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IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT vs ServiceNow comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Asset Management...
Ranking in IT Asset Management
23rd
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
License Management (9th)
ServiceNow
Ranking in IT Asset Management
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
228
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (1st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (1st), Rapid Application Development Software (2nd), No-Code Development Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is 1.3%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 12.7%, down from 22.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ServiceNow12.7%
IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT1.3%
Other86.0%
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

HarshalDeore - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Parseq
A user-friendly solution that has a good user interface, but its technical support is not good enough
Around 20 to 25 staff members are needed to deploy and maintain the solution, including two managers, one architect, and other implementers. IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT does not adopt the latest technology. The solution can be integrated with our existing IT environment through some web services and connectors. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Hemanthreddy Vakiti - PeerSpot reviewer
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Structured workflows have improved SLA compliance and now support prioritized incident handling
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is a user-friendly solution that has a good user interface."
"​The workflow capability for easy setup is powerful."
"Some of the valuable features I have found the solution to have are it can serve many different types of businesses, it has strong platform capabilities, provides application development, built-in predictive intelligence, and performance analytics reports."
"One of the nice things about ServiceNow is that, if you have your process, you can design the ticket and the form according to your process."
"I don't have to look through a whole bunch of other incidents that aren't relevant to me. It's very useful in that sense."
"I would tell you to take a look at it; it's a great product, get a demo and get familiar with it, because you can pretty much do anything you need to do with it."
"It's great for keeping everyone informed in the company - not just IT. Everyone becomes aware of change requests and incidents so the entire company is on the same page."
"The return on investment is good when implementing for ourselves and for other clients."
"The solution has a user-friendly interface."
 

Cons

"The solution’s initial setup is complex and technical support is not good enough."
"The only complaint that I would have is just the interface itself is not always user friendly."
"Some of the things which I've seen that they're improving now, it was the UI. It was a pretty basic UI which needed improvement."
"Making a mobile version would be helpful."
"An area for improvement would be the accessibility of downloaded and compressed files."
"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."
"That package is very expensive. It's more expensive than if I were to have someone in-house who was dedicated to doing those tasks."
"I have a problem with the way the solution's price is calculated."
"The product’s standard user experience is not the best."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is an expensive solution."
"There is an annual subscription to use this solution."
"For the modules we use, we found it competitive. I can't think of any costs in addition to the licensing fees."
"I have found the solution very expensive."
"ServiceNow is a leader and its pricing is quite good, quite competitive... Sometimes some plugins are not priced reasonably but, generally, the platform itself, its modules, are priced reasonably."
"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."
"This is a pretty expensive product, so the licensing could be better."
"I would say it is moderately expensive, ranging from six to seven on a scale of ten."
"It is very expensive because it is a big organization. You have to pay for additional things."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

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Small Business55
Midsize Enterprise35
Large Enterprise171
 

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Sample Customers

Migros Zurich, Tyr_ns AB, Port Otago Limited, BTC, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., AIG, Swedish Match, DTE Energy
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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