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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft System Center

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft System Center Suite is a family of IT management software for network monitoring, updating and patching, endpoint protection with anti-malware, data protection and backup, ITIL- structured IT service management, remote administration and more. It is available in two editions: standard and datacenter. Datacenter provides unlimited virtualization for high density private clouds, while standard is for lightly or non-virtualized private cloud workloads.

    $1,323

    per month

    ServiceNow IT Service Management

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ABuilt 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
    Pricing
    Microsoft System CenterServiceNow IT Service Management
    Editions & Modules
    Standard Edition
    $1323
    Datacenter Edition
    $3607
    ITSM Standard
    Custom Quote
    ITSM Pro
    Custom Quote
    ITSM Enterprise
    Custom Quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft System CenterServiceNow IT Service Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—ITSM 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
    Microsoft System CenterServiceNow IT Service Management
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft System Center
    I have not had any experience with another system that you would image computers other than manually imaging them locally with an image.
    Incentivized
    ServiceNow
    Chose ServiceNow IT Service Management
    We used SmarterTrak before and it was almost impossible to use. The flow of ServiceNow is so much better. SmarterTrak was hard to follow the ticket. Unless you were part of multiple groups in the system you couldn't view certain tickets.
    Incentivized
    Chose ServiceNow IT Service Management
    When we reviewed BMC offerings and compared with ServiceNow in late 2012, ServiceNow had the most flexibility and I believe still has the most flexibility if you're comfortable with the underlying platform and have a strong guiding service philosophy. You can make the tool do …
    Incentivized
    Chose ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Microsoft System Center, SharePoint, Serena. Of those that I have used, ServiceNow was the most competent in all areas. But it was also the most expensive.
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Microsoft System CenterServiceNow IT Service Management
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Microsoft System Center and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow IT Service Management
    8.9
    68 Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings10.067 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.051 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings8.056 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings10.065 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.063 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings9.060 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings8.062 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Microsoft System Center and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow IT Service Management
    8.3
    61 Ratings
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings8.060 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.059 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings8.952 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Microsoft System Center and ServiceNow IT Service Management
    Feature
    Microsoft System Center
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow IT Service Management
    9.0
    62 Ratings
    Change requests repository00 Ratings9.062 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings9.056 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft System CenterServiceNow IT Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (79 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (22 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)