IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager vs IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus comparison

IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager and IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus are both solutions in the Event Monitoring category. IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager is ranked #15, while IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.0. IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager holds a 0.9% mindshare in EM, compared to IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus’s 10.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 78% of IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus users who would recommend it.

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78% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager and IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus are IT management solutions. NetCool OMNIbus has the upper hand due to its advanced features and quick ROI.

Features: IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager provides comprehensive business dashboards, alert management, and real-time business service management. IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus offers advanced event management capabilities, scalable architecture, and sophisticated automation features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager requires a complex deployment and fine-tuning but offers prompt customer support. IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus features a more intuitive deployment process and robust customer support infrastructure.

Pricing and ROI: IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager has a moderate setup cost with a gradual ROI due to its challenging integration phase. IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus involves higher upfront costs rewarded with a quicker ROI due to its efficient features and rapid deployment.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli Business Service...

Ranking in Event Monitoring

15th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus

Ranking in Event Monitoring

5th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus is 10.2%, up from 8.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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reviewer847356

IT Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Good technical support, and efficient for working with business data

We use this solution for working with data. The most valuable feature of this solution is the efficiency. This application should be made easier to use because it usually needs training and it is not easy to operate. We have been using this solution for fourteen years. The stability of this…

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Ahmed Salman

Performance & Monitoring Supervisor at Saudi Telecom Company

Aids in network performance monitoring and management

I am working as a customer, mainly using IntelliQ and another product, IBM NetCool, Watson AI. These products are used for monitoring network performance and management. The primary use case involves network performance monitoring, and it is compatible only with IBM DB2 IBM Tivoli NetCool…

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the efficiency."

"The most valuable feature is the event management capability."

"It's good for managed systems. The end query on the user interface is good. You can view lots of charts and graphs."

"OMNIbus is valuable for its compatibility and performance, as I haven't encountered any performance issues."

"Probes are the best feature because they are well written which rarely requires you to write additional rules. These probes monitor activity within your environment."

"Offers very good event/alert drill-down and statistical reporting capabilities."

"The monitoring is the solution's most valuable feature."

"It is an easy-to-use solution."

"IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus supports legacy protocols like CORBA, Huawei, and other telecom protocols, which I find beneficial."

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Cons

"This application should be made easier to use because it usually needs training and it is not easy to operate."

"Its technical support team takes longer to reply."

"They could enhance the visibility to give us a unified view of our entire IT infrastructure."

"The solution needs to invest in the development of a knowledge base and use of AI services for providing event resolution and intervention directions."

"There should be an easier-to-understand model, more of a flat-structured model rather than different tiers of licenses which complicates licensing."

"Areas that could be better include the fact that the solution is only on-premises, lacks AI capabilities, and support response times could be quicker."

"The cost of the product is quite high. They should work to adjust their pricing models."

"Its integration could be better. They should provide an easier integration for all the monitoring stuff, and it will make things easier for us. Currently, there is a complexity in integrating it with a vendor application, and we have to use another tool to integrate it with a vendor application. To integrate some applications with NetCool, I need to install an IBM tool on top of it. It would be good if they can provide an API or any kind of interface that we can leverage while developing a new protocol interface or application. We should be able to use an API or interface with NetCool. Its GUI can also be better. As compared to other tools, it is not user friendly, and it is not easy to do stuff through GUI. Whenever we do anything on the GUI, it takes time. They need to focus on the GUI part, especially the dashboard. They should focus on how users can effectively drill down from one box to another. The visual appeal of the dashboard is as important as the data and functionality."

"I would like for the next release to be more user-friendly and out of date. The next release should focus on the cloud, AI, and ML technologies."

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"You have to have the right level of budget to afford this solution."

"It is a costly solution."

"Its license cost is a little bit more than other solutions. Our customers expect a standard market price that is comparative to other products. For each and every NetCool OMNIbus component, we have to purchase a separate license. These components are not free with the product."

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What is your primary use case for IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus?

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Also Known As

Tivoli Business Service Manager, BSM

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Overview

IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager monitors business services and tracks them against business objectives and technology infrastructures. It shows the operational status of services using prebuilt reports, scorecards and dashboards for fast data analysis. Tivoli Business Service Manager helps you assess service levels throughout an organization for more effective service management.

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Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus provides near real-time service assurance for business infrastructure, applications, servers, network devices and protocols, Internet protocols, storage and security devices.

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Consolidated Communications, €sterreichische Bundesbahnen (€BB), Capgemini

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