BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management vs CloudCheckr comparison

BMC Helix and Spot - A Flexera company are both solutions in the Cloud Management category. BMC Helix is ranked #38, while Spot - A Flexera company is ranked #28 with an average rating of 6.0. BMC Helix holds a 0.9% mindshare in CM, compared to Spot - A Flexera company’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of BMC Helix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of Spot - A Flexera company users who would recommend it.

BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management

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80% willing to recommend

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66% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management and CloudCheckr are competing in the cloud management domain. While BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is favored for its enterprise-level pricing and support, CloudCheckr has an edge with its robust feature set, especially in cost optimization and compliance.

Features: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management offers strong automation, comprehensive resource management, and enterprise scalability. CloudCheckr provides advanced cost optimization, detailed compliance tracking, and intuitive financial insights.

Room for Improvement: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management could improve in reducing complexity, enhancing ease of use, and streamlining its deployment process. CloudCheckr might benefit from expanding its automation features, improving scalability to match enterprise needs, and offering more integration options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management presents a complex deployment suitable for enterprises, emphasizing customization with comprehensive documentation. CloudCheckr offers a simple deployment model focused on user experience, complemented by responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management involves higher initial costs due to its enterprise-grade features but focuses on long-term ROI. CloudCheckr provides lower upfront costs, with quick ROI through cost savings and budget management.

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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)

CloudCheckr

Ranking in Cloud Management

28th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Cost Management (11th), Managed Cloud Services (7th)

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 CloudCheckr is 1.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
CloudCheckr	1.3%
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management	0.9%
Other	97.8%

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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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Peter Ramnath

Associate Director, ITSM & Onboarding at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Provides recommendations regarding how cost and consumption can be adjusted, but the reporting and analytic capabilities are very limited

We are not happy with the product’s reporting capabilities. We are planning to change the solution. The security compliance feature doesn’t give much data because CloudCheckr has done a majority of its development on AWS. The majority of our clients are on Microsoft Azure. There are a lot of features and information available for Amazon, but not for Azure. The tool wasn't meeting our expectations. The reporting and analytic capabilities are very limited. There's no ability to do scheduled email reports. The report could only be sent to a single email address. The tool was not very usable. We had multiple clients and tasks to work with.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"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."

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

"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."

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

"It's one of the leading players for cloud optimization. It's hard to find anything better."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"It will automatically suggest areas for optimization."

"The best feature I like about CloudCheckr CMx High Security is its simplicity. I love that it's not rocket science to use the solution. Even if you're not familiar with the cloud, you can easily figure out how to use CloudCheckr CMx High Security. You can use AWS, you can use Azure, and you can use GCP with the solution because the integration is quite simple. You can also use multi-cloud with it, and you could see the billing part. You'll have complete visibility into your cost which I love about the solution. I also love that data on any security issues and vulnerabilities are available on the go with CloudCheckr CMx High Security. You don't need to do anything different. Just run the scan and you'll have all these open findings in the tool, in terms of the priority level, so if it's critical, it will tell you, "It's critical," and you need to fix it right away."

"The most valuable feature of CloudCheckr CMx High Security is granular reporting. Additionally, the user interface is easy to use."

"The solution is scalable for our purposes."

"The recommendation section is pretty helpful."

"The solution is mostly stable."

Cons

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

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

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

"CloudCheckr CMx High Security is complex. There are a lot of menus, and if you do not know what you are looking for you can get lost. However, the interface is self-explanatory. It's easy to understand where to go to get what you want."

"The solution must improve its user interface."

"The solution needs to work better with larger capacities of data."

"Self-healing could be a bit smoother and a bit cleaner, easier to access and more functional. That would help."

"The performance of the tool really needs to be improved."

"What needs to be improved in CloudCheckr CMx High Security is integration. All the clouds are going quite fast, for example, all the cloud providers: Microsoft, Google, etc. CloudCheckr CMx High Security is good with AWS, no doubt about it, but with Azure and Google Cloud, I find that the solution is slow in that direction. If the vendor planned for CloudCheckr CMx High Security to be automated just for AWS, then it does make sense. If not, if the vendor is also targeting good integration with Google and Microsoft, then CloudCheckr CMx High Security integration needs improvement, in particular, it has to be faster. At the moment, its integration with Azure is not as good as its integration with AWS. With GCP, integration is nowhere."

"Many features still need to be implemented in this tool."

"The reporting and analytic capabilities are very limited."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost is on par with other providers."

"The solution is reasonably priced."

"A license is needed to use CloudCheckr CMx High Security, but because we are a managed service provider, the price of the license would vary. It depends on the type of cloud users we have, for example, it would be some type of percentage or monthly billing, etc."

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Computer Software Company

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Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	5

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What do you like most about CloudCheckr ?

The recommendation section is pretty helpful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudCheckr ?

The price depends on the actual Azure consumption and what we feed into it. The cost is on par with other providers.

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Also Known As

BMC CLM

CloudCheckr CMx High Security, CloudCheckr CMP

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.

BMC Helix

CloudCheckr CMx High Security is a cloud management platform that provides complete visibility into cost and security issues. The primary use cases are day-to-day operations, cloud management, identifying open vulnerabilities and issues from a security perspective, and cost management and optimization.

The solution is praised for its stability, simplicity, ease of use, scalability, excellent technical support, and granular reporting. CloudCheckr CMx High Security provides priority-level data on security issues and vulnerabilities, making it easy to identify critical issues that need immediate attention.

Spot - A Flexera company

Sample Customers

JDA Software, Morningstar, Orange Business Services, Wipro

Accenture, Logitech, Ingram, Cloudar, Infor, DXC, Cornell University, DLT, Lumen, Lightstream, Choice Hotels, B-Tech, SmileShark, PTP, Explicity, JCH Technology, Siemens Mobility

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