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BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps vs New Relic 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
6.4
New Relic improves developer efficiency and production quality, though costs for premium features can be a drawback for some.
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
There is return on investment because since we reduced the downtime, we can definitely save a lot of money within that period.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
There is a definite return on investment for New Relic, as we would not have invested in building its infrastructure if there were no returns.
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
One of the metrics that helped as a return on investment was the ability to detect issues faster and troubleshoot more quickly, which in turn helped to achieve a much better service level agreement with customers.
Senior SRE Engineer at SentinelOne
 

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
7.5
New Relic's customer service is highly praised for responsiveness and expertise, though some desire faster response during offline hours.
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
If I drop an email to them, they will respond quickly to my email.
Senior DevOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Customer support from New Relic is very good, and we rarely need to create support tickets.
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
They are very polite and helped him out.
Cloud Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 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
7.7
New Relic scales efficiently, adapts to various setups, and integrates seamlessly, though costs may rise with extensive scaling.
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is suitable for small, medium, and large environments.
Advisor - Compliance at a government 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
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
We currently use New Relic for tens of thousands of developers and hundreds of teams within our organization, and we have not encountered any scalability issues.
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is also suitable for cloud native architectures, SaaS, or software as a service, and for high volume data ingestion also.
Cloud Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
New Relic's scalability is good based on my experience, and it can handle my organization's needs as they grow.
Contingent Worker at a retailer with 10,001+ 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
7.8
New Relic is stable and reliable, with minor glitches quickly resolved, ensuring seamless performance during peak traffic.
New Relic lags sometimes.
Cloud Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
New Relic is stable based on my experience, as I have not seen any problems with the UI.
Contingent Worker at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

BMC Helix needs GUI improvements, advanced dashboards, better integration, documentation, and consulting to align with ITSM maturity.
New Relic needs better data privacy, navigation, insights, integrations, documentation, and pricing to enhance user experience and satisfaction.
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
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
If they could improve the customer support by reducing their SLA within three to five days, if they could remediate everything, that will be so much helpful.
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Using real-time data, if there are any malicious patterns or something happening, they can identify those.
Platform Software Engineer 4 at Nexthink
Because of the pricing model, organizations have experienced uncontrolled costs and were not able to afford New Relic.
Senior SRE Engineer at SentinelOne
 

Setup Cost

BMC Helix Operations Management pricing is seen as valuable despite some ambiguities, competitive against ServiceNow, and worth the investment.
Enterprise users find New Relic's pricing complex and expensive, with advanced features costly and discounts negotiable with account managers.
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
Considering the features New Relic offers, the pricing or cost setup has not been a blocker for our budget.
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

BMC Helix Operations Management enhances monitoring, automates processes, and reduces outages with AI insights and cloud flexibility.
New Relic provides real-time application monitoring with customizable dashboards, aiding swift issue detection and resolution for enhanced efficiency.
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
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps helped us bring the attack surface to a minimal.
Solutions architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Using New Relic speeds up troubleshooting and resolution, giving us a clearer picture of where issues are, thus saving time and effort.
Head of API at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees
New Relic is very useful for teams that don't have much of a dedicated DevOps team but want to have observability for their platform, and it's an easy way to get started.
Senior SRE Engineer at SentinelOne
New Relic has positively impacted our organization by reducing errors, improving performance, and saving time.
Senior Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

BMC Helix Operations Manage...
Ranking in AIOps
6th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (2nd)
New Relic
Ranking in AIOps
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
168
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (4th), Network Monitoring Software (8th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (8th), IT Operations Analytics (3rd), Mobile APM (3rd), Cloud Monitoring Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the AIOps category, the mindshare of BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is 3.4%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of New Relic is 9.0%, down from 12.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AIOps Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
New Relic9.0%
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps3.4%
Other87.6%
AIOps
 

Featured Reviews

SN
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.
BasilJiji - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real-time alerts have reduced server outage impact and support fast incident response
In the dashboard, if they could show a little more metrics regarding the application and related things, that would be how New Relic could be improved. Currently, there are things showing from the server level and application level, but it can be improved. That is what I felt. Regarding user interface, I do not feel much concern, but for some kind of issues when we are trying to get support from the New Relic team, their SLA seems to be long. They are taking seven to ten working days for resolving some kind of scenario or issue. That is a bit difficult for us. If they could improve the customer support by reducing their SLA within three to five days, if they could remediate everything, that will be so much helpful. When it comes to the customer support part, I felt they need to be a little more improved on that part. The support overall is good, but they can improve. That is the reason I have given it eight out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
University
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business65
Midsize Enterprise50
Large Enterprise71
 

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&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...
Any advice about APM solutions?
There are many factors and we know little about your requirements (size of org, technology stack, management systems, the scope of implementation). Our goal was to consolidate APM and infra monitor...
What do you like most about New Relic Insights?
The product's initial setup phase was very easy.
What needs improvement with New Relic Insights?
For our end-to-end use case, New Relic is completely satisfactory, and we extensively rely on its features for our day-to-day life. I would like to have more AI and ML-based suggestions and algorit...
 

Also Known As

BMC Helix Monitor
New Relic Browser, New Relic Applied Intelligence, New Relic Insights, New Relic Synthetics, New Relic Servers, New Relic APM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Grupo Moura, Goodman, Aspect, Telefónica Colombia, Fujitsu
World Fuel Services, Verizon, FootLocker, McDonald's, Trainline, Mondia Media, Confused, Costa Coffee, Ryanair, Marks & Spencer, William Hill, Delivery Hero, Skyscanner, BASF, DAZN, Veygo, Virtuo, movingimage, talabat, Australia Post, Tokopedia, Seven Network, Virgin Australia, Zomato, BigBasket, Mercado Libre, Lending Club
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