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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OCI

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is Oracles's infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform which combines the utility of public cloud with the granular control, security, and predictability of on-premises infrastructure.N/A

    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
    OCIServiceNow IT Service Management
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    ITSM Standard
    Custom Quote
    ITSM Pro
    Custom Quote
    ITSM Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OCIServiceNow IT Service Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo 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
    OCIServiceNow IT Service Management
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
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    ServiceNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    119 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    111 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    117 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    104 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    OCIServiceNow IT Service Management
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    7.9
    138 Ratings
    4% below category average
    ServiceNow IT Service Management
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.6133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.4133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.3122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates7.0122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools7.3133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.7120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support7.5132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls8.3134 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation7.996 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    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 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    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 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    -
    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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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OCIServiceNow IT Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (150 ratings)
    8.3
    (96 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (15 ratings)
    8.1
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    8.7
    (28 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (20 ratings)
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.4
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OCIServiceNow IT Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    As per our usage Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for almost 6 years hosting 500 + customers I can say its well suited application for any small scale to larger scale application as it can handle that capacity and provide more reliable cloud service only if you need any messaging service like pub/sub or sqs better to consider other services.
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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
    Oracle
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure has a generous free tier, moreso than other hyperscalers, with an always-free tier that guarantees certain products are always free
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure allows you to size VMs with differing combinations of CPU and RAM, which is contrary to other hyperscalers that have specific pre-defined combinations only
    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure regularly provides free certification exam offers
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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
    Oracle
    • Navigating the UI takes lots of getting used to. It reminds me of older GCP (just to get used to where everything is).
    • Permission for different things always seemed to be more difficult than it really needed to be. Once you got them set up you were good but updating anything or creating new permissions for just about anything took longer than I thought it should.
    • Based on how the buttons were laid out, it was pretty easy to delete all of your DNS records, and backing them up was not as intuitive as I'd like with the UI, but it was easy to do using a script.
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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
    Oracle
    Reliability: Very dependable and stable OCI services have been for the business operations.Performance: The speed and efficiency of OCI in meeting their computing and storage needs.Scalability: The ease and effectiveness of scaling resources up or down to accommodate changing demands.Security: The robustness and effectiveness of OCI's security features in protecting their data and applications.
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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
    Oracle
    The services & products in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure needs more improvement to beat other Cloud service providers. The price is good & Security processes are good. We are requiring to put more effort in supporting this Oracle Cloud Infrastructure than other Cloud service providers. Probably better ways are there but is not super easy to find or not super available
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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
    Oracle
    Yeah sometimes we had to face unplanned outages due to underlying infrastructure issues, so not every time,e but once in a while we face issues with availability. But the good thing is we have redundancy with DR setup and multi region so we can manage.
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    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
    Oracle
    From the start, I was surprised by response times and image quality accessing windows VMs with RDP. GCP, Azure and -many offerings in AWS- don't perform this speed. Also, that's evident in the quality of Infrastructure Management Team, because I just received one warning regarding a region failure, what confirms that's a mature platform.
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    ServiceNow
    For a massive system, page loads are reasonably quick, including searches.
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    Overall it is amazing, there is always room for improvement. We have weekly updates that tend to slow the program used more and more. We had to change some reports within Oracle because the others wouldn’t load. This is tied to our payroll and the delays are causing many time constraint issues and panic. We have to create a new report when one breaks. Otherwise awesome!
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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.
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    In-Person Training
    Oracle
    Effective training provided, much data productivity while doing training
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    ServiceNow
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Oracle
    detailed and easy to understand.
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    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
    Oracle
    Very much satisifed with the Oracle Support team during the implementation and Migration of applications
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    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
    Oracle
    We used Microsoft Azure and Docker earlier and faced some difficulties like Microsoft Azure and Docker. Occasionally, the generation of large images can delay deployment. It is also necessary for me to admit that Microsoft Azure and Docker have a somewhat steep learning curve. Proper paperwork needs to be there. Docker has issues with performance on a number of platforms. On the other hand, OCI is easy to deploy and easy to understand.
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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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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Oracle
    was not part of initial purchase team. Anyways, i think unit pricing and billing frequency is good compared to other Cloud service providers, when it comes to Cloud Capital expenditure & Operational expenditure. Would be more interested in exploring more options where customers can get more cost relaxations on trying out new cloud services in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for example a new App or a feature
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    ServiceNow
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Oracle
    We have hosted around 500 + customers on this cloud so till day not faced any major issues, so we can use it for any kind of products and it can hold the load and easily scale based on need.
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    ServiceNow
    ServiceNow works as an enterprise solution.
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    Professional Services
    Oracle
    Services & Infra wise is ok to use & host applications & services. Security wise also good for a Cloud service provider. It is a interesting area to explore & using it for day to day needs can be further improvised in future probably. Modern day Services like AI and Machine learning could be improved
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    ServiceNow
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • Oracle Cloud helps us build and deploy apps quickly, getting our products out the door faster.
    • With real-time insights from Oracle Cloud, we can give customers personalized experiences that boost satisfaction.
    • Migrating to Oracle saves us cash on hardware and maintenance, which we can use for innovation and growth.
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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.
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    ScreenShots

    OCI Screenshots

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