Our team uses this solution as a ticketing system — we use it to track tickets.
Information Security Analyst at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
A good ticket tracking service but the user interface needs to be improved
Pros and Cons
- "BMC Remedyforce is a good tracking service in general."
- "My team finds the search options and the user interface to be really cumbersome."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
BMC Remedyforce is a good tracking service in general.
What needs improvement?
My team finds the search options and the user interface to be really cumbersome.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for six months.
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What other advice do I have?
Although I am not familiar with all of the features, overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of seven.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Good reporting capability but it is difficult to customize
Pros and Cons
- "The reporting is very good and you can do incident matching."
- "The ease of customization needs improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We are using this solution to track incident management, problem management, and change management.
What is most valuable?
BMC Remedyforce is quite powerful.
The reporting is very good and you can do incident matching.
What needs improvement?
The ease of customization needs improvement. From an administrator's point of view, it is difficult to customize and could be simplified.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using BMC Remedyforce on and off for about 20 years.
What other advice do I have?
Remedyforce is a product that I can recommend to others.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Works at a construction company with 10,001+ employees
Offers good reporting capabilities. Getting the right information is the key to understanding.
Pros and Cons
- "Offers good reporting capabilities. Getting the right information is the key to understanding and improvements."
- "Remedyforce replaced all our legacy applications globally. This enabled us to move tickets and requests to other regions easily."
- "Improve the out-of-the-box ITIL compliance, which would be great for new customers."
- "More flexible ways to change the existing configuration would benefit existing customers."
- "It required a high amount of customisation for us to work with the tool and sometimes special capabilities needed to be purchased."
- "As we added more custom configuration, we started running into SOQL errors, which could not be resolved yet."
What is our primary use case?
- Incident Management
- Request fulfilment
- Problem Management
How has it helped my organization?
Remedyforce replaced all our legacy applications globally. This enabled us to move tickets and requests to other regions easily.
What is most valuable?
Remedyforce offers good reporting capabilities. Getting the right information is the key to understanding and improvements.
What needs improvement?
- Improve the out-of-the-box ITIL compliance, which would be great for new customers.
- More flexible ways to change the existing configuration would benefit existing customers.
For how long have I used the solution?
Three to five years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
As we added more custom configuration, we started running into SOQL errors, which could not be resolved yet.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We migrated various solution to Remedyforce for the purpose of standardization.
What about the implementation team?
We used several vendors. Not all their solutions were developed to be future proof.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It required a high amount of customisation for us to work with the tool and sometimes special capabilities needed to be purchased.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
This information is not available to me.
What other advice do I have?
Remedyforce is a good tool, but lacks out-ot-the-box functionalities. Planning ahead can save a lot of money and effort.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Jr Software Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Good knowledge base and ticketing system but technical support needs improvement
Pros and Cons
- "The knowledge base is the solution's most valuable aspect. All of the knowledge we need is right at our fingertips."
- "The solution's technical support is in need of a lot of improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the product for our banking solution. I use it as a way for customers to open their tickets and resolve problems that are related to their banking, both internal and external.
What is most valuable?
The knowledge base is the solution's most valuable aspect. All of the knowledge we need is right at our fingertips.
The solution offers the best ticketing incident regiment as well.
What needs improvement?
The solution's technical support is in need of a lot of improvement.
The pricing of the solution is quite high. It would be ideal if they could adjust it to make it more affordable. The fees on our management engine, in particular, are high.
The solution needs to have more documentation.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've only been using the solution for about five months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Although the solution is still quite new for me, I have noticed that it contains a few glitches and bugs, so I wouldn't say it is 100% stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I've found the solution to be scalable. I don't think an organization would have trouble scaling.
There are two or three other people using the solution in my organization, so there are three companies that currently use Remedyforce.
How are customer service and technical support?
We've dealt with technical support in the past and have not been satisfied with the level of service that was provided to us.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup isn't straightforward or complex. It's quite ordinary. it's what you would expect.
I can't recall how long it took to install the solution or deploy it. I believe it took a couple of weeks. We spent a lot of time with some on-premises work.
What about the implementation team?
We used a supporting consultant that helped us implement the solution at our organization.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is costly. I'm not sure of the exact costs, however. I'm sure that the solution is more expensive than competitors such as ManageEngine.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I'm unsure if we evaluated another solution before choosing this one.
What other advice do I have?
I'd warn others that when it comes to implementing Remedyforce, they should be aware there may be fees involved.
I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. If they had better documentation and better technical support, I would rate them higher.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Efficient in calculating the performance of services provided
Pros and Cons
- "ITIL best practices and smart practices are efficient in calculating the performance of services provided."
- "There should be some tool to move SRD and SLA from the sandbox to production."
What is our primary use case?
We are using BMC Remedyforce for IT, as well as for the HR service desk of our company for the last two years, effectively.
How has it helped my organization?
ITIL best practices and smart practices are efficient in calculating the performance of services provided.
What is most valuable?
- Incident management
- Change management
- Service request management
- CMDB
- Configuration management
- Dashboards
- Analytics
- Chat
What needs improvement?
- There should be filtered criteria, like workflow rules, in service request conditions.
- There should be some tool to move SRD and SLA from the sandbox to production.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Principal Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Stable with good performance and support, but the CSM features need to be improved
Pros and Cons
- "The feature that we like best is the stability of the product."
- "The customer service management (CSM) features are in need of improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We use Remedyforce for our IT helpdesk. For our internal users, it keeps track of incidents.
We are also a system integrator and this is one of the products that we implement for our clients.
What is most valuable?
The feature that we like best is the stability of the product.
The performance is good.
What needs improvement?
The customer service management (CSM) features are in need of improvement.
I would like to have a cloud-based service portal.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with BMC Remedyforce for seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is very good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Remedyforce is pretty much scalable. We have about 4,000 employees who use it in our organization.
How are customer service and technical support?
We have a premium support contract and it has been good for us. Whenever we raise an issue, they are responsive and help us.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did use a different solution prior to BMC Remedyforce, but we switched because it wasn't easily customizable and we had trouble onboarding it. Basically, Remedyforce is a more powerful product.
How was the initial setup?
The installation is easy. However, configuring the tool around the processes can be complex.
What about the implementation team?
We have our own team of technicians who took care of the implementation, deployment, and maintenance. Five people were required to complete the deployment, while maintenance is handled by three.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We are currently looking to upgrade our environment to a SaaS-based solution. The replacement for this solution, BMC Helix, is one that we are trying.
What other advice do I have?
This product has now been deprecated and is no longer available for sale, so I cannot recommend that other people use it. They have been offering the smaller BMC Helix and we are currently evaluating that as a replacement.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Integrator
OS3 Product Development Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
A stable application developed for telecommunications companies
Pros and Cons
- "It's a stable solution."
- "They need to include more high-end technology, different languages, the kinds of things not yet included in the product."
What is our primary use case?
Since it's a built application based on Remedy, we use it for Telcos. It's an application developed for telecommunications companies.
What needs improvement?
They're only just beginning to use less API now on version 19.08, and they need to include more high-end technology, different languages, the kinds of things they haven't yet included in the product that could improve it.
Additional features they could include would be to improve the content with better technologies, higher-end technologies, that kind of thing. The interface could be improved, I'd want the developers to work on that as it would allow more flexibility.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer support is fine.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost is quite high but since they are one of the big four companies for this type of development platform, I think the price is okay. But I'm not the right person to talk because I'm not a CEO.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this product an eight out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
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