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BMC TrueSight Orchestration vs BMC TrueSight Server Automation comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

BMC TrueSight Orchestration
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (34th)
BMC TrueSight Server Automa...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Configuration Management (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

BMC TrueSight Orchestration and BMC TrueSight Server Automation aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. BMC TrueSight Orchestration is designed for Process Automation and holds a mindshare of 1.4%, up 0.7% compared to last year.
BMC TrueSight Server Automation, on the other hand, focuses on Configuration Management, holds 3.8% mindshare, up 3.0% since last year.
Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BMC TrueSight Orchestration1.4%
Camunda10.9%
IBM BPM5.3%
Other82.4%
Process Automation
Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BMC TrueSight Server Automation3.8%
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform10.3%
HashiCorp Terraform7.4%
Other78.5%
Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

Ilhami Arikan - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Services Automation Technologies Manager at Garanti Teknoloji
An orchestration tool to automate the end-to-end process with a need to improve its user experience
In BMC TrueSight Orchestration, login is just text-based, so it's really hard to find the problem. We cannot see the ongoing running jobs or interfere with them on an interface. So it's unavailable. There are some restrictions about the permissions, especially the level of the permissions, even though there is not very much there. It's a little bit hard to use clients' development tools, so the user experience may be improved. There is room for improvement for the local team.
MN
System Manager at State Bank of India
Achieve cost-effective and efficient operations with automated compliance and patch management
Regarding the patch management feature, I find it perfect in BMC TrueSight Server Automation; however, the only problem is with application software, as operating system patch management is perfect. What I am trying to have is application software running on the server segment. Sometimes they use browsers, PDF readers, and Java, so patching these application or utility software is a challenge due to the large number and the different versions. I have some concerns regarding BMC TrueSight Server Automation that could be improved, particularly in the reporting part. The pending patches report generated after the analysis only reflects the job executed, but in a distributed environment where multiple teams manage servers, central governance requires server status updates driven by servers rather than jobs.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product has a very good triggering mechanism."
"This solution is scalable."
"I find the provisioning to be the most valuable."
"The best feature of BMC TrueSight Orchestration is the number of integrated mechanisms it provides."
"The best thing about TrueSight is the user interface, which is intuitive and easy to use. It supports accessibility and exporting, so we can output to the format we require. We can use TrueSight to integrate nearly any other product. I can't think of another product that can match this functionality. We also have Microsoft Orchestrator, but it can't match BMC TrueSight Orchestration."
"We particularly like the integration functionality of this solution. This product is open API, which means that it can be integrated with any solution from any other brand."
"BMC TrueSight Orchestration has made things much easier for them."
"The initial setup is easy. The deployment was done in an hour."
"We have a fully automated patching process which has been absolutely phenomenal."
"With BMC, we even configured applications, like IE or things that were Java-related, and when we scheduled the jobs, it worked fine, saved us time, and there was no need for resources to monitor them."
"BMC Bladelogic Automation can be used across many OS platforms, providing us flexibility for deployments."
"The best feature of the solution is patch automation."
"It gives us more speed to deliver services and applications, and we rely on security."
"As this solution provides strong support and has multiple use cases, it is worth the cost."
"The ability to script and create BL packages to perform various functions. This makes automating our environment relatively easy to do."
"The solution is stable."
 

Cons

"Regarding scalability, the architecture does not allow you to add additional servers just able to use two application servers, so it's not scalable."
"The architecture of this solution needs improvement, it is very complicated. It creates a lot of problems in our environment. Most of the time I am trying to find and solve the problem."
"The solution should move to the cloud. Every application from the BMC is on the container and moving to the cloud. There is also a number of limitations for the smart reporting feature of the TrueSight server which is not working in sync. We did not get any satisfactory reply from BMC on that note. We are not able to do the real-time sync between HSA and non-HSA service reporting tools and the actual application tools."
"BMC TrueSight Orchestration is difficult to understand. It's not very user-friendly."
"At present this solution is only available to be hosted on-premises, which can cause network issues when integration with cloud-based software is attempted."
"We are aiming for AI automation and look for support from BMC. The features are currently missing but we are hoping for some upgrade in this matter."
"BMC TrueSight Orchestration could improve by providing some visibility on how the workflows are progressing."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"A better CLI Database cleanup tool would help us with our regular maintenance of BladeLogic Server Automation."
"I would like to see a better methodology for handling REST calls and integration into the APIs. They add new APIs as they add functions, but they've missed some from older components which they still haven't added in. Some of the APIs are there but the CLI calls are not there."
"Another area for improvement is group scheduling if I'm trying to do all the servers. For example, if I want to do all the 2012 Servers - since the patches are the same for all of them - I can't do so."
"Needs more use cases into compliance management and the remediation process."
"There is no other functionality available to patch the containers that we need to include."
"The complexity of it and the time to implement it drove us to a different solution."
"Cost of ownership can be quite substantial"
"There is no option to see all the servers we patch and we cannot find what the server status is. Of course, we can what has been completed and what is pending and which servers have failed, but we cannot find server status from the BMC tool. For example, is the RDP up or not. We are using separate scripts for that."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing is per lot, or per agent — one agent is one license."
"Licensing is available in different ways and depends on data being consumed by users and nodes being operated."
"Regarding pricing, it comes with the package when you buy the server automation. But it's made depending on some agreements for companies, of which I don't know the clause."
"There is a huge cost saving with BMC TrueSight compared to other solutions."
"The product is expensive."
"The solution is quite expensive compared to other vendors."
"The product's pricing depends on the number of servers."
"We're looking at less than $100,000 USD for this solution."
"Licensing is a bit pricey. Be mindful about the components that you need and buy as appropriate."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Healthcare Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Educational Organization
7%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise15
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Server Automation?
Regarding the patch management feature, I find it perfect in BMC TrueSight Server Automation; however, the only problem is with application software, as operating system patch management is perfect...
What is your primary use case for BMC TrueSight Server Automation?
My main use case for BMC TrueSight Server Automation is utilizing its features of provisioning, compliance engines, jobs, and scheduled automations. When I create a task and schedule it for future ...
 

Also Known As

TrueSight Orchestration, Atrium Orchestrator
TrueSight Server Automation, BladeLogic Server Automation, BladeLogic Automation Suite
 

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Sample Customers

Ameritas, Buckeye Partners, KNAB, Dex Media, News UK
State of Michigan, Fujitsu FSAS, Transamerica Life Insurance Company, SAP
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