Compare BMC TrueSight Server Automation vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager
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Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
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"Among the most valuable features is its flexibility and ability to work across multiple operating systems. Being able to execute some form of data collection and not have to worry about whether I'm working on a Linux box, or a Windows box, or the underlying OS, I can do these collections, get these results, and put them together in a uniform format which makes it easier to present back to management." "Compliance is also huge... By tying it to Atrium Orchestrator, our workflow tool, we'll be able to have a closed loop where we identify a compliance issue, cut CRs, get them approved, and then be able to execute these CRs and more seamlessly fix these issues on the fly." "The most valuable feature is its ability to remediate quickly and efficiently across a number of IT assets at the same time. It takes away manual efforts from the team to go out and fix those vulnerabilities through patching, conflict updates, etc." "The most important feature is the schedulings." "It gives us more speed to deliver services and applications, and we rely on security." "With BMC, we even configured applications, like IE or things that were Java-related. When we scheduled the jobs, it worked fine. It saved us time and there was no need for resources to monitor them." | "The most valuable features the solution offers are compliance, reliability, and information about reliability." "Compared to other vendors, like NetBrain, managing the solution is easy. They made it very user-friendly." "The features we find most valuable is the configuration backup automation, the configuration compliance, the security vulnerability detection and upgrading devices." "I use it for monitoring the entire network for the company. We oversee nodes down, we oversee devices heading up to crossing the threshold for CPU usage. We oversee power so power backups on the switches, we oversee if they're down or if they're failing. We oversee any node down or any router from any vendor." "The feature that I really enjoy is the ability to script changes across all of your devices." "It allows us to manage backups in big companies. It is also useful in managing the configuration changes." |
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"I would like to see a better methodology for handling REST calls and integration into the APIs. They add new APIs as they add functions, but they've missed some from older components which they still haven't added in. Some of the APIs are there but the CLI calls are not there." "The number of APIs available within the tool needs improvement. At the moment, we have a couple of different scanning tools used within the organization, but only one of those is integrated back into Server Automation. There is another tool that they use in another part of the business where it doesn't have an out-of-the-box adaptor for it. We would have to go and create or develop something bespoke to be able to integrate it with that scanning tool. Whereas, with the other scanning tool, there was an API available. To make it easier, I would like to have more APIs available for different scanning tools within that line of business." "We would like to see this solution handle more multitasking." "I would like to see more container integration in the next release of this solution." "There is no option to see all the servers we patch and we cannot find what the server status is. Of course, we can what has been completed and what is pending and which servers have failed, but we cannot find server status from the BMC tool. For example, is the RDP up or not. We are using separate scripts for that." "Without any knowledge of the product, we used the KB articles to start working. As a result, we definitely did not have full knowledge of BMC BladeLogic... They need to provide a minimum of knowledge with training on YouTube or somewhere else." "Another area for improvement is group scheduling if I'm trying to do all the servers. For example, if I want to do all the 2012 Servers - since the patches are the same for all of them - I can't do so." | "The interface of solar winds could be improved." "On NCM, reporting could be a bit better. It's completely become just one report. When I try to create a custom report, the solution just commits old server data." "The Network Configuration Manager needs to improve the access control list compliance." "The network logs could be improved. When the error logs come across with those false positive alarms in the error logs." "For each device, when you open the network performance monitor, it will give you all of the information about the device, but many of the natural configuration management features are not on that page." "Its whole architecture is a bit traditional. They can change the architecture to make it more modern and multi-tenant. Currently, we can do multi-tenancy, but we need to buy another product. Its look and feel can be improved. They can also put in more effort into building the THWACK community and use the information about various customer issues and requests to build the new releases." |
Pricing and Cost Advice | |
"We're looking at less than $100,000 USD for this solution." More BMC TrueSight Server Automation Pricing and Cost Advice » | "With a minimal bundle, we pay about $3000 a year in licensing costs. If you have multiple devices in your network, you must buy the bundle, which is 100% identical for your infrastructure. If you have 15 devices, you need 15 licenses, for example. That's one bundle. You don't pay for anything over and above that." "You have a base license for 50 devices, and then you can add more licenses as you go." More SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager Pricing and Cost Advice » |
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Questions from the Community | |
Top Answer: I am not sure about roadmap for BigFix after it was sold by IBM to HCL. I have used it a bit only for small time for OS patchings.
BMC on the other hand is a big player for a very long time and is… more » | Top Answer: I use it for monitoring the entire network for the company. We oversee nodes down, we oversee devices heading up to crossing the threshold for CPU usage. We oversee power so power backups on the… more » Top Answer: I would highly recommend SolarWinds Network Configuration Management to other customers. I rate this product at a nine out of ten. Top Answer: The network logs could be improved. When the error logs come across with those false positive alarms in the error logs. We see days or weeks on those error messages. I think this needs to be addressed… more » |
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Views 5,014 Comparisons 3,605 Reviews 5 Average Words per Review 1,327 Rating 7.8 | Views 4,694 Comparisons 3,953 Reviews 3 Average Words per Review 514 Rating 7.3 |
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Also Known As | |
| TrueSight Server Automation, BladeLogic Server Automation, BladeLogic Automation Suite | SolarWinds NCM |
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| BMC | SolarWinds |
Overview | |
BladeLogic Server Automation allows you to quickly and securely provision, configure, patch, and maintain physical, virtual, and cloud servers. · Threat remediation: Combine with BMC SecOps Response Service to link vulnerabilities to identified patches and create a remediation plan · Compliance: Integrates role-based access control, pre-configured policies for CIS, DISA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, NIST, and SCAP, documentation, and remediation · Provisioning: Supports unattended installs and image-based, script-based, or template-based provisioning · Configuration: Consistently manage change and configuration activities across a broad range of server environments with one tool · Reporting: Assess change impact or complete an audit using multiple dashboard views · Patching: Supports and follows maintenance window guidelines to ensure timely delivery of patches | Before you monitor your network, configure it! A reliable and secure network starts with carefully planned, executed, and monitored network configuration and change management. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) saves time and improves network reliability and security by managing configurations, changes, and compliance for routers, switches, and other network devices from Cisco, Juniper, HP, Dell, Brocade, Aruba, Rukus, and more. |
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Learn more about BMC TrueSight Server Automation | Learn more about SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager |
Sample Customers | |
| State of Michigan, Fujitsu FSAS, Transamerica Life Insurance Company, SAP | United Lincolnshire Hospitals, Air Rarotonga, NetSuite, Thai AirAsia, REA Group, 335th Signal Command, Agilisys, Marine Expeditionary Force |
Top Industries | |
Financial Services Firm25% Government25% Insurance Company13% Pharma/Biotech Company13% Computer Software Company46% Comms Service Provider15% Financial Services Firm8% Government7% | Comms Service Provider26% Computer Software Company26% Government10% Financial Services Firm5% |
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Midsize Enterprise8% Large Enterprise92% | Small Business67% Midsize Enterprise11% Large Enterprise22% |
Find out what your peers are saying about BMC TrueSight Server Automation vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager and other solutions. Updated: January 2021.
456,719 professionals have used our research since 2012.
BMC TrueSight Server Automation is ranked 5th in Configuration Management with 5 reviews while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is ranked 12th in Configuration Management with 6 reviews. BMC TrueSight Server Automation is rated 7.8, while SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of BMC TrueSight Server Automation writes "Works across multiple operating systems, enabling data collection without worrying about the underlying OS". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager writes "Reliable, scalable, easy to use, good support, and offers the ability to script changes". BMC TrueSight Server Automation is most compared with Ansible, Chef, SCCM, BigFix and Control-M, whereas SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager is most compared with Cisco DNA Center, Cisco Prime, IBM Tivoli NetCool, Infoblox NetMRI and Fortinet FortiManager. See our BMC TrueSight Server Automation vs. SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager report.
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