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BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps pros and cons

Vendor: BMC Helix
4.6 out of 5
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PROS

BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is evolving more and more into artificial intelligence.
BMC Helix Monitor's agentless feature removes the need to deploy agents on every system in an IT environment.
Predictive analytics in BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps enhances proactive problem-solving and provides detailed infrastructure insights.
Initial setup of BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is easy.
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps reduces emergency changes and enhances issue resolution speed, improving business confidence and cybersecurity.

CONS

Initial setup is complex, requiring a steep learning curve for effective implementation.
More information and dashboards are needed to enhance usability and insight generation.
Ensuring the customer has sufficient ITSM maturity is a challenge due to the sophistication of BMC Helix.
The tool's stability has room for improvement, impacting user experience and reliability.
Licensing can be ambiguous and is relatively expensive, though it provides high value.
 

BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps Pros review quotes

reviewer2243937 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 25, 2023
It is evolving more and more into artificial intelligence.
Jijil GHosh - PeerSpot reviewer
ITSM Solution Architect at CyberMAK Information Systems W.L.L.
Aug 28, 2023
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that BMC Helix Monitor is an agentless tool, because of which you don't need to deploy agents on each and every system in your IT environment.
reviewer2332233 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Design Monitoring & Performance Solutions at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Jan 15, 2024
The service operations monitoring features are valuable.
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Rafael  Pinto Ferreira - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Apr 16, 2024
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps' predictive analytics positively impacted proactive problem-solving capabilities. It has been the most interesting part of the solution! It provides detailed analytics that gives you a deep understanding of your infrastructure and recurring issues/problems. It really predicts the problems.
MohamedHassan6 - PeerSpot reviewer
Development manager at Business Management Company
Aug 12, 2024
The product's initial setup phase is easy.
SN
Solutions architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Nov 9, 2025
That gave us a very positive image as an agile vendor that came in and brought a highly valuable solution that drove cost reduction, that drove better return on investment, that drove more business confidence and highly automated spectrum and also it did improve overall cybersecurity aspects of the operations as well.
SY
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Nov 26, 2025
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps has positively impacted my organization by reducing our emergency changes and flipping our problem records from reactive to proactive, so we're getting to things faster before they impact users.
 

BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps Cons review quotes

reviewer2243937 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 25, 2023
The initial setup of the solution is complex.
Jijil GHosh - PeerSpot reviewer
ITSM Solution Architect at CyberMAK Information Systems W.L.L.
Aug 28, 2023
The solution's GUI and some patching-related information are areas with shortcomings where enhancements are needed, though I believe they are areas that fall under BMC's roadmap for the future.
reviewer2332233 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Design Monitoring & Performance Solutions at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Jan 15, 2024
The product must provide more information and dashboards.
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Rafael  Pinto Ferreira - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Apr 16, 2024
The biggest challenge is ensuring the customer has sufficient ITSM maturity to get the most out of the solution. BMC Helix is very sophisticated, and some clients lack that internal process maturity.
MohamedHassan6 - PeerSpot reviewer
Development manager at Business Management Company
Aug 12, 2024
I feel that the tool's stability has some scope for improvement.
SN
Solutions architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Nov 9, 2025
Customizing dashboard capabilities has always been an area of discussion.
SY
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Nov 26, 2025
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is that licensing in some cases can be ambiguous, but broadly speaking, it's slightly on the expensive side, though it's very high value.