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ServiceNow IT Service Management

Overview

What is ServiceNow IT Service Management?

ServiceNow is a fast-growing service management provider that went public in 2012. 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…

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ServiceNow IT Service Management is a versatile tool used by organizations to address a wide range of IT requests and processes. Users …
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Great Service Management Tool

9 out of 10
April 08, 2022
ServiceNow is our primary ITSM tool, we use the modules like Change Management, Incident Management and Problem Management extensively. …
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Popular Features

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  • Self-service tools (64)
    9.0
    90%
  • Organize and prioritize service tickets (66)
    8.8
    88%
  • ITSM reports and dashboards (61)
    8.8
    88%
  • Subscription-based notifications (62)
    7.6
    76%
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Pricing

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Starting Price

$10,000.00

Cloud
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Incident and problem management

Streamlining ticketing and service restoration processes

8.2
Avg 8.1

ITSM asset management

Managing all IT assets and enforcing policy rules

8.5
Avg 8.2

Change management

Ensuring standardized processes for making changes to IT infrastructure

8
Avg 8.4
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Product Details

ServiceNow IT Service Management Integrations

ServiceNow IT Service Management Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

ServiceNow is a fast-growing service management provider that went public in 2012. 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, and (on the higher tier ITSM Professional plan) ITAM and software asset management.

Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite, IFS Assyst, and CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager are common alternatives for ServiceNow IT Service Management.

Reviewers rate Service-level management highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of ServiceNow IT Service Management are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

ServiceNow IT Service Management is a versatile tool used by organizations to address a wide range of IT requests and processes. Users across various departments, from DBAs to human resources, rely on ServiceNow to handle and schedule delivery processes, submit change requests, and track ticketing and asset management. It serves as a central repository for all IT-related information, allowing for efficient communication and improved organization. With its customizable dashboards, user-friendly interface, and integration options with Jira, ServiceNow proves invaluable in tracking tasks, incidents, change requests, and managing IT hardware equipment. Additionally, it extends beyond ITSM to provide solutions for HR and CRM needs. Consultants implement and integrate ServiceNow across different domains and industries, consolidating enterprise service processes onto one platform. Whether it's managing cases, device interactions, project management, or procurement tasks, ServiceNow has become the go-to solution for organizations seeking to streamline their operations efficiently.

Comprehensive and scalable ticketing system: Users have found ServiceNow to be a comprehensive and scalable ticketing system that caters to both internal and external customers. They appreciate the ability to categorize tickets easily, making it simple to organize and manage requests.

Robust permissions and security rules: The robust permissions and security rules in ServiceNow are highly praised by users. These features ensure a high level of security, giving users peace of mind when using the platform.

Seamless integration with Microsoft Active Directory: Users value the seamless integration between ServiceNow and Microsoft Active Directory. This integration provides a smooth user experience, allowing for easy access and management of user accounts.

Difficulties with User Interface: Users have expressed confusion and frustration with the user interface of ServiceNow. Some reviewers have mentioned missing features and a lack of customization options, making it difficult to tailor the platform to their specific needs.

Performance Issues: Several users have reported performance issues with ServiceNow. They have experienced freezing, slow loading times, and occasional errors while using the tool. These technical problems hinder productivity and create a frustrating user experience.

Concerns about Pricing: The pricing of ServiceNow has been raised as a concern by some users, particularly for small and medium-sized organizations. Reviewers have felt that the cost of the tool is too high for the value it provides, which poses challenges for budget-conscious businesses.

Users commonly recommend using ServiceNow as a ticketing tool and for managing IT assets. They find it to be well-defined and more performance-oriented than other tools on the market. Another common recommendation is to utilize ServiceNow as a solution for service management and tracking tasks. Users appreciate its high integrability and ease of use, making it easier to solve business problems efficiently. However, they suggest improving the user interface and acknowledge the learning curve when initially using the tool. Comparing ServiceNow with other tools like Zira and Remedy, users specifically highlight its effectiveness in tracking customer issues in large companies. Overall, users believe that ServiceNow is the best ITSM product with innovative modules that can benefit any organization. They recommend thoroughly configuring ServiceNow before production and integrating other applications like Power BI for better reporting. Additionally, having a dedicated team to run ServiceNow support is considered crucial, along with thorough planning and communication for maximum benefit. Users appreciate ServiceNow for its contribution to organizational improvement and incident reporting. They also emphasize the cost-saving benefits of reducing paper usage and time spent on business technical issues. Migrating to ServiceNow is recommended for better visibility, automation, continuous improvement, auditing work, and ease of use. Lastly, users find ServiceNow to be an excellent tool for auto-correction of internal processes, believing it to be the best tool currently available in the industry. They suggest understanding the license cost per user role and highlight its suitability for various departments within an organization.

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Reviews

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Harish kumar Vardineni | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I have faced laptop vpn issue and i have raised request in ServiceNow IT Service Management and changed priority as critical. Then with in 4 hours my issue resolved because of SLA timeframe mentioned 4 hours for critical request. I have raised admin credentials request for one of new memeber in my project and i have used requested for option To provide new employee name and id instead of mine. For every update related to my request we have received email notifications and status of the request.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
With the scale of our company ServiceNow IT Service Management performance & option go above our expectation. There is many enhance feature and SN keep improving. Self-Service Portal is the most useful of many feature of ServiceNow IT Service Management
Max Lewenhaupt | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The latest versions greatly improved my previous experience. I had the opportunity to learn management modules and we need to improve and reduce the size of our database to improve performance. But it is excellent what they have achieved in these times. With my experience from many years in different countries I have to admit that the Catalog builder tool saves a lot of time. It's excellent.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The tool is very sufficient and very helpful for helping colleagues or customers with their IT-related questions or issues based on SLA you can create a nice environment. The people from ServiceNow are very helpful and open to new opportunities. It is also very easy to use and easy to learn to new IT colleagues how to work with the tool. I would definitely recommend this tool to other IT colleagues.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is the perfect management tool for giant IT infrastructural organizations as well as small ones. one can always customize and use it as per their capacity and volume. A proper process is defined and is followed when a request is made. It works on an SLA basis which is an amazing option. however, for extremely small ventures its uses are limited as compared to large organizations.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ServiceNow IT Service Management is most applicable for larger companies. It can supply large, easily searchable Knowledge Base articles to train employees, especially Tier 1 tech support. If the company has a large about of Tier 1 tech support staffed, then this is a perfect service. It also includes a lot of ways to categorize and search the categories of the tickets, so that even a large amount of tickets can be filed away properly.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think [ServiceNow IT Service Management is] best suited for very straight-forward customer support type ticketing. If the problem can't be solved by the customer support team, then the ticket likely is a larger issue (ie: a bug) and then likely a Jira ticket would need to be created for more robust documentation.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
All in all, ServiceNow IT Service Management is a great tool for all my company because it adapts to different areas and divisions, so it's not tied to the IT realm; having everything in the cloud facilitates communication with our clients.

It actually fits for most of our clients, and the great thing is I believe it's flexible to keep adding clients or accounts that have access to their cases.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In a medium to large sized organization, ServiceNow [IT Service Management] will be a good fit. Our organization is only using a small part of the offering from them but it solves many of our business problems. I would not recommend ServiceNow [IT Service Management] for small organizations or organizations that [I feel] are still very early (immature) in their change management process.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ServiceNow is a ticket software and is fine to use for any circumstances which requires assigning work to teams or individuals, creating approval flows where different people need to approve a work item, or even some other random functions like a knowledge base for storing team articles or creating a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). While it is used by all of our IT department, I can see why the developers are using Jira more and the infrastructure teams are using ServiceNow.
Saul Sanchez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is great to have a well-defined process while requesting support, it is easy for you to see the progress of your ticket and who is or has worked on your request. You need to have a well-defined catalog; if you do not do that your support requests steps could be too many.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is suited for medium to large companies that can afford to have a full-time ServiceNow developer. There is a lot of customization and coding that can be done to make it a great product but that requires some coding expertise. It is great for companies that do not have any current products and are looking to get ServiceNow IT Service Management implemented.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ServiceNow can facilitate an organization's needs for a robust incident and change management tool. It also has a wide array of other features that can be tailored to the company or down to the individual. ServiceNow also provides capabilites for event management, such as a trigger that would perform a restart of a service on a server for example.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ServiceNow is well suited to any organization with a large service desk that needs to address the issues, requests, and concerns of multiple users. It is well suited for an organization that needs an easy way to distribute tickets.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ServiceNow has a lot of useful training material. It is easy to get trained and be able to use the tool efficiently in a short period of time. Fast performance and a lot of different reporting options is a big plus of the tool.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
ServiceNow is certainly appropriate for any organization that operates using a ticketing system to document work managed (i.e. an IT HelpDesk, a cable, phone, or internet service provider). It would not be well suited for an environment where service offerings are not the type that can be compartmentalized and aggregated perfectly (i.e. some professional services such as law offices, financial services, medical facilities).
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I would recommend ServiceNow for anyone. ServiceNow is so powerful and highly useful that it would be a benefit to any organization with at least over 750 employees. This software is highly customizable and integrates with almost any software that might be used by your organization. It is something to look at if you can afford it.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Ticketing is the greatest strength of ServiceNow, so having users log issues and then trigger workflows to get tasks created and assigned to multiple support groups to solve the problem is the best use of ServiceNow.
  • Although ServiceNow is powerful, sometimes they (ServiceNow reps) want to sell you the idea that all processes can be solved through the use of ServiceNow. However, that would require too much customization that gets problematic when a new version upgrade is required. As I mentioned, they do between 1 to 2 releases per year, so trying to upgrade when too many customizations were made can become a problem or need too much time to make sure all isn't broken.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I would highly recommend this platform for any firm trying to consolidate a lot of tasks into one tool. If you need a SaaS provider that allows you to manage requests, change management, knowledge bases, client portals, and reporting functionality, this is a great tool. My firm has really benefited greatly from utilizing this tool.
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