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    Mattermost

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Mattermost from the company of the same name in Palo Alto is a messaging, collaboration and communication platform providing high security and compliance for the businesses that need it.

    $0

    per month per user

    ServiceNow Now Platform

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AThe ServiceNow Now Platform is a digital workflow building and extension tool for ServiceNow featuring a number of low-code / no code tools.N/A
    Pricing
    MattermostServiceNow Now Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Free Self-Hosted
    $0
    per month per user
    Professional
    $10
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Us
    per month per user
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    Pricing Offerings
    MattermostServiceNow Now Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    MattermostServiceNow Now Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Mattermost
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    ServiceNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    43 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    45 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    31 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    MattermostServiceNow Now Platform
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Mattermost and ServiceNow Now Platform
    Feature
    Mattermost
    8.3
    46 Ratings
    8% above category average
    ServiceNow Now Platform
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    Ratings
    Task Management7.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search8.925 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Mattermost and ServiceNow Now Platform
    Feature
    Mattermost
    8.4
    49 Ratings
    6% above category average
    ServiceNow Now Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Chat9.249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.449 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions8.847 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys8.930 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase6.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting8.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook8.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Mattermost and ServiceNow Now Platform
    Feature
    Mattermost
    9.1
    29 Ratings
    15% above category average
    ServiceNow Now Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files9.323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files9.323 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration7.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control9.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features9.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive8.613 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync10.017 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    MattermostServiceNow Now Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (51 ratings)
    9.5
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.4
    (7 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (6 ratings)
    9.3
    (20 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    7.6
    (21 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (36 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MattermostServiceNow Now Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Mattermost
    I used Mattermost on a full remote company and it perfectly suited our collaboration and communication culture. The company dealt with privileged and personal information of a huge data base of users, so it was a significant advantage for our need to comply with industry regulations.
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    ServiceNow
    ITSM is straight forward creation of Incidents and Requests. It can get more confusing as you layer more modules on top of it with event management, risk, project, etc. It also becomes more costly as everything is a different license. Integration between other external applications is very easy to do with their API. You can easily create endpoints for external apps to talk to or create REST messages for the platform to reach out directly.
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    Pros
    Mattermost
    • Easy intergration to our main CRM (Monday.com)
    • I'm not techy myself but I have seen a lot of our previous integrations in Slack transferred over to Mattermost so that's fun
    • The desktop and phone app (android) works well enough. I haven't tried it on the Apple ecosystem yet.
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    ServiceNow
    • It helps put manage the request really well. It is easier to create a request, track the request and manage the request. It doesn't get lost into a pile of requests.
    • We've already pre-setted some settings into our ServiceNow. So it automatically assigns the level of urgency and mentions on the ticke if its a high or low priority request.
    • I really like the ServiceNow dashboards. They ate setup in a really nice way. The dashboards show the real time data aswell as old data incase if we need to see if there is a pattetn in the request or to fix any recurring issue.
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    Cons
    Mattermost
    • Some of the features in paid plans could be free, however, they have much offered in free plan (self-hosted)
    • The Desktop App we use on windows has some bugs, like when Mattermost is down and comes back up, the app needs restart
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    ServiceNow
    • The ServiceNow performance speed has big room for improvement, as it is quite slow in loading Dashboards with more than 5-6 widgets. We are keeping our ServiceNow version up to date with latest releases.
    • Usually there are issues with having multiple ServiceNow tabs open in the browser and have different dashboards open in those tabs.
    • The way of showing a history log of all activities on Incident ticket is not optimal and easy to use or search in and have very old design.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Mattermost
    Mattermost has been an excellent tool for our business, allowing for a very cost-effective means of communicating, collaborating, and sharing project and business documentation and resources. The free community edition allows for simple installation on existing cloud server resources which results in significantly lower recurring costs compared to the competition
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    While we are very likely to renew, we are also assessing if we should renew all of what we currently subscribe to as we try to reduce costs. Some parts of the business feel there may be a better tool out there to fit their process requirements. We are currently working with them to identify what those requirements are to see if it makes sense while also pointing out a reduced cost of tooling is not always the best fit if we have an increased cost of customization and maintenance between tools.
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    Usability
    Mattermost
    It's an extremely easy to use software, and I would recommend it to every company that is growing. I think they could improve their notification system, as it gets a little spammy sometimes and important notifications get lost. Also needs to improve the number of private chats that you are allowed to create.
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    ServiceNow
    It provides a lot of modification options which is wonderful for certain team usage but becomes too much of a job when it comes to the Service Desk. Also on the app support side, since too much information can be carried, it affects the GUI and makes it complex.
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    Support Rating
    Mattermost
    We have not had to contact support for Mattermost ever. All that we have needed has been available in the documentation or website. One of our DevOps team members set it up in a couple of hours. The whole team was using Mattermost that same day. No support needed.
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    ServiceNow
    I was not in the team that take care of the installation of ServiceNow but their feedback was very positive. Go live was done by the planned date and their support at the beginning provided always a timely response. Their customer service is friendly and easy to reach. Today we don't use their customer service anymore because we have an internal IT dedicated to maintaining the system.
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    Implementation Rating
    Mattermost
    This went as expected. No surprises or major hurdles.
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    ServiceNow
    We went through a re-implementation last year with a partner and were very pleased with the outcome. We looked at several partners and chose one that was able to provide an entire scope and cost upfront of what would be required to complete our requirements. We worked very closely with the dedicated team assigned to our project throughout the process and they fully delivered on all of our requirements that we presented in the initial scope.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Mattermost
    I feel slack is a bit more difficult to use overall than Mattermost. Mattermost makes the tasks of communicating across departments and team members easier, as well as giving the ability to share information via hyper links, attachments, and other forms of communication among every body here. Also, easier user interface
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    ServiceNow
    ServiceNow is by far a better tool over Remedy. Its ability to integrate so seamlessly to so many tools allows for plenty of opportunity to streamline and improve processes. Servicenow has intuitive flows that allow you to quickly pivot if process change. Its adaptiveness is what makes it far better solution over Remedy
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Mattermost
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    1. It is not great when they can't seperate apps/products from a particular sku, forcing you to make a business case for a larger portion of functionlity than your current business case seeks to address. 2. ServiceNow reps are able to work with you when economies of scale are projected out. They are willing to start at a desired tier and provide pricing at applicable upgraded tiers
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    Professional Services
    Mattermost
    No answers on this topic
    ServiceNow
    Very easy to use. Capture more data from the Incident and problem management. Easier to escalate and following the change management process to resole the issues.
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    Return on Investment
    Mattermost
    • Improved Communication Efficiency by consolidating all the variety of messaging apps etc
    • real-time communication and collaboration has improved the orgs ability to address issues and implement changes rapidly.
    • Accelerated decision-making processes, reducing the time required for team approvals and discussions which used to be in back and forth emails.
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    ServiceNow
    • Fast implementation of our Sales & Operation/Projects controls and process - tool adapted to our needs, not us to adapt to the tool.
    • Once we are a consulting/implementation company, our customers are happy to see that we use what we sell, and it is easy to show them how this platform/tool can have an impact on our own business.
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    ScreenShots

    Mattermost Screenshots

    Screenshot of Channels: All team communications in one place.Screenshot of Playbooks: Orchestrates work across tools and teams.Screenshot of Boards: Project planning and milestones.Screenshot of Connections: Unites the entire technology stack through a single point of collaboration.