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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ServiceNow App Engine

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AServiceNow App Engine aims to bring creator workflow apps to production quickly for mission-critical tasks. Design with best-practice guidance and templates within a holistic low-code dev experience.N/A

    SmartSuite

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASmartSuite provides a collaborative Work Management platform that enables teams to plan, track and manage workflows - whether it be a project, an ongoing process or routine everyday tasks. SmartSuite helps coordinate people and work across all levels of an organization to ensure that team members have the information they need to accomplish the work that matters most. Team members can create a workflow, or choose from over 200 templates that can be tailored to their exact needs.

    $10

    per month per user

    Pricing
    ServiceNow App EngineSmartSuite
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ServiceNow App EngineSmartSuite
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ServiceNow App EngineSmartSuite
    Considered Both Products
    ServiceNow
    No answer on this topic
    SmartSuite
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    ServiceNow App EngineSmartSuite
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of ServiceNow App Engine and SmartSuite
    Feature
    ServiceNow App Engine
    8.1
    12 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SmartSuite
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling7.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces8.411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security8.412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability8.411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability8.312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of ServiceNow App Engine and SmartSuite
    Feature
    ServiceNow App Engine
    -
    Ratings
    SmartSuite
    9.1
    18 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Task Management00 Ratings9.218 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings9.117 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings9.114 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings9.117 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings9.218 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings9.118 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings9.117 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings9.117 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings9.214 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings9.215 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of ServiceNow App Engine and SmartSuite
    Feature
    ServiceNow App Engine
    -
    Ratings
    SmartSuite
    9.2
    15 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings9.214 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings9.114 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software00 Ratings9.29 Ratings
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ServiceNow App EngineSmartSuite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (13 ratings)
    9.2
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ServiceNow App EngineSmartSuite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ServiceNow
    I suggest that people in ServiceNow start by building apps in App Engine through learning plans on the ServiceNow Developer site. It is a very guided process, and it is fun to do. Newcomers in ServiceNow can learn a lot about configuring tables, fields, behavior of fields, roles, Flows, UX, and many more. App Engine tends to make development work simpler and faster to ship. However, it can be a difficult concept for people new to ServiceNow to understand scoped applications. So there should be a brief on the App Engine homepage that mentions what can be built and includes a link to learn more about scoped apps.
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    It is best suited to be a google alternative for a google drive due to its multiple functions. Can add action items, upload multiple types of files and assign people responsibilities and tasks. It combines resource platform abilities with project management functionality in order to unite all your needs in one area.
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    Pros
    ServiceNow
    • App Engine can be used by non-developers to create Applications on the go, without coding.
    • App Engine has all the important aspects of the application available for adding or editing within a single record. Hence, it is easier to modify.
    • App Engine has a delegated development option which can be granted to specific developers or groups to manage a specific area for Scoped App Development without giving admin rights.
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    • SmartSuite is a good collaboration tool
    • The capabilities of the platform are immense
    • The customization features allow users to set up the report type and view it exactly as they want
    • The choice of the fields to be used in the records and reports is really wide
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    Cons
    ServiceNow
    • The scoped app prefix should be shorter to allow appropriate application naming if it exceeds the character limit. Either the scoped app name limit shall be increased, or the limit on scoped app prefixes shall be increased to allow better naming for scoped apps.
    • It's challenging to make citizen development work at scale. Businesses want experienced pro code developers rather than citizen developers to work on this feature.
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    • A little better home screen, which is already in the works!
    • Better experience in the my work panel, which is also in the works already!
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ServiceNow
    There are limited use cases where we are just using the service now app engine as of now
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    I have a great expereance
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    Usability
    ServiceNow
    Overall, very much usable for anything that happens in organisation. Able to track and discover each asset in the underlying infrastructure of the organisation and manage them. It is easy to understand the impact if any asset fails and hence risk mitigation becomes easier. It is a simple tool but with everything an organisation requires to go live with maximum customer impact and satisfaction
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    SmartSuite
    The product is usability friendly, easy to use, flexible and has all functions I need for my purposes
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    Reliability and Availability
    ServiceNow
    Almost 100% available on time
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ServiceNow
    They tried their best to resolve our queries every time we contacted them about any technical support
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    They have a great tutorial and a lot of hits during the work process
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    Implementation Rating
    ServiceNow
    App engine can be used just to process the minimal amount of the data which is being received from the user. We are service now catalogue items or any other data technology.
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    That's easy. Just try
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    Alternatives Considered
    ServiceNow
    There were no options from the other products because ServiceNow App Engine is a large product with many different modules, growing each year, which allows you to recreate your business processes in a very short time, making the migration to ServiceNow very easy.
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    For our team, SmartSuite contains all features that we need. Before we use Asana, Trello and tried to use Airtable. But all of these management systems did not satisfy us. Then we started using SmartSuite, got to know all the possibilities and decided to switch to it
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    Scalability
    ServiceNow
    It is scalable but not reliable
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    SmartSuite
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    ServiceNow
    • We have managed to close the un applied cash item from 56% to 89% in a given five working days period by using ServiceNow App Engine
    • By automating and entire money laundering process, we have managed to provide the background check data as quickly as within a day, which was actually taking weeks Same reports when we were doing the things manually.
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    • We have to spend less time on checking where the project is at
    • We can have less PM's in the business
    • Our clients are happier thus leading to more business
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