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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Planview AdaptiveWork

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/APlanview AdaptiveWork is a web-based collaborative work management software. Planview AdaptiveWork enables users to connect employees and partners and create documents, reports and specialized workflow automation. Planview AdaptiveWork is designed to work across multiple teams to enable cross-company task, project, and resource management.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
    Planview AdaptiveWorkServiceNow 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
    Planview AdaptiveWorkServiceNow IT Service Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    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
    Planview AdaptiveWorkServiceNow IT Service Management
    Considered Both Products
    Planview
    Chose Planview AdaptiveWork
    We also evaluated Kantana. Ultimately decided on Planview AdaptiveWork because of cost, ease of GUI, ease of configuration, reporting capabilities and integration capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose Planview AdaptiveWork
    We selected Adaptive Work for it's ease of configurability, advanced scheduling capabilities, and workflow capabilities.
    Incentivized
    ServiceNow
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    28 Answers
    Features
    Planview AdaptiveWorkServiceNow IT Service Management
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Planview AdaptiveWork and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    -
    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 Planview AdaptiveWork and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    -
    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 Planview AdaptiveWork and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Planview AdaptiveWork
    -
    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
    Planview AdaptiveWorkServiceNow IT Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (78 ratings)
    8.3
    (96 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.5
    (26 ratings)
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    8.1
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.4
    (5 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Planview AdaptiveWorkServiceNow IT Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Planview
    I've been an AdaptiveWork (Clarizen) admin for the past 14 years, so I've seen much improvement since I started working with the product. I'm very happy we can utilize the hybrid mode by using the cards, I think this was long overdue but it works very well.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Planview
    • Many ways to acclimate to the system; documentation, videos, community, and contacts.
    • Planview provides scalable customization options tailored to the unique needs of each business unit or department. Easily add or remove fields in the system. As the admin, it was easy to learn how to configure.
    • Offers flexibility to adapt to existing systems and align with organizational workflows and processes. There are multiple ways to customize each part of the system to meet our needs.
    Incentivized
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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
    Planview
    • When it comes to reports, it would be great if there was an easy way to roll-up the results instead of having to create configurations to summarize data.
    • The consultant experience has not been great when it comes to more advanced needs for configurations. The consultants are in a different timezone which limits hours to work together and it seems hours are spent trying to determine what the requirement is and when the initial thought is that the configuration is possible, it may result in not being able to assist.
    • Charts in the reports section are not able to be exported
    • When pulling a report together, you need to make sure you pull from the right "item" or level. If you decide you need data that resides in another "item" or level, you need to re-do the report from the beginning.
    • Because the system is so configurable and I imagine different clients use the system differently, when you need something automated in your account, where you need to pull a consultant or SME in, the person doesn't necessarily understand your configurations and how things work so they are unable to give recommendations on how to solve problems that don't impact other configurations you already have set up in the system.
    • Templates cannot be updated unless they are pulled into a project and then re-saved. In the templates module, you are not able to open a template and edit to re-save. Therefore, making updates to a template can be very time consuming having to find a project to use to pull it in, make updates, re-save and then pull out. It would be great if the templates module allowed you to edit the templates and re-save.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Planview
    I give my renewal of this product a 9. It's only because we never know what product may come out next and how other factors in our office political environment may cause impact upon this. If I always had my way, this is what we'd settle on as our de facto project management system.
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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
    Planview
    It is easy to configure, intuitive. The customization process is in some ways better than Salesforce.com. It has a great UI. It does however depend on how it's implemented.

    The design of it is generally fine, however the ability to data upload people from a spreadsheet is an obvious miss.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Planview
    Sometimes it is slow when everyone is entering their time on Fridays or Mondays but other than that we rarely see downtime and maintenance notifications are well in advance.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Planview
    Reports: Quick to Reasonable

    Most Ancillary Pages: Quick to Reasonable
    (By "ancillary" I mean lesser used/master data maintenance pages - e.g. People, Customers, Individual Tasks, Milestones, etc.)

    Work Plan (with 100 sub items): Reasonable to Slow
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    ServiceNow
    For a massive system, page loads are reasonably quick, including searches.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Planview
    It's a good experience overall. Clarizen was useful when needed. It's mostly needed for advice on how to do more sophisticated actions or how to change something that was set up administratively. It's seldom used otherwise. The product consistently works, the documentation is acceptable, and the generally intuitive product is easy enough for most staff to pick up without much issue.
    Incentivized
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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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    In-Person Training
    Planview
    • We worked with a Project Manager on their side. He was very good about developing a project plan to hit our goal. I think we had weekly or twice weekly calls – very steady cadence over 3 month period.
    • Their PM skills were great – kept us on task. For the last week, they sent 2 people on site and they did training for power users. After that a couple of them revisited here
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    ServiceNow
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Planview
    Our trainer, Alex, is exceptional and knows the product really well. I swear he must have wrote the product himself! His manner with training is very easy going, gives you homework that is applicable to what you need to learn and stages it correctly for you. It was a pleasure to be trained by him.
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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
    Planview
    We have been able to implement AdaptiveWork pretty easily but it requires updating of resource availability and continuous training as roles change and new people join the company. Other documentation is used such as spreadsheets for longer range planning and project approval
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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
    Planview
    Planview AdaptiveWork was the right size, at the right price point that fit our customization and integration flexibility. It is intuitive to use but allowed us to add complexity as our needs grew
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Planview
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    ServiceNow works as an enterprise solution.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Planview
    • By implementing Planview AdaptiveWork on a company-wide level, we have been able to remove the other project management tools we have been using and consolidate our costs for technology down to a single tool
    • The ability to incorporate cross-departmental work and communication has streamlined our project management processes to a point where we can work seamlessly together without interruption trying to consider the gaps between tools
    • Reporting capabilities from the unified tool has given our leadership insight and the ability to make strategic business decisions more effectively than ever
    Incentivized
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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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    ScreenShots

    Planview AdaptiveWork Screenshots

    Screenshot of AdaptiveWork's Portfolio ManagementScreenshot of Integration Through an Array of AppsScreenshot of Real-Time Project ManagementScreenshot of Social Collaboration - From Ideation to Project Delivery

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