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Onspring vs ServiceNow

Onspring is a flexible, cloud-based GRC platform that connects and monitors business-critical functions, processes and information. ServiceNow sells Security Operations, a product that unifies security, IT, and risk into a single system of action. CISO Tribune files both under GRC and integrated risk platforms. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Onspring vs ServiceNow: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
OnspringOnspring is a flexible, cloud-based GRC platform that connects and monitors business-critical functions, processes and information.onspring.comServiceNowServiceNow sells Security Operations, a product that unifies security, IT, and risk into a single system of action.servicenow.com
What it sells
  • Compliance Management[1][8]Onspring compliance management software automates end-to-end tasks for tracking adherence to industry regulations and internal policies.
  • Policy Management[9]Onspring Policy Management software manages an integrated policy library across full policy lifecycles.
  • Business Resiliency[4]Onspring Business Resiliency software gives organizations recovery strategies and real-time insights.
  • Onspring AI[5][9][15]Onspring AI correlates information across apps and records and acts on rules that users define.
  • Dynamic GRC Workflows[6]Dynamic GRC workflows in Onspring route content through defined paths for review, input and approval.
  • Surveys[12]Surveys can be sent to internal, external and third-party recipients.
  • Security Operations[1][2][3]ServiceNow Security Operations unifies security, IT, and risk into a single system of action.
  • Security Incident Response[1][3]Security Incident Response uses AI-assisted playbooks that help contain threats.
  • Unified Security Exposure Management[1][2][3]Unified Security Exposure Management comes as the next evolution of Vulnerability Response.
  • Third-party Risk Management[4]Third-party Risk Management centralizes vendor risk in one system.
  • Identity and Access Security[5]Identity and Access Security addresses risk across human, non-human, and AI agent identities.
  • Super Intelligence Control Tower[6]Super Intelligence Control Tower is a central hub to discover, secure, govern, observe, and measure any AI across an enterprise.
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Recent news
  • July 27, 2026Onspring announced the next phase of Onspring AI, which automates workflows and rule-based decisions within boundaries set by system administrators.[15]
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G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
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Who it fits
Onspring is offered to federal agencies for managing internal controls under the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act and the GAO Green Book. Onspring provides third-party risk software for an organization and its vendors. Onspring compliance management software is for organizations tracking adherence to regulations and standards such as SOX, HIPAA and GDPR. Onspring is a cloud-based platform.From its own pages, ServiceNow sells mainly to organizations that run business functions across IT, HR, customer service, finance and procurement, in all industries and business types. Security Incident Response includes handing security incidents off to new analysts, and a view of security and risk metrics that executives can use. ServiceNow describes its platform as the cloud-based foundation for all of its products.
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Where they overlap

  • GRC and integrated risk platforms is the primary category of both Onspring and ServiceNow.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Onspring is also filed under Third-party risk and security ratings, Compliance automation and Privacy management. ServiceNow is also filed under Vulnerability management and Incident response and forensics.
  • Onspring lists Compliance Management, Policy Management, Business Resiliency, Onspring AI, Dynamic GRC Workflows and 1 more. ServiceNow lists Security Operations, Security Incident Response, Unified Security Exposure Management, Third-party Risk Management, Identity and Access Security and 1 more.

How they differ

CISO Tribune files both Onspring and ServiceNow under GRC and integrated risk platforms as their primary category. Onspring is a cloud-based GRC platform whose products include compliance management, policy management, business resiliency, surveys and no-code GRC workflows. Its compliance software covers SOX, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, NIST, CMMC and SOC 2. ServiceNow sells Security Operations, Security Incident Response, Unified Security Exposure Management, Identity and Access Security and Super Intelligence Control Tower, all on its cloud-based ServiceNow AI Platform.

Onspring provides software to manage inherent and residual third-party risk at the engagement level for an organization and its vendors, and its lifecycle coverage runs from due diligence to offboarding and exit controls. ServiceNow's Third-party Risk Management automates assessments, monitors vendor changes and routes remediation tasks. Beyond that, ServiceNow's listed products center on security operations, vulnerability response, identity permissions and AI governance, while Onspring's center on compliance, policy and workflow tooling.

Onspring is offered to federal agencies for managing internal controls under the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act and the GAO Green Book. ServiceNow says its platform serves business functions from IT to HR, customer service, finance and procurement, across all industries and business types. On July 27, 2026, Onspring announced the next phase of Onspring AI, which automates workflows and rule-based decisions within boundaries set by system administrators.

What it sells: Onspring

What Compliance Management does[1][8]
Onspring compliance management software automates end-to-end tasks for tracking and maintaining adherence to industry regulations and internal policies. Onspring compliance management software covers SOX, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, NIST, CMMC and SOC 2.
What Policy Management does[9]
Onspring Policy Management software manages an integrated policy library that handles full policy lifecycles, from authoring to approvals and attestations to exception handling. Onspring AI is available as an add-on that drafts foundational policy language, suggests FAQs and flags regulatory citations.
What Onspring AI does[5][9][15]
Onspring AI correlates information across every app and record and takes action based on rules that users define. Onspring AI is available as an add-on for policy work, where it drafts foundational policy language, suggests FAQs and flags regulatory citations.
What Dynamic GRC Workflows does[6]
Onspring's no-code platform lets users build and manage workflows for approvals, assessments and reviews, without IT dependency. Dynamic GRC workflows in Onspring route content through defined paths for review, input and approval, including internal and external assessments. GRC workflows can be designed and modified with drag-and-drop functionality.
What Surveys does[12]
Surveys can be sent to internal, external and third-party recipients. Surveys use branching logic to hide or display questions based on previous answers.

What it sells: ServiceNow

What Security Operations does[1][2][3]
Security Operations consolidates signals from any SIEM, EDR, TIP, scanner, or cloud and maps them to the CMDB for business context. Security Operations applies threat intel and AI to prioritize and act.
What Security Incident Response does[1][3]
Security Incident Response triggers automated containment and remediation tasks across security and IT tools. Security Incident Response coordinates major security incidents in a dedicated workspace with task tracking, integrated collaboration, and executive status reporting.
What Unified Security Exposure Management does[1][2][3]
Unified Security Exposure Management consolidates findings from scanners, cloud, containers, and code into one workflow. Unified Security Exposure Management maps issues to the CMDB for context, prioritizes risks using threat intelligence and AI scoring, and automates remediation.
What Third-party Risk Management does[4]
Third-party Risk Management automates assessments, monitors vendor changes, and routes remediation tasks to the right teams to manage risk consistently across suppliers. Third-party Risk Management centralizes issue tracking across all vendors and automates escalation workflows.
What Identity and Access Security does[5]
Identity and Access Security examines users, groups, roles, and policies to uncover the actual permissions each identity has for specific resources across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises systems. Identity and Access Security discovers non-human identities, maps permissions and blast radius, assigns owners, and reduces sprawl.
What Super Intelligence Control Tower does[6]
Super Intelligence Control Tower auto-discovers agents, models, copilots, MCP servers, and datasets across an enterprise and displays them in a unified inventory tied to the CMDB. Super Intelligence Control Tower tracks AI identity and access, blocks prompt injections, and includes a kill switch to stop an AI agent.

Questions about Onspring and ServiceNow

What do Onspring and ServiceNow sell?
Onspring sells Compliance Management, Policy Management, Business Resiliency, Onspring AI, Dynamic GRC Workflows and 1 more. ServiceNow sells Security Operations, Security Incident Response, Unified Security Exposure Management, Third-party Risk Management, Identity and Access Security and 1 more.
Are Onspring and ServiceNow in the same category?
Yes. GRC and integrated risk platforms is the primary category of both on CISO Tribune.
Who are Onspring and ServiceNow sold to?
Onspring is offered to federal agencies for managing internal controls under the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act and the GAO Green Book. From its own pages, ServiceNow sells mainly to organizations that run business functions across IT, HR, customer service, finance and procurement, in all industries and business types.
What have Onspring and ServiceNow announced recently?
July 27, 2026: Onspring announced the next phase of Onspring AI, which automates workflows and rule-based decisions within boundaries set by system administrators.

About Onspring

Onspring is a flexible, cloud-based GRC platform that connects and monitors business-critical functions, processes and information. Onspring products can be used on their own or together, connecting functions such as internal audit, enterprise risk management and compliance. Onspring Business Resiliency software gives organizations recovery strategies and real-time insights to stay prepared. Onspring AI correlates information across every app and record and takes action based on rules that users define.[1][3][4][5]

Onspring's no-code platform lets users build and manage workflows for approvals, assessments and reviews, without IT dependency. Dynamic GRC workflows in Onspring route content through defined paths for review, input and approval, including internal and external assessments. GRC workflows can be designed and modified with drag-and-drop functionality, and users add steps, assign approvers, embed links to supporting details and include comments. Third-party applications and monitoring services can be integrated into Onspring. Onspring can pull data and content from preferred systems and services so that information on third parties, compliance frameworks and regulatory changes stays up to date.[6][7]

Onspring compliance management software automates end-to-end tasks for tracking and maintaining adherence to industry regulations and internal policies. Onspring compliance management software covers SOX, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, NIST, CMMC and SOC 2. Onspring Policy Management software manages an integrated policy library that handles full policy lifecycles, from authoring to approvals and attestations to exception handling. Onspring AI is available as an add-on that drafts foundational policy language, suggests FAQs and flags regulatory citations.[1][8][9][10]

Onspring provides software to manage inherent and residual third-party risk at the engagement level for an organization and its vendors. Third-party lifecycle management covers due diligence, onboarding, contract review, ongoing performance monitoring, offboarding and exit controls in one system. Surveys can be sent to internal, external and third-party recipients. Questions can be added in the survey builder, and responses can be customized by multiple choice, drop down, text and more. Surveys use branching logic to hide or display questions based on previous answers.[1][11][12]

Onspring is offered to federal agencies for managing internal controls in accordance with the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA) and the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Green Book. Risk and control content can be imported from external sources, with a focus on security and privacy, after an agency selects the security controls that meet the minimum requirements in FIPS Publication 200 and the control baselines from NIST SP 800-53.[1][10][12][14]

Onspring on the record

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Onspring full record

  1. [1]onspring.comOnspring · onspring.com · undated page, accessed September 30, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Onspring Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 31, 2026 · Tier C
  3. [3]Automated Business Process Solutions | Onspring TechnologiesOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Products Archive - OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Automation | OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Dynamic GRC Workflows Improve Your Processes | OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Automated Data Integration For Simplifying Workflows | OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Compliance Management Software | OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Policy Management Software for GRC | OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Regulatory Change Management - OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Third-Party Risk Management Software - OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Easy Surveys for Third-Party Risk Management | OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]OMB A-123 Risk & Controls Management - OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Flexible Pricing - OnspringOnspring · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Onspring Launches the Next Wave of AI Innovation with Agentic GRCPRNewswire · published July 27, 2026 · Tier A

ServiceNow full record

  1. [1]servicenow.comServiceNow · servicenow.com · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Vulnerability Response – Threat Intelligence - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Security Incident Response Pricing - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Third-Party Risk Management – ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Identity and Access Security | Risk Management - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Super Intelligence Control Tower - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]IT Asset Management - ITAM - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Resource Management - ServiceNowServiceNow · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]ServiceNow IT Service Management Reviews 2026G2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

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