We performed a comparison between BMC Helix ITSM and IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about ServiceNow, Atlassian, BMC and others in IT Service Management (ITSM)."The Helix chatbot is helpful, and we can use its workflow features to automate some of the use cases for our clients."
"Smart Reporting makes it easy to create/publish views for tables, so our customers can easily create their own reports."
"Technical support has been fine."
"Having all the processes, fields, and settings already setup out-of-the-box, thus minimizing implementation time."
"It is suitable for the present circumstances, providing reliability and adhering to the necessary procedures. Having ITSM and proper knowledge is essential for our work to be acknowledged and effectively contribute to the team's efforts. Utilizing ITSM ensures that our work, especially in chat windows and events from application support, is duly acknowledged. This is crucial for handling high-level events (HLEs) and maintaining accurate records. The system facilitates easy tracking, enabling managers and higher-ups to gather data for appraisals and other purposes efficientl"
"The most valuable features of BMC Helix ITSM are the collaboration, integrated with the help of another solution called Entity. We can do all the integration and receive an automatic ticket with the help of email. We are able to receive SMS alerts to clients and end users. Every step of the ticket is generated and we are able to resolve and close them. It's very helpful to have the ability to inform the user with detailed information."
"The valuable feature for me is that it's a tool that allows me to track processes right from the initial user request."
"If we consider major players like Ford or BMW, their core focus is manufacturing products like cars. To ensure smooth operations, any arising issues, be it security concerns or issues within departments like HR or finance, require a swift resolution. This is where the product comes into play. It provides a platform for raising tickets and obtaining quick solutions."
"My organization can leverage IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to learn more about how clients perform because the solution lets you monitor and optimize devices and apply best practices."
"It has created more layers of bureaucracy."
"Needs less infrastructure requirements."
"Maybe it could be more simplified and easier to change the reporting point of view, like from a different vendor to another."
"We found that there was numerous issues upgrading from 8.1 to 9.1 in that all our licenses were broken for almost a year and a half. We chased down a total of 14 hotfixes, patches, and service packs before things were finally resolved. During that time, said "fixes" also broke other things, so it was quite the sore spot with management for some time."
"Integration could be better. If something doesn't work well with some tools and operations, then management becomes difficult, so you have to integrate other tools."
"Needs to make customizable/configurable article templates in the Knowledge Management."
"The user experience could be better."
"Smart Reporting was added, then was purchased from another vendor. We have little ability to customize and correct issues due to this."
"What I want to improve in IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is the community aspect, where IDERA would provide customers with updates on functionalities, what comes next, what IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor upgrades would be released, etc. I also want the sustainability of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor to improve."
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BMC Helix ITSM is ranked 3rd in IT Service Management (ITSM) with 75 reviews while IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is ranked 60th in Network Monitoring Software with 5 reviews. BMC Helix ITSM is rated 8.0, while IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BMC Helix ITSM writes "The leading service management platform for delivering intelligent, user-centric experiences". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor writes "It offers different licensing types that allow you to extend the services to clients; it lets you look into device performance and optimization and helps apply best practices". BMC Helix ITSM is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, Freshdesk and IBM Maximo, whereas IDERA Uptime Infrastructure Monitor is most compared with Zabbix.
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