ServiceNow Reviews

I use ServiceNow to manage incident management, change management, enhancements or development needs, and service request management from business users. I use ServiceNow to manage all incidents, change requests, and service requests to check whether we are performing activities without escalations, acknowledging, assigning tickets, and working tickets according to the priority assigned by business users so that there will be very little chance of any misses in reported issues and to complete tasks within the provided SLAs.

We mostly use ServiceNow for user access requests, approval of workflows, and creating reporting dashboards. One of my recent activities involved automating the process of incident creation in ServiceNow for every job failure received from Control-M. When a job is an important job related to a priority one job, the system automatically creates an incident in ServiceNow. I worked on a job failure related to an audit ID issue. ODS jobs run multiple times a day in our project. For every ODS job triggered, a unique audit ID is created in the audit table. Once the job is completed and its workflow is finished, the audit ID needs to be closed. However, in some cases, due to network issues or server integration issues, the audit ID cannot be closed after the job is completed. If an audit ID is not closed from the previous instance, the next instance automatically fails. An incident was created for me to work on this audit ID issue and automate the process. I used ChatGPT for assistance and created a pipeline in SnapLogic that connects to the audit table to check whether all audit IDs are closed. This pipeline runs multiple times daily to check audit ID status. If any audit ID is not closed, it automatically triggers a mail alert so I can close the audit ID manually. The Control-M team created this incident to check on the failure, and later a business user also reported that ODS jobs were failing more frequently due to this audit ID issue. I worked on that and automated the mail integration part from SnapLogic. I have monitored all metrics and SLA resolution metrics while updating work notes daily to inform the user of progress and closing the incident before the SLA is completed after taking confirmation from the user so that there will be no escalations in our project.

For my day-to-day work, I use ServiceNow for incident management, change management, and service request management. My use cases are mostly job failure-related incidents, user access requests, or workflow-related enhancements for service requests for Looker dashboards, Essbase, or free form reporting tools.

One feature I appreciate about ServiceNow is the SLA notification system. If there are any SLAs that have not yet been met and are completed, for example in our project, when the SLA reaches 60%, I automatically receive an email from ServiceNow indicating that the SLA of a particular incident is at 60%. This allows me to put the incident on hold by taking confirmation from the user or work on the incident as soon as possible to resolve it before any escalation occurs. In this way, there are no issues with the business users in our project. I appreciate how ServiceNow has automated the process of notifying users if SLAs are not met. Additionally, the user interface is very easy to use. If someone is using ServiceNow for the first time, by viewing an incident, they can understand what the incident is, which team it is related to, why the incident was created, the priority, the impact it is creating, and the description. By reading the description and short description, someone can easily understand what type of incident it is. By going through work notes and resolution notes, we can easily understand the current progress. If an incident was resolved one year ago and the same incident is happening now, but the person who resolved it previously has left the team, we can easily go through that incident's work notes and work on the same conditions to resolve the current issue. The history of incidents stored by ServiceNow is something I value.

The SLA integration is particularly valuable. Once any incident or change management meets its SLA and reaches 60%, I receive an email notifying me that the task has been in a waiting period for more than 60% of the time. I then work on that priority to ensure there are no escalations. In this way, ServiceNow helps me manage my tasks based on the priority and impact each incident is having, allowing me to work on tasks in the appropriate order so that it will not impact any reporting or analysis being done by business users. The interface is very user-friendly, and any person with minimal knowledge and no technical background can use ServiceNow.

Without ServiceNow integration into our queue, we might miss some emails. There would be numerous emails from business users, and we would not know the priority of what items to work on immediately and what items we can work on later. Priority-wise checklists could not be maintained properly, and SLAs would not be defined for each incident, which would sometimes result in escalations from business users. With ServiceNow, all incidents, the time we spend on each incident, and the time we take to update notes and resolve incidents are tracked. We can update work notes in ServiceNow so that users can see the current progress. In this way, ServiceNow helps our team.

Productivity has increased since integrating ServiceNow because SLAs have been met in almost 99% of cases. In one or two incidents, the SLA has gone into escalations, but 99% of the time, the SLA has been met, due to which business users have a positive review of our work. Resources cannot be misused, and they are tracking how much time we spend on each incident. I believe that because of ServiceNow integration, the tracking and working on incidents because of the defined SLAs have enabled us to work effectively.

I think the licensing and pricing of ServiceNow is quite expensive compared to other tools. For large organizations, it is acceptable, but specifically for small and medium organizations to track incidents or change requests, ServiceNow is quite expensive. Sometimes performance can be slow when workflows and integrations are configured for complex tasks. For advanced customizations or advanced features which we rarely use, the documentation is not up to standard. The documentation needs to be improved for advanced customization features. However, the platform is stable overall and the features are quite good.

The user experience and performance concerns I mentioned are areas I want to be improved. When many workflows and interactions are configured, performance is slow. For the features it is providing, it is quite expensive. If these performance features are improved, we can easily pay that price and get the return on investment.

I have been using ServiceNow for the past one year.

Recently, I wanted to add a new DL to our ServiceNow queue and reached out to customer support. Within a few hours, they contacted us back and deployed the new DL and added new members so that incidents could be assigned to them. I have already mentioned the SLA emails we receive when SLAs are reaching 60%. Customer support has helped us with these two things recently. I think the customer support is very good for ServiceNow. The documentation part is easy for simpler tasks, but for some complex features, the documentation needs to be updated properly.

ServiceNow is mostly user-friendly, and any person with no technical background can go through the basic features of ServiceNow. I would request that anyone using the tool go through the SLAs of each incident daily and update work notes daily so there would not be any escalations. Work on items based on the priority and impact they are creating, and go through the description and short description very carefully before starting work on an incident. Once going through the documentation, anyone can easily understand ServiceNow. I would rate this product an eight out of ten.

The environment previously was for 60,000 users, 30 active users, about 2,000 servers, and it supported a $6 billion business. Today, in this job, I am working for a $15 billion business with 6,000 users, about 1,000 servers.

Some of the best features of ServiceNow are that you have a single data set and you don't need to re-enter data. You can reuse the data or grow from it, compact it, expand it as you move through different modules. That's the beauty of ServiceNow, and nothing else beats that.

The customization capabilities of ServiceNow have benefited my organization for workflow agility, which is very high if we use every module with ServiceNow. There are circumstances where we can't use every module for every operation we have. If we do use it, we use it with the ITSM, using all of it from CMDB with change management to incident management to problem management. We didn't use the project management; we used it for a little bit and then pivoted to something else.

I think that nothing needs to be improved with the product; you just need the user to commit and spend appropriate time to overcome that learning curve. Once that is done, the product itself is pretty wonderful. I've seen a very nicely built interface with ServiceNow, and I've also seen the ugliest version that feels outdated. ServiceNow does allow that team to exist. They should modernize their fonts and their layout, the UI friendliness. They did introduce AI, chatbots, and AI on the back end, so that's wonderful and extremely useful if you train it. If you don't train it, it's pretty useless.

Assessing the impact of ServiceNow's automation on service delivery times is complicated. The engineers who operate on ServiceNow find it isn't straightforward because the data set is accessible by everybody. The problem is that understanding how to manage that data set requires an enormous amount of engineering skill set to run the product. I would not hand the key to the customer; I would highly recommend that ServiceNow take control of that. Instead of offering support for the software, they should offer administrative support for the software. They should provide professional service or some kind of support system that allows us to use their product at a faster pace. I'm sure they offer something, but it's often outrageously expensive, or they rely on another company to resell their product and offer professional service. It makes no sense in my opinion, and they should offer the team at the front to help customize the product to fit each company's needs, as every company has different demands and forms of submitting a request that need adjustment over time.

I have closer to four years of experience with ServiceNow, about three and a half to four years.

If you reach out to ServiceNow for customer service or technical support actively, I would rate them a nine out of 10.

Positive

I still have experience with these products and I am currently using ServiceNow solutions in my work.

I don't have any recent experience with ServiceNow Automation Engine or Cloud Observability as I'm not in charge of that. My role today is that I am a prime user for the product, but I'm not in the engineering or support for ServiceNow.

I support the security side of ServiceNow. I deal with Security Operations as I support the security operation. The SOC team has their own leader that drives this, and I'm on the engineering side.

We integrate the ServiceNow Security Operations solution with the SIR. SIR is Security Incident Response inside ServiceNow, and it's a module within ServiceNow.

I don't know if ServiceNow is using a cloud provider AWS or Azure, but whatever ServiceNow is subscribed to is up to them. We don't know what the back end is. ServiceNow guarantees that themselves, so I'm assuming it's AWS typically.

I do use the incident management capabilities. They have improved IT incident handling because it's always been the best, second to none when it comes to their ITSM module.

The impact of ServiceNow's self-service portal on IT staff dependency levels has shown a dramatic improvement. Previously, they used a self-made dynamic system, which had no maturity. After adopting ServiceNow, we don't need to rely on another team to create reports. I always think that ServiceNow reporting is more advanced than anything, because the dashboarding is easy to use. To some people, it is not. I felt that if you need anything to manage your team, the ServiceNow dashboard is wonderful, but it does come with a high learning curve.

ServiceNow's AI-driven analytics helps with anticipating challenges by moving information faster. However, there's no clear-cut process, because deploying that technology was so hard, it made it a little bit difficult to deliver. The technology is great, but it requires a lot of knowledge and abilities to work with different parties to get the product to take off. ServiceNow claims to help a lot, but once you sell the product, it's as if you're on your own.

I am familiar with different types of IT asset management products. I don't remember what other products I used that I could compare it to.

On a scale of 1-10, I rate ServiceNow a 10.

Our main use cases for ServiceNow are for our monitoring systems and service desk tool.

The features of ServiceNow that I find most useful and effective are for Infosec purposes, infrastructure, and security monitoring purposes. We are also using it for the service help desk.

I am using ServiceNow Incident Management capabilities. We are using it for incident management, problem management, and change management.

ServiceNow helps to improve IT incident handling in a more comprehensive way. The latest version provides extensive information, and they have introduced AI which allows us to program it in such a way that our L1 support can be eliminated. That is what we are currently working on. It gives very comprehensive details. If it is a repetitive incident or a new incident which has already been remediated by somebody else, that is what we are building the AI element or AI agent to handle.

To make ServiceNow better, they should reduce their pricing, especially because there's a lot of competition. Many customers have moved to ManageEngine because they cannot afford the license cost.

The price should be reduced by at least 40%.

The setup of ServiceNow is sometimes complex when new updates or versions are released. When they introduce something new, they should provide training to understand the new features and their functionality. We sometimes get stuck and have to call them to learn about the changes in the latest version. They should communicate the changes made from older versions to new versions, which features are not available, which features have changed, and how to implement them. If the communication part was handled properly, it would benefit us.

I have been working with ServiceNow for almost ten years.

I have not faced any stability problems with ServiceNow.

ServiceNow is definitely scalable.

We have not faced many challenges or issues with ServiceNow because we've been working with them for a long time. Whenever we have had issues, they have provided good support, and those issues have never recurred. In the last one or two years, we've not had any major incidences or problems with ServiceNow. We did have some security issues where certain security aspects were not addressed, but they were able to resolve them permanently for us.

I would rate the support from ServiceNow at 8.5 to nine.

Positive

The setup of ServiceNow is sometimes complex when new updates or versions are released.

Many of our customers have seen ROI with ServiceNow despite the cost; some have taken three years, while others have taken five years. From when I started working ten years ago, some realized ROI in three years, while others realized it in five years.

Many customers have moved to ManageEngine because they cannot afford the license cost.

ServiceNow is a very comprehensive system that is scalable, stable, and easy to configure. With the AI features that are coming in, it's much better and easier to function. I recommend ServiceNow to those who are looking at automation, want to reduce L1 support, or are looking for ROI within one to two years.

I rate ServiceNow 8.5 out of 10.

ServiceNow is primarily used for IT service operations in our organization to automate workflows and track incidents, requests, and change management in a centralized platform. Our main focus areas include incident management, request management, change management, and server patch deployment approval processes, as there are many processes within change management. Additionally, we utilize ServiceNow for asset tracking and workflow automation across IT operations.

In our day-to-day operations, users raise requests or tickets for technical issues, and the support team tracks and resolves them. For example, if an employee reports an Outlook issue through a ServiceNow ticket, the particular team will work on that issue. In change management, we manage planned IT changes with approvals and risk assessments, including the server patch deployment approval process. Request management allows employees to request access, software, or hardware through the service catalog, such as requesting VPN access or laptop allocations.

For workflow automation, we use ServiceNow to automate repetitive business processes and approvals, including new employee onboarding approval workflows and employee offboarding workflows. ServiceNow provides excellent tracking capabilities and is very valuable for day-to-day work.

ServiceNow's best features include ticket management, workflow automations, service catalog, reporting, dashboards, and knowledge base. One of the standout capabilities is the ability to automatically route tickets to the correct support team. These features significantly enhance daily work by making it very straightforward for the team.

From the dashboard, ServiceNow provides reporting and dashboard capabilities to track ticket status and SLA performance according to the employee or associate. For example, a manager can view dashboards showing open incidents, resolved tickets, SLA breaches, pending approvals, and team performance. Key features include real-time dashboards, custom reports, SLA tracking, trend analysis, and performance analytics. ServiceNow offers customizable reporting and dashboards to monitor incidents, SLAs, team performance, and service operations in real-time.

Additionally, interactive filters are available with data visualizations that allow us to manage and track open incidents, average resolution time, SLA breaches, and team workload from a single dashboard. ServiceNow offers customizable dashboards, scheduled reporting, and real-time operational visibility for service management.

ServiceNow has impacted our organization very positively, and we are improving day by day. It improves operational efficiency, standardizes processes, and reduces manual work. The platform enables faster ticket resolution through automated workflows, improved service tracking, and better visibility of incidents. Specific outcomes include faster incident resolution for critical P2 incidents, improved SLA compliance, reduced manual workload, and better ticket visibility. The incident resolution time has been reduced from eight hours to four hours after implementing workflow automations.

Although ServiceNow is already powerful, some areas can be improved for better day-to-day usability. UI simplification is necessary as the interface can feel complex for new users who are unable to understand how to use this tool. Customization complexity is also an issue, as advanced workflows may require specialized knowledge. Additionally, licensing costs can be expensive for smaller organizations, as creating complex workflows or custom integrations may require developer support.

Performance optimization is another area needing improvement, as large workflows and heavily customized instances may slow down the tool. Reporting flexibility can also be improved, as some advanced reporting requires additional configurations.

I have been using ServiceNow for twelve months.

ServiceNow is stable, and stability is a strong point. It is a reliable cloud platform with good uptime and workflow performance, supporting business-critical processes effectively when configured properly. In my experience, ServiceNow is a stable and reliable platform that supports day-to-day IT operations with strong availability and performance.

ServiceNow is highly scalable for small teams to enterprise organizations, managing global IT support operations from one platform. It not only accommodates increased workloads but also supports growth in our organization, making it a very good platform.

Customer support from ServiceNow is good, including documentation, knowledge base articles, community forums, and ticket-based support via the support portal. The platform also offers twenty-four/seven support for customers depending on their plans. Users can raise tickets for platform issues, workflow errors, integrations, or production incidents through ServiceNow's support portal.

I have not used any previous solutions because ServiceNow is the best.

ServiceNow provides strong ROI by automating workflows, reducing manual effort, improving service efficiency, and optimizing IT operations. Automatic ticket routing and approval workflows reduce response time and operational overhead. ServiceNow delivers strong ROI by improving operational efficiency, automating workflows, reducing manual effort, and enhancing service delivery across IT processes.

ServiceNow operates on a subscription-based pricing model with custom pricing based on modules, users, and business requirements. Pricing varies depending on modules such as ITSM and ITOM, and licensing is role-based and module-based. For example, an IT support engineer may require a full filler license, while employees raising tickets may only need requester access. ServiceNow uses a subscription and role-based licensing model with custom pricing based on modules and users. The setup cost depends on implementation scope, integrations, and customization requirements.

Before choosing ServiceNow, I evaluated different platforms and assessed business requirements, ITSM capabilities, and related factors. ServiceNow proved to be the best option.

I would recommend ServiceNow to organizations looking for a scalable workflow automation platform, especially those needing centralized incident, request, change management, and asset management. For example, a large organization with multiple support teams can use ServiceNow to automate ticket routing, approvals, and service workflows. ServiceNow is a strong choice for organizations seeking workflow automation, service management, operational efficiency, and scalable IT service processes.

ServiceNow is a very strong platform and an excellent choice for any organization that needs infrastructure-related support, such as tracking workflows, incidents, or changes in the environment. This platform is excellent, and its performance is also very strong. I would rate this review at four stars for the overall ServiceNow experience.

The main use case of ServiceNow in my organization is incident management. Whenever we have any kind of production incident, we manage the lifecycle of that incident through ServiceNow. We create incidents and sometimes create problem records if it is a recurring issue. We handle all follow-ups and updates through this particular incident, so the entire incident lifecycle happens through ServiceNow.

ServiceNow is used for incident management and for creating problem records. It has different integrations with other tools, such as PagerDuty, so we can perform automations easily with ServiceNow.

The best feature from ServiceNow is the incident management. It is very easy to create and manage incidents, assigning them to a responsible team, and managing the entire lifecycle through root cause analysis and remediation with resolution notes. These features are very helpful.

Resolution notes and root cause analysis are handled through the incidents created in ServiceNow. It is easy to create a very good dataset for our references. Whenever we have an incident, we can refer to past resolution notes and root cause analysis to identify similar issues, and in that way we can quickly identify the root cause and remediate the issue.

It reduces the MTTR and helps us to meet the SLA and SLOs of all kinds of service level objectives and agreements. The MTTR has been reduced at least by five percent each quarter, which we can easily track through ServiceNow.

By using ServiceNow, there are fewer employees needed in the areas of incident management. It has saved a lot of time in terms of the MTTR being reduced compared to past years, so it is time-saving as well as employee-saving.

One area of improvement is the user interface. Sometimes there are some glitches experienced in the UI that should be fixed and will improve a lot from a user experience point of view.

Apart from the user interface glitches, any kind of AI integrations would help incident managers to manage incidents and problem tickets in an easier way. I would appreciate some automations that will do repetitive tasks, as that would be a great feature.

My priority points for improvement are the UI glitches and modern AI technology integrations for faster incident management.

I have been using ServiceNow for the last two years.

ServiceNow is ninety-five percent stable.

It handles everything well in terms of scalability.

We never interacted with ServiceNow customer service as we have an internal team to handle issues. Whenever we have issues, we directly contact the internal team.

This is the first solution I have been using for incident management and production issues. I never used any tool before.

We never evaluated any other options. ServiceNow is the enterprise standard solution for incident management in our organization, and it was chosen when we started this project.

ServiceNow is one of the best tools in the industry for production support people, for incident and production ticket management. It is also a very good tool for any kind of change records and production deployments. The voice interaction feature is a very good idea, and I really appreciated it. I would rate this product a nine out of ten.

I work with ServiceNow's GRC solution, specifically IRM. I work with customer applications and a couple of modules in ServiceNow.

Many things within organizations need to be digitized, and since ServiceNow has many products for the enterprise with ready-to-use modules that you can install, it provides a lot of out-of-the-box capability and features. You won't have to customize or do a lot of work. ServiceNow provides a lot of solutions across HR, customer service, and security, which is what we use it for.

Incident response and resolution workflows have out-of-the-box flows. For IT incidents, all you'd have to do is configure a few assignment tools. It's primarily configuration, but they execute it fairly well.

Over the years, ServiceNow has become very standard. I don't use ServiceNow extensively as an end user. We implement ServiceNow for clients as consultants. From what I've seen over the years, the ITSM processes are now very streamlined and very aligned to what I recommend.

ServiceNow is open and does not restrict you from doing a lot of things. It gives you a lot of flexibility to integrate, build legacy applications, and provides a lot of functionalities.

The productivity features are excellent. Agent workspace and the AI products that ServiceNow is coming up with, such as Agent Assist and virtual chatbots, promote self-service and allow help desk agents to leverage a lot of features rather than reinventing features each time. This does help introduce efficiency.

The first thing is the total cost of ownership. Being a SaaS, you can actually scale up or scale down. Scaling down is not that easy, but you can actually scale up as much as you want. You could start small and then expand, so from an investment perspective, it's more often operational expenses than capital expenses, which organizations appreciate.

For the modules that have been in ServiceNow for more than four or five years, they've been pretty straightforward. Organizations have implemented them, there are a lot of case studies, and a lot of people have shared their investments in terms of time and effort. For the newer modules, it sometimes gets a little complex, but I think it's still fairly easy.

There isn't a lot. To a limited extent, I have a large team, so I'm sure others might be using it differently, but I haven't found a lot of areas for improvement.

Not really. If you had asked this question five or six years back, I would have probably mentioned a few things, but I think ServiceNow is doing pretty well now.

There have been no stability issues so far. ServiceNow is very stable.

There are implementations with pretty old systems where customers tend to struggle a little bit with storage, but otherwise, I think ServiceNow is pretty scalable.

Technical support from ServiceNow is responsive and very good. Their support is what used to be called high support earlier.

I have always worked with cloud solutions.

Typically, it involves engaging with our clients and gathering all the requirements thoroughly, ensuring that the instance has been acquired and there are enough licenses. We have a minimum of three environments: dev, test, and prod. We stay on the latest version of ServiceNow that the client wants. For example, if your requirement is to achieve something as a business imperative, we discuss whether the ServiceNow solution meets that requirement.

I think at least a team of five to six people is needed, including developers, testers, business process consultants, project managers, and all the relevant roles and teams.

You should invest in ServiceNow only if you're looking at a long-term strategy and your requirements are very, very clear. Otherwise, organizations tend to invest in ServiceNow and then lose interest over time, which leads to a loss in ROI on ServiceNow.

Their licensing cost is significant. The pricing is high.

Not all the time. For example, if I take the example of ServiceNow's PPM product and Varun and Test, which come under strategic portfolio management. When I did this comparison a few years back, I don't know if the pricing has updated now. But what I saw back then was a competing product, Jira, which is an Atlassian product. They were offering better functionalities at one tenth of the price. ServiceNow has a platform strategy, and you definitely have point solutions that are sometimes better than ServiceNow, but I think as a platform, ServiceNow is much better.

I am currently working on a couple of projects. I gave a review rating of eighteen.

I digitize things within an organization, and ServiceNow today has a lot of products for the enterprise with ready-to-use modules that you can install. The out-of-box capability provides a lot of features without requiring customization or extensive work. ServiceNow provides solutions across HR, customer service, and security, which is what I use it for.

Incident response and resolution workflows are handled with ServiceNow. There are out-of-the-box flows for IT incidents that only require configuring a few assignment tools. It is primarily configuration, but they do it fairly well.

Typically, the main steps I take when implementing ServiceNow are engaging with clients and gathering all requirements. I thoroughly ensure that the instance has been acquired and there are enough licenses. We maintain a minimum of three environments: dev, test, and prod. Then we ensure we are on the latest version of ServiceNow that the client wants. For example, if the requirement is to achieve something as a business imperative, we check if the ServiceNow solution meets that requirement. Those are the kinds of things we discuss.

Over the years, ServiceNow has streamlined my IT service management processes to a very standard level. I do not use ServiceNow extensively; we implement ServiceNow, so we are consultants implementing ServiceNow for clients. From what I have seen over the years, the ITSM processes are now very streamlined and very aligned to what I recommend.

What I appreciate about ServiceNow is that it is open. It does not restrict me from doing many things. ServiceNow is very open and gives me a lot of flexibility to integrate and build legacy applications with many functionalities.

The feature that has had the biggest impact on my productivity is the productivity feature itself. I think when used correctly, the Agent Workspace and all the AI products that ServiceNow is coming up with, such as Agent Assist and the virtual chatbot, promote self-service and allow help desk agents to leverage many features rather than reinventing features each time.

I would like to see an improvement in their licensing cost.

Feature-wise, I do not have any features that I would like to see included or enhanced. If I had been asked this question five or six years back, I would have probably mentioned a few, but ServiceNow is doing pretty well now.

I recently experienced ServiceNow and am currently working on a couple of projects.

I have not experienced any issues or hiccups with the stability of ServiceNow.

I find ServiceNow to be scalable. There are old implementations where customers tend to struggle with storage, but I think ServiceNow is generally pretty scalable.

I would evaluate the solution's technical support as responsive and very good. Their support is now what used to be called high support earlier.

For the modules that have been on ServiceNow for more than four or five years, I find the initial setup process pretty straightforward. Organizations that have implemented ServiceNow have shared a lot of case studies and their investments in terms of time and effort. For the newer modules, it sometimes gets a little complex, but I think it is still fairly easy.

I need at least a team of five to six people for ServiceNow, including developers, testers, business process consultants, and project managers, covering all the necessary roles and teams.

The advice I would give to others looking into implementing ServiceNow is to invest in it only if you are considering a long-term strategy and you have your requirements very clear. Otherwise, organizations tend to invest in ServiceNow and then lose interest over time, which leads to not observing the right ROI on ServiceNow.

I find the pricing of ServiceNow to be high and somewhat reasonable. It does not always bring value for my customer's side. For example, when I compared the ServiceNow PPM product to a competitive product like Jira, which is an Atlassian product, they were offering better functionalities at one-tenth of the price. ServiceNow has that platform strategy, and there are definitely point solutions that are sometimes better than the services offered by ServiceNow, but as a platform, ServiceNow is much better.

From the benefits perspective, the first thing ServiceNow brings to my customer's side is the total cost of ownership. Being a SaaS, you can scale up or scale down. Scaling down is not that easy, but you can scale up whatever you want. You could start small and then expand. From an investment perspective, it is more often opex than capex, which organizations like a lot.

My main use case for ServiceNow includes ITSM and ServiceNow App Engine, and then we use ITBM, strategic portfolio management, as well as ITOM Discovery and Customer Service Management. These are the main modules that I work with.

One specific example of how I use ServiceNow day-to-day with those modules is that ServiceNow App Engine is a platform where we can build custom applications end-to-end. We built one application where we take the input from the user via email, with the IMAP setup reading it into Excel in ServiceNow. We send the data provided by the user for validation in ServiceNow, and if duplicates are found in the ServiceNow database, those records fail. Otherwise, the passed records go to middleware, and from there, it goes to P20, with the ultimate goal of creating the invoice in SAP automatically based on the user input provided.

The best features ServiceNow offers mainly revolve around having a smooth workflow tool that integrates with other platforms, leading to its reputation as a platform of platforms. It is easy for different personas to come into various places in the workflow, ensuring the goal is to meet stipulated tasks within timelines and SLAs, which can be configured within the platform. The inbuilt SLAs allow for total configuration, and the end-to-end workflow gets accomplished. Another standout feature is the recent introduction of the AI control tower, which will significantly shape the future of AI, positioning ServiceNow as one of the front-runners in this area.

One standout aspect I appreciate is the seamless approvals flow in ServiceNow. Users can approve requests via email, mobile, or desktop, providing flexibility regardless of how a request is raised. The modified UI for agents, with workspaces and UI Builders, offers a significantly better interface as well.

The positive impact of ServiceNow on my organization began with ITSM as the core component. Initially, we started there, but we later realized the potential of low-code, no-code solutions, allowing us to build custom applications with the App Engine and utilizing modules such as Customer Service Management. We even acquired a new instance specifically to serve custom needs for our customers using the CSM module, which is definitely helping the organization effectively.

ServiceNow can be improved primarily in terms of licensing. When discussing with customers, we notice competition such as Microsoft Power Apps offering lower prices, despite not being as platform-oriented. Given ServiceNow's pricing approach, we face a challenge, as each module requires separate payment, leading to overall high costs, especially as the number of modules increases. If there were potential concessions in pricing, it would definitely help organizations gain more use cases from ServiceNow.

The pricing and licensing model for ServiceNow is quite complex. For example, with the App Engine, even if we can create many application tables, tracking costs across different business units is challenging, as it is not a one-organization setup. We struggle with distinguishing costs when users are part of multiple applications, complicating financial management. However, the new subscription management feature in the Washington release offers helpful tracking of user licenses and transaction consumption, which is beneficial for monitoring.

I have been using the solution for thirteen years.

ServiceNow is stable.

ServiceNow's scalability is good, as the configurations we apply accommodate constant changes. We can define custom tables and utilize script-type fields to handle dynamic requirements for new setups with minimal customization.

Customer support is generally prompt; they typically respond quickly to tickets. While there are occasional delays with specific tickets, overall, I find customer support to be quite good.

We did not use a different solution prior to ServiceNow; we relied on manual processes and RPA bots for invoice creation. The previous management of this was handled by a partner, but now we have integrated the solution within our organizational structure, providing better management.

We definitely see a return on investment, particularly regarding time saved. With automation, we have succeeded in moving invoices to customers much faster than before, where previously it took five to ten days from creation to dispatch. Now, thanks to ServiceNow's end-to-end automation, we save five to ten days of cycle time for each invoice.

We did not explore many alternative options, mainly validating ServiceNow from a workflow perspective due to concerns about UI.

My advice for others considering ServiceNow is to assess their needs for multiple workflow applications. If your organization requires several applications, I recommend viewing ServiceNow as a unified platform where you can certainly see the ROI. With the App Engine, a single license can cover multiple applications, allowing users to fulfill roles across projects, leading to increased efficiency and ROI.

ServiceNow's integrations are significant for my team as we have Integration Hub, and for custom integrations, we create scripted REST APIs for inbound connections and REST messages for outbound connections, making it easy to connect to any system with web service REST API support. In the past, we used SOAP, but now we focus on REST. We connect with third-party REST APIs, and for inbound requests needing extensive coding, we utilize scripted REST APIs. Otherwise, we use our import set APIs with staging table data retrieval, updating the target table based on transform maps. Regarding AI, we use Now Assist for ITSM and Now Assist for Creator; the Build Agent for Creator is a game changer, allowing coding with cursors outside the platform while syncing back, and enabling the building of global and scoped applications, which is very helpful.

One of the main outcomes from using ServiceNow is the integration mentioned earlier. We created an application for generating invoices in SAP where users wish to verify what they sent, as they cannot log in daily to see the data they provided and the invoice created. ServiceNow UI provides a more user-friendly solution, particularly for attachments required by customers, which prompted the need for this solution. I rate customer service at a level of three.

My main use case for ServiceNow is ticket management.

I use ServiceNow for ticket management by working on problem tickets when we have issues with the batch, and we also work on incidents if there are failures.

I have a main call setup for any critical issues, so we have a critical incident ticket in our environment on which we will be working on a priority basis.

ServiceNow offers excellent features including a self-service portal, different types of tickets for different types of issues, requests, or changes, and workload automation with workflow automation as well.

Reporting in ServiceNow is very good, and integrating it with automation reporting is a valuable feature.

ServiceNow has positively impacted my organization because initially we were not using ServiceNow and were working manually on email or through chat communications. After integrating ServiceNow, we have automation with failures and automated tickets that get generated when there is an issue in the environment or services. It has eased our workload and serves as a time-saving mechanism with automated processes.

The features I am using are very convenient and ServiceNow's offerings are already satisfying.

I have been using ServiceNow for almost ten years.

ServiceNow is stable in my experience.

ServiceNow's scalability is very good as it can be deployed in each environment and providing access to ServiceNow is very convenient.

Customer support for ServiceNow is very good. We have 24/7 support for ServiceNow with very quick response times. If we have any issue, we reach out to customer support and we get instant assistance.

I did not previously use a different solution before ServiceNow.

ServiceNow is deployed in my organization on a private cloud.

We use Microsoft Azure as our cloud provider for the private cloud.

ServiceNow was the first implementation I evaluated.

I have seen a return on investment with saved money and saved time.

ServiceNow's pricing is fine. We have accounting for each headcount for ServiceNow, and the pricing is actually good.

My advice for others looking into using ServiceNow is that it is very flexible and scalable, and deploying it is very easy. There is excellent customer support for ServiceNow, so everyone can try ServiceNow in their environment.

I have saved time and we have a platform to manage everything so that everyone can have visibility on that. We can manage which team is working on it and what the next step will be, so we can document everything on ServiceNow tickets.

ServiceNow serves as a comprehensive recorded repository for our organization. We utilize it for asset management across our different branches worldwide. Each branch has an IT manager, and through asset management, when any alert comes in, we can easily identify the location and retrieve the IT manager details. Everything is documented in ServiceNow, and whatever alerts we handle, every work note can be sent to the vendor requesting remediation based on user responses.

The user interface of ServiceNow is very flexible. We can find each and every user's information and identity, including details like designation and reporting structure. We can track the entire process from assigning tickets to work in progress, putting tickets on hold, and creating subtasks. Everything can be customized according to our needs.

The best feature of ServiceNow, from my perspective, is that it is completely integral to our work on security. From the start, we can attend to tickets, and from there until resolving the ticket, it helps us because every documentation is done by ServiceNow. We keep standard operating procedures for every new alert, and we can create SOPs and KPs as needed.

ServiceNow is not cheap, but it offers standard functionality and features compared to all ticketing systems.

ServiceNow can improve by being customizable based on the different needs of companies, such as infrastructure and security requirements.

If I had the opportunity to add a feature to ServiceNow, I would add extra information such as IPs and network hierarchy. By network hierarchy, I mean the information about the firewall and how it starts from end to end with servers, switches, routers, firewalls, and all related network tools, from the Internet to Endpoint. We need each and every piece of information about which branch and host is sometimes unmanaged without any identity, and for those, we need to create a separate group.

I have been using ServiceNow for more than two and a half years.

Regarding stability, ServiceNow is reliable. We get notifications when upgrades are needed, and it is stable with no breakdowns or bugs. I have never faced any issues after upgrading ServiceNow.

Around six thousand people are using ServiceNow in my company.

I have not contacted ServiceNow support team. My higher team may have contacted them regarding automated insights, signals, detection, and alerts.

I am using ServiceNow and do not see any issues with it currently. I am happy with the interface of ServiceNow. By network hierarchy, I mean the information about the firewall and how it starts from end to end with servers, switches, routers, firewalls, and all related network tools, from the Internet to Endpoint. We need each and every piece of information about which branch and host is sometimes unmanaged without any identity, and for those, we need to create a separate group. If I had the opportunity to add a feature to ServiceNow, I would add extra information such as IPs and network hierarchy. ServiceNow is not cheap, but it offers standard functionality and features compared to all ticketing systems. I would rate ServiceNow an eight because of its capabilities. My company is a customer of ServiceNow.