Apache Cordova vs. ServiceNow App Engine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apache Cordova
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
ServiceNow App Engine
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
ServiceNow App Engine aims to bring creator workflow apps to production quickly for mission-critical tasks. Design with best-practice guidance and templates within a holistic low-code dev experience.N/A
Pricing
Apache CordovaServiceNow App Engine
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Apache CordovaServiceNow App Engine
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Apache CordovaServiceNow App Engine
Features
Apache CordovaServiceNow App Engine
Low-Code Development
Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Product A and Product B
Apache Cordova
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Ratings
ServiceNow App Engine
8.1
12 Ratings
3% below category average
Visual Modeling00 Ratings7.212 Ratings
Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.411 Ratings
Platform Security00 Ratings8.412 Ratings
Platform User Management00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Reusability00 Ratings8.411 Ratings
Platform Scalability00 Ratings8.312 Ratings
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User Ratings
Apache CordovaServiceNow App Engine
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(6 ratings)
8.4
(13 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(9 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Apache CordovaServiceNow App Engine
Likelihood to Recommend
Apache
It is suitable for making portable applications, with almost the same code for several platforms. You can access native features of the device or use an open source plug-in from the repository to create a local database and access the internal storage of the device. It is wonderful for the construction of a native application, through the use of standard web code. It is not recommended for enterprise applications.
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ServiceNow
I suggest that people in ServiceNow start by building apps in App Engine through learning plans on the ServiceNow Developer site. It is a very guided process, and it is fun to do. Newcomers in ServiceNow can learn a lot about configuring tables, fields, behavior of fields, roles, Flows, UX, and many more. App Engine tends to make development work simpler and faster to ship. However, it can be a difficult concept for people new to ServiceNow to understand scoped applications. So there should be a brief on the App Engine homepage that mentions what can be built and includes a link to learn more about scoped apps.
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Pros
Apache
  • Adobe Phone Gap has an extremely simple user interface that allows for easy learning to occur.
  • Adobe Phone Gap provides support for web languages and allows you to write in three of the main languages and transfer them to another language for use. This solves a common programming issue and is the greatest strength of the software.
  • Their desktop application allows for easy installation and programming.
  • Adobe provides quick support with questions about how to use the software.
  • The build interface notifies you of errors extremely quickly and helps identify the issue in your programming. You get an easy idea of what needs to be updated and adjusted.
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ServiceNow
  • App Engine can be used by non-developers to create Applications on the go, without coding.
  • App Engine has all the important aspects of the application available for adding or editing within a single record. Hence, it is easier to modify.
  • App Engine has a delegated development option which can be granted to specific developers or groups to manage a specific area for Scoped App Development without giving admin rights.
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Cons
Apache
  • Cordova app code runs inside a webview component. So, expect the performance to be a little slower as compared to the native apps. This is more noticeable on older devices though. It is hardly noticeable when it comes to newer mobile devices.
  • Crashes can be hard to debug since the crash logs will not point you to the culprit javascript code. This is not a limitation of Cordova alone. Any other hybrid mobile app development platform suffers the same problem.
  • Even with tools like Safari debugger and Chrome debugger, it can be tricky to measure graphics and animation performance. Achieving smooth animations can be a bit of a challenge sometimes with hybrid mobile apps in general.
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ServiceNow
  • The scoped app prefix should be shorter to allow appropriate application naming if it exceeds the character limit. Either the scoped app name limit shall be increased, or the limit on scoped app prefixes shall be increased to allow better naming for scoped apps.
  • It's challenging to make citizen development work at scale. Businesses want experienced pro code developers rather than citizen developers to work on this feature.
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Likelihood to Renew
Apache
No answers on this topic
ServiceNow
There are limited use cases where we are just using the service now app engine as of now
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Usability
Apache
No answers on this topic
ServiceNow
Overall, very much usable for anything that happens in organisation. Able to track and discover each asset in the underlying infrastructure of the organisation and manage them. It is easy to understand the impact if any asset fails and hence risk mitigation becomes easier. It is a simple tool but with everything an organisation requires to go live with maximum customer impact and satisfaction
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Reliability and Availability
Apache
No answers on this topic
ServiceNow
Almost 100% available on time
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Support Rating
Apache
No answers on this topic
ServiceNow
They tried their best to resolve our queries every time we contacted them about any technical support
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Implementation Rating
Apache
No answers on this topic
ServiceNow
App engine can be used just to process the minimal amount of the data which is being received from the user. We are service now catalogue items or any other data technology.
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Alternatives Considered
Apache
Apache Cordova is the mother of all other frameworks. The Ionic developed framework is well suited for development but most of their features are offered by paid services. As Apache Cordova is open source and has a license to modify it, it has no legal problems to work with it. Also, most well-known IDEs recognize the Apache Cordova snippets.
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ServiceNow
There were no options from the other products because ServiceNow App Engine is a large product with many different modules, growing each year, which allows you to recreate your business processes in a very short time, making the migration to ServiceNow very easy.
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Scalability
Apache
No answers on this topic
ServiceNow
It is scalable but not reliable
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Return on Investment
Apache
  • Very economic for ROI purposes
  • Scalable for code reusability down the road
  • Convertible, easily switch platforms if Apache Cordova doesn't suit your needs
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ServiceNow
  • We have managed to close the un applied cash item from 56% to 89% in a given five working days period by using ServiceNow App Engine
  • By automating and entire money laundering process, we have managed to provide the background check data as quickly as within a day, which was actually taking weeks Same reports when we were doing the things manually.
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