BMC Helix Continuous Optimization vs. ServiceNow IT Operations Management

Based on what we have experienced, BMC Helix Optimize is a good choice for businesses that already have other BMC tools, such as BMC Helix Operations Management or BMC Helix Cloud Cost, due to the integrated capabilities that can be leveraged. Besides, it is a great tool for visual analysis of costs associated with operations.

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• Graphical Representations.
• Building of Data Views.
• Planning of operational budgets based on performance.

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• 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.

• No mobile app is available.
• Only available in English.
• Not many data integrations available.

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• 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

Incentivized

ServiceNow IT Operations Management assists your organization in actualizing proactive operations by anticipating issues before they affect users or the business, averting problems, streamlining workflows, and revolutionizing how your teams work together. ServiceNow IT Operations Management solutions offer actionable insights for your infrastructure, enabling you to utilize pre-built capabilities to accelerate value delivery and maintain 24/7 digital service operations across your entire IT environment.

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In general, BMC Helix Optimize has a set of tools that are quite advanced compared to other technologies in the same field. Especially the visual representations and the flexibility when building rules to control the spend are some of the most useful functionalities that work quite well, usually better than in the rest of the tools.

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ServiceNow IT Operations Management is more flexible and easier to customize without altering core code. ServiceNow IT Operations Management enables more robust third-party integrations (e.g., Jira, Slack, ScienceLogic). ServiceNow IT Operations Management is easier to use and to implement. It is cloud-based and doesn't require "on-premise" infrastructure or solution.

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• Good ROI after optimizing redundant processes.
• Identification of issues when being able to represent data visually.
• Reduced costs due to limiting number of needed resources.

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• Saved 20% time than last year for customer issues management
• Estimated time of resolving issue increased
• Nearly 1000+ article got created on 1 year

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