Salesforce Service Cloud vs. ServiceNow HR Service Delivery

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Salesforce Service Cloud
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Service Cloud is a customer service platform that helps businesses manage and resolve customer inquiries and issues. It provides tools for case management, knowledge base, omni-channel support, automation, and analytics, enabling companies to deliver exceptional customer service experiences.
$25
per month
ServiceNow HR Service Delivery
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
ServiceNow HR Service Delivery contains a full HRSD suite of applications, supporting HR case management, HR document retention, enterprise onboarding and transition support, and also employee self-service with intelligence agent.N/A
Pricing
Salesforce Service CloudServiceNow HR Service Delivery
Editions & Modules
Starter Suite
$25
per month
Professional
$80
per month
Enterprise
$165
per month per user
Unlimited
$165
per month per user
Unlimited+
$165
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Salesforce Service CloudServiceNow HR Service Delivery
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Salesforce Service CloudServiceNow HR Service Delivery
Features
Salesforce Service CloudServiceNow HR Service Delivery
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Service Cloud
8.8
78 Ratings
7% above category average
ServiceNow HR Service Delivery
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.276 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.454 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.964 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.261 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.176 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response9.075 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Service Cloud
8.7
73 Ratings
8% above category average
ServiceNow HR Service Delivery
-
Ratings
External knowledge base8.664 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.971 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Service Cloud
8.8
78 Ratings
10% above category average
ServiceNow HR Service Delivery
-
Ratings
Customer portal8.355 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR8.735 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.748 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.277 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.967 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
SysAid
SysAid
Score 9.1 out of 10
Infor Human Resources
Infor Human Resources
Score 7.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Salesforce Service CloudServiceNow HR Service Delivery
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(84 ratings)
9.3
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.2
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.5
(29 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.6
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(20 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Salesforce Service CloudServiceNow HR Service Delivery
Likelihood to Recommend
Salesforce
It is a helpful tool, but it can be a bit cumbersome to manage. It is also a bit expensive, but we already use CRM for Salesforce and it is convenient to be able to immediately tag contacts and accounts when the tickets come into the system and tie them directly to the account. I do know an integration with Jira is possible (we use Jira internally for our engineering team to escalate issues) but it is not configured right now so managing the connection between support tickets and Jira tickets is manual and hard to keep up with
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ServiceNow
The service request management function is excellent, but the system misses a bit in the UI (user interface) issue, which ends up being somewhat complex. So I believe there could be a tab on the platform with video tutorials to help with the experience, I don't know if it has, and if it does, it could have easier access so that all users know what it has and how to see it.
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Pros
Salesforce
  • Allows us to make changes quickly and with relative ease
  • Can be flexible enough to use among several teams who do very different work
  • Salesforce in general provides SO much training that anyone on the team can skill up and help maintain the system
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ServiceNow
  • Open IT tickets in a practical way.
  • Customer service with fast support.
  • Low cost.
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Cons
Salesforce
  • There is a slight scope for error, but sometimes it has a heavy impact. So this can be improved.
  • Costing is high.
  • Maintenance is more.
  • Expertise is required for implementation.
  • The number of communication messages have some limit per organisation account.
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ServiceNow
  • The tool is sometimes slow.
  • I believe that the issue of inactivity can be improved, we need to re-log in if we don't use the tool for a long time.
  • Add more languages ​​to the tool.
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Likelihood to Renew
Salesforce
Professional edition works best for a small company with lower call volumes and is very useful but as you grow exponetially I think it has limited ability to do all the things we want to - SLA management, defect, release management to name a few. Reports and dashboards being available in real time.
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ServiceNow
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Usability
Salesforce
I had Salesforce experience prior to using Service Cloud which made it a little easier to learn and navigate, but overall my team (some who had no Salesforce experience) caught on very quickly and found Service Cloud to be easy to use.
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Salesforce
Salesforce's Trust Center clearly communicates occasional issues to anyone who subscribes, down to an organization's cloud instance. Bundled sandboxes ease updates, and seasonal upgrades are seamless, scheduled well in advance with plenty of information about what's coming. Support agents have noticed intermittent Omni-Channel disconnects due to internet connections, and these are clearly notified.
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Performance
Salesforce
The Salesforce Service Cloud generally has very good performance, however the overall new Lightning user experience can bring that down. For example, if you have too many tabs open, then it can take a while for the Lightning UI to load. This UI is probably not well equipped to handle loading of all of that information at once, but Users tend to leave their tabs open all day long. It can also be fickle depending on which browser you use, what extensions you have installed, and whether you've cleared your cache. This can be the downfall with any software as a service though, not just Salesforce
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Salesforce
Salesforce offers support, although it generally gets routed to overseas support teams first, and once they are unable to help, it gets escalated up the chain to higher tiers. Frequently, the answer back from support is that there is no native solution, and we either have to turn to the AppExchange for some solution provided by another developer, or custom build our own solution.
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
In-Person Training
Salesforce
Our in-person training was provided by our implementation partner and it was quite good. This was in part because we were already working with them and so it naturally leant itself to a good training relationship. And because they were building our customizations and configuring things, they could then provide training on those things naturally.
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Salesforce
Trailheads are great but it was often unclear what actually applied to our organization. This made it difficult to get a whole lot out of it. Part of it is that because the basic Salesforce features didn't quite work for us, we had to add customizations, which then nullified a lot of the training.
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Salesforce
I would go through an implementation very differently knowing what I know now. It was difficult coming from systems we liked in post-sales service and having to adapt to the clunky and underwhelming feature set in Salesforce. I would trim back our expectations
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Salesforce
Salesforce service cloud is more configurable than Zendesk and Freshdesk. It has its own inbuilt AI chatbot also which further improves service agent efficiency. Salesforce is more integration agnostic and has pre-built connectors with multiple 3rd party systems. However, in terms of pricing it is priced at a premium compared to the other solutions
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Salesforce
The product has scaled up with our company growth just fine. No issues here other than slowness in clicking around and running reports
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Salesforce
  • Because this is a cloud service, the security, implementation framework and feature list is very mature and you don't have to develop these during implementation.
  • The larger the implementation programme the better the licensing arrangements
  • Free developer toolkit for proof of concepts or showcasing features
  • Limited to annual subscription model
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ServiceNow
  • It frees your time and makes you more productive every day
  • It enables you to rapidly find and eliminate all the unnecessary things
  • It permits you to analyze more robust collections of info
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ScreenShots

Salesforce Service Cloud Screenshots

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