We performed a comparison between BMC Remedy and VMware Service 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."There are a lot of features a customer can use. It’s an existing concept of asset management. One feature is the ability to create tickets for various computer systems, VPN defenses, sites, regions, or customers."
"The solution helps us manage, escalate, and solve incidents."
"It's a scalable product."
"The incident management console is available out of the box."
"This product is good because it allows us to receive proper responses to business emails anywhere and anytime. It helps in effective communication with employees. The solution is stable. The product is scalable. The initial setup is straightforward. I recommend BMC Remedy, especially for its automation capabilities."
"We can create our own profile in BMC Remedy, track how many tickets we've closed on a daily basis, monitor how many SLAs we've escalated, and see how many tickets we've received daily."
"The most valuable BMC Remedy Asset Management are the dashboards and reports for the CIO."
"It includes features for automation, such as smart reporting capabilities."
"All of the features are very suitable for us. It is also a stable solution."
"It provides us with improved maintenance cycles."
"We have installed a physical server for failover. We need to configure cluster on everything. But with VMware, we do not need to cluster. We get automatically seven physical nodes failover. If one fails we have no issues."
"BMC works through intermediaries or vendors for support, so you don't always interact with BMC directly. The quality can vary depending on the specific vendor."
"The initial setup of BMC Remedy Asset Management was complex."
"The UI is quite outdated."
"The tool is very old."
"Integration and deployment could be better. It could be easier and faster to integrate and deploy. It would also help if we could have a 360-degree view. It would be better if they changed it to a SaaS type of offering, which is becoming the standard."
"The solution must be flexible."
"There is room for improvement regarding the customization as it tends to lag in terms of flexibility, particularly in comparison to competitors."
"If a user isn't using an out-of-the-box configuration, it can get a bit complex."
"Not a ten because the price is high."
"It needs to improve user roles and access rights."
"Its automation feature needs improvement. They can include the vRealize Automation feature in this solution."
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BMC Remedy is ranked 5th in IT Asset Management with 23 reviews while VMware Service Manager is ranked 23rd in IT Asset Management. BMC Remedy is rated 8.0, while VMware Service Manager is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of BMC Remedy writes "Offers automation, orchestration, service level management but lacks AI-based rules ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Service Manager writes "It needs to improve user roles and access rights. It provides us with improved maintenance cycles". BMC Remedy is most compared with ServiceNow, BMC Helix Discovery, Snow License Manager, Qualys VMDR and ManageEngine IT Asset Management, whereas VMware Service Manager is most compared with . See our BMC Remedy vs. VMware Service Manager report.
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