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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between ManageEngine IT Asset Management, ServiceNow, and SymphonyAI IT Service Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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IT Asset Management

January 2025

Helped 849,686 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of ManageEngine IT Asset Management is 6.9%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 21.8%, down from 27.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SymphonyAI IT Service Management is 1.7%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Asset Management

Featured Reviews

Md Abdul Hakim

System Engineer at Corporate Projukti Limited

Helpful smart automation and tracking that can be used with minimal adjustments

This is a recording system, and it's an automation system. It's very smart. I use it with minimal adjustments needed. The focus is on test management. Everything can be tracked from asset management. Asset management offers many facilities. It doesn't require additional training for ManageEngine or technicians. Assets are simply reported from the dashboard, indicating where IT is missing, where compliance is mentioned, or where action is needed, with driver updates. All facilities are available in the enterprise edition, allowing users, customers, or any organization to easily obtain their referred insights. Anyone can easily install it. There are no handbells. An app provides instructions, with documentation available. Sometimes, IT issues arise like fraud blocking or service-related problems. Upon facing an issue, feedback is integrated, and the solution is provided from their end. This is a very IT-friendly solution. We get LiveSat and IT management. Facilities are accessible, like exporting the installation folder, making the migration process easy. Failover or redundancy can occur within two to five hours, making it scalable. This is a very stable solution.

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Somnath Kand

Team Lead at LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech

Custom integration and reporting lead to efficient ticket management

There is a need for bug or error tracking in ServiceNow. Although there are child incidents or tickets, tracking primary issues or bugs within enhancements is not present. The reporting features in the new portal could be more user-friendly. While it provides options to minimize chart and image sizes, actual implementation doesn't always reflect these changes.

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Abhishek Bhosle

IT Specialist at Tata AIA

Good ticketing tool but limitations with integration

We use ManageEngine, but it's still pretty new and under development. We used SummitAI for about four years before switching to ManageEngine. There are specific features that were missing in SummitAI that we're hoping to find in ManageEngine. We were informed that ManageEngine was a new ticketing tool with modern and advanced analytics, which would be a better fit than SummitAI with its older engine. Firstly, ManageEngine allows detailed asset inventory per user. I, as a user, can store authentication details like which laptop and mobile I use, for all employees. Secondly, ManageEngine can handle patching, Windows updates, and pushing applications from the server to desktops. Finally, ManageEngine lets us do remote access directly through the tool.

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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

"This is a very stable solution."

"In my opinion, it is the MDM; patch management and deployment are the valuable features."

"The ability to define custom templates for asset management helps track assets, budgets, warranties, and expiries effectively."

"The technical support is great."

"The auto-discovery feature has helped us a lot."

"The most valuable component of the ITSM tool is the help desk due to its organized way of raising tickets."

"It's very smart. I use it with minimal adjustments needed."

"As far as IT Asset Management is concerned, I would rate it at ten out of ten."

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"There are a lot of features within ServiceNow. There are plenty of add-ons that go beyond the typical core helpdesk operations, such as HR facilities, BRM functionality, and various compliance and governance capabilities."

"Within our organization, we're not finding really any major issues with scalability and things of that nature."

"I think ServiceNow is highly stable. These kinds of tools are used in a big company, and I haven't seen any issues in terms of the core platform."

"I really like what they've done with their common service data model because now I can make a connection between the business process and technology."

"It has an excellent capability to integrate different access points."

"We have found the service easy to use, although, we have ended up customising a lot of parameters."

"Straightforward tool."

"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. Those are the key benefits of ServiceNow."

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"The product has the best features for ITSM."

"The most valuable feature is remote access. People are working from home, and we can take remote access through it."

"It was easy to access and fast. Our experience using it solely as a ticketing tool. We used fetch reports from the tool, particularly with regard to SLA tracking for our partners."

"SummitAI IT Management Suite's chat box feature has reduced our service discount, and because it's intelligent, the responses that go out to the users have improved, and the resolutions are much faster."

Cons

"I hope it includes barcode features, as barcode scanning and MacAdes cannot currently be mapped with this field."

"Responses from ManageEngine should be faster."

"The asset management tool is costly."

"I would love to see a digital adoption feature or guide that navigates first-time users through the application, as it is quite complex with many relevant and irrelevant elements."

"It would be helpful if there were a premium technician license that includes all the suites, eliminating the need to buy separate licenses for each feature."

"The assets that can be discovered are pretty easy to manage, but there should be a better way to manage non-discoverable assets. Our development team works on bots and tests particular hardware. They have got different varieties of hardware. They want a feature for managing these assets within a warehouse kind of environment. For example, our IT has received 100 items, and they have assigned these items as a bulk unit to a project manager. The project manager further wants to distribute these items within his or her team. Instead of maintaining a separate Excel sheet, the project manager should be able to reallocate these items from within the tool so that we have hierarchical entities for the same unit."

"I would love to see a digital adoption feature or guide that navigates first-time users through the application, as it is quite complex with many relevant and irrelevant elements."

"The engineering area needs improvement."

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"The installation and deployment of ServiceNow can be a bit challenging. One major issue I've encountered is that ServiceNow doesn't provide the same mobile responsiveness or features that we used to enjoy with other tools. For example, with Splunk, our response times were about five minutes, and we could manage alerts and incidents directly from our mobile devices."

"The solution is lacking in the mobile application area that could be improved."

"We would like to have an Asset Management and/or Project Management feature enabled in this version and in the IT Service Management edition."

"ServiceNow doesn't cater to the Middle Eastern market."

"ServiceNow's mobile app should be seamless and it is not right now."

"HR Service Management is one module that needs a lot of improvement because it's a pretty new module. It was introduced in the last two years. It's becoming more mature day by day, but there is a lot of scope for improvement in that module."

"When it comes to reference fields, there are some limitations where you aren't able to use them, like in relationship queries. In Remedy, when you click a menu, you get options directly, whereas here, if you use a reference field, it points you to a different form. So the UI experience totally changes for the end user."

"The utilization of AI in ServiceNow needs enhancement."

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"There could be flexibility in terms of customization."

"I would like them to add software inventory in the next release. We don't have that right now."

"SummitAI IT Management Suite's project management and operational management features could be improved."

"Integration was a major limitation with SummitAI."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is reasonable, but I wish it was lower."

"In Tunisia, the companies find the licensing costs to be expensive."

"Initially, the licensing model ServiceNow came up with was very good. But now, from a licensing perspective, they are changing their model day by day. It is becoming a bit expensive for customers."

"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."

"The first impact for the customer is that it is expensive, but do not forget that it is a solution that includes infrastructure; a single cost, easy to justify."

"For the modules we use, we found it competitive. I can't think of any costs in addition to the licensing fees."

"The licensing expenses are excessively high."

"It is very expensive because it is a big organization. You have to pay for additional things."

"They could be more competitive with their licensing."

More ServiceNow pricing and cost advice

"SummitAI IT Management Suite's pricing is a bit expensive."

"We have a regular license."

"The product's cost is average."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Educational Organization

27%

Computer Software Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ManageEngine IT Asset Management?

In my opinion, it is the MDM; patch management and deployment are the valuable features.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ManageEngine IT Asset Management?

The tool is very affordable, with no hidden charges, and support is included in the licensing cost.

What needs improvement with ManageEngine IT Asset Management?

I would love to see a digital adoption feature or guide that navigates first-time users through the application, as i...

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 SummitAI IT Management Suite?

It was easy to access and fast. Our experience using it solely as a ticketing tool. We used fetch reports from the to...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SummitAI IT Management Suite?

The product's cost is average. It used to be inexpensive, but now they have added many functionalities. Still, it is ...

What needs improvement with SummitAI IT Management Suite?

Integration was a major limitation with SummitAI. Features we need are available in ManageEngine, making it a better ...

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Overview

ManageEngine AssetExplorer is a web-based IT Asset Management (ITAM) software that helps you monitor and manage assets in your network from Planning phase to Disposal phase. AssetExplorer provides you with a number of ways to ensure discovery of all the assets in your network. You can manage software & hardware assets, ensure software license compliance and track purchase orders & contracts - the whole nine yards! AssetExplorer is very easy to install and works right out of the box.

ManageEngine

ServiceNow is a cloud-based task-management platform that specializes in IT operations management (ITOM), IT services management (ITSM), and IT business management (ITBM). ServiceNow allows users to manage their teams, projects, and customer interactions using a variety of different plugins and apps with which it easily integrates.

ServiceNow offers prebuilt applications to support any process, as well as a framework and tools that allow you to build your own.

ServiceNow’s service management solutions include change, request, incident, problem, and cost management, as well as HR, IT, field service, and facilities management solutions. They also cover business management solutions such as vendor performance management, financial management, performance analytics and project portfolio suite, as well as governance, risk, and compliance.

“The Smarter Way to Workflow”

ServiceNow’s activities, processes, and tasks are overseen as part of a comprehensive managed workflow that supports such features as real-time collaboration, communication, and resource sharing. ServiceNow’s suite of products allow for operation using serverless computing, and include the categories of Business Apps, Customer Service, HR, IT, and Security.

ServiceNow can be used to support most workflows because of the wide range of tools it offers. These include on-suite ticketing tools, predictive modeling to manage workflows, and benchmarking for the tracking of progress. ServiceNow can assist with artificial intelligence and machine learning processes and can be used to organize the cases of a help/service desk as well as for instance management and problem management. It also smoothly integrates with many legacy systems.

ServiceNow offers service management software for industries including:

Cloud services
Education
Financial services
Government
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Telecommunications

Reviews from Real Users

PeerSpot users prefer ServiceNow to its competitors because of its scalability, stability, and ease of use. It helps everyone in the company to be on the same page by creating a single source of record across all departments. One user stated that “I’ve definitely used over 20 project management solutions, but they can't be compared with ServiceNow.” Another said that “ServiceNow is an industry leader in multiple areas and provides an excellent ROI.”