ServiceNow Customer Service Management vs. Totango

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
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
Totango
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Totango customer success software, now with Catalyst, helps enterprise businesses and cross-functional teams accelerate customer outcomes in productivity, retention, and expansion. Totango and Catalyst will become a unified product, following the merger in February 2024.N/A
Pricing
ServiceNow Customer Service ManagementTotango
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ServiceNow Customer Service ManagementTotango
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsEach package gives teams a 360° customer account profile, customer health scoring, customer journey program templates (SuccessBLOCS), automated workflows (SuccessPlays), email campaigns, self-paced onboarding, and customer support.
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Community Pulse
ServiceNow Customer Service ManagementTotango
Features
ServiceNow Customer Service ManagementTotango
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
8.6
8 Ratings
4% above category average
Totango
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
9.0
7 Ratings
12% above category average
Totango
-
Ratings
External knowledge base9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
8.8
8 Ratings
10% above category average
Totango
-
Ratings
Customer portal8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration9.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
-
Ratings
Totango
8.5
182 Ratings
4% below category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.5182 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
-
Ratings
Totango
8.3
216 Ratings
5% below category average
API00 Ratings6.8149 Ratings
Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings9.1173 Ratings
Integration with Marketo00 Ratings9.035 Ratings
Customer Data Extraction / Integration
Comparison of Customer Data Extraction / Integration features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
-
Ratings
Totango
8.1
247 Ratings
9% below category average
Product usage00 Ratings8.0243 Ratings
Help desk / support tickets00 Ratings8.1160 Ratings
Customer Success Management
Comparison of Customer Success Management features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
-
Ratings
Totango
8.0
260 Ratings
7% below category average
NPS surveys00 Ratings9.2124 Ratings
Sponsor tracking00 Ratings6.16 Ratings
Customer profiles00 Ratings7.9251 Ratings
Automated workflow00 Ratings9.0240 Ratings
Internal collaboration00 Ratings7.6226 Ratings
Customer health scoring00 Ratings7.5253 Ratings
Customer segmentation00 Ratings8.6243 Ratings
CSM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CSM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow Customer Service Management
-
Ratings
Totango
8.2
254 Ratings
3% below category average
Customer health trends00 Ratings8.3243 Ratings
Engagement analytics00 Ratings8.7229 Ratings
Revenue forecasting00 Ratings7.6175 Ratings
Dashboards00 Ratings8.3237 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
SysAid
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
ServiceNow Customer Service ManagementTotango
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(8 ratings)
9.0
(261 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(8 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(3 ratings)
8.6
(95 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(3 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.7
(93 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(12 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(8 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
ServiceNow Customer Service ManagementTotango
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Totango
for a CSM it´s marvelous, you have in one window everything,the agenda for your day by day work, the workload you have in a day,all the customers database and call history added by tasks and toutch points, the to do thing in each customer you know what to do next, with renewal you hace an digital engadgement with customers inform they need to renew in order to keep using the app.
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Pros
ServiceNow
  • Allows for clear communication between help desk and end users.
  • Provides a clean inventory option for both hardware items and software licenses.
  • Navigation is very intuitive and user friendly.
  • Many reporting features for all levels of the company.
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Totango
  • Enables us to easily send and collect NPS & CSAT scores regularly.
  • Syncs with HubSpot to bring in updated client data and deals automatically.
  • Allows us to manage clients based on health score which is multi-dimensional.
  • I can log touch points directly in Totango from Gmail so easily..
  • As we improve and develop our non SaaS business client experience, Totango continues to develop more functionality that we can benefit from.
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Cons
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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Totango
  • Integrations -- in my experience, they constantly break and disconnect.
  • Implementation -- I feel it was a HUGE challenge to set-up our environment. It took over 200 hours and it didn't work.
  • Communication -- during implementation/onboarding, in my opinion, we were mislead on how to create some of our custom data objects and it ended up being a big waste of time since the approach we were instructed to use ended up being incorrect.
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Likelihood to Renew
ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Totango
I personally believe Totango is the right Customer Success Tool for me, my team, and my organization. I couldn't find limitations until now, it's capabilities are on point and it's very scalable. of course, transitioning to another tool would mean a lot of hours and training, and would expose risks
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Usability
ServiceNow
ServiceNow Customer Service Management tool gives a clear visibility on the KPI's and trends of issues being raised by customers. Proper and timely updates are received at both agents and customers end. Also, communication between the two has become more efficient. As they tool supports customisation, which has improved the overall process and growth.
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Totango
It is easy to use and understand, and simple to follow day to day. Logging notes and tasks is one of the key areas this is utilised along with tracking reports and accessing key data points for conversations with customers which is helpful. Mobile app helps too to access information on the go.
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Reliability and Availability
ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Totango
I have yet to experience any downtime with Totango (knock on wood) so reliability has been really top tier since we were onboarded. Given that the support team has been really helpful so far, I can imagine should downtime every be the case, they'll be able to communicate proactively/effectively on the current state of the platform
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Performance
ServiceNow
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Totango
At times the integration sync can be really slow when it comes to touchpoints. I can't say the same for customer health syncing, but I do tend to notice the lag from email syncing, and in those cases, I will need to refresh the Totango page a couple of times or wait a couple of extra seconds/minutes for it to show up.
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Support Rating
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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Totango
I give Totango a support rating of 10 because I can always get support whenever needed. If its a technical issue, I know I can email their support team for help. If it's a more in depth question with respect to our instance of Totango, I can reach out to our CSM and always get help in a very reasonable amount of time. I always look to Totango as the standard when I think of how to best communicate and support our own customers.
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Online Training
ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Totango
Our CSM did a great job of conducting the training so we understand, at the very least, the functionality that is directly relevant to us. This also allowed us to train our own new team mates when onboarding based on the training flow that was first presented to us. This was also conducted as a interactive sessions, as training are notoriously known to be dry
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Implementation Rating
ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Totango
Totango has been easy for our team to integrate most of our new features into, which is great considering we have to factor in the customers' usage of the new features into all of the health and usage metrics we have. It has taken a while to integrate our second product however, which is why I would rank this a 7.
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Alternatives Considered
ServiceNow
Atlassian Jira was not a cost effective solution for us, and it lacks couple of feaures as well. Zoho Desk however was fulfilling our requirements but Zoho's support systems were not up to our expectations. The support team's response was delayed and resolutions were not satisfactory. Also, to use the product to it's full efficiency, it requires us to purchase add-ons.
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Totango
Pipedrive is a great CRM for Sales purposes but it doesnt give much tools for CX management. Totango is all the opposite, it is an excellent product for Customer Management . We currently use both platforms integrated with each other and it gives great results to both Sales and Customer Success teams
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Scalability
ServiceNow
No answers on this topic
Totango
Information keeps missing and changing in totango . Because of that there is are lot of problems with it. We need to manually keep the backup in an another file. More over if in case we take the backup its so hard to track since its all in numbers. Totango can be much better if the cloud storage is working fine. My company is planning to discontinue due to this factor
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Return on Investment
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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Totango
  • Since using Totango we have seen our engagement numbers go up as we are better able to identify the groups that are struggling.
  • We have also seen an increase in retention as we are more consistent in messaging and not missing any data.
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ScreenShots

Totango Screenshots

Screenshot of collaboration tools to manage a customer portfolioScreenshot of a 360° view of customer healthScreenshot of the dashboard to monitor customer metricsScreenshot of engaging in-app experiences and email campaigns to improve customer retentionScreenshot of integrated data in the Customer Data Hub