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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pega Platform

    Score5.7 out of 10
    N/APega Platform is a combined business process management and robotic process automation (RPA) platform with advanced workforce analytics from Pegasystems.

    $35

    per month per user* (or $0.45 per case**)

    ServiceNow Customer Service Management

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ABuilt on the Now Platform, ServiceNow offers their Customer Service Management solution through the Standard and Professional Customer Service Management bundles. Both include agent workspace, knowledge management, survey and assessment module, and the community module, oriented in this edition to support customers rather than internal employees. The Professional bundle also includes performance analytics, predictive intelligence, and related tools to support customer support agents improvement…N/A
    Pricing
    Pega PlatformServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Editions & Modules
    Low-code Factory Edition
    $35
    per month per user* (or $0.45 per case**)
    Standard Edition
    $90
    per month per user* (or $0.80 per case**)
    Enterprise Edition
    Custom Quote
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Pega PlatformServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details*500 named user minimum. Additional users available in blocks of 100. Billed annually. Based on a 3-year term. **350,000 cases / year minimum. Additional cases available in blocks of 150,000.
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    Community Pulse
    Pega PlatformServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Considered Both Products
    Pegasystems
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    ServiceNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Pega PlatformServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Pega Platform and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    8.8
    62 Ratings
    7% above category average
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards9.061 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.661 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.660 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Pega Platform and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    7.8
    65 Ratings
    7% below category average
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer8.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation6.056 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine9.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support9.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player9.447 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages5.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder9.658 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution6.055 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Pega Platform and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    9.0
    50 Ratings
    7% above category average
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools9.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Pega Platform and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    4.4
    9 Ratings
    60% below category average
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    -
    Ratings
    Content management4.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Pega Platform and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings4.45 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Pega Platform and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    4.7
    5 Ratings
    50% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings4.44 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings5.15 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Pega Platform and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    -
    Ratings
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    6.3
    6 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings5.34 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings3.54 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score7 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Pega PlatformServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (73 ratings)
    7.4
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Pega PlatformServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pegasystems
    Pega Platform has introduced the low code feature, using app studio seasonal and professional developer can develop application easily and quickly. The initial application can be build by Business analyst and product owner who has less knowledge of Pega Platform, further application can be enhanced/extended by professional developer. We can develop end to end application and promote to higher environment. Easily we can perform parallel development using branch.
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    It is well suited for medium to large companies that manage different teams and need to communicate constantly and track progress in a timely manner. It is less suited for small enterprises as it will overwhelm users with the features and functionalities embedded.
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    Pros
    Pegasystems
    • Quick development time. Much of the Pega "rules" are easy to configure and implement.
    • Visually friendly and modern. Much of the UI/UX elements in the system are continuously supported and updated, giving a nice feel to the apps.
    • Many of the configurations and rules Pega gives to the developers can also be delegated to business users. The organization and structure of the client's business can easily be adapted in the Pega platform.
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    • We manage internal tickets through ServiceNow Customer Service Management. We raise tickets with IT and other team
    • We manage our datapipe customers through ServiceNow Customer Service Management and it efficiently manages our customer interactions
    • ServiceNow Customer Service Management helps us manage projects and tasks and keep a log of all our migration customers
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Pegasystems
    • Need more learning materials. For Beginners who have previous programming experience with another language takes more time to learn.
    • If the developer is met with an issue in pega platform , they have to rely on Pega supporting team to fix it.
    • Customization is available but is not encouraged. Pega does not support faults that occur in customized solutions.
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    • Adding in additional chat features would be nice
    • Viewing where you stand in priority
    • Having a way to automate more of the processes
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Pegasystems
    Pegasystems has continued to demonstrate a strong partnership with our organization and investment in their product that aligns with our overall vision and need. Pegasystems has engaged us at every level, with the assistance of minor defects to the overall roadmap planning and alignment of our goals
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    ServiceNow
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Pegasystems
    Pega Platform is enhancing its product and launching new features day by day which help to achieve customers needs. If I talk about the earlier version of Pega Platform (i.e. pega v5 and 6.3) there were many numbers of limitations in Pega Platform and if we need to do some customization then needed to write custom java and jave scripts to achieve the functionally. Now I can say Pega Platform is running with market trends and demand. Pega Platform is giving all the options which support the current technologies like decisioning capabilities, real time processing, mashup, process fabrics etc..
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    Bottom line is that it does what you need it to do. We've been using Service Now as a ticket managing tool for a few years now. There's really not much it can't do when it comes to recording interactions. It has been nice using inventory tracking for software licenses and hardware as well.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Pegasystems
    It’s very slow sometimes, but that may be our servers. Also the Knowledge Library needs some work - again, not sure if it’s our setup or what- but I’m unable to search the body of an article for content, so I have to be very intentional with tagging, but it’s not ideal.
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    ServiceNow
    Support has been very good. Any time there has been a real issue, the team has responded very quickly and identified the issue without a lot of repetitive questions that I've seen from other services. There is a great external community and internal knowledge base that covers pretty much anything you need.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Pegasystems
    The online training is an excellent one, but still it is missing hands on development.
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    ServiceNow
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Pegasystems
    Implementation is totally depend up on the requirement
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
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    Alternatives Considered
    Pegasystems
    We did evaluate multiple products offerings with Pega Platform capabilities and observed that Pega PRPC rules engine and case management capabilities are better over so many BPM Tools. We also conducted a detailed study with developers to identify the best products out of Suite of BPM products. It's observed that Rules engines integration is very streamlined with forms in Pega whereas other tools multiple have powerful data model capabilities but lacks the ease of creating business rules.
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    Atlassian Jira lacks certain features and process which was delivered by ServiceNow Customer Service Management. Also, flexibility to customise was a point to select ServiceNow Customer Service Management tool. Cost which was high than Atlassian Jira compensated as it improved overall customer satisfaction and reduced resolution time by taking help of Knowledge base integration
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    Return on Investment
    Pegasystems
    • For one of the applications we worked on, we were able to reduce the processing time on a case from 2 days to 20 minutes by utilizing Pega
    • We were able to resolve the issue of the routing of cases to users based on a specific algorithm by use of Pega
    • Pega case management feature was extensively used in one of the application to establish a parent-child relationship which was very helpful for all the business users
    Incentivized
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    ServiceNow
    • The negative impact for my team is the delay in team completing tickets but not a system issue.
    • A positive impact for my team is we can easily view the status of tickets and the follow-up emails are beneficial to maintain records of tickets.
    • Negative impact is that there is no user job aid or helpful tools for new users.
    Incentivized
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