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BMC Helix Discovery vs SymphonyAI IT Service Management comparison

BMC Helix and SymphonyAI are both solutions in the IT Asset Management category. BMC Helix is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.4, while SymphonyAI is ranked #14 with an average rating of 7.0. BMC Helix holds a 5.3% mindshare in IAM, compared to SymphonyAI’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of BMC Helix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SymphonyAI users who would recommend it.
BMC Helix Discovery
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88% willing to recommend
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

SymphonyAI IT Service Management and BMC Helix Discovery are competing in IT service and asset management. BMC Helix Discovery stands out with superior features despite a higher cost.

Features: SymphonyAI IT Service Management is known for remote access capabilities, AI-driven chat box, and comprehensive asset lifecycle management. BMC Helix Discovery offers agentless discovery, advanced service mapping, and AI-driven insights.

Room for Improvement: SymphonyAI could improve its integration capabilities, incident resolution speed, and user interface design. BMC Helix Discovery might work on simplifying its setup process, enhancing the user interface, and reducing resource consumption.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SymphonyAI provides a straightforward deployment with extensive support, ensuring quick integration. BMC Helix Discovery offers a more complex setup with detailed documentation and strong expert support.

Pricing and ROI: SymphonyAI IT Service Management is competitively priced with low initial costs, offering significant ROI. BMC Helix Discovery's higher pricing is justified by its comprehensive asset visibility and long-term operational insights.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC Helix Discovery
Ranking in IT Asset Management
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SymphonyAI IT Service Manag...
Ranking in IT Asset Management
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (20th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (18th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of BMC Helix Discovery is 5.3%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SymphonyAI IT Service Management is 2.8%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
BMC Helix Discovery5.3%
SymphonyAI IT Service Management2.8%
Other91.9%
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2729955 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2729955
Systems Integration Specialist Advisor at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Flexible data discovery has streamlined processes and enhances efficiency
The best aspect of BMC Helix Discovery is its flexibility. You can perform scanning at any time, and it provides substantial data for extraction. If there is data it doesn't extract and you understand TPL, you can write your own patterns to pull the data out of it, making it very powerful from that standpoint. The query language is somewhat challenging to learn as it uses a Berkeley database. However, it has an excellent query building tool, and they have recently released a new visually-based version, which is very beneficial. Extracting data is straightforward through writing queries, running them, and pulling reports. The scanning process and credential setup are also easily manageable. Overall, it is an excellent tool.
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Abhishek Bhosle - PeerSpot reviewer
Abhishek Bhosle
IT Specialist at Tata AIA
Good ticketing tool but limitations with integration
We use ManageEngine, but it's still pretty new and under development. We used SummitAI for about four years before switching to ManageEngine. There are specific features that were missing in SummitAI that we're hoping to find in ManageEngine. We were informed that ManageEngine was a new ticketing tool with modern and advanced analytics, which would be a better fit than SummitAI with its older engine. Firstly, ManageEngine allows detailed asset inventory per user. I, as a user, can store authentication details like which laptop and mobile I use, for all employees. Secondly, ManageEngine can handle patching, Windows updates, and pushing applications from the server to desktops. Finally, ManageEngine lets us do remote access directly through the tool.
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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

"It is a scalable solution."
"The speed at which it's able to collect a wide-range of information, then make it useful for you, like asset management, knowledge management, and incident management."
"The tool's accuracy of the results we receive looks promising in general. Its values are more than 95 percent accurate compared to other clients or different tools. I would say that Discovery offers a valuable mechanism to discover information."
"The best aspect of BMC Helix Discovery is its flexibility. You can perform scanning at any time, and it provides substantial data for extraction."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its application dependency mapping."
"Accuracy and clarity are vastly improved for the service lines."
"It is a stable solution. The stability is okay."
"The most valuable feature of BMC Helix Discovery is it operates well. It is well known and has gained recognition for its software."
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"The most valuable feature is remote access. People are working from home, and we can take remote access through it."
"SummitAI IT Management Suite's chat box feature has reduced our service discount, and because it's intelligent, the responses that go out to the users have improved, and the resolutions are much faster."
"The product has the best features for ITSM."
"It was easy to access and fast. Our experience using it solely as a ticketing tool. We used fetch reports from the tool, particularly with regard to SLA tracking for our partners."
 

Cons

"A review of end of life data would be nice."
"I would like to see a lower price and better technical support."
"BMC is agentless discovery, followed by hybrid discovery, which performs discovery across clouds, on-premises, and then dynamic service modeling."
"The CMDB could be improved. Getting data from the CMDB is the greatest challenge."
"The product falls short compared to storage discovery mechanisms offered by Tenable or ServiceNow ITOM. In the market, there are various applications available that provide different sets of features. Its drawback is that it doesn't give the database configuration customers need out of the box. Additionally, the classification of storage virtualization is relatively lacking. Therefore, there is room for improvement, particularly in the database areas."
"The improvement I want to see is a reduction in duplicate records."
"The solution is definitely useful."
"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."
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"SummitAI IT Management Suite's project management and operational management features could be improved."
"There could be flexibility in terms of customization."
"Integration was a major limitation with SummitAI."
"I would like them to add software inventory in the next release. We don't have that right now."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I rate the pricing an eight out of ten. All BMC products are expensive."
"The price was fair compared to competitors. BMC is very affordable. There are optional consulting services to assist with implementation."
"BMC is available for a reasonable price compared to ServiceNow — it's half the price."
"I've heard that the solution was expensive earlier but is now much cheaper than its competitors."
"It's not a cheap product. But the benefits it delivers is that it's a fair price."
"You need a license to use BMC Helix Discovery. The license is paid yearly, though I have no idea how much it costs."
"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."
"The licensing fee is very low."
More BMC Helix Discovery pricing and cost advice
"SummitAI IT Management Suite's pricing is a bit expensive."
"The product's cost is average."
"We have a regular license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise3
 

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...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Helix Discovery?
That's always a million dollar question regarding whether the solution is affordable or quite expensive; if you talk to the vendor, the pricing's great, but end users are always looking for a bette...
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What needs improvement with BMC Helix Discovery?
Technical support from BMC is generally good. Resolutiion time is what's bothering me, as it's not always easy to get to the correct person or the right technical level needed to resolve the issue.
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What do you like most about SummitAI IT Management Suite?
It was easy to access and fast. Our experience using it solely as a ticketing tool. We used fetch reports from the tool, particularly with regard to SLA tracking for our partners.
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What needs improvement with SummitAI IT Management Suite?
Integration was a major limitation with SummitAI. Features we need are available in ManageEngine, making it a better fit. Secondly, the cost of SummitAI was a challenge. Finally, company policies o...
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What is your primary use case for SummitAI IT Management Suite?
We mainly used it as a ticketing tool for our IT services. It wasn't bad, but the reporting wasn't great, which is one reason we decided to switch.
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Also Known As

Discovery, ADDM, Atrium Discovery & Dependency Mapping
Summus IT Management Suite
 

Overview

BMC Discovery, formerly ADDM, is a digital enterprise management solution that automates asset discovery and application dependency mapping to build a holistic view of all your data center assets and the relationships between them. 

BMC Helix

SymphonyAI provides an AI-powered IT Service Management (ITSM) platform aimed at enhancing IT service delivery efficiency and effectiveness. The platform, SymphonyAI ITSM, offers a unified service portal for streamlined user assistance and incorporates reporting and analytics functionalities to furnish insights into IT service performance. By leveraging artificial intelligence, SymphonyAI aims to optimize ITSM processes, aligning IT services with business needs while ensuring cost efficiency.

SymphonyAI
 

Sample Customers

Windstream Communications, News UK, Mercator Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR)
Magma, Toyota, Evidera, Netik, KPMG, Innodata, ABB, DAIKIN, Toshiba, Emerson, Dell, Pansonic, DBS, PWC, EY, Hexaware Technologies, Deloitte, NEC, Birla Soft, Panasonic, Harman, SBI, Kotak Life Insurance, SREI, Marico, Perfetti, Manipal Hospitals, Maruti Suzuki, Royal Enfield, Toyota, CEAT, ABB, L&T, VIP, Knight Frank, Adithya Birla
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