BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management vs Cisco UCS Director comparison

BMC Helix and Cisco are both solutions in the Cloud Management category. BMC Helix is ranked #38, while Cisco is ranked #20 with an average rating of 7.7. BMC Helix holds a 0.9% mindshare in CM, compared to Cisco’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of BMC Helix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 73% of Cisco users who would recommend it.

BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management

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80% willing to recommend

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73% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management and Cisco UCS Director compete in cloud management and orchestration. BMC leads in pricing and support, while Cisco UCS Director is favored for its feature set.

Features: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management includes comprehensive cloud service management, policy-driven services, and advanced analytics. Cisco UCS Director offers strong integration capabilities, extensive service catalogs, and powerful automation for multi-cloud management.

Room for Improvement: BMC could improve its user interface, expand its automation features, and enhance scalability for larger deployments. Cisco UCS Director would benefit from simplifying deployment, improving integration with non-Cisco products, and reducing overall complexity.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BMC’s deployment is straightforward, with excellent customer support for quick resolution. Cisco’s deployment is more complex, requiring expert resources, but it offers in-depth support once implemented.

Pricing and ROI: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is cost-effective with flexible licensing and good ROI. Cisco UCS Director has a higher upfront cost but offers significant ROI in environments utilizing its full features.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management

Ranking in Cloud Management

38th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Monitoring Software (45th)

Cisco UCS Director

Ranking in Cloud Management

20th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco UCS Director is 1.4%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Cisco UCS Director	1.4%
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management	0.9%
Other	97.7%

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Entprssol67

Enterprise Solution Architect at Engineering Ingegneria Informatica SPA

Helps design blueprints in a cloud environment but the support is a major problem

One of the major problems is that support is not so good. I used to have a support expert in Spain but they left two years ago. BMC doesn't invest a lot in network automation but network automation is a major point in CLM. There aren't any experts here in Europe, maybe they have in America, I don't know. The main problem is the support in Europe. We had a lot of problems with the people who got put on our cases. The agents that we were assigned to were not so capable. They wanted to replicate the problem. If you have an incident, it takes a lot of time to troubleshoot the problem. The incident support is not so good. The technicians don't know the platform well. BMC doesn't want to invest in CLM. Two years ago we had a lot of problems. Maybe BMC realized that CLM is an end of life product.

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Sunny Nair

Solution Architect and Senior Consultant at Keysight Technologies

Good multi-cloud management capability, but third-party and legacy integration needs improvement

Normally, UCS Director is used primarily for orchestration, but when we look at a non-Cisco data infrastructure components, the UCS Director needs a bit more improvement in terms of integration with third-party systems and with existing older systems. I feel that more development or a more integrated road map should be set up so that it becomes a common platform for any infrastructure. In the next release of this solution, I would like to see changes in the navigation controls of UCS Director. That would be helpful. Modifying the icons that are available for use, as well as virtualization aspects.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"You can tie together your public and private cloud infrastructure into a "single pane of glass"."

"Assesses change impact or completes an audit using multiple dashboard views."

"CLM has a multi-cloud portal because they have the resources to implement in various environments in various ports."

"Automates Java EE Application Deployment from an SCM system."

"By allowing end users to request their own services, the request process for systems is much quicker and more accurate."

"Integrates role-based access control with pre-configured policies for CIS, DISA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, NIST, and SCAP documentation and remediation."

"Supports unattended installs and image-based, script-based, or template-based provisioning."

"I can manage multiple workloads whether it's on AWS, Azure, or on-premises. They can be managed by using the UCS Director."

"This is a user-friendly solution that is very good and easy to use."

"The solution is helpful for centralized management."

"A product that really aids in systems management without complexity."

"UCS director enables us to be more productive and more agile, and also more self-sufficient because we don't have to depend on anybody else."

"The reason we went with Cisco is that it comes at a very negligible cost as part of the BOQ. Compared to the competition's products, which are incredibly expensive, UCS Director is low-cost."

"Cisco's knowledge base is extensive."

"Cisco UCS Director is straightforward to use, which we greatly appreciate."

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Cons

"Needs integrations with other providers to provide a custom public cloud environment."

"The installation and configuration can be tricky due to it being built on Remedy."

"One of the major problems is that support is not so good."

"There aren’t any areas of improvement that immediately come to mind."

"There are a lot of bugs in the solution. This is an area in the solution that can be improved."

"It is not easy to add or expand the product."

"The tool should be a lot more intuitive and make it easy for us to understand and migrate."

"The product's pricing needs to improve."

"There could be an improvement with the integration with the newest solutions from other vendors' technologies."

"Normally, UCS Director is used primarily for orchestration, but when we look at a non-Cisco data infrastructure components, the UCS Director needs a bit more improvement in terms of integration with third-party systems and with existing older systems."

"The product could allow more programmatic opportunities through better development of the API."

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"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing around five to six out of ten."

"The budget doesn’t work for the state and local governments."

"The cost of this solution is significant."

"I would rate the product's pricing an eight out of ten."

"Cisco UCS Director is expensive...I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."

"I rate Cisco UCS Director's price a three out of ten. Cisco UCS Director is not an affordable product. With Cisco UCS Director, there is a need to pay an overall price, which consists of the product, software, and support."

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Overview

BMC's cloud management platform drives digital innovation with agile, full-stack service provisioning across cloud and traditional platforms. BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management scales easily while integrating with essential compliance and governance policies to reduce risk.

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Cisco UCS Director enables automated delivery of physical and virtual data center resources, empowering data centers to move at the speed of business.

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