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BMC TrueSight Network Automation vs SolarWinds Network Automation Manager comparison

BMC and SolarWinds are both solutions in the Network Automation category. BMC is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.0, while SolarWinds is ranked #13. BMC holds a 1.2% mindshare in NA, compared to SolarWinds’s 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of SolarWinds users who would recommend it.
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50% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

BMC TrueSight Network Automation and SolarWinds Network Automation Manager are network automation solutions. SolarWinds seems to have an edge in feature robustness, while BMC TrueSight is more attractive in support and pricing.

Features: BMC TrueSight Network Automation provides compliance management, policy-based automation, and reduces manual errors. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager includes comprehensive monitoring, automated updates, and extensive tool integration.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BMC TrueSight Network Automation offers straightforward deployment with high-quality support, ensuring minimal downtime. SolarWinds has structured deployment models that may be complex for new users, but its support team is responsive and helpful.

Pricing and ROI: BMC TrueSight Network Automation is cost-effective, emphasizing long-term savings through automation. SolarWinds Network Automation Manager has higher initial costs but promises substantial ROI by reducing network issues.

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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)
SolarWinds Network Automati...
Ranking in Network Automation
13th
Average Rating
5.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (110th)
 

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 SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is 3.6%, up from 1.7% 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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Giulio Valeri - PeerSpot reviewer
Threat detection failures, poor technical support, and expensive
We use the solution to manage all of our customer's systems. We monitor and decide if everything is okay and if not, we do changes when needed. For example, if there is a need to change the antivirus software we can automate the process and install the new one. There are scripts within the software…
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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 compliance management, patching, and OS upgrades are useful features."
"Depending on who's looking at the data, they need to configure that data in different ways, and the dashboards help us to do that better than what was previously available."
"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 network security of BMC TrueSight Network Automation has been the best feature."
"It has the best automation features."
"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."
"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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"The installation is easy."
"The solution offers so many great resources, it makes them a powerhouse in the market."
 

Cons

"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."
"BMC TrueSight Network Automation can improve by having a better UI. The overall quality of the UI could be better."
"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'd like to be able to get more devices into compliance with standards, but that means running additional rule sets and that takes time."
"There could be automated processes to retrieve the CVS and create a compliance tool."
"The product should be expanded to include more hardware, beyond Cisco and Juniper devices."
"They need to have a single sign-on."
"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."
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"The price could be a bit lower."
"We did not like SolarWinds because it was not able to communicate between UPSA and our accounting system. They should have better integration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is worth the price."
"The solution is more costly than the other competitors."
"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 price of SolarWinds Network Automation Manager is fair. However, it is more expensive than ConnectWise."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
19%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Government
6%
Educational Organization
45%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
5%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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
SolarWinds NAM
 

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.

BMC

Scale environments from 1,000 to tens of thousands of nodes with comprehensive performance, traffic, WAN, and switch port monitoring, automated change and configuration management, and IP address management in an integrated network automation software solution.

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Sample Customers

SAP
Maalem Financing Company, School City of Hammond
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