ServiceNow Customer Service Management

Pros

This software is very easy to use and is extremely user-friendly. I love that it is very customizable and can be tailored to any buisness model.

Cons

There are times that it can be slow when trying to interact with some of the dashboards.

Pros

It is easy to manage our staffs effectively.
It has an easy to use and userfriendly interface that is fit for all our employees.
It is easy to cut tickets to our customers having issues.

Cons

There is nothing we liked the least.It delivered to our company's expectations

Pros

It provides full integration with teams and tasks, allowing to easy monitoring their status and progress

Cons

It has so many branches to get an incident sent to.

Pros

None of the Service Now items belong to the "Like" group.

Cons

Service Now technician can not fix anything. It is worthless.

Pros

I like that everything you need to know is in the system

Cons

It can be a little overwhelming when you first start

Pros

The ability to build personal and team reporting dashboards

Cons

Documentation to get help on creating filters

Pros

The PROMISED functionality is fine. They never got it to a functional state after a year of "implementation." I do not recommend ServiceNow for small and medium sized businesses because ServiceNow doesn't care about fulfilling their promises because losing a small business is no big deal.

Cons

I feel that ServiceNow lied to me. I was told that it could integrate with NetSuite, our ERP. ServiceNow referred us to one of their partners for implementation. We bought it in December of 2020. It is now December 2021, and the tool is still not implemented. On top of this, they are contacting me asking why I haven't paid for the second year of the service! We have not been able to actually use the tool once! We are too small of a company for Service Now to do anything about the issue.

Pros

1. User-friendly interface. 2. Reduce manual tasks. 3. ServiceNow offers a wide range of IT service management features and they are very user-friendly.

Cons

The price of the service can be expensive to implement and customize, especially for smaller businesses or organizations with limited budgets.

Pros

As a operation Lead i use ServiceNow on daily basis , it helps me checking shift schedule of my team so as i can assign tasks 2) also to check the current status of Service tickets as like where the call is pending so to get follow up with concern team,3)ServiceNow helps to raise Incident or issues occurs for production application environment to report to centralized senior management team so as to keep tracker

Cons

Has two view for dashboard one basic view enable to raise tickets and other is agent view to get details about various things about ticket in-depth details and dashboard customization services. In spite can have to different link so that users can use either one which required also we can offer to user which specifically used by that designation

Pros

Managing ITIL Processes has become easier with ServiceNow. Integration with various security tools helps a lot.

Cons

Sometimes Implementation can be tideous but the Customer service team is awesome to help you with that.

Pros

The most impactful feature of it is customer ticketing management.
The way it is designed makes it very easy to work with customer and internal team at the same time.

The flow is designed very user-friendly and easy to use.

Cons

The least I like about the servicenow is the performance issue sometimes.
It gives problem when you start multiple sessions at a time and when you are working on multiple tickets with the customer, it is obvious that multiple sessions will be started.

Pros

With the help of ServiceNow's Customer Service Management platform, issues may be quickly and efficiently resolved for customers and clients. As a result of its extensive array of inbuilt features and capabilities, it consistently provides high levels of service and delights customers, creating a positive impression that sticks with them. It helps inspire trust among our clients. Integration of CSM software's configuration tools with third-party applications runs smoothly and without a hitch. ServiceNow centralizes the management of all our customers' service and IT needs in one spot, and their support staff is incredibly quick to respond to any questions or concerns. Their full-service team responds promptly and professionally to our needs, creating an aesthetically pleasing and enduring product. superior capacity for integration, with a focus on delivering exceptional service to clients around the world.

Cons

We have absolutely no complaints. ServiceNow's comprehensive CSM offerings provide one of the best customer service encounters available today. Their support staff is quick to respond to whatever issue we bring up, and they always do a great job of fixing things for us. We also hope that they will consider our suggestion for a modest price cut to the premium version, which will allow more businesses to afford it and make full use of the services it provides.

Pros

Workflow management is the best feature I liked most in this software. With this feature, the company can smoothly manage projects and can also track customer cases and tickets.

Cons

As of now, I don't get any feature present in this software which I don't like.

Pros

ServiceNow software has helped our company integrate formerly separate segments into one service force.

Cons

As of now, I have not run into many cons of ServiceNow.

Pros

I find this product user-friendly, tracking enabled and knowledge oriented. It's definitely better than other competing products in the market as it enforces standard ITIL practices.

Cons

I have not had such experience to dislike this product. being ITIL certified Analyst, I deem this product very appropriate to follow standard service management practices.

Pros

-can search to find topics
-can customize search for tickets and service request
-can excel tickets and customize the information
-if you developers access you can create reports
-receive email confirmation and when tickets are updated
-can uploads images and video

Cons

-when creating a service request the user cannot specify the name. First a request is created [sc_request] then automatically a requested Item is created [sc_req_item] with a default title which is extremely confusing
-only the user who created Incidents can reopen Incidents
-only the user who created Incidents can then link to previously closed incidents
-if you don't have developer access you can only see the tickets you created and need other users to add you as a watcher to the ticket
-Incidents cannot be changed into Service requests, and those changes can't be tracked. (example to change a Incident into a service request a Incident must be closed and Service request opened)
-IT Portal view doesn't save views, views are only saved for that session

Pros

Daily using this for logging tickets and updating the flow and found it much better not best than other software
Easy to navigate for simply tracking or logging tickets and passing it on to other team with comments
New team members were able to learn it quickly with the help of documentation/articles which we can found easily in help and the design is user friendly from navigation point of view

Cons

Improvement is required in terms of performance as it gets stuck most of the time doing search for any member outside of our group or closed ticket

Pros

Out of the box, Service Now comes with configuration templates to get you started on your HelpDesk service deployment. From there, you can start tweaking the tool to match your company needs. This was very helpful to us since we were deploying a ticketing tool for the first time.
The deployment process was a breeze, intuitive and we didn´t find any major roadblocks whatsoever.
From the user side, is very easy to use, great compatibility with any browser (since is web based), and the amount of tools for reporting are amazing.
We are able to benchmark and tweak our Support Service and keep track of our KPI metrics very easily.

Cons

It can be somewhat overpriced. Other than that, no issue whatsoever.

Pros

you can customize everything

you can change the OOTB version of the portal as you like with programming (in other softwares you have constraints due to the OOTB version)

The cloud allow you to easily access it everywhere and everytime; there is also an App

Cons

Cost, maybe if you are a small company you don't need that

App to be improved

Few OOTB customizations in front end; you need to change the code to customize the portal

Pros

ServiceNow is a Service Management Platform, ranked by Gartner just as the #1 in the global market of digital service management platforms. Easy to use, deep dive, almost boundaryless ServiceNow software integrates a strong and robust collaborative service management engine, that allows almost all kind of organizations, no matter the economic sector, to optimize and automate any business and IT service through a full function collaborative tool set, such as Asset Discovery, service catalog, business rules definition, SLA's and analytics easy-to-build dashboards, not to mention the application development capabilities which stands as the ServiceNow main differentiators.

Cons

As any technology solutions, there is and will be room for improvement, starting with more built-in integration capabilities in order to simplify more complex implementations.

Pros

Virtually infinite possibilities when it comes to incident management and problem tracking

Cons

The price is very high compared to other softwares, but considering what it offers it's a good investment

Pros

It has a diverse number of features and is robust. There's a relatively large number of customization options.

Cons

It's too complicated at times. Finding and exploring information can be difficult. I would actually prefer a simpler interface for users.

Pros

- Highly customizable, extendable, and flexible according to one's needs.
- Constantly evolving and improving with two new releases per year.
- Contains everything which a CRM should have!

Cons

- Contains synchronous JavaScript requests which causes web pages to get stuck, disabling any actions on the webpage while the request is active. Sometimes, a page needs to be reloaded to make it work again.

- Many features (for instance: Reporting) require training first before a user can start using them. This process can be cumbersome for an average user if training resources are not available.

- Expensive as compared to other CRMs (for e.g. SalesForce).

Pros

It can handle large amounts of tickets, as well as supporting documentation and knowledge articles

Cons

Other users have easier workflows and better functionality, take your time and implement it right

Pros

ServiceNow does make it simple to assign requests, track workflows and any changes to the request. It makes it easy to communicate and resolve issues. Also makes it simple to manage your own workflow and tasks.

Cons

One thing about ServiceNow is that it can be more trouble than it's worth to track every ticket. Some requests simply aren't worth the time it takes to fully utilize the system. ServiceNow also does not have a great dashboard or summary of data. You can get there, but it's not as neat as it could be.

Pros

I like service now ticketing tool like categorised ricketing environment, proper work not addition and multiple types of ticket.

Cons

Nothing to be disliked in service now it is best used by industries for ticketing purpose and solving customer queries.

Pros

Ticket creation, management and handling. Knowledge base articles are auto suggested using keywords and based on the issue that it detects. Integration with nexthink is seamless.

Cons

Dashboard is glitchy sometimes and can be better.

Pros

Customer & Consumers, and Contacts management was handled pretty well. People Management is most valuable to provide services accordingly. The integration is seamless hence it provides APIs to make easier.

Cons

1. Portal - There are different portals for customers & consumers in OOB. This is creating confusion in gateway.2. Agent workspace - Performance is Slow.UI can be improved.

Pros

its integration with knowledge to access to previous similar cases and knowledge articles

Cons

As a SAAS service the tool gets slow very often

Pros

Integration with other build in like Slack and other communication tools. Easy to operate and quick to learn

Cons

Running reports need to be more customisable.

Pros

To its defense, it does process requests without delay.

Cons

Poor user interface design. Lacks an understanding of human factors and fails to embrace modern technology.About the worst part is the designers show a very low interest in gathering the concern being discussed. When you finally get to "problem description," it's buried on page two in a small window that uses 6% of the available display. But that area cannot accept any cut/paste of screenshots.Bypassing this tool is often the best course when there is a need for problem description and subsequent analysis. Tools like Microsoft Word and Outlook do pretty well in letting a person express their concerns. ServiceNow is more like the CSR that asks annoying, irrelevant questions and shows no interest in the concern itself.

Pros

I use it for ticketing purpose and it is very easy to understand and implement.

Cons

The software can be laggy at times . No major lags though.

Pros

It's very useful to follow up your customer tickets, timely updates and Save in the knowledge article the action taken for troubleshooting resolved issues.

Cons

Since it's already integrated with my company, I don't find any difficulties in working with its integrations.It has lots of features to be functional, so I'll update my review if I find any cons or improvement point down the road.

Pros

Its user friendly interface, its ability to be integrated with MS-Teams and outlook is very good feature.

Cons

Integration is very easy, nothing to dislike about.

Pros

first and formost point is, most the module is Workflow driven.for Juniors it is ease to use and learn.coding is minimal.you will get hell lot of examples from Web and Service-now communities to refer. APIs are readily available to integrate with any app.

Cons

if you report a problem or request for new feature then Servicenow team will take time to review that.then they will plan in their road Map may be it will come in next release like they have different release (helsinki/ geneva) or may be it will not come.this software they are keeping upto date so your team should have developers to fix the issue after each release.but i will say their product documentation is so so So good, it will help to understand and fix anything.

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Pros

The fact that the software is widely versatile and scalable for the needs of an organisation. It can use beyond IT but in every department in our organisation as it offers automation of business tasks as well as good reporting and analysis tools. HR processes, Self Service, Approvals, Confidential reporting, schedule reporting and automating routine work, asset management and discovery.

Cons

The fact that I can not imbed linksBut also think is mostly geared to large organisations. I have not found it to be possible for a small company to take advantage of this service (price plan and configuration is beyond the capabilities for a small company to take, which is a shame).

Pros

The ability to integrate with other applications and personalize the tool for use in ticketing and routing is maybe the most useful feature of ServiceNow. Our day-to-day customer support operations would not be possible without our user-friendly incident management, configuration management, and service documentation.Fast and simple incident reporting, progress tracking, and customer service interaction. ServiceNow is excellent for archiving service documentation; we've catalogued all of our services there, so that when tickets are sent, we can quickly and easily access the relevant knowledge base articles to address the problem.

Cons

A lengthy upgrade procedure might be the result of too much modification, but luckily there are many resources available to help you out. Non-IT users may find it challenging to use the site without first receiving etxra training.

Alternatives Considered

Pros

I think the ability to automate Active Directory account creation or deletion, third party software license assignments and access, and manage all of our company’s requests/incidents in one place are my favorite things.

Cons

The scheduled tasks feature is sometimes buggy in our current version; however we have been provided great support getting this resolved.

Pros

I think most important part that I like is posibility to configure Service Now layouts, list and elements on the screen to meet Your personal needs. Want to have this element to be shown in Your homepage dashboard? No problem! You need to create own template to not put the same response every time? Sure thing, You can do it here! Very layouts and pages which I like the most.

Cons

I think building reports and dashboards can be quite difficult when You are trying to do it first time. Report and dashboard builders are quite complex tools any such many options can be shocking at first and you need to spend some time to discover what is what and get used to it.

Pros

Highly scalable and provides modular solutions for implementing service based best practices across the enterprise. Initially focused on ITIL it has expanded to include ITOM, ITSM, and ITBM functions. Out of the box solutions for other areas of the enterprise including HR, Security, Governance, Finance, and CSR. The platform itself allows development using standard web technologies and programming skills and they offer a vast documentation library and vibrant community of developers and users. Their support is top notch and they are always quick to respond.

Cons

Their pricing model is complex and unwieldy. It can be very hard to determine which features you actually have access to. Some of the features which seem like they should be part of the base product functionality are split into sub-modules at additional cost. This can give the impression that you are being nickeled and dimed for every little feature. Inquiring about instance capabilities of technical staff is always referred to your sales rep.

Early adopters who did a lot of customization can find themselves in a lot technical debt prior to ServiceNow’s current guidance of best practices. Some of the earlier product design decisions have sometimes forced compromises to be implemented for product growth. This can create some ambiguous methods non-intuitive workarounds to be employed in development. Their documentation can be somewhat sparse on examples or use cases for particular API or feature specific applications.

Finally, since the product can become the core of so many areas of the enterprise, it can require quite a large investment in support resources and it requires these resources to understand SaaS management differences vs traditional application support development.

Pros

Covers all ITIl aspects w.r.t incident, problem and change management.
It has a very cohensive environment right from when an employee joins the organisation, getting access to applications, performing day to day jobs with tickets, requests, incidents, problems and changes.
Given the fact that it also has inbuilt reporting capabilities, this is an absolute must.
It's api and backend can be accessed by multiple softwares and applications enhancing the capability to produce visually appealing reports.
Admins/engineers/customer service execs can create their own dashboards to monitor their queues efficiently.
Inhouse capability to graphically repsent the queue make things easier while distributing work, prioritising work, planning change activities etc...

Cons

None that I know of as yet.
Whatever customisations i needed were easily available within the existing module.

Pros

I like the way ML/AI is integrated with incident management and reduce the workload and fastly act on critical issues

Cons

It still needs to mature to cater for wide variety of platforms and workflows

Pros

Works well for tracking tickets across a diverse organization. Integration with e-mail system simplifies interactions with users.

Cons

Complexity makes simple tasks difficult. Learning curve is steep. For example, performing simple searches is not possible. If I closed out a ticket recently, then I often need to look in the documentation to search for that specific ticket again. highly customizable views allow for tweaking to work with your use habits. Interface needs to be simplified and have common functions more accessible. It may partly be the way this organization has implemented and customized the interface, but it is still not user-friendly.

Pros

- out of the box configuration templates is great start point for setup

- Deep integration with other ServiceNow tools (big selections as well)

- easy for administration to benchmark and track support service

- like the fact that it has user customizable queries to filter out only items that you want.

Cons

- Performance is an issue. we have been getting on and off slowness that we can't seem to resolve it.

- over cost is higher compare with its competitors

- there should be ways to duplicates incidents

- Search result is unpredictable, sometimes search does not return the result you want without going into the module first (this is inconvenience as sometimes a ticket number is the only thing given and you have to figure it out what kind of ticket before searching)

Pros

All users work in the same interface, creating a pretty seamless pipeline between end users and departments that identify a need and the department and content manager responsible for the requestors need. ServiceNow handles most of the administrative duties, documentation, and organization for tasks/projects from step-by-step request submission, to manager approval, to task creation and delivery, ensuring timely communication and adherence to procedure, while freeing up development time.

Cons

Although the User Interface is straightforward for most tasks and consistent among all users, there are many rudimentary features that are either buggy or absent. For example, when a task is submitted, both a "request" and a "task" are assigned. They are identical and both must be filled out to close the job, but they do not interact with each other and one can be closed and the other open in the system. Similarly, there are no steps between completing and closing a task, but submitting a task as complete does nothing but refresh the page and change the "complete" option to "close." It doesn't not even populate the completion time.

Pros

As customizable as you need. Our Supply Chain Contact Center uses ServiceNow as their ticketing system. They're able to capture the source of the ticket (email vs phone), responsible parties, root cause, category and sub-category of issue, comments, and more. It's phenomenal. They've begun to use it to assign tasks from their department to other departments. This is a huge boost to their reporting capabilities, as they can now get a truer picture of their ability to hit SLAs. Our Process Optimization team is ramping up to use this to track reporting and project requests. Another stellar feature is ServiceNow's document repository. We're able to store training or case documents within ServiceNow, and then, when a rep types in their comments, ServiceNow actually displays related training and case documentation at the bottom of the page so the rep can review related documentation and resolve their tickets more quickly.

Cons

While ServiceNow has been wonderful for our Supply Chain Contact Center, it hasn't worked as well for our Security team, but I believe this has to do with how they've customized it for their own uses. For instance, my department will open a ticket for a new hire to receive proper system access, and we put the new hire's start date in the original ticket. Well, the original ticket isn't what's actually assigned to the Security Analyst - a sub-task is assigned, and the new hire's start date doesn't copy down to that sub-task. Consequently, Security Analysts often have to reach out to us to get information we already put in the ticket. Again, I think this has to do with how the system has been customized for their use.

Pros

works very well for support purposes. has all needed functionalities

Cons

can be complicated when it comes to admin stuff

Pros

- Is easy to use for developers and regular users.
- There is a good option like the feature that allows you to add people to the watch list so they can check the progress of the status of a ticket even do they are not going to provide support.

Cons

- Updates are not good since they made some changes and in some cases impact the way data previously saved on the application. Also, they made some changes in the GUI and some times users complain are related to that there is no a particular option or they are not able to find it now after the upgrade.

Pros

Easy to know which tickets me or my team have been assigned to. Setting up dashboards can be tricky but once they have been set, we can easily identify the workload for the week.

Cons

Quite complex to set up dashboards, this needs to be simplified. The website can be slow at times and finding a specific keywords on a ticket can be difficult at times.

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Pros

we have been using this application for more than 2 years now. When it comes to ticket management and issue status management, this has been very effective. The integrity of the tool with OKTA is best thing in this.

Cons

The tool is very slow with processing things and not very effective in the documentation. It has too many options which is making users confused.