BMC Helix Discovery vs BMC Track-It! comparison

BMC Helix Discovery and BMC Track-It! are both solutions in the IT Asset Management category. BMC Helix Discovery is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4, while BMC Track-It! is ranked #19. BMC Helix Discovery holds a 4.9% mindshare in IAM, compared to BMC Track-It!’s 1.7% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of BMC Helix Discovery users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of BMC Track-It! users who would recommend it.

BMC Helix Discovery

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66% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

BMC Track-It! and BMC Helix Discovery compete in the IT management category. BMC Helix Discovery has the upper hand with its advanced asset discovery capabilities offering a comprehensive IT asset and dependency mapping solution.

Features: BMC Track-It! includes capabilities like help desk management, ticketing, and asset tracking, providing control over IT service management. BMC Helix Discovery offers automated discovery of physical, virtual, and cloud environments, insights into asset interdependencies, and the ability to integrate with BMC Helix ITSM and ServiceNow ITSM.

Room for Improvement: BMC Track-It! could improve in areas like simplifying setup, enhancing scalability, and refining user interface design. BMC Helix Discovery might focus on enriching reporting features, increasing integration options beyond current ecosystems, and enhancing cost-effectiveness to better compete with other solutions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BMC Helix Discovery’s deployment is cloud-based, promoting quick deployment and scalability. Its customer service supports integration and assistance. BMC Track-It! being on-premise might require more deployment time and is appreciated for its support in routine help desk operations.

Pricing and ROI: BMC Track-It! offers lower initial setup costs, making it appealing for smaller businesses focusing on budget. BMC Helix Discovery, despite higher setup costs, provides a greater ROI by improving asset management efficiencies and reducing downtime, making it suitable for businesses seeking extensive IT infrastructure insights.

To learn more, read our detailed BMC Helix Discovery vs. BMC Track-It! Report (Updated: January 2026).

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

BMC Helix Discovery

Ranking in IT Asset Management

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

BMC Track-It!

Ranking in IT Asset Management

19th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

License Management (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of BMC Helix Discovery is 4.9%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BMC Track-It! is 1.7%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Asset Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
BMC Helix Discovery	4.9%
BMC Track-It!	1.7%
Other	93.4%

IT Asset Management

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JonathanPic

Presales Manager at HCLSoftware

Comprehensive discovery has populated our CMDB and provides deep insight into asset relationships

The applicability depends on the customer environment. Usually it is straightforward to apply the policies. BMC Helix Discovery is seamless and has many plugins available. It is a good feature that they offer. I have heard about it, but I am not currently using it, though I know that they have that feature available. BMC Helix Discovery provides a lot of information that can be obtained from discovery, including the relationship between the CIs and how many CIs are orphans. The analytics capabilities are strong.

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reviewer2287086

ICT Manager at a legal firm with 11-50 employees

Provides good stability, but it could be intuitive and easier to use

The product’s current version could be easier and straightforward to work with small IT organizations, similar to the older version. Its asset management feature has been significantly affected since the upgrade. Earlier, it was able to perform skill-based routing automatically. We could set up parameters within the system and view the details of the incident or a ticket. The same functionality needs to be fine-tuned in the new system.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The data models are the most useful aspect of the solution."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its application dependency mapping."

"It provides comprehensive dependency mapping, which is essential for reducing the time spent and addressing problem-solving between data centers."

"BMC Helix Discovery is very intuitive."

"I've used other discovery tools, but I found BMC Helix Discovery to be more UI-friendly, and that's the most valuable feature of the solution."

"It is a scalable solution."

"I like the artificial intelligence and machine learning that it uses in the solution. Because once the solution discovers all the assets, all the infrastructure, and all the dependencies between services, it learns how it works. So, it learns to predict when a problem is going to happen. It becomes predictive in an autonomous way."

"It now comes with a very flexible deployment solution, whether you want to keep it inside your data center or want to have the cloud, depending on if you're cloud forward or not."

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"We can manually capture the assets available within the location."

"Using their problem management process, we can use parent/child tickets and set up public views for our problem work orders."

"As a department, we have been able to identify problems and resolve them faster because of the centralized database."

"Our users have come to expect availability and quick responses, and we are able to provide this thanks to the Track-IT! solution."

"Our efficiency has improved drastically due to a massive reduction in phone calls."

"Using the Help Desk and Purchasing modules, they let us keep track of all the issues in our organization and analyze them for trends."

"We use it to create and manage our work orders."

"The customization of the product and reporting capabilities have allowed us to provide upper management the graphs (data) they request that helps validate specific needs that we (IT) have."

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Cons

"If the dependency maps can go live and we can work through the process with a click, we're reaching the stage where issues are identified and mitigated. It would be ideal if we could utilize it to reduce vulnerabilities or address any other feedback."

"BMC is agentless discovery, followed by hybrid discovery, which performs discovery across clouds, on-premises, and then dynamic service modeling."

"The monitoring tools could be more stable."

"The CMDB could be improved. Getting data from the CMDB is the greatest challenge."

"The interface is quite old and can be outdated."

"There isn't much that could be improved. The solution is pretty thorough, very easy to implement, and very easy to operate."

"The support from BMC Helix Discovery can improve, it takes a long time before we receive any feedback. It can take days to months sometimes."

"The product falls short compared to storage discovery mechanisms offered by Tenable or ServiceNow ITOM. In the market, there are various applications available that provide different sets of features. Its drawback is that it doesn't give the database configuration customers need out of the box. Additionally, the classification of storage virtualization is relatively lacking. Therefore, there is room for improvement, particularly in the database areas."

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"The solution is cumbersome to use."

"The product’s current version could be easier and straightforward to work with small IT organizations, similar to the older version."

"The area where we would like to see improvement is in the asset management module."

"There are a few items that I would like changed or extra features that could be added to our current version of this software, but those are all going to be addressed in a future software update."

"Their self-service is not user friendly."

"Track-It! works great for a mid-size company, but anything over 700 employees, and trying to use Track-It! for any other areas of the business is difficult."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"You need a license to use BMC Helix Discovery. The license is paid yearly, though I have no idea how much it costs."

"The price was fair compared to competitors. BMC is very affordable. There are optional consulting services to assist with implementation."

"The licensing fee is very low."

"The licenses are very complex and quite costly."

"BMC is available for a reasonable price compared to ServiceNow — it's half the price."

"The solution offers yearly licenses."

"Operating cost is actually high compared to other products, actually. It's a little expensive only, but it's very good than other products."

"We have a perpetual license for the solution."

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"BMC Track-It!’s price is reasonable compared to other products."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	14

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC Helix Discovery?

I like the artificial intelligence and machine learning that it uses in the solution. Because once the solution discovers all the assets, all the infrastructure, and all the dependencies between se...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Helix Discovery?

That's always a million dollar question regarding whether the solution is affordable or quite expensive; if you talk to the vendor, the pricing's great, but end users are always looking for a bette...

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What needs improvement with BMC Helix Discovery?

Technical support from BMC is generally good. Resolutiion time is what's bothering me, as it's not always easy to get to the correct person or the right technical level needed to resolve the issue.

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Also Known As

Discovery, ADDM, Atrium Discovery & Dependency Mapping

BMC Numara Track-It!, Numara Track-It!, Numara

Overview

BMC Discovery, formerly ADDM, is a digital enterprise management solution that automates asset discovery and application dependency mapping to build a holistic view of all your data center assets and the relationships between them.

BMC Helix

Help Desk Automation

Eliminate the manual triage of issues that leads to stacks of sticky notes and emails, problems falling through the cracks, and overworked IT technicians with no way to track or prioritize work.

Knowledge Base

Centralize the documentation of known issues and use keyword search to find solutions. Technicians no longer waste time searching the web and troubleshooting issues that have already been solved by others.

Improved Efficiency

Keep track of how productive the help desk is, identify who needs more training, get feedback on the work technicians perform and justify resource needs to management.

BMC Helix

Sample Customers

Windstream Communications, News UK, Mercator Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR)

Florida Hospital, Mitchell International

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