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BMC TrueSight vs BigPanda comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 7, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.5
BigPanda enhances efficiency by centralizing operations, saving time and resources, especially when managing over 10,000 events weekly.
Sentiment score
6.9
BMC TrueSight enhances efficiency, lowers IT costs, and reallocates resources by reducing manual tasks and improving operations.
BigPanda offers significant time-saving, cost-saving, and resource-saving benefits.
Technical Lead
BigPanda saves time with its advanced features and manages large environments while requiring fewer resources compared to our previous tool, Netcool.
Software Engineer at Trianz
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
BigPanda customer service is generally helpful but experiences vary, showing occasional delays with ratings from six to ten.
Sentiment score
6.8
BMC TrueSight's support is generally effective but faces issues with wait times, expertise consistency, and frequent personnel changes.
If BigPanda can consistently provide such competent contacts, I would rate the support ten out of ten, otherwise, it is an eight out of ten.
Engineer - Cloud and Infrastructure Services at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Their collaboration was good, and I would rate them nine out of ten.
Software Engineer at Trianz
For technical support, we have only had to address password resets and alert mismatching.
Technical Lead
I would rate their technical support a nine out of ten.
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.6
BigPanda efficiently manages large alerts and users, integrates well, and is favored for scalability in complex infrastructures.
Sentiment score
6.9
BMC TrueSight is scalable, but users report mixed experiences with challenges in multitenancy, complexity, and financial constraints.
We manage a large environment with over 50,000 servers and various monitoring tools like Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk, Nagios, and Datadog.
Software Engineer at Trianz
It handles large volumes of alerts without limitations.
BigPanda facilitates better collaboration between IT teams by providing a shared view of incidents and requests.
Technical Lead
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
BigPanda is stable with efficient issue resolution, improved reliability, and high ratings, though critical traffic may slow it down.
Sentiment score
7.3
BMC TrueSight is stable with proper configuration and resources, emphasizing vendor guidelines and performance tuning for optimal use.
However, when handling critical traffic, the BigPanda site can slow down, which we manage with a load balancer.
Software Engineer at Trianz
BigPanda is now stable.
I have not encountered issues like lagging or crashing with BigPanda.
System Operation Associate at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

BigPanda needs better analytics, UI, cost-effectiveness, and AI, with improved observability, integration, and reduced incident costs.
BMC TrueSight needs faster deployment, intuitive interfaces, better cloud stability, and enhanced AI for insights and analytics.
A 'deep dive' analysis feature would be appreciated to give detailed insights such as CPU usage and disk space analysis.
Having more precise error data in BigPanda would enable me to resolve issues more quickly and efficiently.
System Operation Associate at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
This would help end users understand alert enrichment, configurations, alert noise, alert behavior, and alert statistics.
Engineer - Cloud and Infrastructure Services at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
There are some complexities with deployment that could be improved in BMC TrueSight.
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
 

Setup Cost

BigPanda offers flexible, affordable pricing at $200,000/year with discounts, perceived as reasonable compared to competitors in event management.
BMC TrueSight is costly but valued for robust features, transparent pricing, and flexibility in licensing and support.
The pricing for BigPanda is reasonable compared to other event management tools, given its advantages.
Software Engineer at Trianz
BMC TrueSight licensing costs are on the more expensive side.
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
 

Valuable Features

BigPanda enhances incident management with AI-driven alert deduplication, integration, automation, and user-friendly dashboards, improving workflow efficiency.
BMC TrueSight offers integrated monitoring, intuitive interfaces, and proactive management for efficient IT infrastructure performance and operational efficiency.
BigPanda improves service reliability with instant resolution, increased uptime, and reduced mean time to resolution, thus enhancing service quality.
Technical Lead
It can correlate multiple issues within a single device, create a single incident, and thus reduce noise and provide faster resolution.
Manager Observability at ICE
Even during suppressions when other tools are unavailable, BigPanda provides alerts, enabling me to track incidents effectively, follow up, and resolve them promptly.
System Operation Associate at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Automated root cause analysis and predictive capabilities are powerful features that assist in resource utilization and capacity planning.
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
 

Categories and Ranking

BigPanda
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
26th
Ranking in AIOps
11th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
IT Alerting and Incident Management (8th)
BMC TrueSight
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
30th
Ranking in AIOps
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (27th), Event Monitoring (7th), Cloud Monitoring Software (22nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of BigPanda is 0.7%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BMC TrueSight is 1.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
BigPanda0.7%
BMC TrueSight1.2%
Other98.1%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

RK
Manager Observability at ICE
Event management improvements reduce noise and support faster resolution although scheduling features need enhancements
The most valuable features of BigPanda include event deduplication, correlations, and enrichment, which reduce the noise in the environment. It can correlate multiple issues within a single device, create a single incident, and thus reduce noise and provide faster resolution. Furthermore, it offers out-of-the-box integrations with tools like ServiceNow and Teams, allowing auto-sharing on Teams channels. Updates made in Teams can be reflected back into BigPanda.
NikhilKalwint - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
Has improved monitoring efficiency and supports fast issue resolution through responsive support and reliable automation
I work with BMC TrueSight and have been using it for eight-plus years BMC TrueSight brought a positive impact and benefits to our organization. The customization part is one of the advantages of the product, along with the monitoring capabilities. Automated root cause analysis and predictive…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
6%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise24
 

Questions from the Community

Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What do you like most about BigPanda?
One of the most valuable features of BigPanda is its user-friendly interface.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BigPanda?
The pricing of BigPanda includes considerations for pricing, licensing, and setup costs of the solution.
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 needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Operations Management?
There are some complexities with deployment that could be improved in BMC TrueSight.
 

Also Known As

No data available
ProactiveNet, TrueSight Operations Management
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Nagios, ServiceNow, ITSM, NOC, CMDB Evolved, RemedyIncident Management Process
Ensono, Transamerica, Boston Scientific, Park Place Technologies, inContact, TD Ameritrade, PNC Bank
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