We performed a comparison between BMC Helix Discovery and FlexNet Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Asset Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool's accuracy of the results we receive looks promising in general. Its values are more than 95 percent accurate compared to other clients or different tools. I would say that Discovery offers a valuable mechanism to discover information."
"It is a stable solution. The stability is okay."
"The most valuable feature is the automated service mapping."
"The most valuable feature of BMC Helix Discovery is it operates well. It is well known and has gained recognition for its software."
"I've used other discovery tools, but I found BMC Helix Discovery to be more UI-friendly, and that's the most valuable feature of the solution."
"The solution is very stable and powerful."
"The speed at which it's able to collect a wide-range of information, then make it useful for you, like asset management, knowledge management, and incident management."
"It now comes with a very flexible deployment solution, whether you want to keep it inside your data center or want to have the cloud, depending on if you're cloud forward or not."
"The best thing about FlexNet Manager for my clients is its strong grip on managing licenses and ensuring they stick to their contracts."
"So the solution has a really great licensing module, and they're constantly keeping up with the newest trends."
"It is a stable solution."
"I like the way it does its compliance. I like its discovery, and I like the fact that it keeps separate hardware and assets and provides easy accessibility to raw data."
"There isn't much that could be improved. The solution is pretty thorough, very easy to implement, and very easy to operate."
"The solution should have different portals and logins for each customer so only that customer's assets show."
"Management of its own application infrastructure and integrations with other BMC tools."
"The license model could be more flexible and cheaper pricing."
"The solution's scalability is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are needed."
"There is still room for improvement in terms of stability."
"The monitoring tools could be more stable."
"It would be nice to see more updates to the solution."
"The hardware and connectors in the product have certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"There is room for improvement in the purchasing module. There are things I would change in that. Also, the automation components, like having the contracts, scheduling, and notifications embedded into the application, which they've been promising to do since 2014."
"They could improve their reporting. I'd particularly like them to allow you to schedule it."
"One area that could use improvement is the deployment of Flexera agents."
BMC Helix Discovery is ranked 2nd in IT Asset Management with 19 reviews while FlexNet Manager is ranked 12th in IT Asset Management with 5 reviews. BMC Helix Discovery is rated 8.4, while FlexNet Manager is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of BMC Helix Discovery writes "Very stable, fast, and powerful with valuable inventory management features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FlexNet Manager writes "Suitable for those with dedicated budgets and an interest in exploring advanced functionalities". BMC Helix Discovery is most compared with ServiceNow, BMC Remedy , Device42, ServiceNow Discovery and Qualys VMDR, whereas FlexNet Manager is most compared with ServiceNow and X-Formation LM-X License Manager. See our BMC Helix Discovery vs. FlexNet Manager report.
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