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ServiceNow vs xMatters Comparison (2026)

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Overview

ServiceNow is an IT service application platform-as-a-service provider that offers a range of ITSM products to automate & manage numerous IT enterprise services. ServiceNow can be used for cloud & virtualization lifecycle management, change orchestration, infrastructure discovery & IT governance.

xMatters is an actionable IT alerting platform that relays data between systems while engaging the right people to resolve incidents faster.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

100

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

9

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

362

5

4

3

2

1

200

139

18

2

3

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
78%
would recommend this app

4.6

141

5

4

3

2

1

85

50

5

1

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
88%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Its ability to centralize and automate workflows—everything from IT support tickets to HR and operations—making processes faster, more organized, and easier to manage in one platform.”
MW

Melinda W.

Owner

“ServiceNow provides strong workflow automation, customizable modules, and clear reporting, and its Change Management features make it easy to track, approve, and control changes consistently.”
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Jared S.

Software Developer and Consultant

“ServiceNow also helps organizations maintain better security practices through access controls, monitoring, and detailed records.”
EV

Edwin V.

Dev Manager

Pros

“Notifications are sent through various channels (SMS, app, call); and if one person is unavailable, it contacts the next.”
NN

Nour N.

Tech and Security Consultant

“When we have had an emergency in the company, the most complex issues have been solved very quickly: between 30 minutes and 2 hours.”
MB

Mark B.

IT Manager

“It's very critical for production critical process for enabling paging”
VP

Vidya P.

Hadoop engineer

Cons

“What I don’t like or like the least about service now is the interface is a bit complicated if you are not that technical especially the CSM or customer service management interface but other than that, everything is cool”
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Gerrol C.

Client Operations Supervisor

“Whilst using ServiceNow, I do have connectivity issues occasionally where, I receive messages stating the conversation has timed out.”
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Tom E.

Senior Frontend Developer

“It lacks support for more native processes (like templates for common processes) so you can minimize custom code.”
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Sofia B.

Senior Test Engineer

Cons

Not enoughreviews yet

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review5 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features78
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Asset Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Automated Routing
  • Availability Management
  • CRM
  • Capacity Management
  • Change Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Chatbot
  • Client Portal
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compliance Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Cost Management
  • Cost Tracking
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Alerts
  • Email Management
  • Employee Management
  • Event Logs
  • Financial Management
  • Graphical User Interface
  • HR Management
  • Help Desk Management
  • IT Asset Management
  • IT Asset Tracking
  • IT Cost Management
  • IT Reporting
  • Impact Management
  • Incident Management
  • Incident Reporting
  • Integrated Business Operations
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Auditing
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • License Management
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Macros/Templated Responses
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Multi-Language
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Prioritization
  • Problem Management
  • Project Management
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Relationship Mapping
  • Release Management
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Request Assignment
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Catalog
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Single Sign On
  • Status Tracking
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Support Ticket Tracking
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Uptime Reporting
  • User Management
  • Version Control
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features44
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Asset Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Automated Routing
  • Availability Management
  • CRM
  • Capacity Management
  • Change Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Chatbot
  • Client Portal
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compliance Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Configuration Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Cost Management
  • Cost Tracking
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Mapping
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Alerts
  • Email Management
  • Employee Management
  • Event Logs
  • Financial Management
  • Graphical User Interface
  • HR Management
  • Help Desk Management
  • IT Asset Management
  • IT Asset Tracking
  • IT Cost Management
  • IT Reporting
  • Impact Management
  • Incident Management
  • Incident Reporting
  • Integrated Business Operations
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Auditing
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • License Management
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Macros/Templated Responses
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Multi-Language
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Prioritization
  • Problem Management
  • Project Management
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Relationship Mapping
  • Release Management
  • Reminders
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Request Assignment
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Catalog
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Single Sign On
  • Status Tracking
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Support Ticket Tracking
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Uptime Reporting
  • User Management
  • Version Control
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations77
  • 3CLogic
  • AlertOps
  • Apiiro
  • Apizee
  • AppDynamics
  • Apptio Platform
  • Aria Platform
  • BeyondTrust Remote Support
  • BigID
  • BigPanda
  • Bitbucket
  • Bright Pattern
  • Checkmarx
  • Cherwell Service Management
  • Coda
  • Cofense PhishMe
  • Confluence
  • Cove Data Protection
  • CrowdStrike
  • DeepL Pro
  • DomainTools
  • Dynatrace
  • Expertflow Contact Center
  • Fairmarkit
  • Five9
  • Fusion
  • GitHub
  • Google Maps
  • IBM Instana
  • IFTTT
  • Infocert Sign
  • Iru
  • JIRA Service Management
  • Jira
  • Kaseya BMS
  • Kaseya VSA
  • Lacework
  • LogMeIn Rescue
  • LogMeIn Resolve
  • Loggly
  • LogicMonitor
  • Logz.io
  • ManageEngine Endpoint Central
  • ManageEngine Remote Access Plus
  • ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
  • Metrikus
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Nagios XI
  • NetBrain
  • Netskope Active Platform
  • Network Performance Monitor
  • New Relic
  • NinjaOne
  • Norma by Quality Clouds
  • ODBC Driver for ServiceNow
  • ONEiO
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • OpsRamp
  • PagerDuty
  • Pentaho
  • Ping Identity
  • Pingdom
  • Qualys Cloud Platform
  • Rubrik
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud
  • SailPoint
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Salesforce Service Cloud
  • ScienceLogic
  • Secureworks
  • ServiceNow
  • Silverfort
  • Site24x7
  • Slack
  • Smartling
  • Snyk
  • Splunk Enterprise
  • Squadcast
  • Sumo Logic
  • Tableau
  • Take Control
  • TeamViewer DEX
  • TeamViewer Frontline
  • TeamViewer ONE
  • Teramind
  • Terraform
  • The Anomali Platform
  • Twitter/X
  • VBrick
  • VMware Aria
  • Vectra AI Platform
  • Webex Suite
  • Whispir
  • Workato
  • Zabbix
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • strongDM
  • xMatters
  • Total integrations32
  • 3CLogic
  • AlertOps
  • Apiiro
  • Apizee
  • AppDynamics
  • Apptio Platform
  • Aria Platform
  • BeyondTrust Remote Support
  • BigID
  • BigPanda
  • Bitbucket
  • Bright Pattern
  • Checkmarx
  • Cherwell Service Management
  • Coda
  • Cofense PhishMe
  • Confluence
  • Cove Data Protection
  • CrowdStrike
  • DeepL Pro
  • DomainTools
  • Dynatrace
  • Expertflow Contact Center
  • Fairmarkit
  • Five9
  • Fusion
  • GitHub
  • Google Maps
  • IBM Instana
  • IFTTT
  • Infocert Sign
  • Iru
  • JIRA Service Management
  • Jira
  • Kaseya BMS
  • Kaseya VSA
  • Lacework
  • LogMeIn Rescue
  • LogMeIn Resolve
  • Loggly
  • LogicMonitor
  • Logz.io
  • ManageEngine Endpoint Central
  • ManageEngine Remote Access Plus
  • ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
  • Metrikus
  • Microsoft 365
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Nagios XI
  • NetBrain
  • Netskope Active Platform
  • Network Performance Monitor
  • New Relic
  • NinjaOne
  • Norma by Quality Clouds
  • ODBC Driver for ServiceNow
  • ONEiO
  • Okta
  • OneLogin
  • OpsRamp
  • PagerDuty
  • Pentaho
  • Ping Identity
  • Pingdom
  • Qualys Cloud Platform
  • Rubrik
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud
  • SailPoint
  • Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Salesforce Service Cloud
  • ScienceLogic
  • Secureworks
  • ServiceNow
  • Silverfort
  • Site24x7
  • Slack
  • Smartling
  • Snyk
  • Splunk Enterprise
  • Squadcast
  • Sumo Logic
  • Tableau
  • Take Control
  • TeamViewer DEX
  • TeamViewer Frontline
  • TeamViewer ONE
  • Teramind
  • Terraform
  • The Anomali Platform
  • Twitter/X
  • VBrick
  • VMware Aria
  • Vectra AI Platform
  • Webex Suite
  • Whispir
  • Workato
  • Zabbix
  • Zapier
  • Zendesk Suite
  • strongDM
  • xMatters