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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

    N-able N-sight RMM

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) is a cloud-based system monitoring offering for Managed Service Providers. It provides a full monitoring and management suite, including automation and threat detection capabilities, and can integrate with other SolarWinds products.N/A
    Pricing
    BMC Helix ITSMN-able N-sight RMM
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    BMC Helix ITSM
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    BMC Helix ITSMN-able N-sight RMM
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BMC Helix ITSMN-able N-sight RMM
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    BMC Helix
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    80 Answers
    85%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    54 Answers
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BMC Helix ITSMN-able N-sight RMM
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of BMC Helix ITSM and N-able N-sight RMM
    Feature
    BMC Helix ITSM
    8.5
    114 Ratings
    4% above category average
    N-able N-sight RMM
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    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 N-able N-sight RMM
    Feature
    BMC Helix ITSM
    8.1
    101 Ratings
    0% below category average
    N-able N-sight RMM
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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 N-able N-sight RMM
    Feature
    BMC Helix ITSM
    8.8
    103 Ratings
    4% above category average
    N-able N-sight RMM
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    Change requests repository8.9103 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar8.697 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management9.098 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring Tasks
    Comparison of Monitoring Tasks features of BMC Helix ITSM and N-able N-sight RMM
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    BMC Helix ITSM
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    N-able N-sight RMM
    9.2
    19 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Remote monitoring00 Ratings9.319 Ratings
    Network device monitoring00 Ratings7.016 Ratings
    Management Tasks
    Comparison of Management Tasks features of BMC Helix ITSM and N-able N-sight RMM
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    BMC Helix ITSM
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    Ratings
    N-able N-sight RMM
    9.2
    19 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Patch Management00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
    Policy-based automation00 Ratings9.019 Ratings
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    Enterprises
    Ivanti ITSM
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    User Ratings
    BMC Helix ITSMN-able N-sight RMM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (121 ratings)
    6.7
    (32 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.8
    (72 ratings)
    7.8
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (10 ratings)
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    BMC Helix ITSMN-able N-sight RMM
    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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    N-able
    It's great for the basics of device management for Windows PCs, I wouldn't recommend it for Mac other than asset management. The patch management and monitoring templates are helpful for the day-to-day, and the "Take Control" feature for remote assistance allows us to provide fast service to clients - we often are on a machine within 5 minutes of receiving a ticket.
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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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    N-able
    • It provides fantastic remote access capabilities. The Take Control tool gives us a robust platform that is capable of remote controlling almost any endpoint we need to and the chat, file transfer, and screen recording tools are all exceptionally useful.
    • SolarWinds RMM is particularly useful as a single pane of glass solution that allows us to monitor and manage thousands of endpoints across dozens of different clients. It does a solid job of allowing us to sort, organize, and filter based off of who and what we want to see at any given time.
    • Due to its client based nature, the platform excels at in-depth monitoring of services, event logs, and the functionality of systems with custom script checks.
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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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    N-able
    • UI speed and threading across multiple windows (1 window refreshing, causes all refreshes to hang).
    • Load times in certain menus, regardless of server specs.
    • Integration with 3rd party applications.
    • Speed of dev team response in regards to existing features malfunctioning, or major bugs that Solarwinds does not consider major.
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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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    N-able
    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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    N-able
    The interface is easy to navigate. Setting up policies is straight forward. The antivirus and web filter are simple and exceptions are easy to make. Upgrading the agent is made simple and creating scripts is made fool proof. (Well, almost)
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    Reliability and Availability
    BMC Helix
    for now we are satisfied. first two months 😉
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    N-able
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    Performance
    BMC Helix
    could be faster. db is slower from introducing postgresql
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    N-able
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    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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    N-able
    The ease of use, full functionality, reliability and excellent support.[N-able RMM (formerly Solarwinds RMM)] gives users a full suite of tools with a single installable file. Unlike standard tools, you don't have to install several different executables to be able to have fully protected end points.
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    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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    N-able
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    Implementation Rating
    BMC Helix
    Satisfied because I didn't have to do it!
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    N-able
    No answers on this topic
    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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    N-able
    Ultimately, we chose to stay with N-able N-sight due to their competitive pricing and billing system that we integrated into our accounting. The other competitors do offer better-made modules/new technology, but we were not ready to make this big move because of the cost. In the future, perhaps, we will still consider NinjaOne.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    BMC Helix
    unclear. lot of for less
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    N-able
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    Scalability
    BMC Helix
    Again, always room for improvement, but a very stable product none-the-less.
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    N-able
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    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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    N-able
    • The ROI is immediate for us. The advanced alerting alone makes this product an ace in our bag. The confidence you have in your network is wonderful.
    • Another big ROI we get from the advanced alerting is the peace of mind that our engineers feel. We are a 24/7 shop, so being on-call goes from being hectic to extremely manageable.
    • The only negative I can honestly say is when the time comes to patch the product. Micro-patches are easy enough, but jumping versions can be a bit taxing.
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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.

    N-able N-sight RMM Screenshots

    Screenshot of N-able RMM Dashboard