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Alpha Anywhere vs ServiceNow Now Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Alpha Anywhere
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
34th
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
34th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ServiceNow Now Platform
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
14th
Ranking in Low-Code Development Platforms
10th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No-Code Development Platforms (3rd), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (23rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Alpha Anywhere is 1.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow Now Platform is 2.2%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rapid Application Development Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ServiceNow Now Platform2.2%
Alpha Anywhere1.2%
Other96.6%
Rapid Application Development Software
 

Featured Reviews

Glen Schild - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at GJ Stats
Enables you to boost your sales by displaying customized upsell offers to your customers when they are more likely to accept them on the add-to-cart or checkout option
I use it for. browser based systems for my own clients It's configured to make it very quick to build feature-rich systems. The only issue I would say is that they develop updates very quickly that are hard to keep up with. I have been using Alpha Anywhere for thirty years. It's stable, set up…
Vishal Savajiani - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at DXC Technology
Low-code workflows have transformed how we automate processes and build enterprise apps
First and foremost, ServiceNow Now Platform allows us to do a low-code or no-code platform, which is the wonderful first feature. On top of that, if you want to do some customization along with the low-code and no-code, you can do it. Beyond that, if you write a full-fledged customized code and make your functionality, you can do it. Workflow is there, and we can automate our workflows. Flow is there as an option. Apart from workflow and flow, we have many business rules and script includes. These are all the technical components and features of ServiceNow Now Platform that allow us to achieve our objective. ServiceNow Now Platform offers a very easy feature that we call workflow or flow. Using workflow or flow, we can customize industry workflows. The development on that flow is very simple, and you can use drag and drop functionality. If you want to do some scripting, you can do it. This is an awesome feature of ServiceNow Now Platform that allows us to develop or automate any flow in quick time. Internally, ServiceNow Now Platform uses a lot of AI features and machine learning features. This makes it more wonderful. AI and machine learning are the core of ServiceNow Now Platform, and they are using it heavily. It is making a lot of impact on deliverables. You can develop anything whatever you want on ServiceNow Now Platform. If you understand ServiceNow Now Platform capabilities, you can develop a full-fledged application on ServiceNow Now Platform easily. You don't have to write scratch code or do any database operations. You just need to create tables and forms, which are very easy to develop if you are familiar with ServiceNow. Everything is on one platform, so it is a single source of data that you can find on ServiceNow itself for the overall enterprise. ServiceNow Now Platform offers a reporting feature very well. Along with the reporting, they are offering workspace and dashboard. All these UI interfaces you can use to extract precise information for your customer. This is really helping the customer make decisions with the precise and versatile reports. You can have a list report view, a graph report view, or a pie chart. All these features can be developed quickly and used in ServiceNow. This is where ServiceNow Now Platform makes a lot of difference.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Once you get through the learning curve, you can do a lot with it."
"It's very flexible."
"ServiceNow can document and produce a historical working tool that deals with projects themselves. The user interface is another strong suit."
"It can integrate anywhere, and you can make any kind of workflow."
"This is a great workflow tool that offers great support."
"It's very intuitive and easy to use. The flexibility and user-friendliness of ServiceNow are key reasons it's such a popular cloud solution."
"Assignment Group history is really important to me."
"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 simplicity is great, and based on my experience with other solutions in the market, the most important is the simplicity of implementing all the features that we have in ServiceNow and helping customers to simplify the work process in the daily journeys that they have."
"The solution is fast enough for our workflow automations and has integration capability. It aligns with many use cases in our organization and for others we have planned."
 

Cons

"It can be slow to develop, and it's repetitive."
"The stability of Alpha Anywhere could improve, especially from version to version. There have been several complaints that they should conduct more testing before releasing a version."
"There are a few areas of concern when it comes to the product's support team where improvements are required."
"The user experience could be improved. The current design of forms lacks intuitiveness, as there seems to be only one form available for all types of operations."
"ServiceNow Now Platform's technical support needs to improve."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see mobile capability."
"The cost has room for improvement. It is currently expensive."
"As for what can be improved, the licensing and the pricing models are confusing. There are a lot of hidden costs in all these; it's a bit costly."
"This platform is used more by large companies because it is a little bit expensive."
"We would like to see AI used to automate some of the functionality in this solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is mid-range.We pay only for the subscription."
"Prices vary, and they will enter into different contracts with different people."
"The pricing of this solution is done annually and it is very expensive."
"The price of the product falls on the higher side of the spectrum."
"It's expensive and if you need some analytical views of your activity, there is an additional cost."
"The solution is expensive."
"Most of the features are included in the licensing cost. However, if we need extra plugins that are not available at the ServiceNow Hub or store, then we have to pay extra for those."
"There are extra expenses for maintaining the product apart from the licenses."
"Price-wise, I would describe the product's cost to be more than the average, but it compensates for that with the functionalities that it provides."
"People seem to be buying the tool a lot. I think its licensing is okay."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
13%
Government
8%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise35
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow Now Platform?
I do not know the setup cost details. I am not at that level where I make decisions on the cost.
What needs improvement with ServiceNow Now Platform?
There are many areas where ServiceNow leverages AI or machine learning to enhance the features, and they are already doing it. In every area, there is a scope for learning and improvement. ServiceN...
What is your primary use case for ServiceNow Now Platform?
ServiceNow Now Platform has many use cases available. It allows significant customization and integration capabilities with many internal features that we use. Basically, we can digitize, automate,...
 

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Sample Customers

Knectsoft, Worldpay, LifeStatus360, TD Bank, Dwellpoint, ZEROCK, MySchoolAnywhere, Brock University, Rev1, Australian Emergency Services, Warren County Government, Integrated Health Management Services, Northern Edge Patient Care, LiveImmigration, Merrick, Goodman Manufacturing, PetSitClick, Glacier Water, Hayat Communications, AVIS, MAERSK
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