Betty Blocks vs ServiceNow comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

ServiceNow and Betty Blocks compete in the application development and service management category. Data comparisons suggest that while ServiceNow provides strong support and cost-effectiveness, Betty Blocks leads with its rich features justifying its price.

Features: ServiceNow offers comprehensive IT service management, automation, and integration capabilities, along with advanced analytics and a large library of pre-built solutions. Betty Blocks focuses on no-code development, rapid application deployment, and offers greater customization and agility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ServiceNow provides a traditional deployment model with extensive documentation and a strong support system, suitable for large enterprises. Betty Blocks emphasizes a flexible, no-code platform with an emphasis on quick deployment and responsive customer support.

Pricing and ROI: ServiceNow involves a higher initial setup cost with broad functionality offering substantial ROI over time. Betty Blocks offers a competitive pricing model with lower upfront costs, focusing on rapid development tools that may lead to faster ROI.

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Betty Blocks vs. ServiceNow

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Categories and Ranking

Betty Blocks

Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software

34th

Ranking in No-Code Development Platforms

27th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

ServiceNow

Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software

2nd

Ranking in No-Code Development Platforms

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

222

Ranking in other categories

Help Desk Software (1st), IT Asset Management (1st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Rapid Application Development Software category, the mindshare of Betty Blocks is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 10.5%, up from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Hans De Groot

Owner/Operator at Informatieewerkplaats

The solution is stable and has good support, but is expensive

Betty Blocks, when I started with it, was similar to a back-end platform with the ability to have a standardized back-office UI out of the box, which is perfect for a lot of situations. For more customer-facing UIs, we had to create the front end ourselves, building endpoints with HTML and JavaScript. Then Betty Blocks started in 2018 with the page builder. This allowed us to create drag-and-drop interfaces. That was quite cumbersome. Now Betty Blocks is entering a new generation of it - next generation forms - which should be a lot better. The most valuable feature is the back end. The way we can create action flows for things such as sending emails, creating PDF reports, or connecting to web services is very complete. I never experience a lack of functionality in it. The standardized back-office UI is said to be deprecated over time, which is a shame, because it is a real time-saver and is one of their strong points, only if it was kept up-to-date.

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Nikhil Gohil

Solution Engineer - Digital Platform | Mobile at British American Tobacco

Enables effective incident management and seamless workflow automation with valuable mobile accessibility

I haven't thought deeply about improvements for ServiceNow or what might be missing right now. There are so many modules and features in ServiceNow that I haven't explored them all, so it's hard to say what might be missing or should be improved. I suggest making the cost more affordable for smaller companies.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the back end."

"What I like the most is that it's a common service data model and the fact that everything is available on one platform."

"I really like ServiceNow and all of the features. The way incident management is built is very helpful. You have a lot of options to optimize it, customize it, and automate it. You also have a lot of options for reporting. There are plenty of possibilities to do preference management within your customer CMDB file. These are very useful features, which I missed in BMC Remedy ITSM. ServiceNow is the best ticketing tool I have used so far."

"Primarily, we use it for incident management and change across the landscape. It is the virtual repository for our incident management processes. It gives us visibility about what's happening from the change management perspective across our CABs, including our enterprise CABs."

"You can scale the solution."

"ServiceNow is a cloud solution. That fact was very important for us, that it is not an on-prem solution, as it reduces our internal cost of support."

"We consider the integration capabilities of the solution with other tools to be a valuable feature."

"I find almost all the features valuable. It can do nearly everything except make your coffee, as my colleagues always say. It's got pros and cons, like every software, but the good thing about it is that it has a very structured approach."

"I like that it's always up and running."

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Cons

"In many cases, they make choices where flexibility is a little bit degraded, but if you leave everything open and the flexibility is great then the usability is a little bit less."

"What I find lacking in the software is its ability to query the database."

"I would like to see full integration with AI."

"One thing I don't care for is the reporting and the way it functions."

"The discovery of assets could be improved; right now they only allow for one domain."

"It's too complicated and there are too many options."

"An area for improvement would be the accessibility of downloaded and compressed files."

"The setup was time-consuming and required a lot of internal resources."

"The major area for improvement for our needs would be monitoring the metrics of the times to acknowledge and resolve issues and escalations."

"Integration capabilities can improve."

"It's not very secure, it's web-based, and I prefer Remedy. Both the security and the web interface could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing structure that we have been working with was based on a number of blocks."

"The pricing is quite high, but the pricing is also not very transparent."

"ServiceNow tends to be a little bit more expensive as compared to BMC Helix ITSM."

"For the modules we use, we found it competitive. I can't think of any costs in addition to the licensing fees."

"The pricing is reasonable and affordable, making it suitable for businesses ranging from small to large scale."

"The licensing cost is based on your partnership with ServiceNow and what you have selected for implementation. There is an annual license cost which is calculated based on your number of devices."

"The licenses are expensive."

"The platform offers a free trial, by providing a free developer instance once you sign up."

"The setup cost is high compared to others, especially when the scope is not fixed."

"It is very expensive because it is a big organization. You have to pay for additional things."

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Financial Services Firm

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Overview

From mobile apps to (customer) portals to back office management and everything in between. The Betty Blocks platform’s ease of use supports every size or complexity of your app. Go as far as you like, the easiest way possible.

Betty Blocks

ServiceNow is a cloud-based task-management platform that specializes in IT operations management (ITOM), IT services management (ITSM), and IT business management (ITBM). ServiceNow allows users to manage their teams, projects, and customer interactions using a variety of different plugins and apps with which it easily integrates.

ServiceNow offers prebuilt applications to support any process, as well as a framework and tools that allow you to build your own.

ServiceNow’s service management solutions include change, request, incident, problem, and cost management, as well as HR, IT, field service, and facilities management solutions. They also cover business management solutions such as vendor performance management, financial management, performance analytics and project portfolio suite, as well as governance, risk, and compliance.

“The Smarter Way to Workflow”

ServiceNow’s activities, processes, and tasks are overseen as part of a comprehensive managed workflow that supports such features as real-time collaboration, communication, and resource sharing. ServiceNow’s suite of products allow for operation using serverless computing, and include the categories of Business Apps, Customer Service, HR, IT, and Security.

ServiceNow can be used to support most workflows because of the wide range of tools it offers. These include on-suite ticketing tools, predictive modeling to manage workflows, and benchmarking for the tracking of progress. ServiceNow can assist with artificial intelligence and machine learning processes and can be used to organize the cases of a help/service desk as well as for instance management and problem management. It also smoothly integrates with many legacy systems.

ServiceNow offers service management software for industries including:

Cloud services
Education
Financial services
Government
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Telecommunications

Reviews from Real Users

PeerSpot users prefer ServiceNow to its competitors because of its scalability, stability, and ease of use. It helps everyone in the company to be on the same page by creating a single source of record across all departments. One user stated that “I’ve definitely used over 20 project management solutions, but they can't be compared with ServiceNow.” Another said that “ServiceNow is an industry leader in multiple areas and provides an excellent ROI.”

Sample Customers

KPMG, TELE2, Sligro Food Group, Ymere, Flexpoint Group

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

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