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LiveAgent vs ServiceNow comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

LiveAgent
Ranking in Help Desk Software
40th
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
41st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Knowledge Management Software (18th)
ServiceNow
Ranking in Help Desk Software
1st
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
224
Ranking in other categories
IT Asset Management (1st), Rapid Application Development Software (2nd), No-Code Development Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the IT Service Management (ITSM) category, the mindshare of LiveAgent is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 16.6%, down from 24.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Service Management (ITSM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ServiceNow16.6%
LiveAgent0.8%
Other82.6%
IT Service Management (ITSM)
 

Featured Reviews

OO
Assistant customer support manager
Prioritizes tasks and easily organizes messages and responses
I've not really noticed anything that needs to be improved with the solution. Generally, I enjoyed everything. Every feature LiveAgent has was a seamless journey for me. Maybe there are others who might notice one or two flaws on LiveAgent. I use LiveAgent, but based on my position in the company as a live chat professional, there is a level that I am restricted to. There are other products that are more popular and effective than LiveAgent, like Zendesk and HubSpot. They are among the most popular live chat products, and they have more users. I will advise that LiveAgent should look at what these other people are doing and use it to improve themselves. LiveAgent should add more functionalities.
SP
General Manager at sPerception IT
Adopting flexible workflows with customized automation delivers measurable benefits
There are things that I would like to see improved in ServiceNow, such as the pricing, as it is a very costly solution compared to other tools. Additionally, its presence in the local market is very limited; in Pakistan, for example, I don't see any vendor or distributor of ServiceNow available. They need to increase their sales spectrum globally so people can easily access them and engage them for client meetings and more. From a functionality perspective, the features in ServiceNow are acceptable as, at the moment, the ITSM modules rank highly, being 13 plus Pink Elephant certified, which is a good aspect to have. When providing advice to users, I would suggest they consider making strategic decisions about their per user pricing since it is very high. In our region, people normally start with 5 to 10 users, but the per user price is quite steep. Moreover, ServiceNow does not charge based on data uploaded or downloaded, so they should reconsider their pricing and data policies to align better with the financial capabilities of the region.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature was how the solution helped us to prioritize tasks."
"Provides service level optimization."
"I like the incident module, which is useful for tracking your incidents and other things. It is a reliable solution."
"The impact of ServiceNow's self-service portal on IT staff dependency levels has shown a dramatic improvement."
"Great that it's knowledge-based and you can use the flows in ServiceNow."
"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."
"It allows us to filter the data, create graphs, and get detailed reports."
"Discovery has reduced, on average, the time to build/deploy devices within our environment by one hour. This may not seem like much but it adds up over time. It also reaps additional time savings with its ability to capture changes through subsequent discoveries over the life of the device."
"If it is a high priority, they will respond very quickly. If it is a low priority issue, it might take some time, some three or four days. I would rate the technical support as a 10 out of 10."
"In my experience, ServiceNow's most valuable feature is its flexibility. If you have a DevOps or development team, you can customize it to meet your specific needs. The tool's dashboard categorizes incidents, making managing it much easier."
 

Cons

"Connection to other softwares could be improved."
"There are other products that are more popular."
"For healthcare, which is a pretty audited environment, there are no concrete solutions for digital signatures, apart from our license with Adobe, so it requires orchestration."
"I would like to see more functionality in terms of custom workflows, not impacting the overall platform health."
"The visuals are the one area where there is opportunity for improvement."
"There is room for improvement in price."
"The solution is lacking in the mobile application area that could be improved."
"Vulnerability management could be improved. Also, integration with tools such as Microsoft Defender ATP needs improvement."
"The high price is a huge barrier in Portugal."
"They could improve license management, particularly when integrating different applications or toolsets."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It has a higher cost compared to local/regional solutions."
"The licenses are expensive."
"ServiceNow pricing is an art, not a science. The deal depends on how commercially savvy you are, which does make it something that is quite difficult to get right. It is most definitely an opportunity area for ServiceNow to improve and have more visibility around pricing of the different products within the platform."
"We are happy with the pricing."
"I have found the solution very expensive."
"I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten. The pricing for ServiceNow is based on a SaaS platform with annual contracts. However, it may not offer much flexibility for adjusting usage in the short term."
"Some time ago it was expensive, but large companies have special contracts. It's enterprise prices, and we're talking about millions per year."
"This is a pretty expensive product, so the licensing could be better."
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Top Industries

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

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business55
Midsize Enterprise35
Large Enterprise166
 

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Which solution is better for developing non-ITSM applications: OutSystems or Service Now?
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Sample Customers

Orange, Huawei, T Mobile, eOn, Solid Trust Pay, G4S, Oxford University
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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