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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ALakeside Software offers cloud-based digital experience management. Lakeside’s Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack, gathers and analyzes more than 10,000 metrics every 15 seconds from every endpoint across the environment, collecting edge-based device telemetry data. With continuous insights into the ecosystems that power employees, customers use Lakeside’s technology to perform: End-User Experience Management Digital Workplace Planning IT Asset…N/A
    Pricing
    BMC Helix ITSMLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    Editions & Modules
    BMC Helix ITSM
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BMC Helix ITSMLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BMC Helix ITSMLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
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    BMC Helix
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    Lakeside Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    80 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    76 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    83 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    54 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    60 Answers
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    Features
    BMC Helix ITSMLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of BMC Helix ITSM and Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    Feature
    BMC Helix ITSM
    8.5
    114 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
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    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.1112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory8.881 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration8.693 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.3102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.682 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.599 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards8.7102 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of BMC Helix ITSM and Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    Feature
    BMC Helix ITSM
    8.1
    101 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
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    Configuration mangement8.297 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard8.293 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement8.074 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of BMC Helix ITSM and Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    Feature
    BMC Helix ITSM
    8.8
    103 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
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    Change requests repository8.9103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar8.697 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management9.098 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BMC Helix ITSMLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (121 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (72 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 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)
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    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BMC Helix ITSMLakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Lakeside Software
    We are able to get to the root of the issue much more rapidly this way, and we don't have to interrupt the end user in order to see how their computer is functioning. Systrack is installed on-premises at our company. Check out that hosted infrastructure if you're in the market for it. In a matter of minutes, you may move from one workstation to more than 100k.
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    Pros
    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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    Lakeside Software
    • Systrack may also be scaled up thus simply
    • Systrack provides a comprehensive picture of each system
    • Systrack's customer service is second to none
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    Cons
    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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    Lakeside Software
    • Every new version brings new ideas and capabilities to the table
    • Because of the sheer volume of information available, it can be difficult to know where to begin
    • With enough time and skill, creating bespoke dashboards with meaningful titles may be effective
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Lakeside Software
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Lakeside Software
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    BMC Helix
    for now we are satisfied. first two months 😉
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    Lakeside Software
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    Performance
    BMC Helix
    could be faster. db is slower from introducing postgresql
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    Lakeside Software
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Lakeside Software
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    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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    Lakeside Software
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    BMC Helix
    Satisfied because I didn't have to do it!
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    Lakeside Software
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Lakeside Software
    Systrack is also used to provide baseline and post-change analytics for the testing of new applications and equipment. This gives me the confidence to install high-quality items that won't cause any serious problems for customers. These are just some of the useful tools Systrack offers to assess the digital experience and take appropriate action.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BMC Helix
    unclear. lot of for less
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    Lakeside Software
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    BMC Helix
    Again, always room for improvement, but a very stable product none-the-less.
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    Lakeside Software
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Lakeside Software
    • It was easy to install Systrack to a group of virtual workstations while doing CPU utilization analysis in a virtual environment
    • You still need specialists to discover and fix problems in your environments with Systrack, but it will save you a lot of time
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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.

    Lakeside Digital Experience Cloud, powered by SysTrack Screenshots

    Screenshot of Lakeside Assist is an all-in-one workspace for Level 1 service desk staff to quickly diagnose and resolve issues.Screenshot of Lakeside Resolve is a powerful root cause analysis tool to diagnose and resolve complex, estate wide issues by providing heightened visibility into physical and virtual desktops, quick problem resolution, and incident prioritization.Screenshot of By automating incident detection, troubleshooting, and resolution and streamlining workflows, Prevent makes robust proactive service operations possible for more members of the IT support team.Screenshot of Lakeside helps you proactively measure, analyze and optimize your employees’ digital experience anywhere they are working, all from easily consumable dashboards that surface that data you need quickly.Screenshot of Provide the right-sized hardware for different departments across your organization, saving IT costs and improving DEX. Take the guess-work out of your next refresh and ensure end users have what they need to be their most productive.