We performed a comparison between BMC Helix ITSM and Serviceaide ChangeGear based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about ServiceNow, Atlassian, BMC and others in Help Desk Software."The most valuable features of BMC Helix ITSM are its customization ability and the addition of new features. As a built-in Suite, it covers all that is needed in the IT guidelines, which is good. Each customer has their own needs, and the customization the solution provides is beneficial."
"Initial, out-the-box setup was easy with no problems."
"The most valuable feature for our customers using BMC Helix ITSM is change management."
"We find the incident management module the best. The reporting part is also useful. We use a feature called smart reporting, and it is very beneficial for us."
"Our Change Management and Incident Management processes have been greatly improved."
"The way you can customize this product to adapt to the process the customer is already using is what sets this apart from other ITSM products out there. This helps customers to adapt to the tool pretty quickly."
"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."
"The standards and the framework that it follows are most valuable. It has an ITIL and out-of-the-box framework."
"The solution is a highly mature product. Because of this, it can stand up to any other product on the market."
"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."
"If I'm working with a client who wants to expand and move into other areas - they want to expand their workflow and other parts of the organization, they want to do some work with project management, they want to do some work with HR - I'm not sure that BMC Remedy is doing that. And it's because of their platform. Any software has a lifecycle. To me, BMC is a dated architecture."
"The initial setup of BMC Helix ITSM is complex because it has different integrations with other tools. Additionally, it needs to be integrated with the active directory and have different databases. The environment will dictate how difficult the process is."
"To raise any ticket, there are too many fields to be filled and it makes generating tickets very time-consuming."
"Maybe it could be more simplified and easier to change the reporting point of view, like from a different vendor to another."
"In the next release, I would like to see AI used for classification or categorization."
"Needs less infrastructure requirements."
"The reports need improvement, it is not a good functioning tool."
"The solution needs to improve its reporting features. The user interface needs a lot of improvements."
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BMC Helix ITSM is ranked 3rd in Help Desk Software with 75 reviews while Serviceaide ChangeGear is ranked 31st in Help Desk Software. BMC Helix ITSM is rated 8.0, while Serviceaide ChangeGear is rated 7.6. 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 Serviceaide ChangeGear writes "Reduced the Service Desk effectiveness compared to the product we were using". BMC Helix ITSM is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus, Freshdesk and IBM Maximo, whereas Serviceaide ChangeGear is most compared with ServiceNow and Zoho Desk.
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