BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management vs DX Unified Infrastructure Management comparison

BMC Helix and Broadcom are both solutions in the Cloud Monitoring Software category. BMC Helix is ranked #45, while Broadcom is ranked #38. BMC Helix holds a 0.3% mindshare in CMS, compared to Broadcom’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of BMC Helix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

DX Unified Infrastructure Management and BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management compete in IT infrastructure management and automation. DX Unified Infrastructure Management seems more economical with better support, while BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management offers advanced features justifying higher investment.

Features: DX Unified Infrastructure Management provides real-time monitoring, capacity planning, and integrated analytics, presenting a comprehensive view of infrastructure health. BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management emphasizes superior automation, cloud integration, and lifecycle governance for extensive cloud resource management.

Room for Improvement: DX Unified Infrastructure Management could enhance its automation capabilities, deepen cloud service integration, and refine lifecycle management. BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management might benefit from streamlined deployment, reduced complexity in customization, and more affordable pricing models for smaller enterprises.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: DX Unified Infrastructure Management ensures straightforward deployment and reliable customer support, facilitating swift IT integration. BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management offers a modular deployment model requiring longer implementation times but provides robust technical support and extensive customization resources.

Pricing and ROI: DX Unified Infrastructure Management is cost-effective with a quick ROI due to lower setup costs. BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management, despite higher upfront costs, yields significant ROI through optimized cloud management and efficient resource use over time. The choice depends on organizational budget and long-term cloud strategy needs.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

45th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (38th)

DX Unified Infrastructure M...

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

38th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

Network Monitoring Software (73rd), Server Monitoring (22nd), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (50th), AIOps (25th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Cloud Monitoring Software category, the mindshare of BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DX Unified Infrastructure Management is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
DX Unified Infrastructure Management	0.6%
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management	0.3%
Other	99.1%

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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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Mark Tukh

Principal Presale Consultant at Ness Technologies

Great scalability, versatility, infrastructure coverage and ease of implementation

I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten. The number of people needed for deployment depends on the customer, but we usually need at least one person and two to three at other times. The initial implementation takes about two months. The full implementation can be infinite because you may want to implement more. The product does not require a lot of maintenance. To increase the implementation, we push additional services in the first and second years to make it more robust and fully implemented. We usually sell to big enterprises. It can also be affordable for smaller enterprises, but we don't work with them a lot. We have from 2,000 to 10,000 workers. So the product itself can have five, ten or even 20 users.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Another division handed us the opportunity to monitor their solutions as written, and UIM was very useful for that."

"It is easy to implement but requires good planning."

"Monitoring infrastructure and business applications are the most valuable features."

"The benefit is easy installation. Thus, the model approach of the product and out-of-the-box probes, which deliver direct value."

"It is reliable when it comes to monitoring."

"Great out-of-the-box capability."

"It gives us visibility inside applications. It helps us to dig down and find the root cause of any issue within the network."

"You can scale it pretty much however way you want to as long as you have the servers to throw at it."

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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."

"I'd also like to see more probes. More probes in the sense that we were coming across devices that we're expected to monitor and manage for which, out of the box, there isn't a nice, clean solution. There are probes that are dedicated for certain devices and certain device types, which is great. But then there are times we come across nuanced products that we have to develop our own solution for. There are probes that exist in there that allow us to make a customized solution, but it takes a lot more time."

"We would like to see automatic network topology."

"Better support and more accessible resources are crucial. Customers have expressed that support is not as flexible, and it is difficult to obtain necessary information quickly."

"I'm very happy with DX Unified Infrastructure Management, but what could be improved is its user interface because currently, it has many wide spaces. All the information you need is in DX Unified Infrastructure Management, and it's a reliable tool, and though that's more important than the gaps in the user interface being smaller or wider, those gaps still need some improvement. I know the team is working on it. My company had some backend problems with DX Unified Infrastructure Management in the past that have now been solved. The setup for the tool also needs improvement because it's complex. Another room for improvement in DX Unified Infrastructure Management is its technical support because it's sometimes not as knowledgeable or responsive. What I'm suggesting to be added to the tool is an open-standard ELK Elastic-based database where you can put in all data, so that you can use the data in other systems as well."

"Within this product there are individual probes, and each of these probes doesn't always necessarily output the same kind of information into our database. So when we try to collect what's called QoS data, from one probe we might get a ton of information, lots of good stuff that we can use in our database, but then from another probe, we might not get so much or we might not be able to pull the things that we want to."

"Currently lacks a mobile application which would be helpful."

"A useful feature to have would be automatic configuration per standard by new robots that check in for any particular customer."

"There is also room for improvement in the reporting. It is not really good enough, according to our customers. So what we now usually do is use Power BI to get them the kinds of reports they want."

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"Pricing for DX Unified Infrastructure Management isn't cheap at all. It's a complex tool, so you have to pay more. No one is happy with a large bill to pay, but if it's a complex product and you designed a complex solution to be monitored, it'll be your fault that you need to buy an expensive product, and that would be implicit in the design of DX Unified Infrastructure Management. Monitoring is just a small part of it. Sometimes you have to pay a significant amount of money for a complex yet very good solution."

"CAD $400,000 annually."

"The license cost depends on the number of probes and robots."

"Reasonable setup cost and licensing prices."

"This product is expensive compared to other vendors (SolarWinds, ManageEngine)."

"The product-price ratio is better than other brands such as Fortinet or SonicWall."

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Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	80

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Also Known As

BMC CLM

DX Infrastructure Manager, DX Infrastructure Manager for Z Systems and CA UIM for zSystems, CA UIM (DX Infrastructure Manager), CA Nimsoft Monitor, CA UIM, DX Infrastructure Manager

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

DX Unified Infrastructure Management is the only solution that provides an open architecture, full-stack observability and zero-touch configuration for monitoring traditional data center, public cloud, and hybrid infrastructure environments.

Designed to ensure an optimal end-user experience, this solution provides a modern HTML5 operations console that makes it easy and fast for today’s IT teams to implement, use, and scale – leading to faster time to value.

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Sample Customers

JDA Software, Morningstar, Orange Business Services, Wipro

CBNCloud, IIJ Global Singapore, AT&S, AXSOS, Aozora Bank, HCL Technologies, IntelliNet, Securex

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