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Mourad Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
ITSM Consultancy Head at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 5
Offers a valuable feature for service desk agents or support teams

How has it helped my organization?

BMC Remedy offers a valuable feature for service desk agents or support teams, allowing them to manage incidents seamlessly. It requires endpoint monitoring and application installations. This feature enables agents to handle tickets efficiently by providing the option to connect to destination PCs remotely for issue resolution.

What is most valuable?

The Smart IT interface of BMC Remedy looks especially good, particularly for its advanced features. An advanced catalog license allows access to an extensive service catalog, albeit at a higher cost. The interface boasts attractive capabilities for the service catalog, making it a compelling option for end users.

What needs improvement?

BMC Remedy has undergone significant transformations, transitioning into a containerized application. While SMAX also adopts containerization, the deployment process for BMC Helix is notably more complex than SMAX. This complexity has led to challenges and complications during on-premises deployment. Previously, Remedy was a classic on-premises tool with a straightforward installation process, similar to other tools. However, deploying Helix on-premises has become more intricate with the shift towards containerization.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using BMC Remedy as a partner since 2000.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?


Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We work with with with with Helix Discovery and Atria. There isn't a parallel approach to deployment. The old versions are based on container platforms.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

BMC Remedy is designed for complex environments but comes with a high price tag, which may not be suitable for startups or small companies. For such businesses, there are more affordable options available that can still fulfill their needs. As your company scales, you can consider upgrading to more robust tools like BMC Remedy's enterprise editions or similar solutions.

What other advice do I have?

BMC Remedy is competitive. It excels more in maintenance than in identity management. It is highly customizable and allows for tailoring, which is advantageous for IT consultancies like mine. This flexibility enables me to evaluate various processes and address business needs efficiently.

Remedy is an endpoint monitoring application. This application targets devices such as desktops and laptops. Users install an agent on these devices to monitor, discover, and access various features. One of these features is the ability to remove the stock.

I'm satisfied with the customization, but it's much easier in SMAX. However, I'm also satisfied with NDC.

I recommend opting for BMC Remedy as a SaaS solution in the cloud rather than deploying it on-premises. This approach eliminates many deployment challenges associated with containerization and ensures smoother customer operations.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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reviewer1245957 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Vice President at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
An asset management solution with a useful tracking feature, but integration and deployment could be better
Pros and Cons
  • "It has some good features for tracking. They also have a cloud and a mobile access feature."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

We're engineering partners for development. We help customers build tools, and we support the BMC program with their development. We also use some customization in Salesforce. I'm not deeply engaged on the functional level of the product.

What is most valuable?

It has some good features for tracking. They also have a cloud and a mobile access feature. 

What needs improvement?

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with BMC Remedy Asset Management for about ten years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

BMC Remedy Asset Management has been there for a while, and it's well-adapted. It's definitely stable and reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

BMC Remedy Asset Management is a scalable solution.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support is good. They provide both online and offline support. I keep hearing about their good service and support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup has become easier. We can set up and deploy within two weeks, but it would be better if we could do it within a day or even within two minutes.

What other advice do I have?

I would tell potential users that this is a good and reliable solution. It's a solution that has stood the test of time. Not something new that hasn't been used extensively. Many Fortune 500 companies use it, and it's definitely a good solution.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give BMC Remedy Asset Management a seven.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Engineering Partner
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Mandar Sule - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Phoenix Digital Technologies
Real User
Monitors and manages complete IT infrastructure and application management solutions
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool's automation features are fully capable, especially for IT automation. The asset management capabilities meet expectations."
  • "Areas for improvement include lack of vision, lack of industry-specific solutions, limited workflows compared to ServiceNow, and being restricted to a purely IT perspective, which limits their addressable market."

What is our primary use case?

BMC Remedy monitors and manages complete IT infrastructure and application management solutions. It is one of the top three solution providers in this space.

What is most valuable?

The tool's automation features are fully capable, especially for IT automation. The asset management capabilities meet expectations.

What needs improvement?

Areas for improvement include lack of vision, lack of industry-specific solutions, limited workflows compared to ServiceNow, and being restricted to a purely IT perspective, which limits their addressable market.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the product for 20 years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product's stability a seven out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the tool's scalability a seven to eight out of ten. Our clients are enterprise businesses. 

How was the initial setup?

I'd rate it about five on a scale of one to ten for initial setup ease because deploying the solution's not that simple. BMC Remedy is traditionally an on-premise solution, though they now offer a cloud option. Deployment typically takes at least a quarter plus for implementation.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing is expensive compared to lower-end solutions, but it's on par with ServiceNow.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten. 

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Mohamed Wanas - PeerSpot reviewer
NOC Service Desk Team Lead at MORO
Real User
Top 10
Simplifies handling tasks by providing shortcuts and automating the generation of requests
Pros and Cons
  • "It will simplify handling tasks by providing shortcuts and automating the generation of requests and tickets, including their categorization."
  • "The solution is very expensive."

What is most valuable?

With automation, BMC Remedy becomes a much more useful tool for every user. It will simplify handling tasks by providing shortcuts and automating the generation of requests and tickets, including their categorization. This will save time by streamlining categorization and assignment processes.

What needs improvement?

The pricing could be reduced.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using BMC Remedy for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the solution’s stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

500+ users are using this solution daily.
I rate the solution’s scalability a ten out of ten.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used ManageEngine, ServiceNow, and Jira. We switched to BMC because of its multi-tenancy functionality, automation, and concurrent license.

ManageEngine provides a more cost-effective solution than others. It offers multiple functions, automation, and various programs, making it a more economical choice with extensive capabilities.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup takes a few hours and is done by a third party.

I rate the initial setup a seven out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is very expensive.

I rate the product’s pricing a nine out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend the solution

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Service team lead at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Provides visibility and enables organizations to manage incidents efficiently, but it is very old and is not scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution helps us manage, escalate, and solve incidents."
  • "The tool is very old."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for change management, incident management, and problem management.

What is most valuable?

The solution helps us manage, escalate, and solve incidents. It provides a single platform for all the incidents in our organization. The visibility provided by the tool is the most important feature for us. The tool shows us real-time reports and statuses of the incidents.

What needs improvement?

The inventory maintenance features must be improved. The tool is very old. The vendor must release a cloud version of the tool.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for eight years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is very difficult to scale the solution because it is deployed on-premise. I rate the scalability an eight out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

We have in-house technical support. Sometimes, we had to escalate the issue to the BMC’s support team.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. I rate the ease of setup a ten out of ten. We could start working with the product without much help.

What about the implementation team?

I did the deployment myself.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Other tools, like ServiceNow, are more powerful.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Architect at reduno.com
Reseller
Useful dashboard, beneficial CIO reports, and simple setup
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable BMC Remedy Asset Management are the dashboards and reports for the CIO."
  • "BMC Remedy Asset Management could improve by adding intuitive dashboards."

What is our primary use case?

I am using BMC Remedy Asset Management for assent and license management.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable BMC Remedy Asset Management are the dashboards and reports for the CIO.

What needs improvement?

BMC Remedy Asset Management could improve by adding intuitive dashboards.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using BMC Remedy Asset Management for a few months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of BMC Remedy Asset Management is good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

BMC Remedy Asset Management is scalable and easy to do. 

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted support.

How was the initial setup?

The setup of BMC Remedy Asset Management is easy.

What about the implementation team?

We did the implementation and provided the maintenance using approximately five specialists.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing model of BMC Remedy Asset Management should improve. It is expensive and it is difficult to understand.

What other advice do I have?

BMC Remedy Asset Management is a good solution.

I rate BMC Remedy Asset Management an eight out of ten.

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reviewer1261245 - PeerSpot reviewer
OS3 Product Development Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 20
Highly stable solution and easy to setup
Pros and Cons
  • "You can develop plugins in different languages, and the workflows can be easily developed depending on the user's needs."
  • "The UI is quite outdated."

What is our primary use case?

I have used it for checking our customer's needs, and that's going to be on most of our types of plans, from Downco, pharmacies, VIP companies, etc.

What is most valuable?

On the product, they have a number of stability, development, and networking features. You can develop plugins in different languages, and the workflows can be easily developed depending on the user's needs.

What needs improvement?

The integration could be improved. 

Another significant area of improvement is UI. The UI is not very intuitive, and it can be difficult to use for some people. It is quite outdated, I also have a lot of customer complaints about the user interface.  

I also think the pricing could be a bit lower.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've used it for a long time. I've been using it for around 14 years. We use updated version 208.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. It's stable, but for a customer, you can customize the system. In addition to my desktop authorization, they are not programmed to the endpoint, which can affect the stability of the system because they can break down the database, and such.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability an eight out of ten. We have around 12 to 14 customers using BMC Remedy. 

How are customer service and support?

Customer service and support is about the application and the license. They open cases. Depending on the priority of the case, they can be very helpful. But if it's a lower-priority case, it takes some time. Let's say for the customer.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously worked with a different product. The other solutions weren't as good. Maybe they were just prototypes, like mocktails. They weren't set up correctly, so now we've switched to BMC.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is quite straightforward. Everything is done through the website, based on the server. 

The deployment model depends on the client. We use both on-premises and cloud solutions.

What about the implementation team?

We are the system integrators. It usually takes about an hour, depending on the size of the deployment. For example, to set up one server, it takes one hour.

However, maintenance is handled by another team. There are four engineers on the team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There are costs based on the product and the number of licenses. They also offer some subscription technologies that you can subscribe to. They have multiple products, each with different types of maintenance. They provide testing for you. Generally, a subscription is a good prospect for a device.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?


What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

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reviewer1944924 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
A scalable and stable solution that offers good features
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution offers some very good features."
  • "The initial setup of BMC Remedy Asset Management was complex."

What is our primary use case?

We use BMC Remedy Asset Management to create tickets for the help desk when we have new issues.

What needs improvement?

Remedy is very complex. There is room for improvement with the monitoring server area.

In future releases, I would like the product to be easier to configure and set up. I would also like to have online help.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using BMC Remedy Asset Management for four months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Remedy is a scalable product. We have over 50 users.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of BMC Remedy Asset Management was complex.

What other advice do I have?

The solution offers some very good features, however, it is very complex. I recommend Remedy, however, it depends on the needs of the company.

Overall, I would rate BMC Remedy Asset Management an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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