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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Emptoris

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $59

    Per User Per Month

    ServiceNow IT Service Management

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ABuilt on the ServiceNow Now Platform, the IT Service Management bundle provides an agent workspace with knowledge management, and modules supporting issue tracking and problem resolution, change, release and configuration management.N/A
    Pricing
    EmptorisServiceNow IT Service Management
    Editions & Modules
    Emptoris
    $59.00
    Per User Per Month
    ITSM Standard
    Custom Quote
    ITSM Pro
    Custom Quote
    ITSM Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EmptorisServiceNow IT Service Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—ITSM Pro and ITSM Enterprise also are available with optional "Plus" add-ons. These include AI Agents, an AI Agent Studio, and other features that augment the capabilities of the platform using AI Virtual Agents to automate tasks.
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    Community Pulse
    EmptorisServiceNow IT Service Management
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    No answer on this topic
    ServiceNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    EmptorisServiceNow IT Service Management
    Contract Authoring
    Comparison of Contract Authoring features of Emptoris and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Emptoris
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    ServiceNow IT Service Management
    -
    Ratings
    Contract creation9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract templates7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Clause library/saved fields8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Guided logic8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Collaboration
    Comparison of Contract Collaboration features of Emptoris and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Emptoris
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    4% below category average
    ServiceNow IT Service Management
    -
    Ratings
    Contract sharing8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract editing8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaborating on contracts7.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    MS Word plug-in7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Approval process8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interdepartmental workflows7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Monitoring
    Comparison of Contract Monitoring features of Emptoris and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Emptoris
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    5% below category average
    ServiceNow IT Service Management
    -
    Ratings
    Contract database7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract search7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract milestone reminders & alerts8.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom contract reports7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tracking contract status8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance check7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Emptoris and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Emptoris
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow IT Service Management
    8.4
    85 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.184 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.167 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings8.170 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings8.282 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.279 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.674 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings8.779 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Emptoris and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Emptoris
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow IT Service Management
    8.5
    77 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings8.576 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.375 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings8.666 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Emptoris and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Emptoris
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow IT Service Management
    8.4
    78 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings8.678 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings8.472 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings8.474 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    EmptorisServiceNow IT Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    8.3
    (96 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.1
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EmptorisServiceNow IT Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    If you have a highly bureaucratic organization that is heavily focused on procurement, Emptoris can provide some value. It seemed to be very good at linking the contract information to procurement for better spend control. If you are trying to implement a standalone contract management solution that allows you to easily create contracts and store them in a central location, this isn't the tool for you. There doesn't appear to be a simplified implementation. In general, when a SaaS solution has a complicated and expensive implementation, I am very skeptical. This does not show that the vendor is trying to move customers forward on a single code base. If that many things need to be done during implementation, you are starting to customize the solution for every customer. This hurts the vendor's ability to scale and make improvements in the future.
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    ServiceNow
    We found that ServiceNow's ITSM product is overall a great product to use in all areas of IT. Whether it be Security, Infrastructure, or Networking, nothing is too complicated to bring into ServiceNow for processing. Being able to use flows to automate task creation and auto assign has helped to fill process gaps that existed with our previous product.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Document protection - the Check Out contract feature is a great way to allow external parties to make modifications to contract language without the ability to accept those changes. Those redlines can then be imported back into Emptoris and reviewed or further modified as needed.
    • Notifications & reminders - you can trigger an email manually from within the system, or you can configure automated notifications andreminders to alert users when a new task is received or has aged a given amount of days, etc.
    • Interview wizard - there is a lot of value in the interview wizard. Administrators can configure screens with selecting options via check boxes, radio buttons, or typed-in values. Variables and conditions can be used to selectively populate fields within the contract or apply other options, making for a quick and convenient method to generate contracts conforming to corporate standards.
    • Field customization - administrators can customize a list of options for various fields including contract substatus, address type, and user created business term variables.
    • Approvals - many different options are available to configure approvals to trigger automatically upon presenting and/or executing the contract including specific individuals, one or more approver groups, or based upon various criteria including terms within the contract, type of contract, or the contract's owning organization.
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    ServiceNow
    • Integration
    • Good search capabilities. Applications are created within CMDB and we can search for the app to see the changes, incidents and problems created
    • Reporting. Great store of MIS reports and will let you to create custom reports
    • Visual Task Boards - use it as Kanban boards
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Reporting, Emptoris comes with standard reports which can not always can be fit into our business. This needs to be improved. I hope Emptoris is addressing this issue in their latest releases.
    • Though the feature of editing language in MS word is excellent, loading MS word takes time.
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    ServiceNow
    • Finding requests that I opened and have since been completed by the assigned group/individual is very difficult to accomplish unless I've written down the request numbers somewhere.
    • Requests that I opened and are subsequently closed, often continue to appear in the list of "My Open Requests" giving the appearance that they were not completed when in fact they were.
    • It may exist, but if it does I haven't found it yet, which makes it less than intuitive, but I would like to see the ability to recall a request in ServiceNow.
    • I believe our firewall rule change request for is a custom form, but it has a serious drawback. If I submit such a request and need to make a correction to it before it is approved, there isn't anyway for me to do so. The request has to first be rejected with the creation of a sub-task in order to edit it before it is resubmitted for approval.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    There are a lot of new, exciting products coming out in every field and I believe that there is always something better right over the horizon. If it was my choice, I would review my usage of Emptoris and other software periodically to make sure I'm using the most efficient software possible.
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    ServiceNow
    Excellent rating for exceptional service provided for efficiency and efficient output given by it. It helped both client as well business to coordinate better for the requirements they work. It help to generate reports for real time progress on task. It helps to keep active watch on progress made by all parties
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    Usability
    IBM
    Emptoris is a pretty robust tool overall. Learning curve is small and it is simple to use
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    ServiceNow
    The basic actions of creating, updating and tracking requests is easy to udnerstand and use. Only a short onboarding training is needed to train the users of how to use it properly. However, the UI/UX experience can feel bloated with the many options it offers when you start to customize the tool to your company needs. It is also not the best looking user interface compared to more modern web applications.
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    We have never had any issues with ServiceNow's availability that I am aware of in the two years I have been using it.
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    Performance
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    For a massive system, page loads are reasonably quick, including searches.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    The above rating for the overall support from Emptoris is for their product / product support, roll out training and refresher training / ongoing training, which is not only good but superior. There is no major or reconizable bad review that can be given to Emptoris at this point in time, from where is stands.
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    ServiceNow
    I would give it this rating because we have had no major issues with the support for ServiceNow after we implemented it at our organization. They seem to respond promptly and efficiently if we ever do need to open a support case with them about an issue we are having.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    To type in what should be a text box, you have to click an empty cell, a tiny text box pop up opens with a check box and an X. You the. Type in the text box and have to click the check mark. If you have a bunch of fields to fill out, doing this is very annoying. Absolutely know thought went in to this. I'm sure somebody in marketing thought it was a good idea. It wasn't.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    While implementation the focus always should be on customizing features which are out of box to minimize the debts following the main features like Incidents, Requests, Change & Problem Statement. It should be strictly ensured to maintain right data quality, eliminating any duplicates or wrong workflows and incorrect reportings. Strong security and goverance to be implemented.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    I am a fan of Ariba to be used for the entire lifecycle of Sourcing. From RFX's to cutting PO's. I feel Emptoris misses the boat on the idea of a "One Stop Shop" for all of your Sourcing/Purchasing needs
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    ServiceNow
    Having used other ticketing/asset tools in the past with other companies. This time, we opted for ServiceNow, primarily because of the company's scale. Once you start hiring a lot of employees, you need a robust tool with some maturity. We wanted to split the IT team into back-office and front-office teams. We needed proper permissions and auto-escalation. Also, approval flows for certain requests (mostly hardware and file access requests). All of this is part of the standard ServiceNow package. Some of the cheaper alternatives we felt were more suited for very small businesses or teams.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    ServiceNow works as an enterprise solution.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • We won the 2005 Baseline Magazine Award for best ROI related to a technology implementation with an ROI 5544% (see 2005 Baseline ROI Awards, GlaxoSmithkline).
    • We always felt we could do "two times the work, with half the people and deliver double the savings".
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    ServiceNow
    • Personally as an end-user, I feel like my issues have been resolved more quickly/don't tend to get as lost when using previous tools.
    • Having a centralized place where all questions are asked and all issues are resolved means I don't have to spend time searching for the appropriate team. I can just create a ticket and it's channeled to the appropriate team for me.
    Incentivized
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