BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management vs Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) comparison

BMC Helix and Google are both solutions in the Cloud Monitoring Software category. BMC Helix is ranked #45, while Google is ranked #21 with an average rating of 8.0. BMC Helix holds a 0.3% mindshare in CMS, compared to Google’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of BMC Helix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Google users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management and Google Cloud's operations suite compete in cloud management solutions. Google Cloud's operations suite has the upper hand due to its comprehensive features despite BMC having better pricing and support.

Features: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management provides robust lifecycle management, customizable automation, and enhanced resource management efficiency. Google Cloud's operations suite features extensive monitoring, logging, and tracing capabilities, integrating seamlessly with Google's cloud infrastructure for an all-encompassing view of cloud operations.

Room for Improvement:BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management could improve its integration capabilities with broader platforms, streamline its interface for better usability, and simplify its automation workflows. Google Cloud's operations suite could enhance its initial cost structure, provide more personalized support options, and offer offline deployment functionalities for increased adaptability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management has a more complex deployment due to its customization options, which could lead to longer setup times. Its customer service is known for personalized support. Google Cloud's operations suite benefits from fast deployment with minimal configuration, leveraging its infrastructure. Its support is backed by comprehensive documentation and community assistance.

Pricing and ROI: BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management offers attractive pricing aligned with flexible deployment needs, providing reasonable ROI for those seeking detailed control. Google Cloud's operations suite might have higher initial costs, but its efficient process management and integration can lead to higher long-term ROI by enhancing operational efficiency.

To learn more, read our detailed BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management vs. Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) Report (Updated: September 2025).

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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)

Google Cloud's operations s...

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

21st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (28th), Log Management (30th)

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 Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is 1.0%, down from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Monitoring Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver)	1.0%
BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management	0.3%
Other	98.7%

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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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Anand_Patel

Senior Technical Architect at T-Systems International GmbH

Offers reliable Ops Agent and logging transport feature with easy third-party integrations

As part of our company, we implemented several changes in our log analytics pattern, including the storage and procurement process. Earlier, before implementing the solution, our company was able to procure only one year of data, but later, we came to the three-year mark. Around 15-20% reduction has been witnessed in the total analytic consumption of our company. The aforementioned result was possible because the solution allowed the creation of a dashboard where factors like storage costs, proportion of logs, and logs presence in a storage bucket or BigQuery can all be checked. Earlier all logs were stored in a raw storage, but currently our company is able to move logs in table bucket that contributes towards cost savings.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"I like the monitoring feature."

"The features that I have found most valuable are its graphs - if I need any statistics, in Kubernetes or Kong level or VPN level, I can quickly get the reports."

"The cloud login enables us to get our logs from the different platforms that we currently use."

"Our company has a corporate account for Google Cloud and so our systems and clusters integrate really well."

"We find the solution to be stable."

"The most valuable feature is the multi-cloud integration, where there is support for both GCP and AWS."

"Provides visibility into the performance uptime."

"It's easy to use."

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Cons

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

"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."

"It could be more stable."

"This solution could be improved if it offered the ability to analyze charts, such as a solution like Kibana."

"The logging functionality could be better."

"The process of logging analytics can be improved"

"If I want to track any round-trip or breakdowns of my response times, I'm not able to get it. My request goes through various levels of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and comes back to my client machine. Suppose that my request has taken 10 seconds overall, so if I want to break it down, to see where the delay is happening within my architecture, I am not able to find that out using Stackdriver."

"It is difficult to estimate in advance how much something is going to cost."

"The product provides minimal metrics that are insufficient."

"While we are satisfied with the overall performance, in certain cases we must add additional metrics and additional tools like Grafana and Dynatrace."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost of using Stackdriver depends on usage."

"We have a basic standard license without any additional costs."

"The cost could be lower."

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Financial Services Firm

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Computer Software Company

14%

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Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	8

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What needs improvement with Google Stackdriver?

If the errors are caught early in the interface, it would be easier for users to manage. The process of logging analytics can be improved.

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What is your primary use case for Google Stackdriver?

I use the solution for logging, defining alerts, and monitoring. Our company's Java and Python logging teams mainly use it.

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What advice do you have for others considering Google Stackdriver?

The Ops Agent and logging transport feature of the solution have had a major impact on improving application performance. The solution also allows the transport of logs into log buckets, which is h...

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Also Known As

BMC CLM

Google Stackdriver, Stackdriver Monitoring, Stackdriver Logging, Google Cloud Monitoring

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

Real-time log management and analysis

Cloud Logging is a fully managed service that performs at scale and can ingest application and platform log data, as well as custom log data from GKE environments, VMs, and other services inside and outside of Google Cloud. Get advanced performance, troubleshooting, security, and business insights with Log Analytics, integrating the power of BigQuery into Cloud Logging.

Built-in metrics observability at scale

Cloud Monitoring provides visibility into the performance, uptime, and overall health of cloud-powered applications. Collect metrics, events, and metadata from Google Cloud services, hosted uptime probes, application instrumentation, and a variety of common application components. Visualize this data on charts and dashboards and create alerts so you are notified when metrics are outside of expected ranges.

Stand-alone managed service for running and scaling Prometheus

Managed Service for Prometheus is a fully managed Prometheus-compatible monitoring solution, built on top of the same globally scalable data store as Cloud Monitoring. Keep your existing visualization, analysis, and alerting services, as this data can be queried with PromQL or Cloud Monitoring.

Monitor and improve your application's performance

Application Performance Management (APM) combines the monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities of Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring with Cloud Trace and Cloud Profiler to help you reduce latency and cost so you can run more efficient applications.

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Sample Customers

JDA Software, Morningstar, Orange Business Services, Wipro

Uber, Batterii, Q42, Dovetail Games

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