We performed a comparison between Microsoft Power Apps and ServiceNow Now Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rapid Application Development Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Can design apps quickly and can connect to any database."
"Generating reports is very fast with Microsoft PowerApps. It's stable and scalable as well."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"The solution works great and is stable."
"When compared with Microsoft Power Automate, it is a bit more mature, and we're able to build things pretty rapidly."
"The solution is very straightforward. Its context is obvious and everything is easy to understand."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"Flexibility, easy setup, and fairly quick results are valuable features of the product."
"The integration feature has simplified our multi-tool ecosystem. The inbuilt integrations significantly improve our solution delivery timelines. Also, standardized adapters and integration adapters reduce failure rates due to compatibility. This boosts productivity and eases maintenance."
"The product's most advantageous feature is platform innovation."
"ServiceNow offers a lot of features when it comes to IT service management and IT operations management. What interested me in ServiceNow was that a lot of service management."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"We work on it directly to send out tickets. It enables us to work seamlessly, we don't need to send them out manually. We can create a ticket and assign it in the system."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The solution provides a single platform for multiple systems and software to operate from. We have found the solution to be stable The initial setup and deployment of the solution was very easy. The technical support team are very helpful, we contact them whenever we are unable to fix an issue."
"The incident management has been the most useful feature for us."
"Microsoft is not cheap. The pricing could be lowered for their customers."
"The fact that we couldn't share that with our other organization or outside of the organization, consisting of our colleagues in the joint ventures, was a weakness of the solution."
"The solution should have more integration with other platforms."
"Microsoft PowerApps can be more costly for small teams or organizations."
"The set up of the solution could be simpler."
"The pricing structure needs to be improved, the current information is confusing."
"We use GoCanvas to make forms. It's easier to make forms in GoCanvas, but Power Apps is cheaper because it is bundled with our Office 365 license. if I want to create a form in Power Apps, I need some knowledge, but GoCanvas is intuitive."
"When it comes to PowerApps, debugging can be difficult at times. It would be beneficial to simplify it."
"The initial setup requires a lot of customization based on the individual company's processes."
"Bug and defect management are not available in ServiceNow."
"ServiceNow is not open source, so there is a license you must pay. As for how much it costs, what I have observed is that it often depends on your subscriptions. Suppose that you go with some subscriptions such as IDSM or any type of package like it, then the license cost will be impacted accordingly. Similarly, the cost is also adjusted based on your headcount of how many users will be using it."
"It is still difficult to build a set of services in ServiceNow. It can be done, but it is one of the more difficult things to do. If we're talking about scalability, we're talking about the ability to actually build that set of services a little easier."
"In ServiceNow Now Platform, UI is an area with certain shortcomings requiring improvements."
"The pricing model is complex and needs to be both lowered and simplified."
"The basic reporting system is rather static."
"We would like to see AI used to automate some of the functionality in this solution."
Microsoft Power Apps is ranked 1st in Rapid Application Development Software with 77 reviews while ServiceNow Now Platform is ranked 11th in Rapid Application Development Software with 34 reviews. Microsoft Power Apps is rated 7.8, while ServiceNow Now Platform is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Power Apps writes "Low-code, low learning curve, and reduces manpower". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ServiceNow Now Platform writes "A highly scalable product that covers multiple areas, like ITSM, ITOM, and ITIL". Microsoft Power Apps is most compared with Oracle Application Express (APEX), Mendix, ServiceNow, Appian and Zoho Creator, whereas ServiceNow Now Platform is most compared with ServiceNow, OpenText AppWorks , Appian, Mendix and Microsoft Azure App Service. See our Microsoft Power Apps vs. ServiceNow Now Platform report.
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