BMC TrueSight vs Zenoss Cloud comparison

BMC Helix and Zenoss are both solutions in the Event Monitoring category. BMC Helix is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.3, while Zenoss is ranked #14. BMC Helix holds a 7.9% mindshare in EM, compared to Zenoss’s 2.3% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of BMC Helix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Zenoss users who would recommend it.

BMC TrueSight

Read 50 BMC TrueSight reviews

3,120 Views
811 Comparison Views

86% willing to recommend

Zenoss Cloud

Read 8 Zenoss Cloud reviews

1,401 Views
168 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

BMC TrueSight

Zenoss Cloud

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 3, 2025

BMC TrueSight and Zenoss Cloud compete in the IT operations management sector. While BMC TrueSight has an advantage in customer support and pricing, Zenoss Cloud stands out for its advanced features.

Features: BMC TrueSight provides comprehensive monitoring and predictive analytics, focusing on infrastructure management and IT operations alignment. It excels in signature baselines to fine-tune event management and integrates various monitoring tools for a seamless experience. Zenoss Cloud is distinguished by its dynamic service assurance and advanced AIOps capabilities, enhancing visibility across hybrid IT environments. Its adoption of AI for performance optimization is a key differentiator, offering insightful infrastructure monitoring and operational improvements.

Room for Improvement: BMC TrueSight could enhance its UI for better user experience and streamline its initial configuration further. It also needs more agility in adapting to modern IT infrastructures. Reducing the complexity in knowledge module tailoring would be beneficial. Zenoss Cloud may improve by reducing its initial cost structure to attract budget-conscious businesses and expanding its native integrations with third-party tools. Enhancing its customer service responsiveness could further improve client satisfaction.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BMC TrueSight's deployment requires more initial configuration but is aided by robust customer service for smoother implementation. Zenoss Cloud offers a streamlined deployment due to its cloud-native architecture, enabling quicker setup times. Its customer service effectively supports cloud transitions, providing agile solutions for modern IT infrastructure needs.

Pricing and ROI: BMC TrueSight often presents a more cost-effective setup with a clear ROI in traditional environments due to competitive pricing models. Zenoss Cloud may have higher initial costs but justifies these with advanced capabilities, offering significant ROI over time through efficient IT operations management.

To learn more, read our detailed BMC TrueSight vs. Zenoss Cloud Report (Updated: October 2025).

Buyer's Guide

BMC TrueSight vs. Zenoss Cloud

October 2025

Download the complete report

Helped 871,408 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

BMC TrueSight

Ranking in Event Monitoring

7th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

34th

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

26th

Ranking in AIOps

5th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (30th)

Zenoss Cloud

Ranking in Event Monitoring

14th

Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring

51st

Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software

39th

Ranking in AIOps

26th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Infrastructure (33rd), Network Monitoring Software (76th), Server Monitoring (27th), Container Monitoring (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of BMC TrueSight is 7.9%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zenoss Cloud is 2.3%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Event Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
BMC TrueSight	7.9%
Zenoss Cloud	2.3%
Other	89.8%

Event Monitoring

Featured Reviews

Srri G

Senior Project Manager - Head of Application Performance Management at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The product is reasonably priced, but the solution is a little obsolete because it is deployed on-premise

If I want custom monitoring across a very large estate of more than 50,000 units, the on-premise deployment gets quite slow. The on-premise product’s performance must be improved. The solution is a little obsolete. That is why the solution moved to Helix, a SaaS operating system. The SaaS platform has the features I like. There is no point in BMC expanding TrueSight Operations’ console. It's high time that BMC starts a demise path for the product and is associated only with Helix. If we need any additional function, we must switch to Helix. Since TrueSight is deployed on-premise, the scalability and usage of the product are mainly focused on providing basic features and not enhanced features like analytics or cost analysis. People should move to a SaaS platform because on-premise products have limited storage and capacity.

Read full review

ClaudiaChen

Cloud Architect - Senior Technology Architect at Telstra

Generates close to real-time alerts so users can resolve issues, but needs more integration and public cloud monitoring features

As Zenoss Service Dynamics is more for network-centric devices and you want to monitor, for example, a server, its services, IP addresses, and interfaces, if it's a network and you're going to monitor multiple items, you'll be charged multiple times. This is what Zenoss Service Dynamics needs to improve to make sure that customers pay just one fee to monitor the entire server. What I'd like to see in Zenoss Service Dynamics in the future is a public cloud monitoring feature, particularly for the Azure public cloud. Another additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is integration with the Azure public cloud because I know that there are some services from Azure that Zenoss Service Dynamics is currently unable to monitor.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Using the TrueSight platform we can monitor server performance and notify the customers using the integrated ticketing for events. We can let them know if there are any issues with a server, or application, or database."

"The Event Management is outstanding; still is the most interesting part of the product."

"Intelligent solution with a proactive monitoring feature and consolidated dashboard that's stable and easy to scale."

"It is breadth. It covers so many different technologies which can roll up into a single console."

"I use the solution to monitor servers, databases, Windows, Linux, and web services."

"The tool is flexible enough to be customized based on customer requirements."

"The most beneficial part of the product in terms of IT monitoring revolves around the areas involving automation, and it also serves as an end-to-end event management and incident management tool."

"I like the deep-dive detail and end-user metrics data. The synthetic monitor is the best one. The best point of the new one is that there's no need for configuration. You can inject the Java script and start to change major developments in the application. This is a good approach, and we received all the data using this."

More BMC TrueSight pros

"It's easy to use."

"The custom built integration is one of the most valuable features because you can see all the especially critical items."

"The product offers good documentation that helps with initial training."

"What I like most about Zenoss Service Dynamics is that it monitors the devices and gives close to real-time alerts. For example, in case the device is not available, Zenoss Service Dynamics generates an alert so my team can resolve the issue."

"Its Docker Container concept is mind blowing. It is the first monitoring tool which comes with Docker features."

"They have also accommodated many state-of-the-art technologies like Docker and ZooKeeper."

"The most valuable feature is the flexible discovery mechanism."

Cons

"The solution is a little obsolete."

"The graphs are extremely limited. We don't have a lot of dashboard options. To make reports and dashboards more useful, we usually need to integrate some dashboard solutions."

"I definitely would like to see more improvement in the self-diagnostics. I need to know when anything is not working or collecting, long before our customer finds it."

"We were somewhat limited in TrueSight due to some of the RBAC controls not quite being what we wanted as far as delegating out administrative privileges for implementation. But because we were able to turn requests around pretty well, that burden wasn't too heavy."

"There are some small limitations with this tool in terms of reporting dashboards that fit all of the requirements of the individual customer."

"Application performance management (APM) is an area with certain shortcomings in the solution that needs improvement. I"

"The solution could improve its price."

"In our company, we faced some issues with the solution’s application endpoint, IP, and the physical location of the transactions."

More BMC TrueSight cons

"The AI aspect needs to improve."

"Now it is stable, but they should design threshold parameters in percentage instead of raw values."

"There is room for improvement with the administrative part. They introduced Control Center to manage things in Zenoss 5. The services that Zenoss provides remained the same, but the administrative part, since they introduced Docker, etc., has become a little complex"

"It would be ideal if the product offered sound alerts."

"There was a problem with Zenoss and storage monitoring."

"The inclusion of a feature to show a graphical view of the network would be a helpful improvement."

"As Zenoss Service Dynamics is more for network-centric devices and you want to monitor, for example, a server, its services, IP addresses, and interfaces, if it's a network and you're going to monitor multiple items, you'll be charged multiple times. This is what Zenoss Service Dynamics needs to improve to make sure that customers pay just one fee to monitor the entire server. What I'd like to see in Zenoss Service Dynamics in the future is a public cloud monitoring feature, particularly for the Azure public cloud. Another additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of the solution is integration with the Azure public cloud because I know that there are some services from Azure that Zenoss Service Dynamics is currently unable to monitor."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is all volume-driven. I think we were paying between $80 and $85 per license. That's per unit, for a perpetual license. You pay it one time and then, every year, you pay 20 percent of that for annual maintenance and support. But now that we've grown, we've purchased tens of thousands of licenses and the cost per license has gone down to something like less than $30..."

"The solutions are not the cheapest but are robust and stable. License model is rather complex and BMC do often change the model."

"Pricing is very high."

"Use conservative figures. In terms of hardware, monitored servers and also effort. The product is not cheap. But as with other products, you get what you pay for."

"The tool is moderately expensive."

"The cost depends on the usage."

"BMC TrueSight Operations Management is not on the cheaper side, but its pricing is on a case by case basis. Its licensing model is simple and based on the number of devices."

"They have changed the licensing fees."

More BMC TrueSight pricing and cost advice

"It is very cost-effective compared to the tools I worked with in the past. The company is gaining a lot with respect to the cost factor. It provides agentless monitoring and in a very cheap way."

"The pricing depends on the environment, the number of services, and the size of the data center. It can go from $100,000 to a million dollars."

"It depends on the customer, what he wants."

"There are additional costs you'll have to pay apart from the license fee for Zenoss Service Dynamics. I can't remember exactly how much my company is paying because I don't handle the finance part, but the cost is paid annually. On a scale of one to five, with one being the cheapest and five being the most expensive, I'm rating the solution three out of five."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Event Monitoring solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

871,408 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

12%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	23
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	24

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Large Enterprise	5

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.

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC TrueSight Operations Management?

Though I have no clue about the tool's actual price, I know that it is astronomical.

See all answers

What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Operations Management?

Cost is an issue with BMC TrueSight Operations Management. Though I am not responsible for the budget, I know that it is an expensive tool set when used only for event management. The tool's issue ...

See all answers

What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

In my experience, I worked with many monitoring software, but the one that gave me the most functionalities of a large-scale company is Zenoss, due to its ability to monitor completely hybrid and a...

See all answers

Comparisons

Dynatrace vs BMC TrueSight

Compared 15% of the time

BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps vs BMC TrueSight

Compared 9% of the time

Centreon vs BMC TrueSight

Compared 6% of the time

Zabbix vs BMC TrueSight

Compared 5% of the time

ServiceNow IT Operations Management vs BMC TrueSight

Compared 5% of the time

More BMC TrueSight Competitors

Zabbix vs Zenoss Cloud

Compared 22% of the time

Nagios XI vs Zenoss Cloud

Compared 20% of the time

Nagios Core vs Zenoss Cloud

Compared 9% of the time

SolarWinds AppOptics vs Zenoss Cloud

Compared 8% of the time

SCOM vs Zenoss Cloud

Compared 7% of the time

More Zenoss Cloud Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

BMC TrueSight

October 2025

Download BMC TrueSight product report

Buyer's Guide

Zenoss Cloud

September 2025

Download Zenoss Cloud product report

Also Known As

ProactiveNet, TrueSight Operations Management

Cloud Monitoring, Zenoss Service Dynamics

Overview

BMC TrueSight offers extensive event management and seamless integration, providing comprehensive monitoring across varied infrastructures through its centralized console and Knowledge Modules.

BMC TrueSight delivers robust event management capabilities with seamless integration and comprehensive monitoring of diverse infrastructures. Its single console simplifies management, offering automated triage for standardized alerts, enhancing efficiency. Knowledge Modules support services from hardware to cloud, while proactive monitoring and capacity optimization enhance customization. It efficiently supports mixed environments by providing detailed insights and intelligently routing alerts to reduce noise. While improvements are needed in deployment, integration, AI, automation, reporting, and complexity reduction, it still meets diverse operational needs effectively.

What are BMC TrueSight's key features?

Robust Event Management: Offers efficient handling of events.
Seamless Integration: Integrates easily with existing systems.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Supports hardware to cloud infrastructure.
Centralized Console: Simplifies management processes.
Automated Triage: Standardizes alerts for better efficiency.
Proactive Monitoring: Improves forecasting and issue prevention.
Capacity Optimization: Efficiently manages resources.
Customizability: Tailors to specific service needs.

What benefits and ROI should users seek in BMC TrueSight?

Enhanced Proactive Management: Reduces downtime through efficient monitoring.
Improved Troubleshooting: Provides visibility into systems for quick issue resolution.
Effective Integration: Blends well with other tools and platforms.
Resource Efficiency: Optimizes use of infrastructure and servers.
Global Support: Facilitates operations across sectors worldwide.

BMC TrueSight is widely used in performance and availability monitoring for infrastructure and applications, supporting the monitoring of servers, databases, networks, and IT environments. It is implemented to improve management and reduce downtime, serving needs in data centers and cloud services. Organizations leverage it for event management, comprehensive data center monitoring, and cloud services, using its capabilities for alerting, ticket creation, troubleshooting, and compliance, enhancing operational efficiency globally.

BMC Helix

Zenoss Cloud revolutionizes IT infrastructure monitoring with a service-centric approach, prioritizing the overall health of services and applications. Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AIOps), Zenoss Cloud offers end-to-end visibility across servers, networks, storage, and applications. Real-time monitoring, event correlation, and automated remediation ensure immediate insights and efficient issue resolution. The customizable dashboards empower users to tailor visualizations to their needs, while scalability accommodates diverse infrastructures. Zenoss Cloud guarantees improved application performance, reduced downtime, and enhanced IT efficiency, making it an ideal choice for businesses of all sizes, from small enterprises seeking simplicity to large corporations requiring advanced scalability. Experience unified monitoring and proactive management with Zenoss Cloud, a comprehensive solution that transforms IT infrastructure optimization in today's complex environments.

Zenoss

Sample Customers

Ensono, Transamerica, Boston Scientific, Park Place Technologies, inContact, TD Ameritrade, PNC Bank

2degrees, Rackspace, State of North Dakota, El Paso Independent School District, NWN Corporation

Buyer's Guide

BMC TrueSight vs. Zenoss Cloud

October 2025

Free Report: BMC TrueSight vs. Zenoss Cloud

Find out what your peers are saying about BMC TrueSight vs. Zenoss Cloud and other solutions. Updated: October 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

871,408 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our BMC TrueSight vs. Zenoss Cloud report.

See our list of best Event Monitoring vendors, best IT Infrastructure Monitoring vendors, and best Cloud Monitoring Software vendors.

We monitor all Event Monitoring reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.