BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB) vs. ServiceNow IT Operations Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BMC Helix CMDB
Score 10.0 out of 10
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The BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB, formerly known as Atrium CMDB) is a configuration management database.N/A
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Built on the Now Platform, the ServiceNow IT Operations Management bundle is designed to help users gain visibility across infrastructure and apps, maintain service health, and optimize cloud delivery and spend.N/A
Pricing
BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB)ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BMC Helix CMDBServiceNow IT Operations Management
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB)ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Considered Both Products
BMC Helix CMDB

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ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Chose ServiceNow IT Operations Management
I find from terms of how each product functions vs the above, that they both are very similar. Scheduled scans, maintenance and the ability to configure what you're concerned about. Both tools really have what you need.
Features
BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB)ServiceNow IT Operations Management
AIOps Features
Comparison of AIOps Features features of Product A and Product B
BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
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Ratings
ServiceNow IT Operations Management
8.8
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Monitoring and Alerting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Performance Analytics00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Incident Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Service Desk Integration00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Root Cause Analysis00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Capacity Planning Tool00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Configuration and Change Management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Automated Remediation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Collaboration and Communication00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Threat Intelligence00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB)ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(5 ratings)
9.2
(7 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
BMC Helix Configuration Management Database (CMDB)ServiceNow IT Operations Management
Likelihood to Recommend
BMC Helix
Lets you run more effective CABs with accurate configuration and dependency data. Understand the impact of change on other assets applications and services. Detecting potential underlying issues [when multiple] changes are made. Provides very adaptable and highly reliable data quality and integrity engines configured through rules [to] ensure normalization, data source prioritization, and deduplication.
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ServiceNow
[...] is changing the way our internal support staff (not only in the IT field) work and enhancing the experience for employees seeking IT assistance through ServiceNow IT Operation Management. We have moved the usual and personalized IT tools and functions from [...] service-desk to ServiceNow IT Operations Management. These advancements have sparked innovation in various aspects of our IT support management, such as enhancing accessibility, managing incidents, optimizing IT workflows and procedures, enforcing service level agreements (SLAs), incorporating AI/ML technology, utilizing virtual agents, streamlining automation, and sharing knowledge throughout the support team via data visualization, monitoring, and reporting. In brief, our collaboration with ServiceNow IT Operations Management is enhancing the effectiveness of our internal system and benefiting our shared clients.
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Pros
BMC Helix
  • ITIL helps to meet customer expectations.
  • Beat competitors offerings
  • Allign with legal and regulatory requirements.
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ServiceNow
  • In platform expertise and workflows, so we don't allows have to build everything from scratch.
  • Tight integration within ServiceNow (especially ITSM) but also brings information and data in from other sources, so I don't feel we are stuck in a proprietary hole.
  • Increased investment in AIOps and automation
  • Relatively fast time to value with out-of-the-box capabilities and automation.
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Cons
BMC Helix
  • Speed and flexiability
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ServiceNow
  • With the introduction of AIOps, we hope triaging outage impact can become more proactive
  • The UI could be greatly enhanced and simplified for daily operations
  • ServiceNow API access licenses are usually very limited bottlenecking use cases to build dashboards out from it
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Usability
BMC Helix
Once you have an understanding of the many use cases that this software can meet, you will be able to tightly integrate this into a ticketing system which increases the ROI of the product tremendously.
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ServiceNow
We achieved in financial what we are aiming for, as our targets are fulfilled, we solved many issues using ServiceNow, Creation of knowledge article improved, Ticket system got customized, overall survey from the customer is 4 out of 5, customization is done without any hustle and integration was very easy.
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Alternatives Considered
BMC Helix
The number of workflows, escalations, processes built in the out of the box Remedy is outstanding. Trying to mimic/customize an open source, or even Remedyforce would cost more than implementing a vanilla Remedy. We reviewed ServiceNow but we felt that in terms of an end-to-end implementation tool, Remedy is still first in class.
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ServiceNow
We wanted it integrated with ITSM and ITBM. Prioir to that we used JIRA for agile development and SysAid for ticketing. So we started with converting SysAid. We went live with Vanilla ITSM. Then we could have a basis for ITOM. However, we needed to migrated from JIRA to ITSM. Only then we felt mature enough to examine ITOM, which required quite a lot of resources. You need networking, motoring, IT and Cyber security team members in your project!!
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Return on Investment
BMC Helix
  • Highly adaptable.
  • Provides relevant insights for your business.
  • Offers quality and reliable data.
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ServiceNow
  • Makes it MUCH easier to understand impact between application and server
  • Makes it easier to understand impact from a change and what all it affects
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