ServiceNow IT Service Management vs. Splunk Cloud Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ServiceNow IT Service Management
Score 8.3 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
Splunk Cloud Platform
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Splunk Cloud Platform is a data platform service thats help users search, analyze, visualize and act on data. The service can go live in as little as two days, and with an IT backend managed by Splunk experts.N/A
Pricing
ServiceNow IT Service ManagementSplunk Cloud Platform
Editions & Modules
ITSM Standard
Custom Quote
ITSM Pro
Custom Quote
ITSM Enterprise
Custom Quote
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ServiceNow IT Service ManagementSplunk Cloud Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
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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Community Pulse
ServiceNow IT Service ManagementSplunk Cloud Platform
Considered Both Products
ServiceNow IT Service Management
Chose ServiceNow IT Service Management
ServiceNow has faster performance and is easier to use. There's more training material and better product support from the ServiceNow team.
Splunk Cloud Platform

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Features
ServiceNow IT Service ManagementSplunk Cloud Platform
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow IT Service Management
8.5
81 Ratings
3% above category average
Splunk Cloud Platform
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.180 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.263 Ratings00 Ratings
Service restoration8.466 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service tools8.478 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.575 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.472 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards8.575 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow IT Service Management
8.4
73 Ratings
2% above category average
Splunk Cloud Platform
-
Ratings
Configuration mangement8.272 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset management dashboard8.471 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement8.563 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow IT Service Management
8.8
74 Ratings
2% above category average
Splunk Cloud Platform
-
Ratings
Change requests repository8.674 Ratings00 Ratings
Change calendar8.868 Ratings00 Ratings
Service-level management8.870 Ratings00 Ratings
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Comparison of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) features of Product A and Product B
ServiceNow IT Service Management
-
Ratings
Splunk Cloud Platform
8.2
20 Ratings
4% above category average
Centralized event and log data collection00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
Correlation00 Ratings8.419 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management00 Ratings9.220 Ratings
Deployment flexibility00 Ratings7.320 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools00 Ratings7.818 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces00 Ratings9.020 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection00 Ratings8.217 Ratings
Data integration/API management00 Ratings7.510 Ratings
Behavioral analytics and baselining00 Ratings7.28 Ratings
Rules-based and algorithmic detection thresholds00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
Response orchestration and automation00 Ratings7.58 Ratings
Reporting and compliance management00 Ratings8.810 Ratings
Incident indexing/searching00 Ratings8.811 Ratings
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User Ratings
ServiceNow IT Service ManagementSplunk Cloud Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
9.4
(80 ratings)
9.2
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(13 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(13 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(22 ratings)
7.2
(4 ratings)
Online Training
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ServiceNow IT Service ManagementSplunk Cloud Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
ServiceNow
It is well suited for medium to large companies that require a tool to allow users to create IT requests, have a self-service portal, track the completion of such requests and have access to KPIs to understand the satisaction level of the requestors. It is not the best tool if you want to have a heavy personalized IT Service Management tool to cater to all your needs or when you want to have an easy way to search for past tickets using specific keywords.
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Cisco
Splunk is excellent when all your data is in one location. Its ability to correlate all that data is intuitive (once the hurdle of learning the query language is overcome). It is also easy to standardize the presentation of information to the company. When data is siloed/standalone, other systems can be cheaper and faster to implement.
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Pros
ServiceNow
  • Integration
  • Good search capabilities. Applications are created within CMDB and we can search for the app to see the changes, incidents and problems created
  • Reporting. Great store of MIS reports and will let you to create custom reports
  • Visual Task Boards - use it as Kanban boards
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Cisco
  • This SIEM consolidates multiple data points and offers several features and benefits, creating custom dashboards and managing alert workflows.
  • Splunk Cloud provides a simple way to have a central monitoring and security solution. Though it does not have a huge learning curve, you should spend some time learning the basics.
  • Splunk Cloud enables me to create and schedule statistical reports on network use for Management.
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Cons
ServiceNow
  • Finding requests that I opened and have since been completed by the assigned group/individual is very difficult to accomplish unless I've written down the request numbers somewhere.
  • Requests that I opened and are subsequently closed, often continue to appear in the list of "My Open Requests" giving the appearance that they were not completed when in fact they were.
  • It may exist, but if it does I haven't found it yet, which makes it less than intuitive, but I would like to see the ability to recall a request in ServiceNow.
  • I believe our firewall rule change request for is a custom form, but it has a serious drawback. If I submit such a request and need to make a correction to it before it is approved, there isn't anyway for me to do so. The request has to first be rejected with the creation of a sub-task in order to edit it before it is resubmitted for approval.
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Cisco
  • The SPL programming language that the queries are built in is not very intuitive.
  • There should be a better repository of pre-built queries for what I would think of as common Active Directory usage monitoring.
  • I would like to see more free training/familiarization information made available.
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Likelihood to Renew
ServiceNow
Excellent rating for exceptional service provided for efficiency and efficient output given by it. It helped both client as well business to coordinate better for the requirements they work. It help to generate reports for real time progress on task. It helps to keep active watch on progress made by all parties
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Cisco
Ease of use and have all the features we need
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Usability
ServiceNow
It has helped us a lot, and after some training and getting to know the product, we are quite comfortable with it and feel much more capable of understanding what's going on in our IT environment. The only reason it doesn't get a perfect score from me is that there is a learning curve for both end users and IT admins using ServiceNow. Once you customize the UI and remove unnecessary fields. You are left with a very clean product that does what it needs to and does it well.
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Cisco
What it does well:
- Powerful SPL query language for advanced users
- Excellent visualization dashboards
- Comprehensive documentation and community support
Where it needs work:
- Steep learning curve for SPL syntax
- Non-Intuitive UI for beginners
- Complex administration and data model configuration
- Search performance degrades with poor query optimization
Bottom line: Enterprise-grade tool requiring dedicated training investment. Best for teams with experienced analysts.
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Reliability and Availability
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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Cisco
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Performance
ServiceNow
For a massive system, page loads are reasonably quick, including searches.
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Cisco
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Support Rating
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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Cisco
Splunk Cloud support is sorely lacking unfortunately. The portal where you submit tickets is not very good and is lacking polish. Tickets are left for days without any updates and when chased it is only sometimes you get a reply back. I get the feeling the support team are very understaffed and have far too much going on. From what I know, Splunk is aware of this and seem to be trying to remedy it.
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Online Training
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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Cisco
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Implementation Rating
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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Cisco
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Alternatives Considered
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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Cisco
Search Processing Language really is a game changer for writing easy-to-understand and maintainable queries on your data base logs. Once understood, setting up and validating a query can be done in no time- which leaves us the option to focus on more monitoring and improved services. We have no other tools that utilizes data this efficiently
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Scalability
ServiceNow
ServiceNow works as an enterprise solution.
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Cisco
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Return on Investment
ServiceNow
  • We don't currently have a CMDB, so we are leveraging ServiceNow to build one using their ITSM and ITOM tools. This is a huge gap for us as a company and it will be a big win once this is in place.
  • The core help desk functions are comparable to most other tools on the market, but SN does a great job of integrating that data with other modules like Problem, Change and Event Management to provide a truly integrated solution.
  • The tool is expensive, so you will need to try to do as much as you can with the platform. We currently use other systems for HAM and SAM but will be including these in our ServiceNow instance in the future to help maximize our ROI.
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Cisco
  • End-end visibility across your departmental silos
  • Strengthen the overall global monitoring posture
  • Move from Reactive to Proactive Monitoring
  • Highly secure environment at your finger-tips
  • Takes you away from managing infrastructure/administration, allows saving time & money. Reduce the overall TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
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