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BMC TrueSight vs ControlUp comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 8, 2026

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
6.9
BMC TrueSight enhances efficiency, lowers IT costs, and reallocates resources by reducing manual tasks and improving operations.
Sentiment score
7.2
Organizations achieve efficiency and cost savings with ControlUp, automating tasks, preventing disasters, and optimizing virtual environments.
This is having a 24/7 junior admin who's really smart, always there, always doing work, but you have to consume his work.
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Basically, what we were targeting is the response time of the virtual environment.
Senior IT Engineer Citrix at EDR Media LLC
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
BMC TrueSight's support is generally effective but faces issues with wait times, expertise consistency, and frequent personnel changes.
Sentiment score
9.0
ControlUp's responsive, knowledgeable support enhances customer experience, offering integration flexibility and premium benefits for larger organizations.
I would rate their technical support a nine out of ten.
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
I was quite happy to work with ControlUp because the support is excellent.
Senior IT Engineer Citrix at EDR Media LLC
Basically, if I could take everything that you do, put it in a tool, and hand you that tool so you don't have to repeat your efforts, then you would be able to make good use of it.
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
BMC TrueSight is scalable, but users report mixed experiences with challenges in multitenancy, complexity, and financial constraints.
Sentiment score
7.6
ControlUp's cloud scalability eases expansion, though pricing concerns arise, highlighting the importance of strategic adaptability and monitoring.
It scales very well; you just have to tell it what you're doing and size it for what you're asking.
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
BMC TrueSight is stable with proper configuration and resources, emphasizing vendor guidelines and performance tuning for optimal use.
Sentiment score
8.9
ControlUp is praised for its stability and effective monitoring, with most users finding it reliable and well-supported.
 

Room For Improvement

BMC TrueSight needs faster deployment, intuitive interfaces, better cloud stability, and enhanced AI for insights and analytics.
ControlUp needs seamless integration, improved monitoring, GUI enhancements, and additional features for better automation and complete insights.
There are some complexities with deployment that could be improved in BMC TrueSight.
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
There is area for improvement, maybe in the reporting.
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

BMC TrueSight is costly but valued for robust features, transparent pricing, and flexibility in licensing and support.
ControlUp pricing involves annual agreements with varied costs; thorough evaluation of licensing options is essential for optimal use.
BMC TrueSight licensing costs are on the more expensive side.
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
It is expensive.
Senior IT Engineer Citrix at EDR Media LLC
 

Valuable Features

BMC TrueSight offers integrated monitoring, intuitive interfaces, and proactive management for efficient IT infrastructure performance and operational efficiency.
ControlUp offers efficient ROI, real-time insights, robust automation, and proactive management with AI-enhanced performance monitoring and comprehensive visibility.
Automated root cause analysis and predictive capabilities are powerful features that assist in resource utilization and capacity planning.
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
Everything works exactly the way it's meant to, a dream come true for anyone who's administering systems because it gives you all the information that you want and all the actions you want to take, all in one place.
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
There are a lot of counters and monitors you can implement that will help you detect problems before they happen.
Senior IT Engineer Citrix at EDR Media LLC
 

Categories and Ranking

BMC TrueSight
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
31st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (28th), Event Monitoring (8th), Cloud Monitoring Software (25th), AIOps (11th)
ControlUp
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
21st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the IT Infrastructure Monitoring category, the mindshare of BMC TrueSight is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ControlUp is 0.8%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Infrastructure Monitoring Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ControlUp0.8%
BMC TrueSight1.1%
Other98.1%
IT Infrastructure Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

NikhilKalwint - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
Has improved monitoring efficiency and supports fast issue resolution through responsive support and reliable automation
I work with BMC TrueSight and have been using it for eight-plus years BMC TrueSight brought a positive impact and benefits to our organization. The customization part is one of the advantages of the product, along with the monitoring capabilities. Automated root cause analysis and predictive…
Jean-CharlesMoriaud - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Engineer Citrix at EDR Media LLC
Automation capabilities and proactive monitoring have improved infrastructure reliability and reduced troubleshooting time
ControlUp has a lot of automation in it. It detects problems and failures very well. It's not only monitoring, but it's also detecting, and it could even fix problems with a lot of automation that you can put in place to fix problems automatically before you even detect them. That's one of the strong points of ControlUp. All the automations, and there's a large customer-written automation. You can pick up those automations and use them on your environment, and it helps a lot. This is very good. It's not third-party, but it's external routines and automations that you can download from their website and implement on your side. That's one of the strong points of ControlUp. ControlUp, the way we implemented it, and the goal of ControlUp, is to be proactive instead of starting to work on a problem when it already happens. There are a lot of counters and monitors you can implement that will help you detect problems before they happen.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Healthcare Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise24
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC TrueSight Operations Management?
The solution provides visibility to our infrastructure, how it is, the resources we are monitoring, and quick updates when it has any problems. We have integrated it with ServiceNow to open instances.
What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Operations Management?
There are some complexities with deployment that could be improved in BMC TrueSight.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ControlUp Real-time?
It is expensive. It is very expensive. I was working in a bank, and even in the bank, which was quite healthy, the ControlUp budget was something we had to defend very harshly.
What is your primary use case for ControlUp Real-time?
I was taking care of a Citrix infrastructure, and as ControlUp is the best monitoring tool for those environments, I was also using ControlUp to monitor those environments.
 

Also Known As

ProactiveNet, TrueSight Operations Management
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Ensono, Transamerica, Boston Scientific, Park Place Technologies, inContact, TD Ameritrade, PNC Bank
B/E Aerospace, North Carolina SECU, Vancouver Island Health Authority, University of Florida
Find out what your peers are saying about BMC TrueSight vs. ControlUp and other solutions. Updated: March 2026.
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