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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pendula

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APendula drives the shift from broadcast to conversation by enabling two-way messaging and workflow at scale, allowing users to create, manage, and optimise digital customer experiences across every channel. With no coding knowledge required and built on Zuora & Salesforce, Pendula supports automated two-way communication across SMS, email, social messaging and fax. It also enables outbound posts. Customers can see and take action on messages, whenever and wherever they…N/A

    ServiceNow Customer Service Management

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ABuilt on the Now Platform, ServiceNow offers their Customer Service Management solution through the Standard and Professional Customer Service Management bundles. Both include agent workspace, knowledge management, survey and assessment module, and the community module, oriented in this edition to support customers rather than internal employees. The Professional bundle also includes performance analytics, predictive intelligence, and related tools to support customer support agents improvement…N/A
    Pricing
    PendulaServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    PendulaServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PendulaServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Considered Both Products
    Pendula
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    ServiceNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    PendulaServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Pendula and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Pendula
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    Ratings
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.210 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.19 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings9.49 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.810 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.310 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Pendula and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Pendula
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    9.6
    9 Ratings
    18% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings9.68 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.69 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Pendula and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Pendula
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    9.4
    10 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings9.28 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings9.87 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.98 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.89 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Medallia
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PendulaServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    PendulaServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pendula
    We used Pendula as part of our re-engagement program. This was valuable, as we were able to connect with 40,000 or more names. Knowing that either a significant telesales team effort--too expensive and not enough people--would be implausible. We designed an interactive SMS journey that allowed us to begin the process of taking the 40.000 and discovering those who were willing to shop with us again automatically. We also found that promotions and blasts worked really well, were very easy to set up and run, and then the automation on the back to create the Salesforce opportunity. We have also engaged with custom objects and were able to trigger events on internal activities and sales status, such as shipping notifications.
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    ServiceNow
    It is well suited for medium to large companies that manage different teams and need to communicate constantly and track progress in a timely manner. It is less suited for small enterprises as it will overwhelm users with the features and functionalities embedded.
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    Pros
    Pendula
    • EOFY campaigns that drove limited time, limited release offers. We could segment our targets and engage those most likely to respond well.
    • Limited release wine offers, again targeting the right buyers, and then designing a series of interactions with them. This enabled sales reps to speak to those most warm.
    • Customer re-engagement. We have very many historical customers. We were able to reach 30,000 or so people and then lead them through several steps towards re-engagement.
    • Targeting smaller customer segments was made easy due to the deep integration with Salesforce. We could create campaigns to account owners of contacts that met criteria--which provided a deeply personal experience.
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    ServiceNow
    • We manage internal tickets through ServiceNow Customer Service Management. We raise tickets with IT and other team
    • We manage our datapipe customers through ServiceNow Customer Service Management and it efficiently manages our customer interactions
    • ServiceNow Customer Service Management helps us manage projects and tasks and keep a log of all our migration customers
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Pendula
    • Navigating a variety of journeys can get tricky. They have been steadily improving the interface here.
    • Managing launch times and turning campaigns on and off can be cumbersome.
    • Naming, tagging, and cross-journey reporting would be great.
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    ServiceNow
    • Adding in additional chat features would be nice
    • Viewing where you stand in priority
    • Having a way to automate more of the processes
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Pendula
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    Bottom line is that it does what you need it to do. We've been using Service Now as a ticket managing tool for a few years now. There's really not much it can't do when it comes to recording interactions. It has been nice using inventory tracking for software licenses and hardware as well.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Pendula
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    Support has been very good. Any time there has been a real issue, the team has responded very quickly and identified the issue without a lot of repetitive questions that I've seen from other services. There is a great external community and internal knowledge base that covers pretty much anything you need.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Pendula
    We found the user interface, the customer service, and the feature sets worked very well for us. Pricing was also affordable.
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    ServiceNow
    Atlassian Jira lacks certain features and process which was delivered by ServiceNow Customer Service Management. Also, flexibility to customise was a point to select ServiceNow Customer Service Management tool. Cost which was high than Atlassian Jira compensated as it improved overall customer satisfaction and reduced resolution time by taking help of Knowledge base integration
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Pendula
    • We were able to activate a large number of old customers
    • We generated significant revenues and fast sales
    • We have been able to run multichannel campaigns to great effect
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    ServiceNow
    • The negative impact for my team is the delay in team completing tickets but not a system issue.
    • A positive impact for my team is we can easily view the status of tickets and the follow-up emails are beneficial to maintain records of tickets.
    • Negative impact is that there is no user job aid or helpful tools for new users.
    Incentivized
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