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PagerDuty Operations Cloud vs ServiceNow IT Operations Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.6
PagerDuty Operations Cloud boosts efficiency and uptime, improves incident handling, reduces fatigue, and enhances customer service, meeting SLAs.
Sentiment score
6.1
ServiceNow IT Operations Management provides quick ROI through enhanced visibility, workflow speed, and reduced staffing needs.
The escalation was not possible at all before, which led to the L1 team being under too much stress.
Software Developer at Webspruce
The automated system efficiently monitors the infrastructure and notifies us about problems, benefiting both our customers and the bank's reputation.
Senior Business Application Analyst (Product Team) at Kotak Mahindra Bank
Time to respond, time to initiate, and time to mitigate are key metrics influenced positively.
Lead Platform at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
It reduced staffing needs from four full-time staff to fewer due to automation.
Account Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.9
PagerDuty Operations Cloud is lauded for prompt, knowledgeable customer service and efficient issue resolution, earning high user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
6.1
Customers value ServiceNow IT Operations Management for responsiveness and knowledge, but highlight support consistency and documentation as improvement areas.
we have never had an issue when reaching out to someone in customer service
Senior Cloud Operations Engineer at IMO Health
I have not needed to contact the customer support of PagerDuty Operations Cloud, as they provided thorough knowledge transfer once they handed over the services.
Senior Business Application Analyst (Product Team) at Kotak Mahindra Bank
usually, they respond and help us fix issues during integration.
Software Developer at Webspruce
They respond promptly when we call to open a ticket.
Chief Information Officer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
For minor issues, the team takes a month's time to provide a fix.
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The response time of technical support could be improved.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
PagerDuty Operations Cloud offers scalable, seamless expansion with flexible billing and integration, supporting large user bases effectively.
Sentiment score
7.5
ServiceNow IT Operations Management offers scalable architecture for medium to large entities, though complexity and cost may challenge smaller firms.
The product was highly scalable, with no limits on the number of applications or event routing rules.
Sr Director - Global Support APJ at HashiCorp
The scalability of PagerDuty Operations Cloud is very good, and it can handle increasing traffic as our organization expands without any issues.
Senior Business Application Analyst (Product Team) at Kotak Mahindra Bank
PagerDuty Operations Cloud is scalable; we can easily add teams, manage tags, and create teams.
Software Developer at Webspruce
ServiceNow ITOM scales very well to small and medium businesses.
Account Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
It integrates with every single tool, even external tools.
Business analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.4
PagerDuty Operations Cloud is highly reliable, with rare issues quickly resolved, ensuring stable and efficient alert management.
Sentiment score
7.7
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is stable and reliable, though performance may vary based on setup and network conditions.
We have never experienced any downtime or latency issues from PagerDuty Operations Cloud.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Since it is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, I consider the stability to be very high, rating it ten out of ten.
Business analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It helps us create custom dashboards and provides excellent search functionality where we can search for any issues or errors that have occurred and take corrective action before it impacts the users.
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

PagerDuty needs better date/time functions, UI clarity, integrations, scheduling, app reliability, escalation policies, multilingual support, and pricing.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management needs simplified pricing, enhanced cloud integration, improved UI, streamlined licensing, and better scalability and automation.
It would be useful to have a way to define all configurations in code that is similar to how Terraform operates.
Sr Director - Global Support APJ at HashiCorp
Once a user acknowledges the alert, it may be unnecessary to continue calling again and again, as it distracts from their work on resolving the issue.
Senior Business Application Analyst (Product Team) at Kotak Mahindra Bank
We could make that line more expressive to show who will get escalated if someone misses.
Software Developer at Webspruce
A more streamlined configuration process tailored to use cases and industry would be beneficial.
Chief Information Officer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
It provides many out-of-the-box functionalities along with customization options.
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is not very affordable for SMB customers.
Manager, Solution/Service Delivery at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

PagerDuty Operations Cloud is competitively priced, but costs vary by features and users, offering value despite possible licensing limits.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management offers costly, feature-rich licensing options, seen as valuable but less competitive than other solutions.
We have been using PagerDuty Operations Cloud for several years, so our pricing and cost have definitely increased over time, especially as we have hired additional engineers.
Senior Cloud Operations Engineer at IMO Health
Pricing, setup cost, and licensing were not my headaches, and the organization already provided me with everything set up.
Digital Specialist Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
The pricing model offers scaling where not everything consumes a license equally, providing more value across different business areas.
Account Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
ServiceNow's pricing is expensive.
Chief Information Officer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
It is definitely high-priced compared to other products available in the same domain in the market.
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

PagerDuty Operations Cloud streamlines incident management with automation, integration, and mobile features, enhancing efficiency and service reliability.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management enhances efficiency through automation, integration, and user-friendly tools, improving infrastructure management and reducing costs.
It integrates with multiple applications and is highly customizable, with policies, escalation procedures, and an event routing tool that ensures contacting the right person.
Sr Director - Global Support APJ at HashiCorp
In addition to those features, I also find the integration and reporting aspects of PagerDuty Operations Cloud valuable, as it records all triggered calls and incidents, enabling us to analyze patterns and identify the times when systems go down, thus assisting us in understanding and addressing the underlying causes.
Senior Business Application Analyst (Product Team) at Kotak Mahindra Bank
Before, setting up everything was very difficult. Now, we don't have to think about it. We can simply set it up in PagerDuty and it works.
Software Developer at Webspruce
The performance analytics of ServiceNow was especially beneficial for setting thresholds, aggregating, and correlating infrastructure data.
Account Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
ServiceNow IT Operations Management influences ITSM processes by automating them and aiding in detecting and resolving IT issues to improve performance, reliability, and uptime.
Business analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
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.
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

PagerDuty Operations Cloud
Ranking in AIOps
14th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (11th), IT Alerting and Incident Management (1st), Critical Event Management (CEM) (1st)
ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in AIOps
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (1st), Cloud Management (10th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the AIOps category, the mindshare of PagerDuty Operations Cloud is 2.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is 7.3%, up from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AIOps Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ServiceNow IT Operations Management7.3%
PagerDuty Operations Cloud2.0%
Other90.7%
AIOps
 

Featured Reviews

Hempreet Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Specialist Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
On-call automation has reduced downtime and has enabled faster incident response at scale
Even though PagerDuty Operations Cloud is a strong platform, many things can be improved. Analytic and reporting depth can be improved with better depth. Noise suppression and alert grouping robustness can be improved because sometimes the grouping becomes vague and somewhat unclear. Usability can improve, and user interface and user experience can improve because it becomes quite complex for new users. Integration and ecosystem limitations can be improved, as well as cost because for small or mid-sized organizations, it would become quite expensive to pay for this solution. Complexity for smaller teams or simpler needs can also improve. I think we can have richer analytics, and the reporting dashboards can improve. More robust noise suppression can help us. Native support for alert attachment can help us. A simpler user interface and user experience can be implemented, and pricing tiers and models should be more favorable. Accessible documents and easier onboarding can help a lot.
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Performing Arts
16%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
7%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise25
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise26
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PagerDuty?
I do not have any information regarding the pricing, setup cost, or licensing, as those details are managed by the organizational leadership.
What needs improvement with PagerDuty?
I would suggest that the calling service could be adjusted since if a system goes down, the user receives continuous calls, which can be overwhelming. Once a user acknowledges the alert, it may be ...
What is your primary use case for PagerDuty?
My main use case for PagerDuty Operations Cloud is to set up alerts for any failures, such as when one server is down, a particular service is down, or when APIs are not responding due to technical...
What do you like most about ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
From my perspective as an asset manager, the most valuable feature of the solution is the configuration management portion, where I can actively add something to the database.
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?
ServiceNow IT Operations Management has not been very popular in these regions for multiple reasons. One is that for SMB customers, ServiceNow IT Operations Management is not very affordable. It is...
 

Also Known As

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ServiceNow ITOM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

40% of the Fortune 100 TrustPagerDuty. Customers include: Slack, Intuit, Zendesk, Panasonic, Pinterest, Airbnb, eHarmony, McKesson, Comcast
servicenow, TransAlta, NATS, Symantec
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