Contract Management solutions
Explore the differences between the different contract management solutions offered in ServiceNow - ITAM Contract Management, (Deprecated) Legal Simple Contracts, and Contract Management Pro (CM Pro)
This resource helps you review the strengths of each application and guide you in selecting the most suitable option for your organization’s contract management needs.
- Contract Management Pro: Management of contract creation, execution, storage, and reporting
- (Deprecated) LSD Legal Simple Contracts: Creation of standard language contracts
- ITAM Contract Management: Software and hardware asset management
| Features | ITAM Contract Management | LSD Legal Simple Contracts\(Deprecated\) | Contract Management Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contract Request | Self-serve with configurable Intake | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes |
| Third party contracts | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Third party contracts with multiple documents | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| NOW Integrations \(Legal, Procurement, Sales\) | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Contract Authoring | PDF, HTML Templates | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | - |
| MS Word Templates | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| MS Word Add-in | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Clause Library for Contract Generation | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Versions | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Versions with multiple documents | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| External storage \(OneDrive and GoogleDrive\) | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Create contract record | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
Image omitted: bus-ai-sparkle.svg AI-assisted Review | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Contract Workspace | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Clause Library for Negotiation | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Amendment workflow | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Signatures | Wet Signature | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes |
| Electronic signature \(AdobeSign, DocuSign integration\) | ||||
| Review and Approvals | Ad-hoc approvals | |||
| Internal reviews | ||||
| Repository | Document storage in ServiceNow | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes |
| OneDrive, Google Drive storage integration | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Contract Relationships \(parent/child\) | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Contract Metadata | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
Image omitted: bus-ai-sparkle.svg AI Metadata Extraction | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Obligation Management | Expiry / Renewal notifications | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes |
Image omitted: bus-ai-sparkle.svg AI Obligation Extraction | - | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | |
| Analytics | Dashboard for Volume & Work distribution | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes |
| Dashboard for asset contract renewals | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes | - | Image omitted: icon-check-mark-green.png Yes |
Migrating from Legal Simple Contracts to Contract Management Pro
Legal Simple Contracts is being deprecated.
- For new customers, it is now hidden and no longer available.
- For existing customers, it will continue to function, but is no longer supported.
For details, see the Deprecation Process [KB0867184] article in the Now Support knowledge base.
You can migrate your data from Legal Simple Contracts to Contract Management Pro to start using the additional features available.
For more information on migration, see Migrating to Contract Management Pro for Legal Service Delivery.
Important: The migration script is designed only for migrating data from Legal Simple Contracts to the Legal Contract Repository, which applies specifically to Contract Management Pro for Legal Service Delivery.
Contract Management Pro for Legal Service Delivery is a licensed application that must be installed separately.
Parent Topic:Contract Management Pro reference
Related topics
Components installed with Contract Management Pro
Components installed with Contract Workspace
Components installed with Analytics Pack for Contract Management Pro
Contract request State and Contract document status in Contract Management Pro
Properties installed to configure expiry notifications
Properties installed to configure contracts integrations
Expiring Contracts Condition form fields