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JIRA Service Management vs ServiceNow vs Teamwork comparison

 

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

Mindshare comparison

IT Service Management (ITSM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
JIRA Service Management8.8%
ServiceNow21.5%
BMC Helix ITSM8.1%
Other61.6%
IT Service Management (ITSM)
IT Service Management (ITSM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ServiceNow21.5%
JIRA Service Management8.8%
BMC Helix ITSM8.1%
Other61.6%
IT Service Management (ITSM)
Project Management Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Teamwork1.2%
monday.com for Enterprise8.1%
Jira7.7%
Other83.0%
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Karim Yousef - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently track and document projects with seamless tool integration
We are a management warehouse that provides services to different customers in different sectors. Primarily, we serve the banking sector and the military sector. We manage all the software delivery projects through tools such as JIRA Service Management or TFS Confluence is a great tool for…
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.
Ryan Beckstead - PeerSpot reviewer
A project management tool that helps to manage milestones and dependencies
We use the product to design online courses. It also helps us with media production and marketing.  Teamwork has made process management easier and much better. It is very robust and improves by making a lot of changes. It is easy to use and has lots of reports. The product is expensive. It needs…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Jira Service Management is flexible. It is easy to navigate without requiring extra learning. The user experience has been good."
"Jira lets us customize the workflow to meet our requirements. The email and alert features are also handy."
"The links between the help desk and Jira issues and between Confluence and Jira issues are most valuable. I can write requirements in Confluence and link them to user stories in Jira and test cases. I can see my test coverage and all that kind of stuff. The integration between these three is very useful. It is pretty customizable, and it integrates well. There are a lot of add-ins and a lot of connectors to third-party products. In my last company, we used Test Royal for managing all the tests, and it integrated perfectly with that. For any issue or bug, we could see what tests have been run and the complete history of the tests."
"The stability of JIRA Service Management is good."
"This solution has helped us a great deal in project management tracking and forecasting."
"It scales well."
"The most valuable features are the management tools."
"Customizations are most valuable. The customization of workflows is the main power of the Atlassian tools in general."
"Being able to have the required information for project management is valuable. I've got multiple people accessing it, and I'm tracking tasks with percentages done. It allows me to have detailed notes and provides the ability to attach documents. I have used a lot of project management solutions, and there were gaps in terms of what was available. ServiceNow has got all the features and functionalities. It is a solid solution. It is also easy to get into and use. It is certainly highly scalable."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the possibility of the application development cap so that we can digitize workflows."
"The solution is easy to use, simple to make queries, flexible to configure, integrates well, and supports all of our companies needs."
"Very good incident management, chain management and problem management features."
"It offers enhanced and efficient communication between the requester and the four pillar EDR through an online chat platform."
"It is easily configurable and has a good developer society online, available for any issues from the backend."
"We used ServiceNow for change management, release management, and event management."
"You can scale the solution."
"It is a very stable solution...The initial setup of Teamwork is easy."
"Teamwork has made process management easier and much better. It is very robust and improves by making a lot of changes. It is easy to use and has lots of reports."
"The setup was very easy. Deployment was very fast for us. We started using it within two weeks."
 

Cons

"When you raise a ticket with Jira, there's no ability to see your other JIRA tickets."
"JIRA Service Management could improve the forms. When you complete the form for the ticket, for example, to have more information given to the team. If they needed this information, you can give it to them. They need to add additional information for a better understanding of the whole picture of the issue or problem."
"If we can have an easier way to deploy this solution without the help of a consultant and a more reliable way of deploying procedures, it would be quite helpful."
"The performance in cloud service management could be improved."
"JIRA Service could benefit from improvements to its voice support."
"It is pretty complex to move between the test environment and the production environment. There is potential for improvement."
"The licensing model could be improved."
"We have tried exporting some of the test cases into Jira from Excel. The interface for that isn't very user-friendly."
"It should include information on navigating various user interfaces for creating diverse requests directed to different teams."
"Complexities in the organization made the initial deployment complex."
"ServiceNow claims to help a lot, but once you sell the product, it's as if you're on your own."
"The pricing of the solution could be better. It's a bit high."
"The biggest complaint I have is that the ServiceNow search engine is not very robust."
"The high price is a huge barrier in Portugal."
"I have enjoyed all the features. There is not any feature that I have missed or didn't have."
"I would like the reporting aspect to be better, including the graphs. It could have some way for us to easily to export to a csv or spreadsheet so that if a graph cannot be provided by ServiceNow itself, we would be able to use other applications to create them. Also, if there was a feature that enabled us to interact with end users directly from ServiceNow, like an instant-messaging type of feature, that would be great."
"The product could be improved with more integrations and a mobile app."
"The screen sharing provided by the solution can be a challenge to a user. Screen sharing is an area that needs improvement in the solution."
"The product is expensive. It needs to have a more robust and customizable calendar."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of JIRA Service Management could be reduced."
"It is a cheaply priced product."
"Buying a software solution is only a half part of the solution (or even less). You need to optimize usage of the software by hiring professionals who will help you to make the most of the software, especially in the beginning."
"The cost has recently increased. It might be around $20 to $25 per user license."
"We have an annual license with JIRA Service Management, but it is billed monthly."
"JIRA Service Desk has different pricing as it is based on agents. On average, the price is about $300 per agent."
"We have paid $20,000 recently for a one-year license for our on-prem server."
"JSM's pricing is one of the best, starting at around $10 per user, per month, with volume discounts available."
"The price of the solution is comparable to industry standards. For the features that we received, it is reasonable."
"The cost is quite high."
"The product cost is higher than that of other vendors."
"It is very expensive because it is a big organization. You have to pay for additional things."
"In Tunisia, the companies find the licensing costs to be expensive."
"I am from Brazil. For Latin American markets, ServiceNow is very expensive as compared to other vendors, such as VMware."
"This is a pretty expensive product, so the licensing could be better."
"The solution is expensive."
"We negotiate on pricing since we are a long-term user."
"My company makes annual payments towards the licensing costs of the solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
9%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise33
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business54
Midsize Enterprise36
Large Enterprise163
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Questions from the Community

Which solution is better for developing non-ITSM applications: OutSystems or Service Now?
The short answer is that OutSystems is far better for 2 main reasons. Firstly, with Service Now you are locked into t...
Would you choose ServiceNow over Microsoft PowerApps?
Hi Netanya, I will choose ServiceNow because ServiceNow is a very good tool compared to Microsoft PowerApp. Because ...
What do you like most about ServiceNow?
The solution has a user-friendly interface.
What do you like most about Teamwork Projects?
Teamwork has made process management easier and much better. It is very robust and improves by making a lot of change...
What needs improvement with Teamwork Projects?
The product is expensive. It needs to have a more robust and customizable calendar.
What is your primary use case for Teamwork Projects?
We use the product to design online courses. It also helps us with media production and marketing.
 

Also Known As

JIRA Service Desk
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Sample Customers

mgm technology partners, Telestream, Build.com, Zend Technologies, OfficeDrop, PGS Software, American Diabetes Association, NEPTUNE Canada
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    
PayPal, eBay, Disney, Forbes, Microsoft studios, Spotify Vevo, Lenovo, HP, Honda
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