Pega is one of the best solutions in terms of performance, capabilities, and the way we develop."
"The ability to define processes, build reports, and get insights or analytics on data is most valuable. It is a powerful platform."
"The most valuable features of Pega BPM are low code, no code, functionality, and easy development."
"The solution provides us with a very good dashboard."
"It cuts down the time taken for coding. Earlier it used take for us four hours to do a particular code. Now this can be done in less than 30 minutes. That's the kind of productivity gains you can get."
"The workflows are the most valuable features, particularly for us, because we were attempting to automate processes by utilizing workflows to provide a hands-off comparison between the bot and the human."
"Allowed us to develop and quickly release with confidence using cloud technologies."
"ServiceNow is a cloud-based platform, so people won't need to worry about investing on hardware to host it. Being on the cloud, it is available 24x7. It's scalable, stable, and multifeatured, with a straightforward setup and good technical support."
"I think the technical support is pretty good. They can be a little bit slow sometimes, but overall I think they're good."
"It is a very promising product. They have a new release every six months. They're investing quite a lot, and you can do many creative things with the product. If you know how it works, you can have stricter rules in the product."
"The most recent addition of SAM Premium is a game changer for many organizations."
"ServiceNow is easy to use and has a user-friendly interface."
"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."
"Very easy to implement and to respond to my clients' needs."
"The biggest feature is that it is cloud-based, so it's always updated, it's always current. We don't have to worry about patches, revisions. We're always working with the latest version."
"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."
"I would like to see Pega BPM improve the user experience."
"To learn Pega, you need to be a partner. If someone just wants to learn Pega for the sake of learning, they won't be able to do so as they don't give access to that."
"The biggest thing I have seen is when going from one version to another and upgrading to the latest version, it takes a pretty long time for an organization to go through an upgrade process. I think that's an area where they can make it a little smoother."
"Pega's technical support could be better."
"The UI part needs improvement."
"The unit testing needs to improve, as well as the user interface."
"It should have integration with non-relational databases. A lot of databases are non-relational, and as a company, we are planning to move to NoSQL or open-source databases. It would be good if we are able to install and use Pega on a NoSQL database. They can also try to tailor or organize the company a bit differently and go more towards the microservice concept. I would like Pega to develop machine learning and intelligent AI algorithms. They have a good foundation in terms of the model and the stuff that we are using for some customers, and it will be good to onboard as many machine learning algorithms as possible."
"HR Service Management is one module that needs a lot of improvement because it's a pretty new module. It was introduced in the last two years. It's becoming more mature day by day, but there is a lot of scope for improvement in that module."
"The interface is not user-friendly."
"The utilization of AI in ServiceNow needs enhancement."
"I find ServiceNow to be a little bit clunky. If I need to report an issue they have a number of different options. I can report an issue, I can ask a question, I can make a request and it has varying levels of importance or levels of attention required. I find that what's required to submit is not always clear."
"Its stability and pricing need improvement."
"The ability to embed help information onto the screens."
"For me, there's a real opportunity, especially within the IT Service Management suite, to give a much better overall view of the workflow that individuals have across the different applications. At the moment, a lot of information is quite siloed in the different tables in ServiceNow."
"The installation and deployment of ServiceNow can be a bit challenging. One major issue I've encountered is that ServiceNow doesn't provide the same mobile responsiveness or features that we used to enjoy with other tools. For example, with Splunk, our response times were about five minutes, and we could manage alerts and incidents directly from our mobile devices."
Pega BPM is ranked 7th in Rapid Application Development Software with 55 reviews while ServiceNow is ranked 4th in Rapid Application Development Software with 211 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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