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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
22nd
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
License Management (7th)
ServiceNow
Ranking in IT Asset Management
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
231
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 May 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is 1.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 12.9%, down from 21.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ServiceNow12.9%
IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT1.4%
Other85.7%
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."
"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."
"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."
"Operations and maintenance costs have been reduced using this solution. We have been able to deliver faster solutions to our customers and track progress using live data."
"It offers enhanced and efficient communication between the requester and the four pillar EDR through an online chat platform."
"It's enabled us to decommission a number of different systems that we were using such as incident change, problem management, asset management, financial etc. and it's enabled us to pull them all together so now we can develop an entire portal inside of ServiceNow."
"ServiceNow is very easy to set up."
"ServiceNow offers a range of ITSM, IT incident management, and PRCPs."
"In terms of the most valuable features, it's nice to have everything in one place, things are easy to follow up on, ServiceNow provides that workflow, I know at some level it is in the pipeline and then if I need to follow up, everything's there."
 

Cons

"The solution’s initial setup is complex and technical support is not good enough."
"To make ServiceNow better, they should reduce their pricing, especially because there's a lot of competition. Many customers have moved to ManageEngine because they cannot afford the license cost."
"The asset management application could be improved. They have a lot of the infrastructure built, but it does not come with already made compatibility with some of the most popular vendors, such as Cisco and Microsoft. You have to fix it yourself."
"The Project Management with Resource Management feature is an area with room for improvement."
"There's always a room for improvement in terms of the ServiceNow UI. For customers, the UI is something that is a continuous improvement."
"The visuals are the one area where there is opportunity for improvement."
"The setup was time-consuming and required a lot of internal resources."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"When you want to get a little more value out of the product and pull data from multiple modules and do something that isn't built-in and is a user-configurable thing, it gets ugly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is an expensive solution."
"The product cost is higher than that of other vendors."
"The pricing is on the high side, but if you look at the stability and option to work, it's kind of justified."
"Certainly, from a product-platform perspective, the price is not too bad."
"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."
"They could be more competitive with their licensing."
"In Tunisia, the companies find the licensing costs to be expensive."
"It's sold as a less expensive solution, but it has to be highly modified. That's where you get into the cost."
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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

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Small Business56
Midsize Enterprise35
Large Enterprise180
 

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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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