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CA Asset Portfolio Management vs ServiceNow comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

CA Asset Portfolio Management
Ranking in IT Asset Management
22nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
License Management (11th)
ServiceNow
Ranking in IT Asset Management
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
223
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (1st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (1st), Rapid Application Development Software (2nd), No-Code Development Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of CA Asset Portfolio Management is 1.2%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 19.9%, down from 26.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ServiceNow19.9%
CA Asset Portfolio Management1.2%
Other78.9%
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1998918 - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrates well, highly stable, and scalable
CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve the uploading of batch information. I have to upload large amounts of information and it can take a long time to finish. There are some other solutions that are better, such as Micro Focus. We have approximately 10,000 PCs that we are busy processing and we have to upload information to them but when we use this solution it is complex. When we use Micro Focus it is better.
Nikhil Gohil - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Being able to determine the licensing position for existing vendors and future vendors. Also, visibility into our environment,"
"Also, the software you have, you can monitor for end of life. If you have software that is end of life, then you can have it uninstalled and buy the new software, so you can make sure that you're not running into vulnerabilities with unsupported software in your environment."
"You build the items one time and then you have your discovery that's coming in and the system will let you know whether or not you're out of compliance."
"Enables me to know where an asset is at any point during its lifecycle: How old it is, who it belongs to, and where it's at within that lifecycle."
"The most valuable feature of CA Asset Portfolio Management is the full integration with our Service Desk. It allows us to work both sides of life cycle management."
"You could also look for software that is no longer being used and you can re-deploy the software, so then you save from a purchasing standpoint because you don't have to buy the software again."
"It's easy to integrate with our system information."
"Reduces software cost. Reduces the risk of software audits."
"ServiceNow is an industry leader in multiple areas and provides an excellent ROI."
"It has more extensive features as compared to the other competitors."
"We used ServiceNow for change management, release management, and event management."
"The most valuable feature is that this is a Cloud solution."
"For our work, ServiceNow's service catalogs and SDK integrations are the most valuable features."
"SPM and ITSM features are the most helpful."
"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."
"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."
 

Cons

"There were a lot of things that we had to prepare for that we weren't thinking about with this installation. I think from a CA standpoint, the software was good. But us preparing for that, we had a lot more work to do."
"I would like to see more control over audit trail features, where you can turn on and off fields."
"CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve the uploading of batch information. I have to upload large amounts of information and it can take a long time to finish. There are some other solutions that are better, such as Micro Focus."
"I'd like to see more mobile. I'd like to have it actually manage mobile devices. It really doesn't, and I'd like to have a mobile application just for asset management."
"Needs a stronger reporting component, and more integration with CA Client Automation."
"The UI, even though they upgraded the UI, it's still kind of dated, it's a little bit convoluted to use. It's not like something that you can sit down and automatically understand how to use it."
"CA SAM is not a CA product. The vendor is Aspera and CA is the distributor, so support is difficult. It's more difficult to get a good response."
"Keeping the catalog updated and having more titles in the catalog is helpful, because the more items that are in the catalog, your process goes faster because you don't have to manually build all the entitlements."
"We can't update bulk tickets using a simple query language. Jira lets us update hundreds of tickets with one command. In ServiceNow, you need to select each task separately to close them. The dashboards could also be more user-friendly. Monday.com has better dashboards."
"Time to respond from support could definitely be better, as the global support timing sometimes causes delays in interactions."
"There are sometimes challenges with the portal being a bit confusing for new users."
"The Express edition does not allow the option for scripting."
"There should be greater integration with other enterprise applications. We're using Microsoft, Oracle, and other applications, and it would be good to have a greater integration on some of the immediate hiccups that you have with these services. It doesn't mean that when we have a problem with using another application, ServiceNow should be able to fix it, but ServiceNow should be able to alert us to things. There should be a bit more automation or integration."
"The utilization of AI in ServiceNow needs enhancement."
"The customer service of the product right now isn't very good. It's an aspect they really need to improve."
"The interface can be a bit more intuitive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The platform offers a free trial, by providing a free developer instance once you sign up."
"This is a pretty expensive product, so the licensing could be better."
"The price is okay for us. It's reasonable."
"The mandatory minimum is US$ 20,000 for licensing."
"Getting the solution up and running is expensive."
"While the option exists to pay for a monthly license, we are dealing with large enterprises and these typically involve multi-year licenses of ten or five years, at a minimum."
"I would say it is moderately expensive, ranging from six to seven on a scale of ten."
"ServiceNow's pricing is comparatively higher than Helix's."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business54
Midsize Enterprise36
Large Enterprise163
 

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Also Known As

CA IT Asset Manager, CA Asset Manager, ITAM, IT Asset Manager, CA SAM, CA Software Asset Manager, Asset Portfolio Management, Asset Portfolio Manager
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Sample Customers

First Horizon National Corporation, Logicalis, Racing and Wagering Western Australia
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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