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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pentaho

    Score6 out of 10
    N/APentaho is a suite of open source business intelligence and analytics products, now offered and supported by Hitachi Data Systems since the June 2015 acquisition.N/A

    ServiceNow AI Platform

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AThe ServiceNow AI Platform is the company's workflow automation solution, and it is the unified foundation for every ServiceNow product. It brings together AI, data, workflows, and security to execute work across IT, CRM, employee experience, risk and security, and app development.N/A
    Pricing
    PentahoServiceNow AI Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PentahoServiceNow AI Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    PentahoServiceNow AI Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Hitachi Vantara
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    ServiceNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    Features
    PentahoServiceNow AI Platform
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Pentaho and ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.0
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Pentaho and ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.7
    19 Ratings
    8% above category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
    -
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    Drill-down analysis7.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages9.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.717 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Pentaho and ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.7
    20 Ratings
    17% above category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web9.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF9.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.917 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Pentaho and ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    1% above category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
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    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.916 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Pentaho and ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Pentaho
    9.1
    20 Ratings
    7% above category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
    -
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    Multi-User Support (named login)9.320 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.619 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Pentaho and ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.3
    11 Ratings
    7% above category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
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    Responsive Design for Web Access9.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Pentaho and ServiceNow AI Platform
    Feature
    Pentaho
    8.6
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    ServiceNow AI Platform
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    REST API8.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames7.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API8.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.610 Ratings00 Ratings
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    PentahoServiceNow AI Platform
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    Cyfe
    Score4 out of 10
    airSlate WorkFlow
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Qlik Cloud Analytics (Qlik Sense)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Microsoft Power Automate
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Sisense
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Microsoft Power Automate
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PentahoServiceNow AI Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (31 ratings)
    9.1
    (29 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (22 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (7 ratings)
    7.6
    (20 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.4
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.6
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PentahoServiceNow AI Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hitachi Vantara
    Pentaho is very well suited to perform data extraction & data mining from various cloud storage & transform that data using various available data models. However, the software struggles when it comes to visualizing the extracted data in an appealing manner & can be difficult for end-users to get an understanding of data tables created using those models.
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    ITSM is straight forward creation of Incidents and Requests. It can get more confusing as you layer more modules on top of it with event management, risk, project, etc. It also becomes more costly as everything is a different license. Integration between other external applications is very easy to do with their API. You can easily create endpoints for external apps to talk to or create REST messages for the platform to reach out directly.
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    Pros
    Hitachi Vantara
    • Integrate and synchronize with big data easily
    • Import data from any sources and different databases
    • Managing data in on-premise, hybrid and cloud environments.
    • Compatibility and flexibility of the platform with any type of scenario and any business or industry
    • Various tools in the software suite to transformation of data
    • Simple interface appearance and creative UI graphics
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    ServiceNow
    • The ServiceNow platform is very good at incident management.
    • ServiceNow as an ITSM system is very as it integrates with a lot of different systems.
    • The CMDB module of ServiceNow effectively makes relationships between configuration items and other infrastructure objects in ServiceNow.
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    Cons
    Hitachi Vantara
    • I think the relative obscurity of the tool is a downside, not as many developers, consultants or peers you can tap into.
    • Lack of a solid user community held us back, looking at Power BI and Qlik, they have huge user communities that help each other out. Would have liked that here.
    • Smaller company means smaller sales force, and the lack of a local presence made it hard to only interact online with the account rep. Other companies have someone local who often stops by with pre-sales developers to just pitch in free of charge when they have time.
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    ServiceNow
    • The ServiceNow performance speed has big room for improvement, as it is quite slow in loading Dashboards with more than 5-6 widgets. We are keeping our ServiceNow version up to date with latest releases.
    • Usually there are issues with having multiple ServiceNow tabs open in the browser and have different dashboards open in those tabs.
    • The way of showing a history log of all activities on Incident ticket is not optimal and easy to use or search in and have very old design.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hitachi Vantara
    I will use Pentaho until I find a better tool with a better, easier to use report designer client. For now, Pentaho has been the most powerful reporting tool for our clients because of its ability to connect to Odoo, integrate in Odoo (reports are accessible in Odoo) and the flexibility in report design and parameter integration
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    While we are very likely to renew, we are also assessing if we should renew all of what we currently subscribe to as we try to reduce costs. Some parts of the business feel there may be a better tool out there to fit their process requirements. We are currently working with them to identify what those requirements are to see if it makes sense while also pointing out a reduced cost of tooling is not always the best fit if we have an increased cost of customization and maintenance between tools.
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    Usability
    Hitachi Vantara
    The Pentaho tools are designed so you can start playing around on your own. Of course, you will need guidance at some point, but the training teams are good at guiding new users, and the online documentation is usually pretty up-to-date.
    Some of the tools, such as the Pentaho Data Integration tool and the Pentaho Server, are pretty self-explanatory. The other tools maybe are not so quickly and obvious to use, but again, with some documentation and some customer support, you can find your way around them.
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    ServiceNow
    It provides a lot of modification options which is wonderful for certain team usage but becomes too much of a job when it comes to the Service Desk. Also on the app support side, since too much information can be carried, it affects the GUI and makes it complex.
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    Support Rating
    Hitachi Vantara
    They were responsive to our questions when we raised issues. They gave us workarounds when required. They were quite knowledgeable when it came to issue analysis and providing fixes. They were forthright in informing us if a bug was not due for release soon.
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    ServiceNow
    I was not in the team that take care of the installation of ServiceNow but their feedback was very positive. Go live was done by the planned date and their support at the beginning provided always a timely response. Their customer service is friendly and easy to reach. Today we don't use their customer service anymore because we have an internal IT dedicated to maintaining the system.
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    Online Training
    Hitachi Vantara
    Course Taken: DI1000 Pentaho Data Integration Fundamentals Setup A week before your class started, the instructor will start sending out class material and lab setup instructions. This is helpful so that you understand how the environment is laid out and can start reviewing the content. Ultimately it saved about a 1/2 day trying to setup with 10 other people online which was great! The Course The 3-day course was laid out like many other technical classes with 15-30 minutes instruction and 15-60 minutes of lab exercises. The instructor was very knowledgeable with the functionality from version to version and answered questions as we went along. I was amazed at some of the functionality that was available that I was not using at the time and quickly implemented changes to many existing transformations and jobs. The novice users seemed to catch on quickly and more experienced users explained how some of the functionality was used in their home environments. Towards the end there was enough time so that we were able to ask very directed questions about our own environments. Overall, I really found the class to be informative and deliver enough information to be dangerous. My skills improved and I was able to design better and efficient transformations for the HIE. Course Description: https://training.pentaho.com/instructor-led-training/pentaho-data-integration-fundamentals-di1000
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    ServiceNow
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Hitachi Vantara
    Get the right people in before starting implementation. Start small and build as you go approach is time consuming and involves lot of rework. Evangalize within the organization the capabilities and limitations equally so that correct delivery expectations are set. Set expectations with the Customer that the tool cannot replace proprietary software in terms of stability/usability and that timelines could change given the new ness of the product.
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    ServiceNow
    We went through a re-implementation last year with a partner and were very pleased with the outcome. We looked at several partners and chose one that was able to provide an entire scope and cost upfront of what would be required to complete our requirements. We worked very closely with the dedicated team assigned to our project throughout the process and they fully delivered on all of our requirements that we presented in the initial scope.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hitachi Vantara
    Since the Pentaho platform offers a range of broad functionality across data preparation and advanced analytics, it also can be easily integrated to support many data sources and machine-learning frameworks. Based on that fact, we selected Pentaho to be used in our internal department. It also supports many of our BI use cases as required by company management or the business user. Last but not least, the Pentaho license is cheaper than their competitor.
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    I've used Freshservice which is very similar to ServiceNow. I can definitely say ServiceNow performs better in a larger environment. Freshservice is usually used in smaller organization or less complx environment. Plus the ServiceNow reporting and dashboard features are more accurate than Freshservice. ServiceNow is a bit costly but gives way more features that really helps my organization.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Hitachi Vantara
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    ServiceNow
    1. It is not great when they can't seperate apps/products from a particular sku, forcing you to make a business case for a larger portion of functionlity than your current business case seeks to address. 2. ServiceNow reps are able to work with you when economies of scale are projected out. They are willing to start at a desired tier and provide pricing at applicable upgraded tiers
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    Professional Services
    Hitachi Vantara
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    Very easy to use. Capture more data from the Incident and problem management. Easier to escalate and following the change management process to resole the issues.
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    Return on Investment
    Hitachi Vantara
    • Pentaho has improved our overall business process.
    • Pentaho has helped the Managers and Directors to analyze the numbers going up and down from time to time.
    • We have a started a big project using Pentaho that is going to include all the business processes in the organization.
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    ServiceNow
    • Fast implementation of our Sales & Operation/Projects controls and process - tool adapted to our needs, not us to adapt to the tool.
    • Once we are a consulting/implementation company, our customers are happy to see that we use what we sell, and it is easy to show them how this platform/tool can have an impact on our own business.
    Incentivized
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