Compare Sales Service Cloud and ServiceNow - Oct 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Oct 24, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Sales Service Cloud or ServiceNow?

Sales Service Cloud is more expensive to implement (TCO) than ServiceNow, and Sales Service Cloud is rated higher (83/100) than ServiceNow (78/100). ServiceNow offers users more features (18) than Sales Service Cloud (15).

Looking for the right Customer Service solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Salesforce.com Vs. Servicenow

Salesforce.com: Salesforce.com Inc. is a global enterprise software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. Best known for its customer relationship management (CRM) product, through acquisitions Salesforce has expanded into the "social enterprise arena". It was ranked number 27 in Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in ...

Servicenow: ServiceNow is a leading provider of cloud-based services that automate enterprise IT operations. Our service includes a suite of applications built on our proprietary platform that automates workflow and provides integration between related business processes. We focus on transforming enterprise IT by automating and standardizing business processe...

Who is more expensive? Sales Service Cloud or ServiceNow?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Customer Service software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Sales Service Cloud and ServiceNow.

Sales Service Cloud price starts at $25 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Sales Service Cloud is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Customer Service software. ServiceNow price starts at $100 per user/month + standard ITSM package , When comparing ServiceNow to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Customer Service software cost.

Bottom line: Sales Service Cloud cost is around the same cost of ServiceNow.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Sales Service Cloud Vs. ServiceNow based on some of the most important and required Customer Service features.

Sales Service Cloud: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Campaign Dashboard, Contact Management, Customer Service, Customer Support Tracking, Dashboards, Email Marketing, Knowledge Base, Marketing Automation.

ServiceNow: Asset Management, Billing and Invoicing, Change Management, Contract Management, Customer Survey.

Target customer size

Sales Service Cloud offers CRM solutions for companies of all sizes, small, mid-size and enterprise organizations. Customers of the software include businesses of all sizes and a variety of types.

Sales Service Cloud

ITQlick rating
(4.2/5)

starts at $25 per user/month

Sales Service Cloud is a customer service software that can help users to manage their customer service from any device, anytime, anywhere. Users can also include the one-touch service directly in their product...

Categories: Mobile, Complaint Management, Customer Service, Help Desk.

ServiceNow

ITQlick rating
(4.3/5)

starts at $100 per user/month + standard ITSM package

ServiceNow is a Help Desk and CRM software created for small to large companies. Its key features include Marketing Automation, Knowledge Management, Customer Support, Audit Management, Self-Service Portal, Cus...

Categories: Fixed Asset Management, Audit Management, CRM, Call Center, Customer Service.

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Sales Service Cloud: 15 Features

Campaign Dashboard
Contact Management
Customer Service
Customer Support Tracking
Dashboards
Email Marketing
Knowledge Base
Marketing Automation
Multi-Channel Marketing
Remote Access
Sales Automation
Sales Forecasting
Social Media
Automatic Lead Entry
Shared Contacts

ServiceNow: 18 Features

Asset Management
Billing and Invoicing
Change Management
Contract Management
Customer Survey
Email Integration
Incident / Request Management
ITIL Compliant
Knowledge Base/FAQ
LDAP/Active Directory Synchronization
Mobile Integration
Multi-Site Support
Remote Control Access
Reporting
Rules/Workflows
Scheduling
Self Service Portal
Service Level Agreements
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality score
Software review
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Sales Se...
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
83/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$25 per user/month
Functionality
43
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ServiceNow
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
78/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$100 per user/month + standard ITSM package
Functionality
31
Customer...
ITQlick rating
4.8/5
Score
97/100
Pricing
5.8/10
License pricing
$29 per month
Functionality
9
Zoho Sup...
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
3.6/10
License pricing
$12 per user/month
Functionality
43
Pipeline...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
5.6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
4

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.