ServiceNow Now Platform Reviews

Including customers, we have about 3,000 people using the product. 

The level of automation within the platform is great and is the most valuable feature.

The solution could use a more flexible license model for the product and the integration towards other ERP systems could be improved.

I've been using the solution for three years, but the company has been using it for much longer. 

Stability is 10 out of 10. 

Scalability is very good.

Aside from the fact that the license module is very expensive, it's a great product. It's the fulfiller licenses that are expensive.

My only advice is that people should be aware that this is an enterprise system and geared towards enterprise size companies. If you're a small company it's not for you. You won't be able to maintain and manage and develop the platform if you're a smaller company.

I would rate this product an eight out of 10.

I am in a consultant position as the office of operating activity and business activity. I have one foot on the operation side and the other on the sales side of things. We implement solutions for our customers, and ServiceNow Now is one of the platforms that we work with.

This solution is very reliable, and they are proactive.

This is a development platform that provides us with a strong database and a low code environment. Many things can be carried out without answering questions, such as database architecture, database relationships between tables, and fields.

The platform is quite complicated, because of the basics of the software.

The basic reporting system is rather static.

The pricing of this solution could be reduced, as it's expensive.

The technical support could offer more in terms of basic inquiries. They thrive with more complicated issues.

I have been using this solution for eight years.

It's a stable solution. As they are providing a cloud system with multiple operation sites, in terms of reliability it's 99.97%

This solution is scalable. We can scale this product infinitely, which is what we expect from the Cloud. It's not just scaling, but descaling as well. If my company decides that they want to reduce their size then they will need to downgrade to something which is more aligned with the business.

In terms of technical support, if I rely on the usual scale of activity. They are not good at level one or two. They are good at level three, which means that if you have a very specific issue, something that is quite complicated, or it deals with the architecture of the platform, they are quite good. Otherwise, they are not good. For the basic use of the application or an issue that is a bit more complicated, the support can be improved.

The initial setup is more straightforward than complex. If you want it complex, then you can do it. The main risk of such a product is that you can invent things that have not yet been invented. But, if you want to go straight from out of the box, you can do it.

It's some kind of an intellectual approach. If you want it out of the box, use it, and take advantage of all these standard issues. If it is already provided by the software, it's fine. From my perspective, this is the way it has to be implemented. It's quite straightforward.

Customers can install it by themselves and request implementation through an integrator. This is the way this product has been built.

We installed it for ourselves, and we are the integrators for our customers.

It's expensive and if you need some analytical views of your activity, there is an additional cost.

Today, there is a product called Mendix that is a good development tool. At the time we selected this product, there were not that many providing the possibilities. 

It's a very reliable, strong product.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We have customers that we are assisting with this solution, and we are also using it internally.

We are providing and using ServiceNow as a KSA hosted solution on our cloud (DETASAD SAHABA), not the SaaS model and that therefore we are offering it for our clients as a world-class product fully compliant with Saudi security regulations with all data remaining is Saudi Arabia. ServiceNow is an integral part of our service solutions and all our clients benefit from it.

We have two modules. We have the ITSM and the WFM. The WFM is not activated yet, and I am working on implementing this.

Currently, we are only using the incident ticket request functionality. We are implementing the request for equipment, change management, and other request forms.

It helped and organized the support for our customers, in which the customer is always updated about the status of his inquiry, also our support teams are always updated of their colleagues intervention. 

And from a management point of view, with the reporting and Dashboards the management is always updated about the open cases and the service delivery health status, and definitly quantify the work accomplished by the support teams.  

Incident Management and workflow are the most valuable features for us for the time (at least for us currently). 

Also Learning materials, such as online courses, are readily available. This solution is not difficult, and I have learned it from taking e-courses. I am actively giving the courses to my full team, because I want them to learn about it as well.

when it comes for the interface of ServiceNow is ok, and it is easy to use.

The licensing for this solution, with respect to the user, needs to be improved.

We use this solution on a daily basis.

I have fifty-two active licenses for this solution, and there are eighteen more that we are not yet using. 

I have not personally dealt with technical support very much. The feedback that I have from the team is that the technical support is very helpful, and they are supporting us in a good way.

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

As it is Cloud Hosted solution, the initial setup is as easy as setting up an application on a mobile phone.

ServiceNow and one of their local partners in KSA assisted us with the initial setup and customization of this solution. They were handling all of the maintenance and implementation before my arrival.

Not many people are required for maintenance. In fact, I'm building my team right now. I have two administrators, where one is a backup for the other. I'm preparing two developers for the process implementation, development, and configuration. These people are not dedicated to this solution.

All of the development work will be done in-house. We will be integrating it with SAP, Salesforce, and other platforms, and I need my developers to be involved.

We have definitely seen ROI. The most important thing for a director or manager is to be able to quantify the work of his team and to start building the knowledge base. This, by itself, is a return on investment. 

After that, on the knowledge base and on the tickets, we can apply artificial intelligence and some machine learning algorithms. Ultimately, it will be like an automatic helpdesk. We just need to build some history first.

DETASAD service offering combined with our AI/ML platform will support predictive maintenance and shortly will be used to optimize our 1000 field and engineering force better to increase service levels to our customers further.

Definitely, every company will evaluate many service platforms before choosing the one that best fits the requirement.

I am currently taking courses on this product to learn more about the platform, as well as the functionality that we have not been using.

My advice to anybody who is researching this solution is to have a better look at the overall capability of the platform. Many people, including us, understand ServiceNow to be a ticketing system. They do not see the other functionalities that are very big, and very important.

This is a great platform but it must be used correctly, and not only for ticketing. This solution was not well utilized in the company. Rather, it was treated as an application like Excel. When I arrived, I started forcing people to use tickets, and now I'm going to implement the workflows, processes, and everything else under ServiceNow.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

I am primarily using ServiceNow Now Platform for IT service management.

The most valuable features are the ease of use, stability, and the ability to change or upgrade seamlessly.

The analytics should be more readily available on the base product. Historical data isn't as easily available as expected and it requires buying additional licenses for more features.

I have been using it for nine months.

ServiceNow Now Platform is fairly stable.

The platform is fairly scalable, and I haven't experienced any limitations.

The customer service and support are fairly good. I haven't had any issues with regards to the support part.

Positive

I have not really used previous solutions.

The initial setup has been easy, with not many complications.

A team that knows what they're doing is needed to do the installation.

It's difficult to put a return on investment value on it as it's fairly early in the journey, less than a year.

ServiceNow Now Platform is an expensive product.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

Since ServiceNow Now Platform is a no-code low-code platform, we are using it to build solutions around life sciences, especially in the regulatory field. We use the tool as a process orchestration engine.

The most valuable feature of the ServiceNow Now Platform is the workspaces feature, which allows you to create customized workspaces. The solution's form-filling feature is also good.

The solution’s AI and NLP features could be improved. The solution's pricing needs to be more competitive, and the tool needs to do a lot of work incorporating more AI features.

The solution should include custom search and document creation features.

I don't see any problem with the solution's scalability.

The solution has more process orchestration features than automation features. The tool does have some NLP features, but they aren't as evolved as we would want them to be. It is not difficult to integrate the solution with other tools. We chose the solution because it had a high analyst rating when we evaluated it.

The solution has helped improve our efficiency by around 30% to 35%. The front end is fairly neat, configurable, and customizable for each user. It is not difficult to configure or deploy the solution. We are not informed beforehand when there is downtime, which creates a problem. The solution can adapt to the changes in our business needs.

I would recommend the solution to other users.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

The solution has more products than being an ITSM tool. Big customers such as those from Telcom tend to like it. Some of our customers use AI-based chatbots.  

ServiceNow Now Platform's adoption seems to be a main challenge for our clients. 

I have been working with the platform for six years. 

We have never contacted support yet. 

Using all of the tool's features can yield a decent ROI. However, if you underutilize its features, other cheaper solutions like Zendesk might work better for you.  

People seem to be buying the tool a lot. I think its licensing is okay. 

I recommend the solution for larger businesses. It is solid and has improvements in its roadmap. I rate the overall product an eight out of ten. 

The solution is in Gartner's Magic Quadrant. It is the only reason it's being recommended across corporations.

The tool has a lot of limitations. I do not like it. I did not see any return on my investment. The product does not work well.

I have been using the solution for five years.

I do not like the support.

Negative

The implementation and configuration took six months.

The product is very expensive. It costs $100 per user per month.

I prefer the newer ticketing systems like Zendesk.

I did not integrate the solution with other products due to its limitations. I do not recommend the product to others. I am not satisfied with it. I do not even use the dashboards. I download the data and use it in Excel. Overall, I rate the solution one out of ten.