G2 Vendor Directory

OpenText Service Management Automation X (SMAX) vs. Serval

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricOpenText Service Management Automation X (SMAX)

by OpenText

Serval

by Serval

Overall rating4.24.9
Review count7214
Ease of use8.29.5
Ease of setup7.69.5
Quality of support8.29.6
Meets requirements8.79.5
NPS42.857143100
Small Business18.1%21.4%
Mid-Market23.6%64.3%
Enterprise58.3%14.3%
Total page views180318
Total LLM citations1,595637

OpenText Service Management Automation X (SMAX)

OpenText™ SMAX delivers a smart approach to service management, with full capabilities for IT service management (ITSM), IT asset management (ITAM), and enterprise service management (ESM). Empower users to self-resolve common requests with private generative AI chatbots that offer human-like responses. Give your team what they need—ITIL best-practice templates, codeless configurations, and built-in AI and analytics for automating workflows, improving processes, and solving issues. With SaaS deployment, SMAX eliminates the hassle of installation, maintenance, and upgrade.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Helpful
  • Integrations
  • Time Management
  • Cloud Services
  • Software Updates

Serval

Serval is an AI-native enterprise service management platform that automates employee support requests. Serval has full ITSM functionality including request, incident, problem, change, and knowledge management. They also include a robust CMDB, HAM/SAM workflows, and native access management. Serval is built on a two-agent architecture.

Pros