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IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT vs ServiceNow comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Asset Management...
Ranking in IT Asset Management
22nd
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
License Management (7th)
ServiceNow
Ranking in IT Asset Management
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
232
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (1st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (1st), Rapid Application Development Software (2nd), No-Code Development Platforms (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is 1.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow is 12.9%, down from 21.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ServiceNow12.9%
IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT1.4%
Other85.7%
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

HarshalDeore - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Parseq
A user-friendly solution that has a good user interface, but its technical support is not good enough
Around 20 to 25 staff members are needed to deploy and maintain the solution, including two managers, one architect, and other implementers. IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT does not adopt the latest technology. The solution can be integrated with our existing IT environment through some web services and connectors. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Hemanthreddy Vakiti - PeerSpot reviewer
Data engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Structured workflows have improved SLA compliance and now support prioritized incident handling
I think the licensing and pricing of ServiceNow is quite expensive compared to other tools. For large organizations, it is acceptable, but specifically for small and medium organizations to track incidents or change requests, ServiceNow is quite expensive. Sometimes performance can be slow when workflows and integrations are configured for complex tasks. For advanced customizations or advanced features which we rarely use, the documentation is not up to standard. The documentation needs to be improved for advanced customization features. However, the platform is stable overall and the features are quite good. The user experience and performance concerns I mentioned are areas I want to be improved. When many workflows and interactions are configured, performance is slow. For the features it is providing, it is quite expensive. If these performance features are improved, we can easily pay that price and get the return on investment.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is a user-friendly solution that has a good user interface."
"Your time-to-market, or TTM, becomes faster when you use ServiceNow. Even individuals that are not tech savvy can quickly change processes and workflows in it. This can make the organization as a whole more agile."
"The most valuable feature by far of ServiceNow is the rapid development, how quickly you can actually go out and change things, adapt things, ready to fulfill the business needs."
"I have used other products and switched because of the ease of use of ServiceNow, and the functionality of it."
"Compared to other ITSM platforms, ServiceNow is by far the most agile, robust, and scalable platform."
"I have found the workflows and integration the most valuable in this solution."
"It offers ready-built automation and simpler configuration for workflows."
"I think the technical support is pretty good. They can be a little bit slow sometimes, but overall I think they're good."
"The solution helps us to collaborate and it's great that it is knowledge-based."
 

Cons

"The solution’s initial setup is complex and technical support is not good enough."
"We find it good in general. Obviously, there are areas of improvement for every capability."
"The usability and user experience is a really big issue and needs to be improved."
"There was an outage at the ServiceNow data center servers, especially on the eastern site. Two weeks later we found out about it through some other call, not to the engineer and it was not notified anywhere on the system."
"There is a need to learn scripting because as in the case of all the ITSM tools, scripting is needed for customization."
"It's missing monitoring capabilities."
"Some enhancements to the self-service platform would be helpful. That part is still a little barebone."
"I would say there is a lot of room for improvement when it comes to technical support."
"The product’s standard user experience is not the best."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is an expensive solution."
"The price of this solution is expensive."
"The CapEx version is great."
"ServiceNow's pricing is comparatively higher than Helix's."
"The licenses are expensive."
"$230 per user."
"The solution is priced for medium to enterprises sized businesses. However, it is expensive compared to competitors."
"The price could be a little lower for the solution. Many of my customers have issues with the licensing process, they have to make it easier and straightforward."
"Certainly, from a product-platform perspective, the price is not too bad."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

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Small Business56
Midsize Enterprise35
Large Enterprise179
 

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Sample Customers

Migros Zurich, Tyr_ns AB, Port Otago Limited, BTC, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., AIG, Swedish Match, DTE Energy
AAA, AstraZeneca, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Broadcom, Christus Health, Epicor, Equinix, GE Capital, Intuit, KPMG, Loyola Marymount University, OshKosh, Quantas, RedHat, Royal Bank of Scotland, Swiss Re, U.S. Department of Energy, Safeway, Yale University, and Zillow    
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