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At a Glance
Star Rating
ServiceNow IT Service Management
ServiceNow IT Service Management
SolarWinds Service Desk
SolarWinds Service Desk
Market Segments
ServiceNow IT Service Management
ServiceNow IT Service Management
Enterprise (73.8% of reviews)
Information
SolarWinds Service Desk
SolarWinds Service Desk
Mid-Market (68.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
ServiceNow IT Service Management
ServiceNow IT Service Management
No pricing available
SolarWinds Service Desk
SolarWinds Service Desk
$39.00 Per Month
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ServiceNow IT Service Management vs SolarWinds Service Desk

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found SolarWinds Service Desk easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with SolarWinds Service Desk overall.

  • Reviewers felt that ServiceNow IT Service Management meets the needs of their business better than SolarWinds Service Desk.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that SolarWinds Service Desk is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of SolarWinds Service Desk over ServiceNow IT Service Management.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
ServiceNow IT Service Management
No pricing available
SolarWinds Service Desk
ESSENTIALS
$39.00
Per Month
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Free Trial
ServiceNow IT Service Management
Free Trial is available
SolarWinds Service Desk
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
670
8.6
666
Ease of Use
8.4
671
9.0
666
Ease of Setup
8.4
254
8.6
541
Ease of Admin
8.7
240
8.9
559
Quality of Support
8.5
601
8.9
641
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
237
9.0
539
Product Direction (% positive)
8.7
649
9.0
649
Features by Category
IT Service Management (ITSM) ToolsHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
9.0
2,288
8.6
1,190
Administration
9.2
160
|
Verified
8.7
101
|
Verified
8.9
150
|
Verified
8.6
105
|
Verified
8.9
163
|
Verified
8.4
115
|
Verified
Service Desk
9.1
169
|
Verified
9.3
122
|
Verified
9.3
171
|
Verified
9.2
121
|
Verified
9.1
163
|
Verified
8.7
115
|
Verified
Management
8.9
154
|
Verified
8.3
62
|
Verified
8.9
142
|
Verified
8.8
61
|
Verified
9.0
145
|
Verified
8.5
60
|
Verified
9.0
140
|
Verified
8.2
52
|
Verified
8.8
130
7.6
43
|
Verified
Functionality
9.4
158
|
Verified
9.1
66
|
Verified
8.9
148
8.4
50
|
Verified
9.0
148
|
Verified
8.7
57
|
Verified
9.0
147
|
Verified
8.1
60
|
Verified
9.0
1,162
8.1
465
Monitoring
9.0
174
|
Verified
8.5
61
|
Verified
9.1
183
|
Verified
8.4
70
|
Verified
9.1
187
|
Verified
8.7
76
|
Verified
Management Tools
9.2
188
|
Verified
8.9
81
|
Verified
9.0
181
8.7
82
|
Verified
8.7
173
|
Verified
8.5
69
|
Verified
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
6.5
13
8.6
76
6.9
13
Not enough data
8.3
335
Asset Inventory
Not enough data
8.5
53
Not enough data
8.3
52
Not enough data
8.1
40
Not enough data
8.0
40
Not enough data
8.0
50
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Management
Not enough data
8.6
55
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
45
Software Asset Management ToolsHide 9 FeaturesShow 9 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Risk assessment
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
2,729
8.3
4,371
Incident Management
9.0
263
8.6
406
9.0
262
8.6
403
9.1
269
8.8
436
8.7
257
8.4
390
8.7
250
8.5
375
Reporting
8.7
261
8.4
424
8.7
239
8.1
335
8.6
135
8.0
309
Access & Usability
8.1
197
7.2
338
8.7
250
8.5
380
8.5
218
8.3
319
8.8
128
8.5
256
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
ServiceNow IT Service Management
ServiceNow IT Service Management
SolarWinds Service Desk
SolarWinds Service Desk
ServiceNow IT Service Management and SolarWinds Service Desk are categorized as IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools, Incident Management, and Service Desk
Unique Categories
ServiceNow IT Service Management
ServiceNow IT Service Management is categorized as Configuration Management
SolarWinds Service Desk
SolarWinds Service Desk is categorized as IT Asset Management and Software Asset Management Tools
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
ServiceNow IT Service Management
ServiceNow IT Service Management
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
5.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
20.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
73.8%
SolarWinds Service Desk
SolarWinds Service Desk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
7.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
68.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
24.3%
Reviewers' Industry
ServiceNow IT Service Management
ServiceNow IT Service Management
Information Technology and Services
32.5%
Computer Software
8.0%
Hospital & Health Care
5.1%
Financial Services
4.7%
Computer & Network Security
4.1%
Other
45.6%
SolarWinds Service Desk
SolarWinds Service Desk
Information Technology and Services
12.5%
Hospital & Health Care
7.3%
Higher Education
5.1%
Education Management
4.9%
Financial Services
4.4%
Other
65.8%
Most Helpful Reviews
ServiceNow IT Service Management
ServiceNow IT Service Management
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Ahmad O.
AO
Ahmad O.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

I Service Management Help Companies To improve and control Workflow between Team

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Insurance
GI
Verified User in Insurance

Everything: ServiceNow has no idea about ITIL, they took ITIL and flipped it upside down. Their system is broken and doesn't work properly. Imagine you go to a car dealer to buy a new car. You pay the money and you get the keys. When you get outside to...

SolarWinds Service Desk
SolarWinds Service Desk
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Terrance H.
TH
Terrance H.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Samanage takes IT asset management and tracking to the next level, and is worth every critical dollar our non-profit agency spends on it. As a one-person IT shop, I have found Samanageto be an exceptional solution for tracking assets, managing work orders,...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Retail

Unfortunately, many things. > No automatic refresh of queue > Limited HTML or color in comments. > No native ability to turn tickets into purchase orders. > Bland, sometimes hard to read skin, with horrible sizing and placement of fields. > Custom...

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Discussions
ServiceNow IT Service Management
ServiceNow IT Service Management Discussions
What is the ServiceNow now platform?
2 comments
Satyajit C.
SC
ServiceNow is a cloud-based platform that provides a wide range of IT service management (ITSM) and business process automation (BPA) solutions. The...Read more
Asset Tracking
1 comment
Rajeev K.
RK
There are 2 ways to do this: Buying subscription for ServiceNow Discovery and setting up the environment for setup as per schema as well as maintaining the...Read more
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1 comment
MB
SolarWinds Service Desk
SolarWinds Service Desk Discussions
Windows Installer
1 comment
JB
This one is easy. When Samanage became Solarwinds we quit using the product and went elsewhere. Samanage had an EXE and an ISO. I'm none to interested in...Read more
How do I upload a solution article using tablets or phones?
1 comment
Danielle L.
DL
Unfortunately, we can’t create Solutions from the mobile app. Read more
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