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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Power Apps

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/APowerApps is a low code / rapid application development product from Microsoft that allows users to quickly build apps.

    $20

    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
    Power AppsServiceNow Now Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Power Apps Premium
    $20
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Power AppsServiceNow Now Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Power AppsServiceNow Now Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    ServiceNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    Power AppsServiceNow Now Platform
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Power Apps and ServiceNow Now Platform
    Feature
    Power Apps
    8.8
    21 Ratings
    5% above category average
    ServiceNow Now Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Visual Modeling9.519 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces9.520 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security9.520 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management9.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability7.720 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability7.519 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Power AppsServiceNow Now Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (23 ratings)
    9.5
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.3
    (20 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (6 ratings)
    7.6
    (21 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Power AppsServiceNow Now Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    PowerApps is well suited for "quick-wins" and fast prototypes of business solutions. It also is beneficial for situations where business partners and developers work together - it allows the business folks to provide a "quick-and-dirty" prototype which is then fleshed-out by developers that are trained experts on the platform. The interactive and easy to understand representation of the solution allows business partners to "see" the solution and add, remove, or correct aspects of it themselves. It provides a common view and understanding of the actual solution across business units and tech teams. PowerApps, being a low-code\no-code platform is not well suited for business processes that require many complex computations or large amounts of custom code - such as solutions that are better architected as Web Site or "full-blown" desktop solutions. There are solutions that are just not easy or quick to accomplish in a low-code\no-code platform. Enterprise Architects should know the difference, however business partners often try to create a solution and only when stuck because it becomes too complex do they engage a tech team for assistance - at which point there are sunk-costs involved and hinderences to re-platforming the solution
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Power Apps has formats that are pre-built that don't require any coding which makes it easier to achieve your vision. This does become a challenge if your App needs don't fit into that format.
    • We deal with a ton of data so the fact that you can connect to any data source in addition to their pre-stablished data connections makes the process a breeze.
    • The online learning resources and tutorials are helpful as well for those who are tech savvy.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • More complicated to understand in comparison with Nintex Forms.
    • Complicated to find errors.
    • Using PowerApps for SharePoint Forms is a bit complicated by setting up the start and load scenario with a lot of JavaScript.
    • Load values, change them by code, and save them back could be easier. Actually quite complicated to handle a lot of variables.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    PowerApps is a great solution and I have spent the last year familiarizing myself with the platform and building custom applications to complete a whole range of tasks such as asset management, custom invoice generation, and item restriction tracking. We as a company have barely begun to scratch the surface of what can be achieved with PowerApps.
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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
    Microsoft
    The community forums are extremely responsive to questions asked, there is a good body of online documentation and many community posts to draw from. Although the platform has changed, which means some of the posts are out of date and the solutions provided aren't relevant. Of relevance, I read over 400 articles plus documentation to get this first app built in SharePoint, move it to SQL and make it work exactly the way it should.
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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
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Microsoft
    Much cheaper, much more customizable, and easier to use. There is not much of a learning curve and the licensing cost is much cheaper. PowerApps does one thing very well, whereas other platforms are mediocre. There is much more customization possible for your in-house workflows that you can build yourself vs using NetSuite engineers to build it for you.
    Incentivized
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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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    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
    Microsoft
    • It has given us a focal point for development. We now have the possibility of connecting to mobile and the default SharePoint online interface isn't always easy to manipulate. PowerApps has given us an opportunity to improve our user experience.
    • An improved user experience has given us a better shot at compliance. When users don't fight the environment, they don't gravitate towards workarounds or non-compliance.
    • As lists and libraries change, the platform scales pretty well.
    • Having users with the capability to create their own forms and tools has dialed back the app dev need (there is a balance though) and distributed power to the process architects and people who actually need the solutions in the first place—much more efficient model of service delivery: self-service.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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