BMC TrueSight Operations Management vs Cisco UCS Manager comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

BMC TrueSight Operations Ma...
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
19th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (16th), Event Monitoring (1st), Cloud Monitoring Software (16th), AIOps (9th)
Cisco UCS Manager
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
29th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of BMC TrueSight Operations Management is 1.0%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco UCS Manager is 1.7%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
Unique Categories:
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
1.1%
Event Monitoring
14.5%
No other categories found
 

Featured Reviews

Danny Quezada - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 13, 2023
Helps to monitor servers, databases, Windows, Linux, and web services
I use the solution to monitor servers, databases, Windows, Linux, and web services.  The solution helps my customer monitor the Oracle database for logs.  The solution should improve predicting events and flaws in service. It also needs to improve integration with other systems.  I have been…
NE
Dec 20, 2022
The solution is agile, stable, scalable, and has good support
There are quite a few components when it comes to operating servers, and the process has to be done in a sequence. If UCS provided a functionality to set up all of my sequences in one go, for example, I want to apply this piece of software now, and once this is done, I want to apply this piece of software, it would be great. I want to be able to schedule multiple sequential updates in one go. Also, I've been trying the solution on a mobile device, and it doesn't work that great. They could probably do with redesigning the interface so it works for different device sizes and resolutions.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The initial setup of BMC TrueSight Operations Management was easy."
"The ability of this platform to monitor the very diverse assets that we maintain around the world is its most valuable feature... We support a vast array of manufacturers' equipment, like HP, IBM, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi... We can do it all with [this] one [solution]."
"The tailoring of the knowledge modules has been particularly useful as I can streamline the agents to only report on critical events."
"Helix Innovation Studio is a very good feature. It allows us to develop our own enterprise applications and make them available for the customers."
"The solution provides visibility to our infrastructure, how it is, the resources we are monitoring, and quick updates when it has any problems. We have integrated it with ServiceNow to open instances."
"BMC TrueSight Operations Management is easily scalable."
"The event management tool builds correlation logic and protection algorithms into a field of events that is valuable when a data center goes down."
"I like everything about this tool. I recommend this solution to anyone looking for a standalone solution with high availability meaning that can be used depending on the customers requirements."
"Technical support has been good so far. We haven't had any issues with them. We're satisfied with the level of service they provide our company."
"The most valuable features are flexibility and management."
"The hardware is very powerful and it is a stable solution."
"The reporting functionality will give you any report you want."
"The management is one of the most valuable features of this solution."
"When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time."
"The interface is ergonomic and native. We can use UCS Manager to do all the configurations for the servers, including storage, networking, and all the other components we need inside the fabric. It's simple and flexible."
"I can deploy something in my 50-odd servers all in one go, in parallel, whereas if I was to do that individually, it could be a nightmare."
 

Cons

"Application performance management (APM) is an area with certain shortcomings in the solution that needs improvement. I"
"The one piece that I would love to see is a general-purpose, configurable agent which would be a framework that you can deploy on anything, whether it be Java or anything else. It would allow you to easily deploy it on a platform that they support."
"In a large company of our size, we need multiple people in our company trained. So, I have to take the training classes. Then, I have to go and train the rest of my organization. I would prefer to say to the other people on my team, "Go to this link and..." Or, "Here's a list of training sessions that you can go to which are online and that are free." I think it would help the adoption of their product in the marketplace, personally."
"The knowledge modules could be more lightweight in size. At present, the installation packages can be quite large."
"The product must provide application or service monitoring features."
"I think the ease of deployment needs to be looked at. It would be great if the deployment was faster and easier."
"The solution could improve its price."
"One of the things that the TrueSight environment is missing is some of the HA abilities. The data collection server called the ISM doesn't really have the HA functionality or workload balancing. It was missing from the previous product as well. It's missing redundancy."
"Getting a CLI report on routers, switches, or any other CLI configuration device is difficult."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to their security."
"We have three data centers and if we could manage all three data centers using one interface, it would be great."
"The interface and the way it is constructed is very complex. They should work to simplify it. It's quite difficult for somebody who doesn't know the product very well. Users should be able to get proficient with it faster. There's definitely room for improvement there."
"Cisco UCS Manager should have a simplified deployment in the sense of not having multiple machines, demilitarized zones, and on-premise options."
"Cisco UCS Manager is not a scalable solution because once you have 160 blades, it cannot be expanded more."
"Cisco UCS is expensive compared to others. The Cisco UCS Chassis is more expensive than a standalone server, but some companies require standalone servers because of their production load and affordability. You need to pay more if you require more features on the Blade or if you need more ports on the switch."
"I would like to see Cisco UCS optionally work as a hyper-converged system because right now, it only operates as a converged system."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Though I have no clue about the tool's actual price, I know that it is astronomical."
"The tool is moderately expensive."
"Consider scalability very carefully: how much you want to monitor and what components are very important. Then, depending on these two things, filter out unwanted metrics or attributes. If you do a good job at filtering the data, then your licensing costs will be manageable."
"The cost depends on the usage."
"The only possible additional cost that I can mention, that you might not be aware of, is that it uses Oracle partitioning, if you use Oracle. There are Oracle partitioning fees that go with that."
"We pay license fees of between $150 and $200 per asset. There is an enterprise software license fee, and then you pay a percentage for your maintenance, and then Premier Support. For example, if you buy a two-year license for the product, then the maintenance fee is added to that for two years at X percent a year. Then there's a small fee on top of that for Premier Support..."
"Use conservative figures. In terms of hardware, monitored servers and also effort. The product is not cheap. But as with other products, you get what you pay for."
"Pricing is all volume-driven. I think we were paying between $80 and $85 per license. That's per unit, for a perpetual license. You pay it one time and then, every year, you pay 20 percent of that for annual maintenance and support. But now that we've grown, we've purchased tens of thousands of licenses and the cost per license has gone down to something like less than $30..."
"With product discounts which can be negotiated, the product is a great value."
"We need to take a license for each port, which amounts to a big sum."
"Cisco UCS Manager’s annual licensing fee is expensive."
"Cisco UCS is more expensive than Dell and HP, but it is more reliable. I see less issues and it's quite stable."
"You buy the hardware and then you get Cisco UCS Manager for free."
"The pricing for Cisco UCS Manager is okay for its market, so it's a four out of five for me."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
34%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC TrueSight Operations Management?
The solution provides visibility to our infrastructure, how it is, the resources we are monitoring, and quick updates when it has any problems. We have integrated it with ServiceNow to open instances.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC TrueSight Operations Management?
Though I have no clue about the tool's actual price, I know that it is astronomical.
What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Operations Management?
Cost is an issue with BMC TrueSight Operations Management. Though I am not responsible for the budget, I know that it is an expensive tool set when used only for event management. The tool's issue ...
What do you like most about Cisco UCS Manager?
When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS Manager?
We need to take a license for each port, which amounts to a big sum.
What needs improvement with Cisco UCS Manager?
The solution's pricing is high and could be reduced. Compared to other systems, memory failure in Cisco UCS Manager is much higher.
 

Also Known As

ProactiveNet, TrueSight Operations Management
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Sample Customers

Ensono, Transamerica, Boston Scientific, Park Place Technologies, inContact, TD Ameritrade, PNC Bank
Management Science Associates, Peak 10, Virtual Consulting Professionals
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