SAP SuccessFactors HCM vs. ServiceNow IT Service Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
SAP SuccessFactors is a suite of HR/HCM products covering these capability areas: core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance and compensation management, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience management.
$75.60
per year per user (Up to 100 Employees)
ServiceNow IT Service Management
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Built 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
SAP SuccessFactors HCMServiceNow IT Service Management
Editions & Modules
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ITSM Standard
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ITSM Pro
Custom Quote
ITSM Enterprise
Custom Quote
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMServiceNow IT Service Management
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsITSM 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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SAP SuccessFactors HCMServiceNow IT Service Management
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ServiceNow IT Service Management

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Features
SAP SuccessFactors HCMServiceNow IT Service Management
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
774 Ratings
1% below category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data8.3684 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history8.1697 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration7.8671 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.8.0634 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting8.1708 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.0637 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)7.7398 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
442 Ratings
4% below category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Pay calculation8.1334 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors7.4297 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment7.7298 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.6284 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.8282 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management8.0360 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management7.8256 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
440 Ratings
0% above category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Approval workflow8.4436 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details8.1371 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment8.0329 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
621 Ratings
1% above category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.4468 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.7604 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation8.0404 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition7.8374 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.4580 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
606 Ratings
8% below category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Report builder7.2580 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.0550 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data6.7455 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
491 Ratings
0% above category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
New hire portal7.7477 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools7.6447 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
605 Ratings
4% above category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting8.2542 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting8.3598 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility8.0486 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking8.0563 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
638 Ratings
4% above category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Performance plans8.1612 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans8.0524 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking8.0578 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders7.9574 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency8.1472 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
437 Ratings
3% above category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools8.1403 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking8.0382 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search8.0390 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development8.0368 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
514 Ratings
59% below category average
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management7.9489 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting7.8467 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media7.8406 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting7.7448 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention7.5417 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.9471 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.9474 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
ServiceNow IT Service Management
9.0
69 Ratings
9% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.568 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.552 Ratings
Service restoration00 Ratings8.557 Ratings
Self-service tools00 Ratings9.566 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.064 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings9.561 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings8.563 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
ServiceNow IT Service Management
9.2
62 Ratings
11% above category average
Configuration mangement00 Ratings8.561 Ratings
Asset management dashboard00 Ratings9.160 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings10.053 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
-
Ratings
ServiceNow IT Service Management
9.2
63 Ratings
8% above category average
Change requests repository00 Ratings9.063 Ratings
Change calendar00 Ratings9.057 Ratings
Service-level management00 Ratings9.559 Ratings
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User Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCMServiceNow IT Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(789 ratings)
9.5
(80 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(53 ratings)
9.0
(13 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(311 ratings)
9.0
(13 ratings)
Availability
8.7
(7 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
7.7
(7 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(30 ratings)
7.3
(22 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
4.6
(5 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.5
(15 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Configurability
5.1
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
3.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.9
(420 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.8
(7 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
6.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.4
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
4.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP SuccessFactors HCMServiceNow IT Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
It is a strong system that pays off once it's fully tailored to your organization. If your company has well-defined HR processes, SuccessFactors will likely integrate seamlessly. We've automated processes that previously required departments to spend weeks on back-and-forth emails. We've partnered with Capgemini to fully suck out the most out of its technical customization.
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ServiceNow
In our organization, we are using ServiceNow extensively. Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, Time tracking are few modules which we use extensively. This sort of model will work for any product or service based companies as the product is built on ITIL framework. So this product will be suited for small or large scale companies to better organize and add controls and track SLA's for technology or business process.
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Pros
SAP
  • The product is straightforward to use. The product allows instant edits if a mistake is made and is very helpful in keeping track of individual employee working hours.
  • Use of the platform ensures that your business is connected to a global workforce experience powered by modern HR technologies and AI.
  • Implementation of the software ensures an excellent workforce experience and accelerates overall business performance.
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ServiceNow
  • When I have a number of requests to make, for example a request to add a dozen or so user accounts to more than one group account in Active Directory , I can put all the needed information into the initial form, add it to my "shopping cart" and all of that information remains on the screen for the next item for which I only need to edit a few items (like the AD group name in this example), and keep adding them to the shopping cart until I have them all. When I "Check Out" each of those items is generated as a separate task under the one request. It simplifies and expedites the creation and tracking of these kinds of requests.
  • I can easily and quickly see what tickets are currently assigned to me in order to prioritize them and remain aware of my workload.
  • Numerous fields for CIs can be used when trying to find the entry for a particular item. For example, IP Address, server name, raw text, classification, and so on.
  • To help with making sense out of related tasks, when a task is assigned to me and I need to open another task for a different team to work in order to complete my task, I can open a sub-task from my ticket so that the relationship between the two can be pulled up later into reports. For example, I may have a task to build a new vm, and need to open tasks for networking, security accounts, software installation and so on. By opening sub-tasks from my assignment, the time spent by all parties concerned is tied together for more meaningful cost accounting.
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Cons
SAP
  • I think just overall the configuration can be a little bit hard on the backend user, like myself, knowing which screens to go to. Better documentation on how we configure things would be a great resource for employees in the HR field that are making those backend changes.
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ServiceNow
  • It is hard to find areas for improvement, the tool is very powerful. That said, building the CMDB still involves some manual interaction which was not how it was presented in demos.
  • The CMDB data is almost too deep and detailed. When you build the relationship map it can be so large that it is overwhelming. You can limit this, but the default maps are massive if you are discovering lots of device classes.
  • The product is expensive. Since they are the leader in the industry and the product has tons of features, they definitely charge for it!
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
It is the product that the Business is fully committed to for co-ordinately HR processes. Employee and Manage Self-Service has allow our business to reduce the overheads in our HR operating mode. The integration with 3rd party products is now in place and further developments will only increase its importance. SuccessFactors provide regular enhancements and has a support model in line with our business requirements.
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ServiceNow
To be completely honest setting up a new ticketing system can be a pain in the ass. Once you have it setup and customized the way you want it, you don't want to switch unless you're unhappy with the product. Unless future releases and updates really muck the system up, I wouldn't change.
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Usability
SAP
Generally works as it needs to but there is room for improvement. Notifications are an example where they come from different places whereas they should be centralised and standardised. We would love to have time management and award interpretation in SAP SuccessFactors HCM instead of a third party system however the lack of rostering functionality makes this unusable
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ServiceNow
The dashboard is so confusing, [there are] many clicks to open a task and search by a ticket. The Enterprise customisation [we did] has finished to kill the software and creates a really bad experience on a daily basis. [It is] So slow, and so many clicks to process a ticket. Works only on IE so, that [should] make you realize that [it] is a bad idea.
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
Until now we have not had serious availability problems with SuccessFactors, we had Microsoft Active Directory and SSO with ADFS and we had availability problems but because of problems with ADFS, we migrated to Azure AD and with that the availability problems of SuccessFactors because of ADFS went away. The only windows of unavailability that we have had are those that we are communicated to do maintenance and upgrades.
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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.
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Performance
SAP
The performance is very good, the truth is that we have not had serious performance problems, some complex reports may take a little longer, but considering the complexity and the amount of records it is an acceptable time. We have never received a complaint from users regarding page loading speed.
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ServiceNow
For a massive system, page loads are reasonably quick, including searches.
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Support Rating
SAP
SAP SuccessFactors has been a easy to implement tool with low risks for a sensitive thing like employee feedback. It provides powerful performance in the backend functionalities, and at the same time a great look and feel for the employees. Totally recommended.
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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.
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In-Person Training
SAP
The in-person training was with a consultancy, we have taken several courses, all very specific. They have been reports in ecp, general configuration of ec, reports and IAS
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Online Training
SAP
We use SAP Learning, and we like it very much, the topics are updated along with the products, we have access to the SFX customer certifications and we have done them all, in general the SAP learning platform is very good and complete.
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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
SAP
As we were new with all this, we would greatly appreciate if we had assitance directly from SAP so we can implement the modules with all of its features and best practices. Unfortunately, we notice that the partner left some thing incomplete.
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ServiceNow
Without exception, every client I have worked with has been very happy with their resulting product. While this is partly due to my work, I must point out that the platform is the winning decision, not the implementer.
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
SAP SuccessFactors is a very user-friendly application, it stacks up very well against competition, such as Oracle PeopleSoft HCM. We selected SAP SuccessFactors because we are already using a lot of other SAP solutions, such as SAP S/4 HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform. It allows us to have single-sign on and one vendor with multiple solutions.
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ServiceNow
We used to use Jira to handle service tickets but it's way too robust for something this straightforward. Due to the nature of Jira, you needed to already have a lot of documentation and knowledge about who should be assigned the ticket, so the lift of creating a ticket was time consuming.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
Not applicable.
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Scalability
SAP
The scalability and flexibility of SuccessFactors is unbeatable. It is very easy to scale the product to new countries and areas, and with the help of CPI it can be easily integrated.
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ServiceNow
ServiceNow works as an enterprise solution.
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Professional Services
SAP
Once time we need to change the datacenter and we made this with the professional services from SAP... everything goes just fine. excelent service.
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ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
SAP
  • It helps better in the tedious task of job posting, it's automated to social handles.
  • Better performance in speed, UI, performance management, skill management, talent onboarding, and finding candidates in the talent pool.
  • Reduces most of the cost in HR operations and future-proof technology with continuous improvement.
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ServiceNow
  • Overall ServiceNow has a positive impact on getting the SLA of tickets down in supporting our customers.
  • One negative impact has been the amount of time to get the product to produce an ROI, it's almost too big to fail and too big to replace. You almost become committed to the product. Good or bad.
  • Another negative impact would be if you track metrics of employees and time tracking, there is a lot of scenarios where engineers will track time on tickets but not get credit for closing them as the assignee function of tickets can only be tied to one user and credits only the engineer who closes the ticket.
  • Another positive impact would be the level of security for permissions and scaling the workloads is robust and you will get out of the system what your team is willing to put in.
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ScreenShots

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Screenshots

Screenshot of how to navigate to all SAP SuccessFactors solution modules and complete tasks using natural language—thanks to Joule, the AI copilot with generative AI.Screenshot of where to acquire future-ready skills by sourcing, engaging, and hiring top talent, as well as save time evaluating candidates and match skills to roles more efficiently with AI-powered applicant screening.Screenshot of some of the metrics that empower HR professionals, analysts, and business partners to answer questions about a workforce, or that influence business decisions with data-driven insights and an evidence-based approach to HR.Screenshot of the mobile interface, which also helps automate processes to improve employee and manager self-service, and strengthen compliance.Screenshot of

ServiceNow IT Service Management Screenshots

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