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BMC Helix ITSM vs Micro Focus Service Anywhere [EOL] comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

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) (8th)
Micro Focus Service Anywher...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

KN
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_user568017 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
It is accurate, secure and stable.
Anything that can basically reduce the amount of time that the guys spend working on a specific problem or task. There is always room for improvement that can be in terms of functionality, cost of market, ease of use, training of the product and so on. If it brings functionality into the solution, that would be good. I'll leave it at that because there's so much that they can offer, it's unreal.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Reports have helped us to improve our IT processes. The main benefit is providing the right information to our decision makers."
"This product has helped us to maintain our OLAs (Organisation level Agreements) and SLAs (Service Level Agreements) by tracking incidents, requests, problem records, and change requests, all in the form of tickets."
"In general, for incident management, it's okay."
"Initial setup is straightforward, and if you follow best practices, then future enhancements will be smoother."
"Service Request Management was the first big win for our company."
"Compared with other solutions in the market, for example, Manage Engine, which has technical limitations, BMC is robust."
"Smart IT and the phone app are easily the most valuable features in reporting and tracking ongoing issues."
"It has the power to automatize several different tasks in the ITSM world."
"Our users have traditionally been slow to adopt new systems, and in the past have not raised requests in our previous ITSM systems, but when we launched Service Anywhere to our staff we found they instantly adopted it, and the number of requests handled through the system has almost completely replaced other methods, allowing us to shut down several email addresses and have our staff use one single point of contact in Service Anywhere."
"So far, the initial setup time for the initial configuration to get it up and running and usable was surprisingly fast."
"We chose Service Anywhere because it provides a cost effective pricing model, was quick to implement, and provided a good end user experience."
"It helps to capitalize everything in our company and also to leverage the activity between the teams."
"For me, it saves time; it is accurate, secure, and reduces overhead cost."
"Now, our customer has a flow chart to maintain requests, and the service desk has got good feedback from the customer."
"The benefits for the company is the ability to reuse the knowledge that you can capitalize on the entire process and be able to share the same process worldwide for all of our countries."
"Within the target domain, I think Service Anywhere is a good product with a good feature set."
 

Cons

"I would like to see the BMC add advanced DWP features and customization to the standard package. Furthermore, BMC does not have any leverage for non-IT services, so it would be nice if BMC could integrate something like HR Change Management into ITSM itself."
"The dashboard can be better."
"Provide documentation on the content of the REST API interfaces. Right now, it is pretty much non-existent."
"It takes a long-time to plan and deploy the on-premise solution."
"It’s not an easy product to use for the customers."
"The interface should be more user-friendly, and the customization should be easier."
"The initial setup of BMC Helix ITSM is complex because it has different integrations with other tools."
"Did come across few hiccups around some product documentation not available or not very useful or not enough support available or maybe a utility not working as desired, however, these were not show stoppers and we managed to work our way around these."
"Reporting is a challenge. We're working out how we can effectively report on what's going on."
"Technical support is okay. They have a large customer base so the technical support is not quite the same as the on-premises solution."
"We had some teething problems with Dev tenant export to production tenant import."
"One area that needs improvement is the means of moving code from the development to production environment."
"Typically in the customers that we work with it's not a product that offers enough flexibility to support their needs."
"The process of moving updates from development to production."
"It's not as mature, and so we have got a few things we're looking for there that we're working with HP on."
"Customer service is 3/10 as it has a lot of scope for improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is costly, but it is well worth it."
"If you are looking for some kind of professional services form the OEM then you would have to purchase that."
"While purchasing, try to negotiate on per user licensing costs, associated maintenance, and purchase 20% more then what you think you should have. Bulk is always cheaper."
"There are licenses to use this solution."
"If Customer and IT agents are happy, that is one of the greatest ROI. However, one of the major factors is Leadership, because at the end they have to justify the cost."
"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."
"It's a yearly subscription but there are a couple of customers who go for the monthly subscription."
"It is too expensive for a small business."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
6%
Government
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise55
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

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 usability and simplification of configuration, especially for new administrators...
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 service request management. I focus on ensuring that these workflows function cor...
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

Remedy ITSM, Remedy, Helix Remedy, BMC Helix IT Service Management
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Sample Customers

Brookfield, HealthSouth Corporation, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Mercator, SAP, Stanford University
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