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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AppFog (discontinued)

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AAppFog was a cloud-agnostic application and infrastructure management platform used to manage workloads across on-premises and third-party cloud environments. It has been discontinued.

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    BMC Helix ITSM

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ABMC Helix ITSM replaces Remedy. It is a broad suite of ITSM, tools with strong integrations to other BMC tools and in-built ITAM. The product is used mainly by global brands and is offered in on-premise and SaaS configurations.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    BMC Helix ITSM
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AppFog (discontinued)BMC Helix ITSM
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
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    BMC Helix
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    80 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    76 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    83 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    54 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    60 Answers
    Features
    AppFog (discontinued)BMC Helix ITSM
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of AppFog (discontinued) and BMC Helix ITSM
    Feature
    AppFog (discontinued)
    6.5
    2 Ratings
    18% below category average
    BMC Helix ITSM
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability5.32 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of AppFog (discontinued) and BMC Helix ITSM
    Feature
    AppFog (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    BMC Helix ITSM
    8.5
    114 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.1112 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.881 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings8.693 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings8.4102 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.782 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.599 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings8.7102 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of AppFog (discontinued) and BMC Helix ITSM
    Feature
    AppFog (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    BMC Helix ITSM
    8.1
    101 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings8.297 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.293 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings8.074 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of AppFog (discontinued) and BMC Helix ITSM
    Feature
    AppFog (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    BMC Helix ITSM
    8.8
    103 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Change requests repository00 Ratings8.9103 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings8.697 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings9.098 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AppFog (discontinued)BMC Helix ITSM
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Ivanti ITSM
    Score6.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppFog (discontinued)BMC Helix ITSM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (121 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (72 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (10 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppFog (discontinued)BMC Helix ITSM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    It was very good to use in small scale projects. Considering the high end projects with many instances and multi-platform architectures, it is better to test before the application is deployed. I think few of the questions can be general - who are the system users and what size is the application focussing on? How much resources are required? Will the application require any additional services?
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    BMC Helix
    BMC Helix ITSM fits our environment particularly well, where standardized, auditable processes are already in place: Incident and Problem Management can be structured cleanly, with clear ownership, escalations, and fully traceable documentation—crucial in a highly regulated banking context. Through the customer platform/portal, users can log incidents and requests consistently, track their status transparently, and use a single central communication channel across service boundaries. This supports a service-oriented setup spanning multiple business services and locations. It becomes less suitable—or at least more effort-intensive—when core foundation data is not yet stable: an immature CMDB, insufficient ITAM data quality, and an unstructured knowledge base limit the value of automation and self-service. In addition, heterogeneous integrations and strict authorization models can increase implementation and ongoing maintenance efforts, especially when SLAs are not harmonized across different customer environments.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Quick deployment of pre-built virtual machines
    • Some of the virtual machines also are readily available with a pack of softwares
    • Good Stability. Using it as a student, I have never experienced any downtime issues with the projects deployed on AppFog.
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    BMC Helix
    • AI drive incident correlation leading to identifying problems and major incidents quickly.
    • Digital Workplace gives end-users a modern and personalized UI to submit requests, monitor service health, and receive self-help.
    • As an enterprise ITSM, it is critical that Request, Incident, Problem, Asset, and Change Management are integrated and flow together. BMC Helix is built on this principle.
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    Cons
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    • Though it is good and easy for developers, it lacks operational activities and monitoring tools.
    • It is easy to deploy WAR on AppFog with its console but sometimes it can lack on the performance and feasibility.
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    BMC Helix
    • Service Level management configs can be lengthy, and when changes are needed to specific SLA, it does take a long time to configure. Templates work but only for certain things, lots of manual work is still required.
    • The Online product documentation can be confusing or in same cases not correct.
    • BMC products are sometimes expensive. When partners try to resell licenses or increase their own allotment, it becomes very expensive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
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    BMC Helix
    It provides the tool we need and is able to be customised to meet new requirements. Cost to change in training and integrations would be considerable.
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    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    BMC Helix
    Overall the product enhances the capability of incident management, problem management and change management. The AI based framework helps generated better visibility and reports. The effectiveness of enhanced service desk suuport improves end user experience as the incidents are handled well in time and aged incidents are highlighted at the right time.
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    Reliability and Availability
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    BMC Helix
    for now we are satisfied. first two months 😉
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    Performance
    Discontinued Products
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    BMC Helix
    could be faster. db is slower from introducing postgresql
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
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    BMC Helix
    Their tech support is top notch. They respond and get back to us, even on lower level incidents and issues, very quickly. It is rare that we deal with a support technician who does not know what they are doing.
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    Online Training
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    BMC Helix
    the trainers dont have so much practical experiences. its mostly follow up and reading existing documentation withou own input. of course experiences people are on shore or have no free time. sad truth
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    Implementation Rating
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    BMC Helix
    Satisfied because I didn't have to do it!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Primarily because it used to have a good free tier earlier, which it does not anymore. It's simple, and things are available to use. Compared to it's competitors, it does has less features, but that kind of acts in its favor. That adds to the simplicity, and ease of use for a new user.
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    BMC Helix
    I believe Remedy's performance and market share exceeds its competitors. But it is worth mentioning that Microsoft's SCCM has excellent integration with Microsoft enterprise solutions and has is less expensive and not efficient. The IBM solution has better analytics but lacks the wide features and capabilities of Remedy. HP & CA are the real competitors for Remedy but lacks the stability, maturity, and effectiveness in Remedy
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    BMC Helix
    unclear. lot of for less
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    Scalability
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    BMC Helix
    Again, always room for improvement, but a very stable product none-the-less.
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Our project was deployed with good efficiency and easily accessible.
    • The platform was much recommeded across the groups and peers.
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    BMC Helix
    • Positive: an introduction to ITIL and viewing Asset, User Management from the perspective of ITIL, and how BMC has implemented those processes
    • Negative: The development team needs to communicate better with the sales and support side, and they need offer an open API
    • Negative: Currently the Asset Management side has little security and validation of Asset input: anyone can make API (mostly), at any item, which is a problem that I am apart of solving.
    • The UX needs updating, badly. Its quality is poor: it functions, but it is cumbersome, click-heavy and requires several hours to understand how to function with it. Also, it needs to ditch IE11 support, altogether.
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    ScreenShots

    BMC Helix ITSM Screenshots

    Screenshot of BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker. This is where users can deliver a secure service experience across multi-cloud environments.Screenshot of Knowledge Management, available with intelligent recommendations to help bring the right information to end-users and agents to quickly and accurately resolve issues.Screenshot of the incident and problem management interface, used to create and resolve incidents faster with intelligent, context-aware, and proactive incident matching.