BMC Helix ITSM vs. AIOps from Broadcom

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BMC Helix ITSM
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
BMC 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
AIOps from Broadcom
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
AIOps from Broadcom is a solution designed to enable IT teams to converge full-stack monitoring across the digital environment with intelligence and automation. With AIOps, teams establish proactive, automated remediation capabilities to drive user experiences, while improving operational efficiency. The product is an evolution of the CA Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps) platform acquired with CA Technologies by Broadcom in 2018, which combined capabilities from CA Operational…N/A
Pricing
BMC Helix ITSMAIOps from Broadcom
Editions & Modules
BMC Helix ITSM
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BMC Helix ITSMAIOps from Broadcom
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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BMC Helix ITSMAIOps from Broadcom
Features
BMC Helix ITSMAIOps from Broadcom
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
BMC Helix ITSM
8.6
103 Ratings
5% above category average
AIOps from Broadcom
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Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.1101 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.771 Ratings00 Ratings
Service restoration8.783 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service tools8.790 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.372 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.487 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards8.590 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
BMC Helix ITSM
8.4
89 Ratings
2% above category average
AIOps from Broadcom
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Ratings
Configuration mangement8.785 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset management dashboard8.581 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement8.065 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
BMC Helix ITSM
8.7
92 Ratings
2% above category average
AIOps from Broadcom
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Ratings
Change requests repository8.991 Ratings00 Ratings
Change calendar8.586 Ratings00 Ratings
Service-level management8.787 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Performance Management
Comparison of Application Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
BMC Helix ITSM
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Ratings
AIOps from Broadcom
8.1
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Application monitoring00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Database monitoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Threshold alerts00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Predictive capabilities00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Application performance management console00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Collaboration tools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Application dependency mapping and thresholding00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Virtualization monitoring00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Server availability and performance monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
IT Asset Discovery00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
BMC Helix ITSMAIOps from Broadcom
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(100 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.5
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(51 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
3.0
(10 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BMC Helix ITSMAIOps from Broadcom
Likelihood to Recommend
BMC Software Inc.
There are many ITSM platforms available - but only a very select few are true enterprise leaders. BMC Helix is one. When it comes to managing thousands of incidents daily, BMC Helix helps cut through the noise with incident correlation and predictive problem management.
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Broadcom
For servers and Network monitoring Broadom products easily delivers outcome, they offer great depth and breadth of monitoring. DX IM covers 140+ technologies in case of Data center monitoring, tremendous alerts and metric collection. Network monitoring product is well mature and offers end to end monitoring of network , these two products offer great monitoring of on prem data center and network infrastructure. DX APM is another powerfull product for application performance monitoring and analytic. AIOps is a suite of products, Powerfull products such as DX IM & DX NetOps should be offered as SaaS service, these two products cover full data center monitoring or cloud infra monitoring. If they move them to SaaS it will attract many opportunities of monitoring
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Pros
BMC Software Inc.
  • The Service Asset and Configuration Management capabilities of Helix ITSM are awesome. It can be used as a central repository for all SACM information and seamlessly integrated with Helix Discovery.
  • It has the most certified ITIL process modules of any ITSM system. These modules work seamlessly with each other and give you the power to manage any situation effectively.
  • As an Administrator of Helix ITSM you have many tools at your disposal to create customizations, workflows. BMC makes it easy to manage the system, leaving time to develop customizations and workflows.
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Broadcom
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Cons
BMC Software Inc.
  • Customization can be lengthy due to the numerous features included in the software.
  • New staff members require some sort of hands-on training to get to know all the use capabilities.
  • The analytics can be improved to include forecasts and trend analysis.
  • Expensive compared to competitors.
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Broadcom
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Likelihood to Renew
BMC Software Inc.
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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Broadcom
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Usability
BMC Software Inc.
At least Remedy is all contained in a single platform, so the interface is consistent. Also, the most heavily performed functions are generally usable. However, to use some of the more advanced modules can be a bit more cumbersome (such as Change Management and CMDB (Not Including ADDM)). So, overall BMC Remedy ITSM is better than some applications like CA SDM or HP SM, but not quite on par with ServiceNow.
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Broadcom
Broadcom AIOps Suite has all the products to achieve the full stake observability and they very tightly integrated to each other.
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Reliability and Availability
BMC Software Inc.
for now we are satisfied. first two months 😉
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Broadcom
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Performance
BMC Software Inc.
could be faster. db is slower from introducing postgresql
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Broadcom
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Support Rating
BMC Software Inc.
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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Broadcom
Broadcom support was awesome, Professional team was available as on demand. Technical support folks follow the diagnostic process and deliver the customer satisfaction
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Online Training
BMC Software Inc.
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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Broadcom
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Implementation Rating
BMC Software Inc.
Satisfied because I didn't have to do it!
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Broadcom
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Alternatives Considered
BMC Software Inc.
I did not select Remedy myself, so I am coming in from someone who is apart of the story, from somewhere in the midway. That being said: Remedy has begun a journey of understanding the problems associated with the implementation of ITIL, and indeed ITIL itself (it is a top-down process for management of an IT department). there are many alternatives out there. One, in particular, I am keen to investigate: Redmine. But in doing so, It will be evaluated via my experience with Remedy.
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Broadcom
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
BMC Software Inc.
unclear. lot of for less
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Broadcom
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Scalability
BMC Software Inc.
Again, always room for improvement, but a very stable product none-the-less.
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Broadcom
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Return on Investment
BMC Software Inc.
  • The ROI was fine initially as we got what we paid for and it served its purpose
  • Over time, we got behind on releases due to limitations with customizations we made to the application. The product then became out of support and completely out of date, and we had to replace
  • Overall ROI was minimal and once the product was out of date we found more value in other tools
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Broadcom
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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.