ServiceNow vs VMware Service Manager

ServiceNow is ranked 1st in IT Asset Management with 77 reviews vs VMware Service Manager which is ranked 7th in IT Asset Management with 1 review. The top reviewer of ServiceNow writes "The ability to take the whole organization and put it in one place is valuable". The top reviewer of VMware Service Manager writes "It needs to improve user roles and access rights. It provides us with improved maintenance cycles". ServiceNow is most compared with BMC Remedy, Micro Focus Service Manager and Zendesk. VMware Service Manager is most compared with ServiceNow, Symantec Asset Management Suite and Eracent Enterprise Entitlements Management.

ServiceNow

VMware Service Manager

18334

ServiceNow

Based on 77 reviews.

18876

VMware Service Manager

Based on 1 review.

Most Helpful Review

David M. Colburn

Senior IT Service Management & ServiceNow Consultant at Independent

The tool is SaaS and customization is minimized in the critical early design phase by its "out-of-the-box" approach

A three phase IT Service Management transformation project resulted in achieving a first year target of less than 4% sustained monthly improvements... Read more »

Heiko Kirchner

Global manager at a manufacturing company

It needs to improve user roles and access rights. It provides us with improved maintenance cycles.

It provides us the following: * A better utilisation of the hardware * More flexibility * Improved maintenance cycles * A system overview.

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Quotes From Members Comparing ServiceNow vs VMware Service Manager

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Pros
The most recent addition of SAM Premium is a game changer for many organizations.The look and feel is a valuable benefit for adoption.The workflow capability for easy setup is powerful.Easy to implement and consolidate different platforms and users with useful functionalities.It has an excellent capability to integrate different access points.Identifies better ways to license software or eliminate unused software to save money.Simplicity of Change Manager.The analytics - we like to keep track of how much work everyone is doing. Read more »	It provides us with improved maintenance cycles. Read more »
Cons
I would like to see Advanced Intelligent Automation.Local solutions have lower costs.Needs additional software titles and easier normalization.Most people are discussing UIs, but I'm a developer. I would say 80-90% of the people would appreciate that, that's easy for them, but from a developer perspective, it's hard for me, because for me it's clunkyWe do a lot of relatively advanced stuff for the size that we are, but ServiceNow itself is so big and to some extent, there is a significant amount of complexity that you have, a big learning curve I would say, in order to really get on board. Read more »	It needs to improve user roles and access rights. Read more »

Pricing and Cost Advice
It has a higher cost compared to local/regional solutions.The first impact for the customer is that it is expensive, but do not forget that it is a solution that includes infrastructure; a single cost, easy to justify. Read more »	Information Not Available

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Ranking
RANKING	1st out of 34 In IT Asset Management Views 57,264 Comparisons 23,967 Reviews 78 Followers 1,960 Avg. Rating 8.9	7th out of 34 In IT Asset Management Views 752 Comparisons 509 Reviews 1 Followers 434 Avg. Rating 5.0
Top Comparisons
Top Comparisons	BMC Remedy vs. ServiceNow Compared 16% of the time. Micro Focus Service Manager vs. ServiceNow Compared 9% of the time. Zendesk vs. ServiceNow Compared 6% of the time. See more ServiceNow competitors »	ServiceNow vs. VMware Service Manager Compared 36% of the time. Symantec Asset Management Suite vs. VMware Service Manager Compared 7% of the time. Eracent Enterprise Entitlements Management vs. VMware Service Manager Compared 5% of the time. See more VMware Service Manager competitors »

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Overview
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.
OFFER
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Sample Customers
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
Top Industries	REVIEWERS Healthcare Company 17% Insurance Company 12% Financial Services Firm 12% University 10% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm 19% University 7% Manufacturing Company 7% Energy/Utilities Company 7%	No Data Available
Company Size
Company Size	REVIEWERS Small Business 11% Midsize Enterprise 11% Large Enterprise 79% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business 14% Midsize Enterprise 21% Large Enterprise 65%	No Data Available

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