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BMC Helix Discovery vs BMC Track-It! comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

BMC Helix Discovery
Ranking in IT Asset Management
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
BMC Track-It!
Ranking in IT Asset Management
16th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
License Management (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of BMC Helix Discovery is 4.1%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BMC Track-It! is 1.9%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BMC Helix Discovery4.1%
BMC Track-It!1.9%
Other94.0%
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

JP
Presales Manager at HCLSoftware
Comprehensive discovery has populated our CMDB and provides deep insight into asset relationships
The applicability depends on the customer environment. Usually it is straightforward to apply the policies. BMC Helix Discovery is seamless and has many plugins available. It is a good feature that they offer. I have heard about it, but I am not currently using it, though I know that they have that feature available. BMC Helix Discovery provides a lot of information that can be obtained from discovery, including the relationship between the CIs and how many CIs are orphans. The analytics capabilities are strong.
reviewer2287086 - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT Manager at a legal firm with 11-50 employees
Provides good stability, but it could be intuitive and easier to use
The product’s current version could be easier and straightforward to work with small IT organizations, similar to the older version. Its asset management feature has been significantly affected since the upgrade. Earlier, it was able to perform skill-based routing automatically. We could set up parameters within the system and view the details of the incident or a ticket. The same functionality needs to be fine-tuned in the new system.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is a giant when it comes to enterprise service management."
"BMC Helix Discovery is very intuitive."
"It is a stable solution. The stability is okay."
"It now comes with a very flexible deployment solution, whether you want to keep it inside your data center or want to have the cloud, depending on if you're cloud forward or not."
"A valuable feature concerns the ability to integrate with different solutions."
"The data models are the most useful aspect of the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the automated service mapping."
"It improved efficiencies and saved money by replacing manual methods."
"Track-It! has many features that help make us more efficient and cost effective as a department."
"As a department, we have been able to identify problems and resolve them faster because of the centralized database."
"Our users have come to expect availability and quick responses, and we are able to provide this thanks to the Track-IT! solution."
"Our efficiency has improved drastically due to a massive reduction in phone calls."
"Track-It! has many features that help make us more efficient and cost effective as a department."
"Our efficiency has improved drastically due to a massive reduction in phone calls."
"We use it to create and manage our work orders."
"Using their problem management process, we can use parent/child tickets and set up public views for our problem work orders."
 

Cons

"The improvement I want to see is a reduction in duplicate records."
"The improvement which we require is to delete the Internet service. Till some of the features are coming, like, internally side. If you are taking one server to model, there are a lot of usages like three structures per diagram is coming, and we have to do the man lot of manual work. Instead of that, whatever our requirement, we should be able to provide the servers and get the structure. So this is what we want to implement with such data."
"The CMDB could be improved. Getting data from the CMDB is the greatest challenge."
"A review of end of life data would be nice."
"There isn't much that could be improved. The solution is pretty thorough, very easy to implement, and very easy to operate."
"The query language is somewhat challenging to learn. It uses a Berkeley database, and the query language is not easy to master for performing complex queries."
"The support from BMC Helix Discovery can improve, it takes a long time before we receive any feedback. It can take days to months sometimes."
"An area that can be improved is the IoT."
"The product’s current version could be easier and straightforward to work with small IT organizations, similar to the older version."
"The area where we would like to see improvement is in the asset management module."
"The area where we would like to see improvement is in the asset management module."
"Their self-service is not user friendly."
"The solution is cumbersome to use."
"Track-It! works great for a mid-size company, but anything over 700 employees, and trying to use Track-It! for any other areas of the business is difficult."
"Track-It! works great for a mid-size company, but anything over 700 employees, and trying to use Track-It! for any other areas of the business is difficult."
"There are a few items that I would like changed or extra features that could be added to our current version of this software, but those are all going to be addressed in a future software update."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I've heard that the solution was expensive earlier but is now much cheaper than its competitors."
"We have a perpetual license for the solution."
"BMC is available for a reasonable price compared to ServiceNow — it's half the price."
"We are on a three-year agreement with BMC Helix Discovery to use the solution. There are not any additional fees other than the standard license."
"It's not a cheap product. But the benefits it delivers is that it's a fair price."
"The licensing fee is very low."
"You need a license to use BMC Helix Discovery. The license is paid yearly, though I have no idea how much it costs."
"The price was fair compared to competitors. BMC is very affordable. There are optional consulting services to assist with implementation."
"BMC Track-It!’s price is reasonable compared to other products."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise14
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC Helix Discovery?
I like the artificial intelligence and machine learning that it uses in the solution. Because once the solution discovers all the assets, all the infrastructure, and all the dependencies between se...
What needs improvement with BMC Helix Discovery?
The interface is quite old and can be outdated.
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Also Known As

Discovery, ADDM, Atrium Discovery & Dependency Mapping
BMC Numara Track-It!, Numara Track-It!, Numara
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Windstream Communications, News UK, Mercator Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR)
Florida Hospital, Mitchell International
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