Compare ServiceNow vs. VMware Service Manager
ServiceNow is ranked 1st in IT Asset Management with 23 reviews while VMware Service Manager is ranked 8th in IT Asset Management with 1 review. ServiceNow is rated 8.2, while VMware Service Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ServiceNow writes "Discovery has reduced the time to build/deploy devices within our environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Service Manager writes "We don't have any issues if the node fails". ServiceNow is most compared with BMC Helix ITSM, Pega BPM, Appian, JIRA Service Desk and IBM Maximo, whereas VMware Service Manager is most compared with .
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I have found that sorting and grouping functions are particularly useful. It gave us professionalized, faster incident turn around times. Improved quality of information shared with our customers. Over time we build an extensive knowledge base that assists in both self-service as in services provided by the servicedesk when handling incidents. The feature that I have found most valuable from ServiceNow is the ability to assign sub-tasks to different teams, including problem tickets and the regular and chain tasks. Very good incident management, chain management and problem management features. ServiceNow was the first true enterprise to service management platform. The most valuable feature is that this is a Cloud solution. This solution is a single-storage for our user community to submit help desk tickets. Easy to integrate with third-party applications. | We have installed a physical server for failover. We need to configure cluster on everything. But with VMware, we do not need to cluster. We get automatically seven physical nodes failover. If one fails we have no issues. |
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Creating service catalog forms could be made easier. There should be fewer clicks and faster integrations between solutions. The major area for improvement for our needs would be monitoring the metrics of the times to acknowledge and resolve issues and escalations. Very expensive. Service mapping could be less complicated. Transparency in the pricing model needs to be improved. I do not like the user interface. It's missing monitoring capabilities. | Not a ten because the price is high. |
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The licenses are expensive. $230 per user. The mandatory minimum is US$ 20,000 for licensing. The license model is based on a number of fulfillers (active users who play some role within the ServiceNow functionality). Therefore, you can serve as many end-users as you want, without additional costs. Initially, the licensing model ServiceNow came up with was very good. But now, from a licensing perspective, they are changing their model day by day. It is becoming a bit expensive for customers. Isn't pricing always too much? We really do chafe at the ITIL licensing. ITOM is also pretty expensive. ServiceNow is a leader and its pricing is quite good, quite competitive... Sometimes some plugins are not priced reasonably but, generally, the platform itself, its modules, are priced reasonably. ServiceNow pricing is an art, not a science. The deal depends on how commercially savvy you are, which does make it something that is quite difficult to get right. It is most definitely an opportunity area for ServiceNow to improve and have more visibility around pricing of the different products within the platform. | Information Not Available |
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Overview | |
Now, with the ServiceNow System of Action, every employee, customer, and machine can make requests on a single cloud platform. Every department working on tasks can assign and prioritize, collaborate, get down to root cause issues, gain real-time insights, and drive to action. Your employees are energized, your service levels improve, and you realize game-changing economics. Work at lightspeed.(TM) | VMware Service Manager automates IT Service Management by providing a powerful workflow engine to drive IT Service processes. |
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Sample Customers | |
| AAA, AstraZeneca, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Broadcom, Christus Health, Epicor, Equinix, GE Capital, Intuit, KPMG, Loyola Marymount University, OshKosh, Quantas, RedHat, Royal Bank of Scotland, Swiss Re, U.S. Department of Energy, Safeway, Yale University, and Zillow | Seventy Seven Energy Inc., Symantec, KBC, Vodafone, Region Hovedstaden, Bank Audi, Hewlett-Packard, BT Global Services, Edogawa City Council, HDFC Bank Limited, Bank Al Bilad, ABN AMRO N.V. Singapore, Savvis, Abu Dhabi Ports Company, SAP AG, Fundaments, T-Systems |
Top Industries | |
Financial Services Firm16% Healthcare Company14% Insurance Company10% Manufacturing Company9% Computer Software Company43% Comms Service Provider10% Government8% Media Company4% | No Data Available |
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Small Business16% Midsize Enterprise13% Large Enterprise72% Small Business19% Midsize Enterprise9% Large Enterprise72% | No Data Available |
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