PlanPlus Online vs. ServiceNow Now Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PlanPlus
Score 10.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
PlanPlus Online is planning and organization software that integrates productivity tools into a complete customer relationship management solution.
$34.99
Per User per Month
ServiceNow Now Platform
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
The ServiceNow Now Platform is a digital workflow building and extension tool for ServiceNow featuring a number of low-code / no code tools.N/A
Pricing
PlanPlus OnlineServiceNow Now Platform
Editions & Modules
PlanPlus Online Professional Edition
$34.99
Per User per Month
PlanPlus Online Planner Edition
$69.99
Per/Year
PlanPlus Online Business Edition
$199.99
per 5 users/per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PlanPlusServiceNow Now Platform
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$1,500 Up to 12 hours of Account Configuration Assistance Setup Include: Provision accounts and licenses (1hr), Kick-off Call (1 hr), and 10 additional hours of account configuration assistance to be used toward the following items, as needed by customers internal administrator: User Setup, Record Access, & Personal Preferences; Data Migration; Custom Fields & Page Layouts; Web-forms & Surveys; Views & Reports; Standard Sales Processes; Project Templates. Exact accomplishments may vary from this list based on Administrator's skills and requirements.No setup fee
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Features
PlanPlus OnlineServiceNow Now Platform
Sales Force Automation
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PlanPlus Online
8.6
3 Ratings
11% above category average
ServiceNow Now Platform
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
PlanPlus Online
9.0
3 Ratings
18% above category average
ServiceNow Now Platform
-
Ratings
Case management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
PlanPlus Online
10.0
3 Ratings
28% above category average
ServiceNow Now Platform
-
Ratings
Lead management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
PlanPlus Online
9.7
3 Ratings
25% above category average
ServiceNow Now Platform
-
Ratings
Task management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
PlanPlus Online
9.7
3 Ratings
24% above category average
ServiceNow Now Platform
-
Ratings
Forecasting10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
PlanPlus Online
8.5
3 Ratings
12% above category average
ServiceNow Now Platform
-
Ratings
Custom fields10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Scripting environment8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
PlanPlus Online
7.0
3 Ratings
17% below category average
ServiceNow Now Platform
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
PlanPlus Online
8.0
2 Ratings
10% above category average
ServiceNow Now Platform
-
Ratings
Social data8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
PlanPlus Online
9.5
3 Ratings
27% above category average
ServiceNow Now Platform
-
Ratings
Marketing automation10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Compensation management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
PlanPlus Online
8.0
3 Ratings
9% above category average
ServiceNow Now Platform
-
Ratings
Mobile access8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
PlanPlus OnlineServiceNow Now Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.2
(27 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(20 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(21 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
PlanPlus OnlineServiceNow Now Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
PlanPlusOnline
I would recommend this for businesses that have the time to invest in doing things the right way. Garbage in equals garbage out. If you can get over the somewhat steep learning curve and adopting their process this product would be a good fit. If you are short on time (and maybe cash) you may want to look for a simpler and less expensive solution.
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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
PlanPlusOnline
  • Weekly and Monthly Planner is very productive.
  • Task Delegation and Pipeline Tracker are easy to use and efficient.
  • Goal Planning helped us as well to identify our chances.
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ServiceNow
  • The best ITSM management just in 1 tool.
  • User friendly for no IT people when they must raise a IT issue.
  • It offer very good workflow during incident or request item.
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Cons
PlanPlusOnline
  • When it came time to move on due to larger issues the friendliness was not there from the account reps. We did not leave due to them, but due to our growth and need for more.
  • The inability to make personalized the labels for our insurance terms.
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ServiceNow
  • Providing admins/devs with easier mechanisms for providing businss stakeholders with self-service admin capabilities across the platform
  • Tutorials on how to be the best at reporting in servicenow
  • Guided tour functionaltiy is a bit rigid and could use more workflow capabilities
  • Making it easier to push form variables to the user so there is more context when providing an approval. The out of box approval UI/form is terrible in my opinion.
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Likelihood to Renew
PlanPlusOnline
No answers on this topic
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
PlanPlusOnline
It's great once you get the hang of it. I feel like it could be cleaned up a little. Some elements could be moved around or hidden. Overall it's a solid UI
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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
PlanPlusOnline
There are some cases where we just need something simple to get the job done. In our case, we needed a solution with a lot features for our complex setup. A lot of CRMs fell short. PlanPlus Online didn't. They had everything we needed. We didn't have to rely on multiple disparate solutions, and it was within our budget.
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ServiceNow
The platform is provided as a SaaS solution and support from the vendor has been good. There are regular software releases with bug fixes, new features and enhancements, and furthermore we are given the opportunity to fully test these before rolling these new releases out into the production environment to minimise the risk of business disruption
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Implementation Rating
PlanPlusOnline
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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
PlanPlusOnline
PlanPlus Online is much nicer than Salesforce and also much faster.
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ServiceNow
ServiceNow is by far a better tool over Remedy. Its ability to integrate so seamlessly to so many tools allows for plenty of opportunity to streamline and improve processes. Servicenow has intuitive flows that allow you to quickly pivot if process change. Its adaptiveness is what makes it far better solution over Remedy
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
PlanPlusOnline
No answers on this topic
ServiceNow
Our base managed service MSA is very clear and focused on our use of ITSM (ITIL role license). Other parts of the platform use some sort of transaction count licensing. This type of pricing does not work for an implementation of our scale.
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Professional Services
PlanPlusOnline
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
PlanPlusOnline
  • Better lead management
  • Increased lead efficiencies with drip programs
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ServiceNow
  • Ensuring good service support internally and externally has triggered opportunities to sustain good links with everyone and opened the door to more sales and successful business and ServiceNow has been key in all this, so the investment came back to us faster than expected.
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