Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management vs ServiceNow Cloud Observability comparison

Broadcom and ServiceNow are both solutions in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category. Broadcom is ranked #49 with an average rating of 7.0, while ServiceNow is ranked #39 with an average rating of 7.5. Broadcom holds a 0.0% mindshare in APM, compared to ServiceNow’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of ServiceNow users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

ServiceNow Cloud Observability and Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management compete in the application performance monitoring category. Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management has a slight edge due to its richer feature set and scalability improvements, while ServiceNow Cloud Observability is praised for ease of use and deployment.

Features: ServiceNow Cloud Observability includes comprehensive analytics, real-time monitoring, and ease of use. Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management features in-depth application performance diagnostics, extensive integration capabilities, and a richer feature set.

Room for Improvement: ServiceNow Cloud Observability could improve customization options, alerting mechanisms, and scalability. Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management users recommend reducing complexity, enhancing scalability, and simplifying deployment. Both have areas needing improvement, but Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management focuses more on scalability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ServiceNow Cloud Observability is easy to deploy and offers strong customer support. Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management has a more complex deployment process but provides responsive support. ServiceNow Cloud Observability is seen as easier to deploy, while both offer commendable customer service.

Pricing and ROI: ServiceNow Cloud Observability offers a reasonable setup cost with quick ROI. Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management may have a higher setup cost, but users are satisfied with ROI over time. ServiceNow Cloud Observability is cost-effective, though Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management is considered worth the investment due to its extensive features.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Cross-Enterprise Applicatio...

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

49th

Average Rating

6.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

ServiceNow Cloud Observability

Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

39th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management is 0.0%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow Cloud Observability is 0.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

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Mohammed Shahpoup

Senior Deputy Manager, ITSM Architect at ICT Misr

Offers a great reporting experience, with much customization and flexibility in extracting reports but it can be more user-friendly

My experience indicates that it needs enhancements in the UI. We are in 2024, and the GUI doesn't meet current expectations for user interfaces or Excel integration. Mainly, CA Service Desk has such a bad user interface. All features and systems, like servers, should have a modern graphical user interface, but CA Service Desk remains classic and still uses a desktop-based interface. It doesn't add features easily; if you need additional functionality, you have to go through many steps. Competitors like ServiceNow, Micro Focus SMAX, and ManageEngine all have better user interfaces. This is the main solution that needs improvement. I am very satisfied with the modeling systems, the grid, and the existing features, except for the graphical user interface.

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Prashant-Sharma

Senior Software Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Provides effective observability and offers robust alerting and monitoring capabilities

We use some SDK to integrate like tips in our code, in our Java code or whatever code, rightly, Skylight or whatever. So, the SDK that we use is not very easy to get a hold of. So, a person who is more experienced is able to write proper code so that an operation can have an operation name to set. So, SDK would be improved for developers so that the integration and code will get easier. The support team could be better. Because of the different versions of different tactics of integrating reactive code base, the documentation is not very clear if someone has to be onboard. I would rate the documentation of Lightstep a five out of ten. It could need improvement. Currently, what happens is, suppose in a stream, we have lots of spans. So if there is something I can filter, for example, in a single trace, there are ten calls with it. And if I have to filter, I have to go inside the individual trace to get the call. In future releases, I want to see if it is possible to filter them at a very high stream level. So, for example, I want to filter the calls only from service A, ten calls, and I want to filter only two calls out of ten. So, instead of doing that filter at the trace level, can I do it at a stream level.

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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

"All solutions from Broadcom are very easy to install."

"The technical support and documentation are quite good."

"The solution Lightstep/ServiceNow has a couple of pretty advanced functionalities to help us investigate a deviation and help the development teams have better observability in the environment using distributed and complex services."

"The UI is very intuitive."

"To a certain extent, it is possible to save on the costs of the product."

"The ability to create a stream based on different parameters, operation name, service name, URL, tags, and URI part, is one valuable feature."

Cons

"They lack support and presence in Egypt."

"The UI could be better. When I look at the dashboard, for example, the information looks cluttered and unorganized."

"The dashboard and graphics must be improved."

"In terms of licensing, users would want the product to offer them the ability to tailor the tasks offered in the solution to suit their needs."

"The design of this solution is not very intuitive and probably could come with more friendly tips for beginners."

"The support team could be better. Because of the different versions of different tactics of integrating reactive code base, the documentation is not very clear if someone has to be onboard. I would rate the documentation of Lightstep a five out of ten. It could need improvement."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the pricing a three out of ten, with ten being expensive. So, it is rather cheap."

"The product is expensive. I rate the tool's pricing model an eight out of ten."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

11%

Retailer

10%

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management?

I would rate the pricing a three out of ten, with ten being expensive. So, it is rather cheap. On a yearly basis, we pay $400,000. It is fixed, but it differs from year to year because we can add m...

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What needs improvement with Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management?

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What is your primary use case for Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management?

At our bank, we have two teams: * one for Network Operations Center (NOC) and * another for administration and innovation. I am the technical lead in administration. For daily basis, the NOC team u...

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What do you like most about LightStep?

The UI is very intuitive.

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What needs improvement with LightStep?

There are a lot of workflows and connectors. In terms of licensing, users would want the product to offer them the ability to tailor the tasks offered in the solution to suit their needs.

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What is your primary use case for LightStep?

I use the solution in my company since it has multiple tenants available. Basically, what happens in business is that you have a hybrid setup model, and for that, you extensively use a cloud platfo...

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Also Known As

CA Cross-Enterprise Application Performance Management

LightStep

Overview

CA Cross-Enterprise APM provides 24/7 monitoring of business transactions for complex application environments by monitoring the real-time performance of mainframe subsystems and providing CA Application Performance Management with this data on a single pane of glass.

Broadcom

ServiceNow Cloud Observability is a comprehensive platform designed to enhance visibility, control, and performance monitoring of your IT infrastructure and applications. It seamlessly integrates log management, trace management, metrics monitoring, and infrastructure monitoring in real-time, leveraging AI and machine learning for automated tasks and actionable insights. With benefits including improved visibility, faster incident resolution, enhanced application performance, simplified IT operations, and reduced costs, this cloud-native solution is ideal for businesses of all sizes with complex IT infrastructures. It integrates seamlessly with ServiceNow IT Operations Management (ITOM), supports OpenTelemetry standards, and provides AI-powered insights along with pre-built dashboards and reports.

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