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ServiceNow IT Operations Management vs VMware Aria Automation comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.6
ServiceNow IT Operations Management enhances efficiency and ROI, covering costs quickly while boosting workflow speed and asset management.
Sentiment score
7.2
VMware Aria Automation improved ROI through cost savings, enhanced productivity, and faster provisioning, reducing manual processes and boosting efficiency.
It reduced staffing needs from four full-time staff to fewer due to automation.
Account Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
ServiceNow IT Operations Management support is generally responsive but inconsistent, necessitating better training and process clarity.
Sentiment score
6.6
VMware Aria Automation support is generally responsive and knowledgeable, but some delays occur with escalated issues and case handling.
They respond promptly when we call to open a ticket.
Chief Information Officer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
For minor issues, the team takes a month's time to provide a fix.
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The response time of technical support could be improved.
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
I see a lot of lack of knowledge and lack of training.
Senior IT at ITSolutions
We never had major issues to report or request support.
IT Infrastructure Manager at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is highly praised for scalable solutions and strong performance, especially in medium to large enterprises.
Sentiment score
7.5
VMware Aria Automation is highly scalable, adaptable to various setups, and appreciated for integration and ease of expansion.
ServiceNow ITOM scales very well to small and medium businesses.
Account Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
It integrates with every single tool, even external tools.
Business analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is stable and reliable, with high ratings but occasional performance issues in complex deployments.
Sentiment score
6.8
VMware Aria Automation is generally stable, with improvements noted; issues mainly occur during upgrades or complex deployments.
Since it is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, I consider the stability to be very high, rating it ten out of ten.
Business analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It helps us create custom dashboards and provides excellent search functionality where we can search for any issues or errors that have occurred and take corrective action before it impacts the users.
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Until version six or seven, it was perfect.
Senior IT at ITSolutions
 

Room For Improvement

ServiceNow IT Operations Management faces cost, complexity, UI, integration, efficiency, and performance challenges, needing enhancements and customizations.
VMware Aria Automation needs improved documentation, integration, UI, and cost-effectiveness, along with enhanced orchestration, training, and error management.
A more streamlined configuration process tailored to use cases and industry would be beneficial.
Chief Information Officer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
It provides many out-of-the-box functionalities along with customization options.
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is not very affordable for SMB customers.
Manager, Solution/Service Delivery at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
VCF 9 will bring VCF Automation and VCF Operations, the new product line of VMware.
Senior IT at ITSolutions
It operates for both of my products, however, as a product, it is complicated to integrate and automate with other products.
Cloud Engineer at BIDV - Ngân hàng TMCP Đầu tư & Phát triển Việt Nam
 

Setup Cost

ServiceNow IT Operations Management offers costly, customizable yearly licenses, seen as valuable for its comprehensive features despite high pricing.
Enterprise users find VMware Aria Automation costly yet appreciate its integration and savings, comparing it to free alternatives like SaltStack.
The pricing model offers scaling where not everything consumes a license equally, providing more value across different business areas.
Account Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
ServiceNow's pricing is expensive.
Chief Information Officer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
It is definitely high-priced compared to other products available in the same domain in the market.
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

ServiceNow IT Operations Management streamlines ITSM with intuitive design, efficient process integration, real-time tracking, and seamless task management.
VMware Aria Automation streamlines tasks through extensive integration, scalability, and user-friendly interfaces, enhancing operational agility and hybrid cloud support.
The performance analytics of ServiceNow was especially beneficial for setting thresholds, aggregating, and correlating infrastructure data.
Account Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
ServiceNow IT Operations Management influences ITSM processes by automating them and aiding in detecting and resolving IT issues to improve performance, reliability, and uptime.
Business analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
They provide seamless integration of ITOM with their other modules such as ITSM, where we can leverage the AIs for discovery, perform impact analysis, which essentially helps to enhance the overall IT operations and reduce the downtime and MTTR.
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We leverage VRO when the going gets tough. When something is not doable with the tools we have with VMware Aria Automation, we use the capabilities of VRO because it has many plugins for many things.
Senior IT at ITSolutions
It helps us automate the workflow of creating many VMs and the TensorFlow key method.
Cloud Engineer at BIDV - Ngân hàng TMCP Đầu tư & Phát triển Việt Nam
We have strong regulations for maintaining compliance and mitigating risks with this product.
IT Infrastructure Manager at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in Cloud Management
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (1st), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (11th), AIOps (3rd)
VMware Aria Automation
Ranking in Cloud Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
172
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (8th), Network Automation (6th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (19th), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is 1.5%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Aria Automation is 5.8%, down from 11.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware Aria Automation5.8%
ServiceNow IT Operations Management1.5%
Other92.7%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2755671 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Significant enhancement in operations with powerful discovery and analytics, yet pricing structure poses challenges
ServiceNow IT Operations Management provides out-of-the-box dashboards. Along with the dashboard, it also provides the Operations Workspace, which is very useful for operations teams. There is a functionality called Performance Analytics, which we are also using to develop some dashboards for the senior leadership and operations team where they can perform trend analysis of alerts and events happening across the infrastructure and application landscape. These dashboards are really useful here. ServiceNow IT Operations Management's biggest plus point is that it is a platform. ITOM is just one module that ServiceNow IT Operations Management offers, but they provide seamless integration of ITOM with their other modules such as ITSM, where we can leverage the AIs for discovery, perform impact analysis, which essentially helps to enhance the overall IT operations and reduce the downtime and MTTR.
VasilisGiannitsiotis - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT at ITSolutions
Automation has streamlined complex financial workflows but still needs more intuitive orchestration
Something to improve in VMware Aria Automation would be related to VCF 9, as I do not know what it is trying to bring because they exposed it as the solution of everything. So VCF 9 will bring VCF Automation and VCF Operations, the new product line of VMware. I have not seen what this brings or what else it includes. Maybe in the area of vRealize Orchestrator, this would be beneficial because VRO can do everything. Perhaps a more user-friendly way to use that tool would be helpful because the possibilities there are endless. I am looking for more user-friendly navigation in VMware Aria Automation.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise27
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise130
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
It is definitely high-priced compared to other products available in the same domain in the market.
What needs improvement with ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
We don't use the orchestration part of ServiceNow IT Operations Management here. The CMDB part of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is a little bit too complicated, and it is a bit slow at our co...
What is your primary use case for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
We are customers of ServiceNow IT Operations Management, using it for the ticketing systems and user management and change management. Change management and user management are the major use cases ...
What's the difference between VMware vRA (automation) and vROps (operations)?
vROP is a virtualization management solution from VMWare. It is efficient and easy to manage. You can find anything you need from the software interface. It provides complete visibility over applic...
Is there any way to try VMware Aria Automation for free?
When it comes to VMware Aria Automation, you have three choices for free runs: Hands-on Lab (HOL) Advanced lab A free trial I cannot describe in detail the second and third options as my company ...
Which sectors can benefit the most from VMware Aria Automation?
I was looking at VMware Aria Automation case studies recently and I got the impression that three main kinds of companies were using it most often: Social organizations Financial institutions and ...
 

Also Known As

ServiceNow ITOM
VMware vRealize Automation, vRA, VMware DynamicOps Cloud Suite, SaltStack
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

servicenow, TransAlta, NATS, Symantec
Rent-a-Center, Amway, Vistra Energy, Liberty Mutual
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