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BMC Helix Platform vs JIRA Service Management comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

BMC Helix Platform
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
23rd
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
JIRA Service Management
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the IT Service Management (ITSM) category, the mindshare of BMC Helix Platform is 0.4%. The mindshare of JIRA Service Management is 9.1%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Service Management (ITSM)
 

Featured Reviews

MohammedOmer - PeerSpot reviewer
Complies with industry standards but needs easier setup and better navigation
It depends on the tier level - for the front-end users, BMC Helix Platform is easy with minimal training required. For mid-tier and back-end, training is required as the product is vast and has many different capabilities that need to be learned to extend those capabilities into other platforms. The licensing should be simplified. The functionality of the product is divided into many versions, and offerings are not bundled. We have to obtain different modules, and that complexity can be standardized. The website doesn't have much information about offerings until you engage with them. More information should be clearly mentioned on their website and product sites regarding licensing. Product features and capabilities shown in their marketing materials are limited. Their PDFs focus heavily on TrueSight but don't emphasize outcomes and real offerings of features for ITSM or line of business service requests. They can provide template-based solutions for departments as functionality remains similar throughout different business verticals. Out-of-the-box offerings for service requests and catalogs for HR and admin departments could help expedite implementation and gain more momentum and trust from the market.
Karim Yousef - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently track and document projects with seamless tool integration
We are a management warehouse that provides services to different customers in different sectors. Primarily, we serve the banking sector and the military sector. We manage all the software delivery projects through tools such as JIRA Service Management or TFS Confluence is a great tool for…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of BMC Helix Platform for service delivery include Helix GPT, which uses AI and GPT within the enterprise service management space."
"The BMC Helix Platform is perfect."
"BMC Helix Platform helps in digital transformation and internal workflows and processes being adopted from different departments in line of businesses."
"The automations will really help the company by delegating work the way your company operates."
"We use JIRA Service Management for tracking purposes, planning, and execution."
"Using JIRA simplifies tracking issues and updates."
"The query language and the ability to create views of the data are very useful."
"Jira Service Management has a workflow feature you can configure for your specific requirements. It also lets you efficiently manage service requests with team members."
"Great to be able to create customized forms."
"JIRA SD also helps for much better feedback on the work being done. All colleagues can see what is happening."
"Automation capabilities allow for automatic ticket creation using monitoring tools."
 

Cons

"We faced some stability issues with BMC Helix Platform's cloud version. Services and integration to AD weren't working properly at times."
"To improve BMC Helix Platform, they could enhance the mobile experience."
"The cost of BMC Helix is very high, with an estimation of not less than $100,000 making it difficult for us to adopt the platform fully."
"This solution lacks features for project management."
"I rate Atlassian support two out of 10. It takes a lot of time to reach them and get ahold of someone who understands my problem enough to provide a solution. Also, I live in Israel, so my work week is Sunday through Thursday, but I can only contact them from Monday to Wednesday."
"What needs to be added in Jira Service Management is the user screen. You'll find it very weird if this is your first time using the solution. The user-friendliness of its interface needs improvement."
"I think the performance can be better."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface and the queues."
"I feel that Atlassian isn't really interested in fixing everything because if they did, the partners that are developing the fixes and features would not have a place in the market."
"I'd like to update the dashboard so that more features are available."
"The main issue with this solution is there's no limited subscription available for plugins we only use for a few people. If we only have a team of twenty using a plugin, we still have to purchase a subscription for the whole 200 users."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Regarding the cost, it's not expensive for enterprises but can be costly for small to medium-sized businesses. I recommend implementing a pricing model tailored for small to medium businesses to attract a larger customer base. Approximately, the license cost is around sixty dollars per month."
"Buying a software solution is only a half part of the solution (or even less). You need to optimize usage of the software by hiring professionals who will help you to make the most of the software, especially in the beginning."
"For the people like us, the lower the price, the better. But when compared to other competitors, I think it's Jira's price is okay."
"It's not really expensive, especially when you compare to ServiceNow or other solutions, and it's not expensive to maintain."
"This is pricey solution. Should we move to using all cloud solutions in our business, we may move to different tools that have multiple functionality versus having a solution for each area. This would be too pricey and we would need to replace Jira with a different solution that also offers other features."
"The price of the solution is becoming expensive and it should be reduced."
"The pricing is free for us because we are an associate partner for the product."
"Right now, there are only two of us who are both agents on the help desk and developers. We might be on the free version because we're less than three agents or users. I'm looking at Zephyr tests, which have a $10 a month flat rate, so right now, it is $10 a month. There are lots of add-ons. They do a free version, a standard version, and a premium version. In the last company, we started on $50 a month. By the time I left, we were paying $4,500 a month. That was mainly because we had 100 users on Confluence. I bought an add-on for Jira software for which we had 10 users, and that was $5 per user per month. It was costing me $500 a month, whereas it should only be $50 a month. I don't know if licensing fee has changed. I'd like our whole company to use it, but the big problem is the licensing because the Confluence side is what is really useful, but if I add 30 users to Confluence and then buy an extension for Jira software, I've got to pay for 30 licenses, even though I've only got two users in Jira software. It is the one big disadvantage of cloud software. You always have to pay for the number of seats regardless of which product you are on. This will probably severely limit how many people would use it because I'm not going to start paying $10 per user per month for a Jira software add-on when there are only two people using it."
"We have paid $20,000 recently for a one-year license for our on-prem server."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
 

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Helix Platform?
In terms of cost for BMC Helix Platform, it falls in the middle range, rating about six or seven out of ten. It is less expensive compared to ServiceNow, which is very expensive.
What is your primary use case for BMC Helix Platform?
We are migrating to BMC Helix Platform, and we are also using BMC Control-M product, Control-M. We have seen their monitoring platform but haven't decided yet whether to choose Datadog. There is a ...
What advice do you have for others considering BMC Helix Platform?
A rating of five means it is difficult to set up. I recommend evaluating if BMC Helix Platform is really needed because it requires dedicated resources to manage. It is not suitable for non-technic...
 

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JIRA Service Desk
 

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mgm technology partners, Telestream, Build.com, Zend Technologies, OfficeDrop, PGS Software, American Diabetes Association, NEPTUNE Canada
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