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I was induced with cervidil, unsuccessfully. I went into labor but did not dilate. After 24 hours, they added the catheter, which got me to a three, and I progressed from there. I delivered vaginally about 24 hours later. I too was worried about the pain, but a very heavy epidural made the area totally numb.

Without the catheter, I'd likely have had a csection from failure to progress. I was truly not ready to deliver, and I would not have dilated with out it. I'd recommend it to anyone needing an induction for medical reasons - it was FAR better than a csection.

I had Cervadil also. It was not terribly successful and I ended up on pitocin after about 6 hours. I did end up delivering vaginally though.

I had cervidil and a cook, both without an epidural. Neither hurt when placed. Neither really worked, either, but everyone is different, so take that part with a grain of salt.

I was induced at 37 weeks after hospital bedrest. I had cervadil, followed by a cook catheter. The cervadil caused cramping and increased contractions, but it was manageable. The catheter, however, was incredibly painful when placed and continued to be quite uncomfortable as long as it was in. I was given something to take the edge off of that - maybe morphine? The catheter did nothing to help, and it was eventually removed. In hindsight, I wish I had just opted for an epidural earlier than I did, as once I finally gave in, labor progressed quickly.
As someone else mentioned, everyone apparently responds differently to these two things, so it could be an entirely different story for you.

I had Cervidil, and had a good experience.

My water broke at 8 am, when I got checked at the hospital at 12 pm I was 1 cm with no contractions The Dr. said I needed to have that baby within 24 hours from the time my water broke so they were going to start Pitocin. I may have thrown a little bit of a fit... haha. The Dr then brought up the option of Cervidil. It was inserted at 2 pm, and he was giving me 12 hours before they would start Pitocin. 3 hours later I started getting contractions, and I was fully dilated by 12 am. I ended up having DD at 2:34 am.

I guess I would recommend Cervidil - I don't really know what would have happened if I hadn't used it. It's possible my body would have done it on it's own, but things were definitely slow moving before I got it (I had already been 1 cm for 2 weeks!)

I had cervadil and it worked really well. I went from nothing to 6 cm in 12 hours, the nurses were very happy with my progress. I needed pitocin to keep things moving and ended up with a c-section, but I think I would have needed a c-section anyways because DD never dropped.

I was induced at just under 39 weeks for low amniotic fluid. I had 3 rounds of cervadil before being put on pitocin. The cervadil wasn't painful until the second cervical check and the insertion of the third round because it can make your vagina super sensitive. Once they started pitocin, I had regular contractions my water broke within 30 min. LO arrived within 12 hours. I think it would have been faster, but the nurse on day shift didn't check my cervix until the on call doctor came around 5 hours after shift change. As soon as the dr checked me, she asked if I was ready to push and I only pushed for about 15 min.