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BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management vs HaloITSM comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Automation Anywhere
Sponsored
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
666
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (2nd), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (2nd), Process Mining (1st), Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (1st), Agentic Automation (1st), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (2nd), AI Legal & Compliance (1st), AI Finance & Accounting (2nd), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (1st)
BMC Helix Enterprise Servic...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
IT Service Management (ITSM) (5th)
HaloITSM
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
IT Service Management (ITSM) (25th)
 

Featured Reviews

Venkat Sivaprakash - PeerSpot reviewer
Management Consultant at Accenture
Has significantly improved document-driven workflows and reduced processing time across finance and HR functions
Automation Anywhere has evolved significantly and upgraded itself to provide agentic AI and AI-based automation solutions for document automation. The product has matured considerably over time. We can create workflows that can call an API. We can include prompts in particular workflows for ChatGPT-related functions, connecting to an LLM and RAG to perform tasks. For document automation, modern features are available to train documents, ensuring high accuracy and repeatability over time. The system is very easy to use. I recently completed a course in document automation, typically designed for people involved in coding and technical aspects. Though I understand coding comprehensively, I don't do actual coding. The course was very accessible. Currently, extensive coding isn't necessary due to the hybrid model incorporating GenAI aspects, low-code, no-code capabilities, APIs, and numerous pre-built objects in Automation Anywhere. The features include GenAI-driven prompting methods and workflow creation capabilities. In these workflows, we can create decision boxes and call APIs without coding. We simply pull objects, drop them, connect them, and add minimal coding when needed. The most crucial aspect isn't coding but rather sizing the automation and fleshing out the details. Automation Co-pilot takes notes and performs automated analysis. It can extract details from videos, summarize conversations, and provide detailed information. During calls, it identifies instructions and performs tasks such as preparing reports and reconciliation. Automation Anywhere can also connect with Microsoft Co-pilot. Through Co-pilot, real-time operations can be executed, allowing direct interaction between vendors and automation through this component.
EF
Digital Workplace Platform Engineer at Amaris
Data‑driven service dashboards have improved incident response and now support proactive operations
Regarding areas for improvement and challenges, complexity and learning curve are significant considerations. The platform is highly configurable, but this also means a steep learning curve, especially for administrators and new users. Proper training is essential. The initial setup and customization efforts for implementing workflows, dashboards, and integration can be consuming without clear process definitions. There is a risk of over-customization. The user interface has improved over time, but some areas of the platform are still not fully consistent, which can initially impact user adoption. We also encounter limitations with report customization; while dashboards are highly advanced and customizable, creating reports sometimes requires additional efforts and external tools.
Ian MacFarlane - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Elifiatek
Codeless with no customization required and excellent pricing
We have just displaced a ServiceNow installation, which is a major win. We have become partners with Halo and reduced our partnerships with other enterprise ITSM providers. We've actually become partners with Halo, and we've got rid of our partnership with Ivanti ITSM. It's a real market changer, for sure.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The turnaround time of building bots is quick. We are deploying around four bots per month. The turnaround time to get a design, build, and deploy is very fast. This is very good for us. It has helped us out when scaling up in a better manner."
"What I appreciate the most about Automation Anywhere is how easy it is to use."
"Automation Anywhere has improved my organization by automating many rule-based and nonjudgmental processes in domains like telecommunications, human resources, financial services, and daily or monthly reporting."
"Time-wise: We have saved hundreds of thousands of hours."
"We are making less mistakes and have more metrics available to understand what our problems are. Now, we can do root cause analysis and have less noise in the system during the process."
"It really does have a great dashboard. It has Bot Insight, it has MetaBots, and IQ Bots. It has so many features where it can read a file and loop."
"AA helped us to reduce the processing time of requests almost instantly."
"Improved Efficiency : Post RPA services, the efficiency and accuracy of the processes have increased tremendously and now the employees can focus more on important research and analysis work."
"BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management has positively impacted my organization by helping us maintain a good relationship with end users."
"The support of BMC is generally good and better compared to some competitors."
"It fits for purpose."
"Overall, I find BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management to be a powerful and comprehensive platform that has significantly improved incident resolution, team coordination, and service delivery in our organization."
"We had fewer breaches, ninety-nine percent service uptime, and all these features were very good."
"BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management offers the best features, including cloud-based access, and as long as you have internet, you can access it via Wi-Fi without needing installations on laptops or servers, making it easy to use quickly from anywhere."
"In my experience so far, the best features BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management offers are its ease of implementation and user-friendliness."
"Overall, BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management helps us move from a reactive support model to a more proactive and data-driven IT operation, delivering faster resolution times, better user experience, and measurable efficiency gains."
"The product’s UI is very good."
"The solution's initial setup process was quite straightforward... I rate the technical support a nine and a half out of ten."
"The most valuable aspect is that is is codeless."
 

Cons

"I would like more with OCR and data capture. We are partnering with IBM to help bridge this gap, but Automation Anywhere should continue to expand on their product line and provide these capabilities, as well."
"We have had a lot of issues using Automation Anywhere and find ourselves stuck."
"There could be more training provided by Automation Anywhere."
"I feel the tool has to provide deeper insights for debugging issues, considering both internal and external factors."
"Automation tools have a lot of dependency on the environment, particularly on machines. Reducing this dependency could increase success."
"Having some more pre-mapping and pre-setup analysis of what you're going to be doing with it would be helpful."
"There is a lot of scope for improvement in terms of stability. It is a concern, because right now we are close to 20 to 25 percent false negatives that are coming up."
"Automation Anywhere is not as flexible as Process Studio."
"For me, there was only one thing that could improve BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management."
"Regarding areas for improvement and challenges, complexity and learning curve are significant considerations."
"There are several areas where BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management could be improved. Currently, ServiceNow has an edge when it comes to the ease of discovering Configuration Items (CIs)."
"BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management is powerful, but there are areas where I think it could be improved, such as user interface simplification, faster AI learning, and context awareness."
"Still, there are some limitations, especially related to the Arabic language, especially for the Middle East."
"The main problem that I found is that once we receive the incident, we cannot change it to a work order. That is not possible at all in BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management."
"BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management could use improvements on the dashboard; having a ready-to-use dashboard that just needs asset information instead of building one from scratch would be helpful."
"An improvement needed for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management would be to have assisted guides or templates on how to use the application or the best-suited applications to carry out the use cases, which would help other teams implement BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management."
"There are no improvements needed. There is very little that HALO has not already built that is not on its roadmap."
"The product does not have its own orchestration engine."
"The solution's integration part needs to improve...In the future release of the solution, I expect to see certain changes in the programming of the solution. A customer of the solution should be able to customize it as per their need."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They sell it by license, but if they could charge by case or by interaction, that might be better. Right now, it's expensive when you want to scale or use them for simple processes."
"We purchase on a bot basis. Our costs are approximately $5,000."
"I really enjoy the pricing options with Automation Anywhere, as they are able to flex their ability to adapt to the needs of the customer really well."
"While calculating the setup cost you should account for the server, virtual machines, product licenses, maintenance costs, and running costs."
"The pricing that we received from Automation Anywhere in the beginning was very economical for us. We've seen a lot of benefit from what we spent to what we're receiving. From the beginning, it's been a very low-cost implementation for us."
"Automation Anywhere's pricing is significantly higher than other RPA solutions."
"Based on what I've heard, it's costly, but I don't know much about its pricing."
"The price of Automation Anywhere is a little higher than some of the competition, such as UiPath. However, depending on the use case and other factors we are able to receive some discounts."
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"The solution's pricing model is good. Also, they still follow the old concurrent licensing method."
"It's $69 per user per month. Only administrators need a license, and there is no limit to the number of endpoints."
"The product’s pricing is competitive and less complicated."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Comms Service Provider
10%
University
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Government
12%
University
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business161
Midsize Enterprise85
Large Enterprise561
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
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Questions from the Community

How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is ver...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applic...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management, I find it reasonable. It wa...
What needs improvement with BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management?
In terms of improvements for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management, I have observed that some processes within the ...
What is your primary use case for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management?
My main use case for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management involves handling hundreds of jobs that are scheduled da...
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Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)
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Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics
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