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Scalr vs ServiceNow IT Operations Management 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

Scalr
Ranking in Cloud Management
27th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in Cloud Management
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (1st), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (10th), AIOps (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of Scalr is 0.9%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is 1.6%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ServiceNow IT Operations Management1.6%
Scalr0.9%
Other97.5%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

Shubham Mandavkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Technical Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Modern API design has transformed documentation workflows and supports interactive testing
Scalr helps with API testing and client functionality, which includes a built-in Try It tool similar to Postman, allowing developers to test endpoints, manage environment variables, and see request history. The faster response is due to the CI/CD workflow integrating with GitHub Actions and another tool to automatically update and version documentation as the codebase evolves. Other features include data formatting, where I can convert strings to uppercase, trim white spaces, or concatenate first and last names into a full name field. In scientific contexts, a scalar is a physical quantity described only by magnitude with no direction. In environmental aspects, monitoring and measuring temperature, pressure, or humidity, resource tracking, and calculating mass, volume, density, or time duration reflect the best impact on my organization. One specific outcome I have noticed is scholarly publishing. Scalr is also an open-source platform for born-digital, media-rich publishing, allowing scholars to create interactive online books that integrate high-resolution media with sophisticated archival structures.
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

"I was able to deal with requests without needing every server on; I could turn them off."
"After all the years of helping enterprises implement API strategies at SmartBear, I can confidently say Scalr is what the industry has been waiting for."
"Has service mapping, impact management, metric intelligence and health of analytics."
"I like the solution mostly for CMDB discovery."
"It is a product that is familiar for a lot of users."
"The scalability of ServiceNow is good."
"It is emerging as a holistic solution for enterprise service management."
"It helps streamline management and processes."
"I am impressed with the tool's ability to track information in an easy way."
"The solution is very capable and user friendly."
 

Cons

"We did use AWS autoscaling but Rackspace left something to be desired."
"Regarding licensing, if I buy a licensing key, it is beneficial, but if I have a lesser standing, it is not as good."
"There are some limitations with Discovery; some areas are not available in the installation. I would like the solution to be able to discover more devices. That will remove the need to have multiple tools."
"The setup and deployment could be simplified, and the pricing could improve."
"ServiceNow IT Operations Management could be improved by providing more user customization options."
"The product needs to add a workflow insight tool."
"ServiceNow's pricing is expensive. A more streamlined configuration process tailored to use cases and industry would be beneficial."
"My managers would say that the price is too high. We wanted to also have the visibility version of it, but it's too expensive for us. Going for visibility would have doubled up the price."
"There are times the application has some performance issue, but it could be because of our network. There should be something done to resolve this."
"ServiceNow could be more prescriptive on how customers can leverage some of the benefits."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is high and may be excluding the small to medium-sized enterprise businesses."
"It is expensive. It is around 10 Euros per server per month."
"The cost of ServiceNow is much higher."
"While not entirely sure, I believe the solution costs at least a million dollars annually."
"The solution is costly compared to the products offered by its competitors."
"The price of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is expensive."
"My customers pay for the ServiceNow IT Operations Management license annually. I'd rate the pricing based on value. ServiceNow IT Operations Management is a premium product as it has better features than competitors."
"It is moderately expensive. The pricing itself and the licensing options are depending on the model and the customization."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
23%
Computer Software Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
University
9%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise29
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Scalr?
Scalr can be improved by logical simplification, wrapping complex logic into reusable functions to keep main queries readable. Data validation using functions like is null provides default values w...
What is your primary use case for Scalr?
Scalr refers to several distinct technologies, with the most common modern use case involving API documentation and database function. Scalr is a modern alternative to Swagger UI used for creative ...
What advice do you have for others considering Scalr?
Scalr is deployed on-premises only because Scalr is a physical quantity fully described by magnitude value. Regarding the mathematical engine and scripting language, the core features are generally...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
Regarding pricing, while I initially felt the prices were high when we moved, I now see that it is reasonable considering that we are not just using an ITSM tool; we are improving processes and com...
What needs improvement with ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
ServiceNow IT Operations Management can be improved by focusing on adoption, as some companies still use other tools, and we had to onboard them initially, addressing challenges such as data migrat...
What is your primary use case for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
As an implementation expert and former CIO, I handled implementation from an IT best practice perspective for different companies.
 

Also Known As

No data available
ServiceNow ITOM
 

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Sample Customers

JPL, Expedia, Samsung, Acxiom, Accenture, Sony, Merkle, Autodesk
servicenow, TransAlta, NATS, Symantec
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