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BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps vs IDERA SQL Safe Backup comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 7, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.1
BMC Helix Operations Management enhances ROI by predicting issues, boosting uptime, reducing costs, and improving cybersecurity and productivity.
Sentiment score
3.2
IDERA SQL Safe Backup enhances reliability, reduces costs, and minimizes downtime with efficient data recovery and automated management features.
That gave us a very positive image as an agile vendor that came in and brought a highly valuable solution that drove cost reduction, that drove better return on investment, that drove more business confidence and highly automated spectrum and also it did improve overall cybersecurity aspects of the operations as well.
Solutions architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The return on investment with BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps has been positive since I have saved money by resolving incidents or tickets before breaches.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We have seen a return on investment, managing to reduce actually half an FTE.
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
BMC Helix Operations Management offers responsive global support with high satisfaction, needing SLA alignment across cloud services.
Sentiment score
2.5
IDERA SQL Safe Backup is praised for its responsive and knowledgeable customer service, effective technical support, and comprehensive documentation.
When provided with accurate information, they quickly supply the necessary articles to resolve problems.
Advisor - Compliance at a government with 10,001+ employees
They provided detailed explanations about the issues and how to handle them in the future.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
BMC Helix Operations Management is highly scalable, adaptable, and supports diverse business sizes, with excellent user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
5.0
IDERA SQL Safe Backup is efficient, reliable, easy to integrate, customizable, and offers automated processes with a user-friendly dashboard.
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is suitable for small, medium, and large environments.
Advisor - Compliance at a government with 10,001+ employees
I have scaled BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps with data and users, not to a very high level but to a medium level, and I can see that the platform has performed well for my users.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The scalability of BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is very good, as the cloud-based solution gives you the flexibility to scale as your business grows.
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
BMC Helix Operations Management is praised for its reliability, stability, ease of use, and high performance among competitors.
Sentiment score
5.5
IDERA SQL Safe Backup is praised for its stability, efficient performance, seamless integration, and high reliability with minimal downtime.
 

Room For Improvement

BMC Helix needs GUI improvements, advanced dashboards, better integration, documentation, and consulting to align with ITSM maturity.
IDERA SQL Safe Backup needs improved support, documentation, setup, performance, customizable reporting, and more stable updates.
Documentation for a broader range of examples and use cases could help show what you can actually do with the power of the tool.
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Regarding the configuration and documentation of AIOps, it would be beneficial to have more available resources for users.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
From my perspective as a customer, especially from tool administration, what would be beneficial is having end-to-end visibility all on a single page.
Advisor - Compliance at a government with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

BMC Helix Operations Management pricing is seen as valuable despite some ambiguities, competitive against ServiceNow, and worth the investment.
<p>IDERA SQL Safe Backup provides flexible pricing, positive feedback for value, and extensive features to reduce backup time and storage.</p>
The pricing is on the higher end due to the extensive features and delivery quality.
Advisor - Compliance at a government with 10,001+ employees
Broadly speaking, it's slightly on the expensive side, though it's very high value.
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps has been good as I receive all licenses with AIOps and do not have to ask separately for licensing.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

BMC Helix Operations Management enhances monitoring, automates processes, and reduces outages with AI insights and cloud flexibility.
IDERA SQL Safe Backup is praised for its compression, encryption, ease of use, centralized management, automation, detailed reporting, and monitoring.
Proactive monitoring is a key feature where AI and machine learning, based on past behavior, predict and provide information on potential situations that could develop.
Advisor - Compliance at a government with 10,001+ employees
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps has positively impacted my organization by reducing our emergency changes and flipping our problem records from reactive to proactive, so we're getting to things faster before they impact users.
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
The dashboards in BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps help me give more insights about notifications, the criticality of incidents, and the configured notifications for errors occurring from my integrations with other systems.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

BMC Helix Operations Manage...
Ranking in Event Monitoring
2nd
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
AIOps (6th)
IDERA SQL Safe Backup
Ranking in Event Monitoring
19th
Average Rating
5.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.1
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (73rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is 8.3%, down from 13.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IDERA SQL Safe Backup is 2.0%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Event Monitoring Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps8.3%
IDERA SQL Safe Backup2.0%
Other89.7%
Event Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

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Solutions architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Have improved operational agility and reduced issue resolution time through automation and proactive insight
I have worked in an R&D environment where we have continuous research and continuous development focus on how to improve specific aspects of a specific offering, whether it is a product or a service or a combination of product and service with BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps. I have seen over time, over the past maybe decade or maybe a couple of decades, different areas of improvements. There is always room for improvements. As of now, I think having that level of automation, the integrative nature where the solution parameters bring residency across protecting data, across bringing better functionality across the operational environments, really brings a great deal of admiration. I do not see any immediate area that could require a lot more advancements, but I am sure BMC will be looking to maybe improving certain criteria depending really on the given spectrum of a specific environment. Maybe looking into an ad hoc assessment for certain environments could be suitable to address what areas could be addressed differently. Regarding needed improvements for BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps, people always love to see more criteria of functionality, but those are things that maybe could be addressed in different ways. The flexibility of dashboards is really fantastic. Maybe that is one area that everybody might have a different way of looking at a dashboard, but customizing dashboard capabilities has always been an area of discussion. Outside of that, the sustainability of the features available today, given the spectrum that each version brings different type of updates and what have you, could utilize a lot more than a single opinion. It could maybe take a group discussion, it could take cross-functional type of sessions to really brainstorm about what areas will be in need of improvements. The overall solution brings, in parallel to ITIL 4 continuous improvement strategies, a great traction on how we can focus on continuous improvements at large. Hopefully we can see more in the future. Having the capabilities to integrate with microservices architecture really brought the cost reduction benefit right at the top of the scale for many agencies where they grant flexibility, realizing only needed resources at the cloud, and the deployments have been very agile, bringing everybody into a fast and unique agile sense of doing business. Improving the business confidence has been also another area that we had utilized a great amount of feedback in that regard.
SeniorDB3550 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DBA Lead at a government with 10,001+ employees
It has reduced our backup time, however backups do get skipped
I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client. They moved a lot of the features to their web-based version of it. Because of the large number of databases that we have along with our backup, their web product can't handle it. So, we can't use it. So, we are missing out on a lot of the new features. The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection. Unless you can remember day-to-day that you may have something deselected or selected, your view may be different than you expect, and there is no visual indication of it.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
10%
Healthcare Company
9%
Wholesaler/Distributor
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps?
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps' predictive analytics positively impacted proactive problem-solving capabilities. It has been the most interesting part of the solution! It provides detai...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is that licensing in some cases can be ambiguous, but broadly speaking, it's slightly on the exp...
What needs improvement with BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps?
I have worked in an R&amp;D environment where we have continuous research and continuous development focus on how to improve specific aspects of a specific offering, whether it is a product or a se...
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Also Known As

BMC Helix Monitor
SQL Safe Backup
 

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Sample Customers

Grupo Moura, Goodman, Aspect, Telefónica Colombia, Fujitsu
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