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OpenText Cloud Service Automation vs ServiceNow IT Operations Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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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

OpenText Cloud Service Auto...
Ranking in Cloud Management
40th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in Cloud Management
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (1st), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (11th), AIOps (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of OpenText Cloud Service Automation is 1.2%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is 1.5%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ServiceNow IT Operations Management1.5%
OpenText Cloud Service Automation1.2%
Other97.3%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2311353 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Comes with life cycle management features but needs improvement in installation
The tool's most valuable feature is life cycle management.  OpenText Cloud Service Automation needs to incorporate easier installation. It should improve skills and quality of support.  I have been working with the product for three to five years.  I rate the product's stability an eight out of…
reviewer2755671 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Significant enhancement in operations with powerful discovery and analytics, yet pricing structure poses challenges
ServiceNow IT Operations Management provides out-of-the-box dashboards. Along with the dashboard, it also provides the Operations Workspace, which is very useful for operations teams. There is a functionality called Performance Analytics, which we are also using to develop some dashboards for the senior leadership and operations team where they can perform trend analysis of alerts and events happening across the infrastructure and application landscape. These dashboards are really useful here. ServiceNow IT Operations Management's biggest plus point is that it is a platform. ITOM is just one module that ServiceNow IT Operations Management offers, but they provide seamless integration of ITOM with their other modules such as ITSM, where we can leverage the AIs for discovery, perform impact analysis, which essentially helps to enhance the overall IT operations and reduce the downtime and MTTR.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool's most valuable feature is life cycle management."
"These products let us integrate multiple tools together and help to automate the processes by cutting down time and effort through the modules and reusable contents."
"The most valuable feature of Micro Focus Cloud Service is how user-friendly the solution is."
"The tool's most valuable feature is life cycle management."
"The ability to tie the pieces together, supporting multiple providers across both HPE and non-HPE products, is crucial in a heterogeneous environment composed of many different commercial and in-house developed components."
"Scalability is the most valuable feature to us."
"The most valuable feature of Micro Focus Cloud Service is how user friendly the solution is."
"We really look at infrastructure as a service as the major trend in IT, at least for a service provider like us, for the next 3 to 4 years, so we really want to have a precise, clearly defined, but very dynamic and flexible private cloud where we can easily provision and deploy infrastructure as a service to our end customers."
"Provides everything in one solution."
"IT support management is the most valuable feature and a very good product."
"Our ROI since implementing ServiceNow ITOM has been significant."
"The initial setup is very straightforward. A person just needs to join a team to access the network and that's all."
"The end-to-end ticketing process is most valuable in ServiceNow IT Operations Management because its notification feature is excellent in keeping all users informed on the next step compared to BMC. I also like that ServiceNow IT Operations Management is very user-friendly."
"The solution allows you to subscribe to the features you need and utilize CMDB, ITSM, and discovery on the same platform."
"I like the solution mostly for CMDB discovery."
"The solution is saving time by providing templates, reducing duplication in rule configuration, and offering efficient alert management."
 

Cons

"Deployment has been extremely painful for the production environment. This was mostly due to the decision to use our internal Microsoft-based Certificate Authority (CA)."
"I would like fewer restrictions as a software tester."
"OpenText Cloud Service Automation needs to incorporate easier installation. It should improve skills and quality of support."
"I’d like to see better monitoring visibility. We have to rely on HPE Technical Services to tell us when those challenges and problems occur."
"I haven't found very user friendly things, some are a little tricky."
"OpenText Cloud Service Automation needs to incorporate easier installation. It should improve skills and quality of support."
"I would like fewer restrictions as a software tester."
"Service Mapping is a time-consuming process. The time and effort versus the benefits are very difficult to articulate to customers."
"The security policies could be increased."
"It didn't provide as much value as we thought it would."
"The pricing of some modules is higher because they are sold in packages. If we need something specific, we cannot take it individually."
"The solution’s licensing cost could be improved."
"ServiceNow IT Operations Management could do a little bit better with integrations. Integrating ServiceNow IT Operations Management with CMDB processes needs a little more work."
"I believe that technical support could improve a bit. I would rate it a six."
"ServiceNow could be more prescriptive on how customers can leverage some of the benefits."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"OpenText Cloud Service Automation's pricing is average."
"The solution is costly compared to the products offered by its competitors."
"The price of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is expensive."
"The pricing is high and may be excluding the small to medium-sized enterprise businesses."
"The cost of ServiceNow is much higher."
"It has different subscription models."
"There are additional costs, you have to pay more for everything."
"It is moderately expensive. The pricing itself and the licensing options are depending on the model and the customization."
"While not entirely sure, I believe the solution costs at least a million dollars annually."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise27
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
It is definitely high-priced compared to other products available in the same domain in the market.
What needs improvement with ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
We don't use the orchestration part of ServiceNow IT Operations Management here. The CMDB part of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is a little bit too complicated, and it is a bit slow at our co...
What is your primary use case for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
We are customers of ServiceNow IT Operations Management, using it for the ticketing systems and user management and change management. Change management and user management are the major use cases ...
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Cloud Service Automation, Cloud Service Automation Manager, HPE Cloud Service Automation
ServiceNow ITOM
 

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Sample Customers

China Merchants Bank, Osiatis
servicenow, TransAlta, NATS, Symantec
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText Cloud Service Automation vs. ServiceNow IT Operations Management and other solutions. Updated: March 2026.
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