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BMC TrueSight Network Automation vs NetBrain comparison

BMC and NetBrain are both solutions in the Network Automation category. BMC is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.0, while NetBrain is ranked #6. BMC holds a 1.2% mindshare in NA, compared to NetBrain’s 12.6% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of NetBrain users who would recommend it.
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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

BMC TrueSight Network Automation and NetBrain are competing in the network management space. NetBrain appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set.

Features: BMC TrueSight Network Automation offers comprehensive automation capabilities, reliable compliance management, and detailed reporting tools. NetBrain stands out with dynamic network mapping, advanced troubleshooting capabilities, and AIOps-driven diagnostics.

Room for Improvement: BMC TrueSight Network Automation could improve its user interface to match modern standards, enhance support for dynamic network environments, and offer more flexible integration options. NetBrain could streamline its initial setup process, improve its user documentation, and optimize resource usage for larger networks.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BMC TrueSight Network Automation provides straightforward deployment with strong integration options and responsive customer support. NetBrain, though more complex initially, offers guided processes and extensive resources for understanding, with a support team known for in-depth knowledge.

Pricing and ROI: BMC TrueSight Network Automation is appreciated for competitive pricing and significant ROI for small to mid-sized networks. NetBrain, despite higher initial costs, provides substantial ROI through enhanced operational efficiency and reduced downtime, particularly beneficial for large-scale operations.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC TrueSight Network Autom...
Ranking in Network Automation
9th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (20th)
NetBrain
Ranking in Network Automation
6th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Network Troubleshooting (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Network Automation category, the mindshare of BMC TrueSight Network Automation is 1.2%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NetBrain is 12.6%, up from 7.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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SumitSrivastava1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enables us to configure our network easily and get the most out of it
BMC TrueSight Network Automation transforms manual configuration tasks for network devices, which are complex and vary among different OEMs. With this tool, you can manage and control all new and old devices, ensuring they meet configuration needs. It provides updates on Cisco devices, and if any data is missing, you can generate it using a formula. I recommend BMC TrueSight Network Automation from the network side, as it provides excellent visibility and configuration management for vulnerabilities. The implementation requirements are certainly at level two. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
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Deborah Gamelin - PeerSpot reviewer
Good monitoring and troubleshoot capabilities, improves overall network traffic visibility
In my organization, we had 130,000 network devices that needed to be brought into the solution and mapped. NetBrain can handle the scale but the engineers that manage those devices have to go in and update all of them to allow NetBrain permission to poll them. It can get a little stressful for everybody when you're trying to roll out new stuff when you've got other issues that have to be addressed with other devices. In some cases, our devices had no automation at all. One example is the Cisco 3650. Right now, if you went through the inventory list, you see that we have different versions running. Some are on one version, whereas others are on another version. The problem with upgrading them is that they need to be done overnight because we don't want to disrupt any network traffic during business hours. Consequently, it could take us years to upgrade the versions before we can even get them onto these new tools. This may be an internal issue but it's a big one when you have a lot of devices. Even if you had 10,000 devices, it's still an issue. You have to consider the compatibility of the device against the tool, and being able to use certain commands to upgrade it.
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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 feature of BMC TrueSight Network Automation is compliance management, configuration backup, and configuration management."
"We use it to back up configurations so the configuration management is valuable for us."
"It is helpful if you schedule daily or weekly archiving for your config groups. Then, you can go by what are in those configuration groups, before and after, if you make changes. So, configuration management is really helpful in network management."
"The network security of BMC TrueSight Network Automation has been the best feature."
"This product has helped us because we can now do many tasks at once. Rather than copy one file to one device, we can do an entire group at one time."
"The compliance management, patching, and OS upgrades are useful features."
"It has the best automation features."
"BMC is an excellent configuration manager. It allows you to configure your network easily and get the most out of it."
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"Enables maps to be drawn out."
"Chain management is a good feature. I don't get it on other solutions."
"This product has good network monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities."
"A reliable, time-saving tool for providing accurate layer 2 and layer 3 network mappings."
"NetBrain is a very simple tool."
 

Cons

"It is tedious to scale the solution."
"For customized compliance, it takes some effort to implement things. If the device configuration is quite complex, then you have to do quite number of customizations in the DNA tool for out-of-the-box compliance. These regular expressions have to be modified based on the requirements of the compliance."
"I would like to see more device supported features, mostly on the new brands and models coming in. For any new version or model, it should be supported by the tool, especially the newest versions. For example, the newest devices, like Aruba Wireless, and routers need support from the tool."
"We've been working with BMC support in various ways such as to allow for the high-availability components to the TSIMs to work together. There have been issues there. We've seen randomness in how other pieces of the software work. Integration with the Presentation Server and the TSIMs has been a challenge. The ports that are required for HA to be utilized were not clearly documented anywhere. In fact, they still aren't documented online anywhere, even though we managed to pull it out of some of their support people."
"I believe there could be new features in terms of the latest technology."
"The product should be expanded to include more hardware, beyond Cisco and Juniper devices."
"They need to have a single sign-on."
"BMC TrueSight Network Automation can improve by having a better UI. The overall quality of the UI could be better."
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"The IP interface brief isn't consistent."
"Support needs to improve for the installed product and some of the reporting could be more flexible to provide more complete cataloging."
"It would be nice if the setup was a little simpler. Also, if the solution could provide more training materials for new people coming into our company so they can quickly learn how to use the functionalities."
"The solution could integrate more automation."
"Each device needs to be configured to allow NetBrain to poll for the information it needs, which can be very time-consuming for a large network."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There's a fee for the licenses themselves, per contract, and then we have a yearly licensing fee that's many thousands of dollars. But that's not just for TrueSight, that's also for support for ITSM, Atrium Orchestrator, BBNA, and other BMC tools in the environment."
"The solution is worth the price."
"The solution is more costly than the other competitors."
"Licensing is based on a per-device basis, which means that it can get very expensive if you have a large number of devices."
"The product is expensive, but less expensive than some of the competition and worth the price."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Government
6%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
10%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC TrueSight Network Automation?
The compliance management, patching, and OS upgrades are useful features.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC TrueSight Network Automation?
The product is expensive. I rate the product’s pricing a nine out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.
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What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Network Automation?
The solution could have cheap pricing along with a simple deployment process.
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Also Known As

BMC TrueSight Automation for Networks, TrueSight Automation for Networks, TrueSight Network Automation, BladeLogic Network Automation
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Overview

Network automation and management software reduces network outages and downtime by automating configuration, change and compliance processes. Organizations depend on high performance across their network to keep the business running at peak efficiency but new security threats make it hard for network administrators to keep pace with the demands for new services and safeguard the health of the network.

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Managing today’s networks with yesterday’s manual processes is no longer a viable solution. NetBrain’s network automation platform provides actionable insights into your network to help you make better and faster decisions - particularly when you’re troubleshooting, securing, and making changes to the network.

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Sample Customers

SAP
CompuCon, TD Ameritrade, Move Inc.
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