SAP Service Cloud vs. ServiceNow Customer Service Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Service Cloud
Score 8.5 out of 10
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SAP Service Cloud helps deliver customer value and protect the brand with intelligent customer service. It enables the user to engage with customers at their convenience, connect service with the value chain and deliver greater profitability.N/A
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Built 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
SAP Service CloudServiceNow Customer Service Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Service CloudServiceNow Customer Service Management
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
SAP Service CloudServiceNow Customer Service Management
Considered Both Products
SAP Service Cloud
Chose SAP Service Cloud
All in solution within SAP CX suite. Integrates better.
Chose SAP Service Cloud
Integration with other SAP solutions as it is connect natively with other applications and this simply allows unified data to cross departments to check and vary. Due to its real time dashboard and reporting helps business to take future decision easily. Also, as per the …
ServiceNow Customer Service Management

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Features
SAP Service CloudServiceNow Customer Service Management
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Service Cloud
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Ratings
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
9.2
10 Ratings
12% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.78 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings9.39 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.810 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.310 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
SAP Service Cloud
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Ratings
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
9.5
9 Ratings
17% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings9.58 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
SAP Service Cloud
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Ratings
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
9.3
10 Ratings
15% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings9.77 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings8.88 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.89 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
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SAP Service CloudServiceNow Customer Service Management
Small Businesses
Simplify360
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Score 7.8 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Dialpad Support
Dialpad Support
Score 9.1 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Verint Community
Verint Community
Score 9.9 out of 10
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
SAP Service CloudServiceNow Customer Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(105 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.5
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
5.5
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.7
(68 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Service CloudServiceNow Customer Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
SAP Service Cloud is well suited with its omni-channel capabilities giving the possibility to collect service requests from different channels like phone, e-mail or CTI telephony. It also has nice User Interface (when it comes to desktop version). On the other hand SAP Service Cloud needs to be definitiely improved in terms of mobile app, which is horrible and it has limited development possibilities.
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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
SAP
  • First is It is highly effective when we consider Customer Relation Engagement.
  • Good User Interface by which anyone can get used to it quickly.
  • It is providing infinite opportunity of integration with other SAP solutions.
  • Affordable Solutions with effective features.
  • It has prebuilt charts which helps us to define customer journey with ease of efforts.
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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
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Cons
SAP
  • While SAP Service Cloud offers a wealth of features, its interface can sometimes feel overwhelming. For newcomers, especially those not tech-savvy, a more intuitive or simplified layout would be beneficial.
  • While it allows for some level of personalization, making deep customizations can be challenging. Given the unique requirements of our client's customer service, having more flexibility in tailoring the tool to our exact needs would be nice.
  • While SAP Service Cloud integrates well within the SAP ecosystem, it can sometimes be less smooth when linking up with non-SAP third-party tools. Enhancing these integrations would streamline our operations, especially when using other software tools alongside it.
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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
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
SAP Service Cloud offers sturdy competencies for case control, workflow automation, and purchaser engagement. However, since our organization continues to be within the early assessment section, we have not but experienced its complete potential. Once fully applied and custom designed to our desires, the score can also increase as we investigate usability and integration with other SAP solutions.
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ServiceNow
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Usability
SAP
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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.
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Support Rating
SAP
I have found that sometimes issues reported to the SAP takes more time also they lack system support with respect to the priority . Also we don't see RCA for the issues raised. Also turn around time for the issues is not fixed as the support is global sometimes the issues float here and there.
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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.
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
Zoho Desk is the ultimate software for clear communication, but when we compared these two according to our needs, we found out that SAP Service Cloud is the best option for us. Since it provides everything in one location, Zoho Desk is somewhat lacking in this area. That was the reason for choosing SAP Service Cloud.
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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
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • can help speed up issue resolution, reducing the time customers spend waiting for solutions
  • AI insights help predict the customer profile, satisfaction, and possible options for service resolutions
  • One stop for all historical customer service requests and data and useful to calculate who are high CLTV customers
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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.
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ScreenShots

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