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SENIOR THIRD PARTY RISK ANALYST / SECURITY CONTROL ASSESSOR at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
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Jan 5, 2022
Close to perfect ticket tracking
Pros and Cons
  • "Makes ticket information easy to access."
  • "ServiceNow is close to perfect, it delivers exactly what is needed in terms of keeping track of information in our records."
  • "An area for improvement would be the accessibility of downloaded and compressed files."

What is our primary use case?

My primary use case of this solution is for tickets.

How has it helped my organization?

ServiceNow has helped us a lot because it helps us track our tickets, and rather than having to take notes of changes and updates, we can access all the information with a TP number.

What needs improvement?

An area for improvement would be the accessibility of downloaded and compressed files.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There are no issues with stability that I know of.

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How was the initial setup?

I found the initial setup to be straightforward, and it should be relatively easy for anyone to navigate it with a little help.

What other advice do I have?

ServiceNow is close to perfect, it delivers exactly what is needed in terms of keeping track of information in our records. I would give it a score of eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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ServiceNow ITSM/ITOM/SAM/CMDB Technical and Implementation Consultant at Doublelight Technology Limited
Real User
Dec 10, 2021
Scalable, configurable, and stable
Pros and Cons
  • "Everything about the schema, including the design of ServiceNow, is great."
  • "It's moving at a very fast pace. It is difficult for developers or engineers to keep up with it. That's the only issue."
  • "It's very expensive, and if care is not taken, competitions can quickly come and take over the space by offering better pricing."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for IT Operational Management.

What is most valuable?

Everything about the schema, including the design of ServiceNow, is great. 

It's scalable. That's what attracts me most. 

You can configure it to fit your client's requirements. You can extend your functionalities, and then the workflow.

The stability is very good.

What needs improvement?

It's moving at a very fast pace. It is difficult for developers or engineers to keep up with it. That's the only issue. 

For the customer it's expensive. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for seven years or so. It's been a while. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is great. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. It's easy to expand if you need to. You can use it no matter the size of your organization - from small to large. 

How are customer service and support?

We haven't had any issues with technical support. We are satisfied with the level of service on offer. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is excellent. There are no issues dealing with the implementation.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's very expensive, and if care is not taken, competitions can quickly come and take over the space by offering better pricing.

What other advice do I have?

We use both cloud and on-premises deployments. 

I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten. They're doing what you need to do. They provide a roadmap, which is good.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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General Manager - Consulting & AMS at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
MSP
Nov 30, 2021
Easy to use, good support, and simple configuration
Pros and Cons
  • "ServiceNow is easy to use."
  • "ServiceNow can be used for service requests and change management."
  • "The solution could improve by being more stable."

What is our primary use case?

ServiceNow can be used for service requests and change management.

What is most valuable?

ServiceNow is easy to use.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using ServiceNow for approximately five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution could improve by being more stable.

How are customer service and support?

The support of ServiceNow is good.

How was the initial setup?

The time it takes for the implementation depends on the customer requirements. Sometimes it will take longer. The out of the box configuration is easy and simple.

What about the implementation team?

We have five developers that do the implementation of the solution. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is an annual subscription to use this solution.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate ServiceNow a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Technical Architecture Director at a leisure / travel company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Nov 15, 2021
Faster time-to-market, makes organizations more agile
Pros and Cons
  • "Your time-to-market, or TTM, becomes faster when you use ServiceNow, and even individuals that are not tech-savvy can quickly change processes and workflows in it, which can make the organization as a whole more agile."
  • "ServiceNow's mobile app should be seamless and it is not right now."

What is most valuable?

Your time-to-market, or TTM, becomes faster when you use ServiceNow. Even individuals that are not tech-savvy can quickly change processes and workflows in it. This can make the organization as a whole more agile. 

What needs improvement?

ServiceNow's mobile app should be seamless and it is not right now. Whatever I'm able to do through a laptop or a browser, I should be able to do via mobile. That would be a big advantage. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using ServiceNow for more than a decade. 

What other advice do I have?

ServiceNow was designed entirely on the cloud from scratch and its competitors like HP and BMC are trying to catch up to it now. It has a beautiful interface and a single system of record. 

If you are just starting to use it now, take baby steps first. Then, when you understand how it can fit into and benefit your business, implement bigger changes. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Information Security & Compliance Specialist at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Oct 22, 2021
Upgrade integrations available, scalable, but setting private tickets could improve
Pros and Cons
  • "There are many expansions available."
  • "The solution could improve by making the CMDB integrate with a CI better to allow it to be seen across multiple platforms."

What is our primary use case?

We use ServiceNow as a ticketing tool that processes and catalogs customer service requests in our organization.

What is most valuable?

There are many expansions available.

What needs improvement?

The solution could improve by making the CMDB integrate with a CI better to allow it to be seen across multiple platforms. Additionally, an option to easily make tickets private or not generally visible. ServiceNow has to set up the individual tickets and there is not an easy way for us to do it ourselves.

There are integrations we can do that requires outside people to help us expand, such as business continuity and other areas. It can be complicated to expand the solution which could be made easier.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using ServiceNow for approximately five years. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable.

What other advice do I have?

I rate ServiceNow a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Systems Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Sep 26, 2021
Assists greatly with collaboration and we can provide knowledge-based information
Pros and Cons
  • "Great that it's knowledge-based and you can use the flows in ServiceNow."
  • "The solution helps us to collaborate and it's great that it is knowledge-based."
  • "Performance could definitely be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use ServiceNow for ITSM onboarding. We are customers and I'm a system analyst. 

What is most valuable?

The solution helps us to collaborate and it's great that it is knowledge-based. We make knowledge-based, easy-to-find information, and you can use the flows in ServiceNow. Those are the most useful features.

What needs improvement?

Performance could definitely be improved. There may be features I'd like to have that are not activated because of our licensing agreement. I would like to have the ability to access a Gantt chart.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's quite scalable, we have around 300 basic or IT users which is pretty much everyone in the company. 

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support responds very quickly and if there's an emergency, they'll give us a call. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was quite straightforward. We deployed internally with some assistance from ServiceNow who carry out the maintenance. 

What other advice do I have?

This is a very speedy solution so I rate it nine out of 10 on that basis. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Director Delivery and ServiceNow Practice Lead at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jul 29, 2021
Straightforward to setup with a low-code approach and offers excellent ROI potential
Pros and Cons
  • "ServiceNow is an industry leader in multiple areas and provides an excellent ROI."
  • "Like all other IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS subscription cloud providers, ServiceNow is constantly improving by building new capabilities to expand the breadth and depth of its offerings while increasing its activities with partners to build more capabilities."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution in a variety of ways, including the NOW platform (CMDB, Workflows, Service Portal, Service Catalog, Reporting), Custom AppDev, SecOps (Vulnerability Response with Tenable integration and Security Incident Response), Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC), IT Service Management (ITSM), IT Asset Management (ITAM), IT Operations Management (Service Mapping, Discovery, Event Management), IT Business Management (including Project Portfolio Management (PPM)), HR Service Delivery (HRSD), Software Asset Management (SAM), and Facilities Service Management (FSM).

How has it helped my organization?

We can now transform operations from excel spreadsheets and emails to a central system of record/truth. ServiceNow can either replace or integrate with a prospect/customer's existing solutions - especially if such integrations are common.

ServiceNow ensures a customer's investment by having 2 releases per year.  Prospect/customers considering implementing or expanding its ServiceNow investment should enlist the help of ServiceNow partners to support their effort throughout their journey.

ServiceNow is an industry leader in multiple areas and provides an excellent ROI. 

What is most valuable?

The platform (PaaS) is a low-code/no-code platform on a secure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS - Government Cloud Computing environment (GCC)), with a single data model and a single system of record. Its applications (SaaS) can easily be extended with workflows and other built-in APIs together with the ServiceNow Integration Hub and other applications available on the ServiceNow Store. The platform is very flexible and built to be integrated.  

ServiceNow is an industry leader in multiple areas and provides an excellent ROI.

I have no further information to add to this, however, there is much more information offered by Forester, Gartner, and ServiceNow to augment this input.  

We are a ServiceNow partner, as well as Salesforce and other cloud-based IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS transformative solutions, and have been for over 10 years. Often, we are engaged with our customers for years, helping to build roadmaps that allow them to expand their solutions over time because resources are limited and organizational change management takes time.

What needs improvement?

Like all other IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS subscription cloud providers, ServiceNow is constantly improving by building new capabilities to expand the breadth and depth of its offerings while increasing its activities with partners to build more capabilities. As ServiceNow and its partners/customers expand the capabilities, I see new vertical applications being created (currently underway for TELCO and other industries). Stay tuned for more updates that not only provide new capabilities but also enhance existing ones.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been implementing ServiceNow for over 5 years for various clients.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution has excellent stability and we're working with a client that has one of the largest implementations of ITSM and SecOps in the world.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution offers excellent scalability. For example, currently, we are working with a client that has one of the largest implementations of ITSM and SecOps in the world.

How are customer service and technical support?

The product offers excellent support.

How was the initial setup?

Yes, the process is straightforward, but using an experienced services firm is best - especially if implementing the product for the first time.

What about the implementation team?

CoreSphere, LLC - CSAT scores are published on the ServiceNow partner page. Other are reviews completed in the US Federal government's Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARs).

What was our ROI?

The ROI a company can get depends on the customer and the investment.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. CoreSphere, LLC is a ServiceNow Specialist Sales, Service, and Public Sector partner.
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Head of Market Analytics at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Jul 27, 2021
Scalable and stable but could be more user-friendly
Pros and Cons
  • "You can scale the solution."
  • "In my experience, the solution is very stable."
  • "It's too complicated and there are too many options."
  • "It could be easier to use. It's a bit complicated and the user experience isn't exactly easy."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for service desk requests, in order to track service desk requests and to know who's asking what and track these requests.

What is most valuable?

You can scale the solution.

The product has very good stability.

What needs improvement?

It could be easier to use. It's a bit complicated and the user experience isn't exactly easy.

It's too complicated and there are too many options. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for two or three years or so. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In my experience, the solution is very stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. I find it to be reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's my understanding that the solution scales well.

We have about 100 users on the solution currently.

How are customer service and technical support?

I've never used technical support in the past. There never was a need to reach out. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are, however, as I have no direct experience with them.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I also have experience with Jira.

How was the initial setup?

I didn't really get involved in the initial installation. It's my understanding that there really isn't one. In my experience, there's just a simple link that you click on and you're all set.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I don't have any information about the licensing process or costs. It's not an aspect of the solution I deal with. I'm not in charge of it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I've compared this solution to Jira in the past and I find them both to be complex in terms of the user experience. 

That said, I haven't evaluated anything to replace this product at this company. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm not sure if we're using an on-premises or cloud deployment. 

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. 

At this point, I'm not sure if I would recommend the solution at I don't have enough personal experience with it.

I'd rate the solution at a six out of ten. 

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Managing Director at Will Consulting
Real User
Jul 26, 2021
Good ease-of-use, installation and configuration, but is costly to get the tool up and running
Pros and Cons
  • "I prefer ServiceNow to the competition because of its ease of use, installation and configuration."
  • "The capital expenditure needed to get the tool up and running is extensive."

What needs improvement?

The solution has the same drawback as that of the DMC remedy. The capital expenditure neeed to get the tool up and running is extensive. 

We are in the process of moving to a cloud-based solution. This and the issue of the solution's pricing should be addressed. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is good and has been improving over the years. 

How are customer service and technical support?

I do not have experience with OME support and, therefore, cannot comment on it. The skill-set exists for supplying local support. Locally, inter-office, we have skills. There are those partners who invested in training people. I feel that the technical support has been improving over the years. 

How was the initial setup?

I prefer the installation and configuration of ServiceNow to that of the competition. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Getting the solution up and running is expensive.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I prefer ServiceNow to the competition because of its ease of use, installation and configuration. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate ServiceNow as a six out of ten. 

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Consultant at HCL Technologies.
Real User
Jul 22, 2021
Has a good UI and workflow management, and is easy to use
Pros and Cons
  • "It is easily configurable and has a good developer society online, available for any issues from the backend."
  • "Overall, I have seen a substantial ROI when it comes to reporting: a faster response and also the assignment of tickets."
  • "Vulnerability management could be improved. Also, integration with tools such as Microsoft Defender ATP needs improvement."
  • "Vulnerability management could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for interim problem change configuration, regress management, and knowledge management.

What is most valuable?

I've found a lot of pros with ServiceNow. The user interface and the feasibility to modify the GUI are great features.

It is easily configurable and has a good developer society online, available for any issues from the backend.

On the front end, we have good workflow management, ease of work, and ease of business. It helps us to translate the business requirements and technical requirements in an easier manner.

One of the best things is the reporting; I like how you can manage the data and present it.

ServiceNow is also stable and scalable, and has good technical support.

What needs improvement?

Vulnerability management could be improved. Also, integration with tools such as Microsoft Defender ATP needs improvement.

The price is on the higher end.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using it for four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In the last four years, we might have had an outage, but the stability is very good. Since it's cloud-based, we don't see many performance issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability wise, we added one more module for the vulnerability response, and we have not faced any issues.

We are happy with where we are, but we are adding on a few things. Whenever there's a new requirement that comes up, we plan to move away from the manual work, and we try to do everything in ServiceNow.

We have two types of users: the idea user who actually works on the solution and the requester who raises the request. In total, the end users that have access to raise the tickets are around 13,000 plus, and those who actually work on the solution, designing, working on the tickets, etc., are in total around 300 plus.

How are customer service and technical support?

The technical support is good. They're responsive, and they keep a tab on whatever issues we are facing. They have a dedicated team that handles them and even a dedicated portal where you can raise tickets and flag them.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I was using Remedy and HP Service Manager. We switched because of ServiceNow's scalability, stability, and the user interface. I believe that the business mindset of whoever created or expanded ServiceNow was to make sure that we have a good developer community with an open system for people to understand and expand their knowledge, a better UI, and better workflow management, which I did not see in Remedy. 

Remedy has a lot of constraints; the integration and referencing had issues. ServiceNow has an option of referencing many tables in one form, but that was not available in Remedy. Also, Remedy was not that scalable.

We needed a person to have good technical knowledge to consider the system, but with ServiceNow, you don't need technical knowledge; they have made everything UI. So, that's a good thing.

The cost might be on the higher side, but the services were better, so we chose ServiceNow.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. They have out of the box solutions readily available, so if you're just going by the out of the box configuration, it might take a few months. Maybe a 12 week period is good enough to get it up and running.

What about the implementation team?

We got the ServiceNow vendor team to help us with the initial setup.

What was our ROI?

Overall, I have seen a substantial ROI when it comes to reporting: a faster response and also the assignment of tickets. If you have to talk to your leadership and tell them what the status of a particular project is, you can create your own dashboards, which will give them a glimpse of everything in one go. They won't have to talk to you every time; they can just open it up.

The second ROI is that you don't have to log into ServiceNow every time; you can integrate ServiceNow with teams, Microsoft teams, or any other tool, and you will get the notifications over there itself. It saves a lot of time from that perspective.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing is on a yearly basis. The pricing is on the high side, but if you look at the stability and option to work, it's kind of justified.

When you buy the license, it also comes with the yearly tech support. So, you don't have any additional costs per se.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We moved away from HPSM to ServiceNow, and we evaluated Remedy.

What other advice do I have?

They have a lot of libraries available online. If you are planning to implement ServiceNow, you should first compare your current system with the online free developer instance from ServiceNow, which has all the features that are present in the licensed versions.

I would suggest that you see if the added business is supported in ServiceNow so that when you implement the system, you can raise these special issues with the consultants.

You should go ahead and create your own instances and see whether the system is working as expected and whether it suits your requirements. When you're implementing, make sure that you implement everything and don't leave parts for your own team to handle. Get everything done by the vendor in the first go.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate ServiceNow at ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
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