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BMC Helix ITSM vs CA Service Operations Insight [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Automation Anywhere
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Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
665
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 ITSM
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (9th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (9th)
CA Service Operations Insig...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

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.
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Senior Application Developer BMC at Balfour Beatty
Self-service portal significantly reduces resolution time and transforms service process with advanced features
We initially had a lot of tickets generated via the service desk through calls and emails. Now, we have almost moved out of email creations by introducing the DWP features on the Studio pages, with about 90% of the tickets coming in via our self-service portal. Recent upgrades offer different types of views for particular business lines, which was missing earlier. The new landing pages have allowed us to add banners, images, and internal videos, encouraging most customers to use these DWP self-service features. Resolution time has decreased significantly since implementing the self-service portal. Additionally, the availability of knowledge articles, chatbots, and the new Helix GPT feature has improved service processes.
it_user558297 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Architect at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
The integration and the presentation layer are valuable. It needs some work in the stability area.
I rated this product highly because it does what it is supposed to do, and it's configurable and adaptable, but it still needs some work. What exactly it needs to improve is too complicated to answer. I'd have to think about that for awhile, so I can't really think about that.

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

Pros

"If anyone is looking for an efficient automation tool, I definitely recommend Automation Anywhere because it is very helpful, even for non-technical people."
"It's a great product, timely support, and guidance."
"No review content was provided."
"UI and document automation are two features I like. Document automation is helpful because it simplifies extracting and putting data into different ERP systems. I have three or four use cases for document automation. I also like the recorder objects feature, which was called object learning in the previous version, and screen scraping."
"Automation Anywhere drastically reduces manual work for employees."
"I think most of the keystroke level activities that users used to do in probably the last five years is now taken care completely by Automation Anywhere and similar RPA providers."
"It helps with the speed on improving processes and the results of those processes."
"The capacity to use Automation Anywhere in the cloud is the most valuable feature."
"BMC products have been built over the years to make them highly stable and scalable, inline with the ITIL best practice."
"The most valuable feature for our customers using BMC Helix ITSM is change management."
"The way you can customize this product to adapt to the process the customer is already using is what sets this apart from other ITSM products out there. This helps customers to adapt to the tool pretty quickly."
"The most valuable features of BMC Helix ITSM are the collaboration, integrated with the help of another solution called Entity. We can do all the integration and receive an automatic ticket with the help of email. We are able to receive SMS alerts to clients and end users. Every step of the ticket is generated and we are able to resolve and close them. It's very helpful to have the ability to inform the user with detailed information."
"It’s a great product, I would highly recommend it."
"BMC Remedy ITSM application solution is one of the best solutions in the market."
"The most valuable features are the simplicity and the in-duty features."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility, which allows us to customize it per our customers' requirements."
"The pricing and licensing costs are very cheap and as there is no comparable product offered by other vendors, CA SOI is truly a unique solution with a very affordable price bracket."
"In my position, the ability to pull information from various management tools is a must, and SOI allows me to do that with ease."
"The most valuable features are the integration and probably the presentation layer."
"Technical support is very good."
"It's really going to be a game changer once it hits the market, and it really hits the world – when it starts being used by everybody."
"We can bring in all the CIs that we have and associate them with services."
 

Cons

"Regarding the UI, once you're in some of the screens there are fixed dialogues. They are a set size, so there's a lot of horizontal scrolls and vertical scrolls."
"If I were to mention one area for improvement, it would be on advanced AI commands, such as advanced coding. While this is not critically needed since Automation Anywhere is doing great, improving in that area could be beneficial."
"There are occasional technical issues, particularly with cloud operations. Sometimes, the bot struggles to initiate on the cloud, even when everything appears in place."
"This solution saves us time but there are some things that make it clumsy for the end-users."
"Providing a desktop version rather than focusing on the cloud is essential. Only UiPath offers a studio environment for desktop application development."
"While we have been developing over time, there have been issues with stability."
"We had a major issue when it came to single sign-on. We couldn't get it working."
"For any tool, we have to consider that the evolving AI space is rapidly changing, and I believe Automation Anywhere can enhance its offerings to keep pace with developments in the AI sector, which presents a lot of room for improvements, but overall it is working well for us."
"There are plugins to the solution that have come onto the market, so the solution should also be updated in terms of administration to increase efficiency."
"I believe the software can be a little bit more user friendly. It can be a bit busy when using the resources provided."
"Version 20.02 was stable, but I don't think 20.08 is quite stable because we have identified many bugs and reported them to BMC."
"BMC Helix ITSM should have an easy-to-use user interface."
"It has created more layers of bureaucracy."
"In User Group sessions held by BMC in India, I mentioned the challenges with vast documentation, making it difficult to find the right information quickly. However, we lack access to a sandbox for in-house development, which was very helpful for hands-on work with new features."
"It’s not an easy product to use for the customers."
"Needs to make customizable/configurable article templates in the Knowledge Management."
"It’s not as scalable, but it’s not as big a platform as UIM."
"They need to look at going beyond Windows and go in more of an analytics direction."
"It needs some work in the stability area. It's enterprise ready, but it's not as robust for a large volume."
"The only thing it's missing is High Availability with remote locations. They should bring this is in ASAP."
"Customer Service: 8/10 - due to a complicated integration setup for CA COTS, a lack of proper documentation, as well as a limited featured topology, and no GIS map capability."
"In regards to their newly released Operational Analytics interface for mainframe systems, so far, the first releases are a limited set of data."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing fees are approximately $10,000 USD for between five and ten users."
"I do not know the price, but I am told that it is cheaper than UiPath."
"They have a ridiculously expensive bot licensing structure, especially for the Asian region."
"Its price is competitive with all other products in the market."
"We generally follow the Gain-Sharing Pricing model, which enables the customer to start getting the RPA benefits right from day one of their implementation."
"We're paying a monthly subscription fee for the bot and for services. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fee."
"There is an annual subscription for Automation Anywhere."
"Automation Anywhere is reasonably priced because it can sustain us for a long period."
"If you are looking for some kind of professional services form the OEM then you would have to purchase that."
"The price of BMC Helix ITSM is expensive."
"There are licenses to use this solution."
"Just make sure you really sit down and look at what you will be using per user, therefore you will not be surprised with a big bill. You do not want every user having every license, it really is not needed."
"I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. The solution is expensive."
"It is not very expensive and not very cheap. It is somewhere in-between. Some of the features are more expensive. There are also additional costs. If you want to use most of the features, you need to pay more."
"We did not compare the price of BMC Helix ITSM to other vendors. However, it has a mid-range price."
"It's a yearly subscription but there are a couple of customers who go for the monthly subscription."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business161
Midsize Enterprise86
Large Enterprise562
By reviewers
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Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise54
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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 needs improvement with BMC Helix ITSM?
Although BMC Helix ITSM is a strong enterprise platform, there are areas where it could be improved. One key area is ...
What is your primary use case for BMC Helix ITSM?
My main use case for BMC Helix ITSM is validating and automating core ITSM workflows, such as incident, change, and s...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Helix ITSM?
My thoughts on the pricing and licensing cost of BMC Helix ITSM are that it is flexible.
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Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)
Remedy ITSM, Remedy, Helix Remedy, BMC Helix IT Service Management
CA SOI
 

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