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ServiceNow Discovery pros and cons

Vendor: ServiceNow
4.0 out of 5
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PROS

ServiceNow Discovery provides excellent insights and enables users to see into Discovery tools.
The integration with CMDB is highly valuable, collecting all relevant data and automating updates.
Its agentless nature simplifies implementation, reducing the need for manual deployments and maintenance.
It is praised for its scalability and robustness, ensuring stable and reliable performance in various environments.
ServiceNow Discovery excels in asset management and identifying relationships, enhancing data accuracy and reliability.

CONS

ServiceNow Discovery requires coding knowledge to use, making it less accessible to all users and lacking user-friendly, non-technical features.
The support response from ServiceNow is slow and often lacks useful information, complicating problem resolution.
ServiceNow Discovery is considered expensive compared to other alternatives with similar capabilities, raising concerns about the value for the cost.
Debugging processes and integration with other systems need significant improvements as they can hinder effective operation and network discovery.
ServiceNow Discovery should enhance its cloud capabilities, improve the accuracy of discovered information, and expand reporting features for better management and oversight.
 

ServiceNow Discovery Pros review quotes

Abhinay Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Now Developer at Bangmetric services pvt ltd
Feb 19, 2026
ServiceNow Discovery comes in a bundle with everything, including CMDB, which makes it much easier to use.
reviewer2759271 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Solution/Service Delivery at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Sep 23, 2025
ServiceNow Discovery has normal discovery of CIs, as well as horizontal discovery for understanding Service Mapping.
Mayur Patil - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jul 28, 2026
ServiceNow Discovery provides significant benefits as an end-user tool by reducing the effort required to understand the estate environment.
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Ayobanji Iluyomade - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Performance Manager at MTN
May 16, 2025
I would rate the stability of ServiceNow Discovery as nine, as we never had downtime.
Hemant_Arora - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Information Technology at Gen™
Sep 10, 2025
ServiceNow Discovery helps with operations, audits, and allows people to assess how a particular change in infrastructure impacts other components.
Kaustubh Partha - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Analyst at CLSA
May 19, 2024
Most fields on our forms are auto-filled, reducing manual maintenance for our infrastructure team. Post Discovery implementation there is hardly any maintenance.
UdaySiddu - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Feb 10, 2025
The workflows are beneficial as they allow tasks to be assigned to respective teams without the need for coding.
Arben Klaiqi - PeerSpot reviewer
IT OM at IKEA
Feb 6, 2024
ServiceNow Discovery has played a vital role in improving service visibility through automated IT service management processes, including change and problem management.
RISHI GUPTA - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 20, 2023
The most valuable asset is relationship building because the solution discovers and builds auto relationships in a way that makes cleanup very easy.
Walder Rocha - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at OPEN Tecnologia
Jul 19, 2024
The product's discovery feature is valuable due to its accuracy, reliability, and the high prestige associated with the information it provides.
 

ServiceNow Discovery Cons review quotes

Abhinay Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Now Developer at Bangmetric services pvt ltd
Feb 19, 2026
Sometimes, I believe one or two tickets took longer than two weeks, but other than that, they are quick with the resolution.
reviewer2759271 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Solution/Service Delivery at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Sep 23, 2025
ServiceNow ITOM is particularly not very strong in terms of monitoring capabilities. They do not have any monitoring tool.
Mayur Patil - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Jul 28, 2026
I would rate technical support from ServiceNow a six because sometimes I did not receive responses on time and they were delayed.
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Ayobanji Iluyomade - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Performance Manager at MTN
May 16, 2025
I would rate technical support for ServiceNow Discovery as four. This rating is because there are features on the tool that never worked and despite calling our support, there were no results.
Hemant_Arora - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Information Technology at Gen™
Sep 10, 2025
I cannot tie CMDB at this stage with strategic planning regarding ServiceNow Discovery ability to maintain accurate data in CMDB.
Kaustubh Partha - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Analyst at CLSA
May 19, 2024
I feel that credential-less discovery could be improved.
UdaySiddu - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Feb 10, 2025
Improvements could include implementing chatbots to simplify ticket creation.
Arben Klaiqi - PeerSpot reviewer
IT OM at IKEA
Feb 6, 2024
The current limitation requires having mid servers or discovery servers in each data center for proper discovery, hindering the ability to discover assets across continents such as Asia Pacific and Europe.
RISHI GUPTA - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 20, 2023
The solution should improve the classes of discovery assets to disregard more junk data.
Walder Rocha - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at OPEN Tecnologia
Jul 19, 2024
The continuous improvement in the quality and customization of the product features would be beneficial, particularly as more customers rely heavily on its capabilities.