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SOAX 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

ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in Cloud Management
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (1st), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (11th), AIOps (3rd)
SOAX
Ranking in Cloud Management
83rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is 1.6%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SOAX is 0.2%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ServiceNow IT Operations Management1.6%
SOAX0.2%
Other98.2%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

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.
WG
Director at multicloud
Has a great scalable network operation
We use SOAX to access the orchestration process. We have around 15 enterprise clients that use it and I'm the company director I like that the solution has a scalable network operation. Its scalability is a key feature for us.  The product lacks support for microservice and Kubernetes…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Has service mapping, impact management, metric intelligence and health of analytics."
"I like the tool's CMBD connection with Discovery. The solution is also flexible."
"I consider the stability to be very high, rating it ten out of ten."
"It has been very useful for tracking. It has evolved a lot over time, and there is a single pane of glass where you can track and see everything."
"I like the solution due to the fact that it's scalable."
"The solution is saving time by providing templates, reducing duplication in rule configuration, and offering efficient alert management."
"It is easy to understand and easy to use, and it has a lot of documentation; you can find a lot of help online, which helps me in finding what I need in a rapid way, with videos on YouTube channels and a lot of information in the online community."
"The main and best thing about ServiceNow IT Operations Management is that it helps to organize user management tickets in an organized form."
"The solution has great scalability."
 

Cons

"If you are new to using the solution, you will find the setup complex."
"Service Mapping is a time-consuming process. The time and effort versus the benefits are very difficult to articulate to customers."
"We are facing difficulties with service mapping of CIs from the end users, and are seeking help from third-party vendors."
"There is a slower learning curve associated with the tool's scripting part. It is also not cheap."
"The setup and deployment could be simplified, and the pricing could improve."
"It should have better integrations with other solutions."
"The time for deployment of ServiceNow IT Operations Management depends on many factors. It's a SaaS application, it should not take too long, but if you want to define the tool based on your processes, then it would take some time. It fully depends on the company's complexity. There are out-of-the-box product flows and if you want to use them, you can from day one. However, if you want to customize it and change it to your company's practices, then it will take more time. The setup could be faster."
"Lacks the ability to do its own monitoring."
"Lacks support for microservice and Kubernetes technology."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"We obtained discovery licenses at about seven dollars Australian per unit, which we found to be reasonable and competitive."
"It has different subscription models."
"ServiceNow IT Operations Management is a costly solution. I'd rate the price at ten, on a scale from one to ten with one being the lowest and ten being the highest price. Some clients do have a problem with the price, but most find that the solution is worth the cost."
"The solution is costly compared to the products offered by its competitors."
"I would rate the product's pricing a five out of ten since there are vendors who are cheaper."
"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."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise27
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Questions from the Community

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 ...
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Sample Customers

servicenow, TransAlta, NATS, Symantec
Department of Defense of Spain, Government of Ceará (Brasil), Lithoformas (Banking - Mexico), Adam (Public cloud provider- Spain), Chiptele (Telco-Brasil), Gofone (Telco - Spain), Indra (Government), Thomas Greg&Sons (Finance services - Colombia)
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