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BMC Helix Discovery vs ManageEngine IT Asset Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

BMC Helix Discovery
Ranking in IT Asset Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
ManageEngine IT Asset Manag...
Ranking in IT Asset Management
10th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
License Management (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of BMC Helix Discovery is 8.9%, up from 8.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ManageEngine IT Asset Management is 6.4%, up from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

Shirish Kamalapurkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Very stable, fast, and powerful with valuable inventory management features
Our company uses the solution as an inventory tool for customers. The solution discovers your infrastructure and lets you know what servers and network devices are on it. It gives you details about applications, hardware, and software such as how they are connected and the dependencies between…
Anil  Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps with guarantee and warranty period management, license expiration tracking, device patches, and integration with our finance system for depreciation and invoicing
We are the users of the tool, and we are using it for our customers as well. We have multitenant operations, and we're using it for our customer. Our primary use cases are warranty period management, license expiration tracking, enterprise OS patches for devices like firewalls and switches, and…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"A valuable feature concerns the ability to integrate with different solutions."
"The most valuable feature is Windows proxy. We now need to install an additional link proxy server in Windows. The proxy is available as an outpost in the Elastic store. That is the advanced feature is added. There are many other features which can be used once we discover them. One time I was scanning the servers and all, going to data from additional based on the additional features, including advanced data like score upper display data successfully discover servers. There are many things good things that can be implemented using it while we haven’t installed those yet."
"The initial setup was quite easy."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easy to install and deploy."
"BMC Helix Discovery is very intuitive."
"It is a stable solution. The stability is okay."
"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."
"Start anywhere application modelling brings a fantastic opportunity for users to see what is where."
"In my opinion, it is the MDM; patch management and deployment are the valuable features."
"This is a very stable solution."
"It's very smart. I use it with minimal adjustments needed."
"The technical support is great."
"The ability to define custom templates for asset management helps track assets, budgets, warranties, and expiries effectively."
"ManageEngine IT Asset Management helps with guarantee and warranty period management, license expiration tracking, device patches, and integration with our finance system for depreciation and invoicing."
"The auto-discovery feature has helped us a lot."
 

Cons

"There is still room for improvement in terms of stability."
"The CMDB could be improved. Getting data from the CMDB is the greatest challenge."
"The license model could be more flexible and cheaper pricing."
"What would make BMC Helix Discovery better is if it had more client-side discovery features, for example, printers and desktops. Right now, it's focused more on data center discovery, so if it had additional features focused on the client-side discovery, that would be great. In the next release of BMC Helix Discovery, I'd like more client-side discovery features such as desktop discovery, printer discovery, and other IP-based client-side discovery features. The solution can discover desktops and printers, but there's still room for improvement on the client side."
"BMC Helix Discovery needs more customization options."
"The solution is definitely useful."
"The product is not fully automated."
"The solution should have different portals and logins for each customer so only that customer's assets show."
"Responses from ManageEngine should be faster."
"It requires some development to be better, more comfortable, and usable, enhancing customer satisfaction."
"I hope it includes barcode features, as barcode scanning and MacAdes cannot currently be mapped with this field."
"The asset management tool is costly."
"It would be helpful if there were a premium technician license that includes all the suites, eliminating the need to buy separate licenses for each feature."
"The engineering area needs improvement."
"The assets that can be discovered are pretty easy to manage, but there should be a better way to manage non-discoverable assets. Our development team works on bots and tests particular hardware. They have got different varieties of hardware. They want a feature for managing these assets within a warehouse kind of environment. For example, our IT has received 100 items, and they have assigned these items as a bulk unit to a project manager. The project manager further wants to distribute these items within his or her team. Instead of maintaining a separate Excel sheet, the project manager should be able to reallocate these items from within the tool so that we have hierarchical entities for the same unit."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's not a cheap product. But the benefits it delivers is that it's a fair price."
"We have a perpetual license for the solution."
"We are on a three-year agreement with BMC Helix Discovery to use the solution. There are not any additional fees other than the standard license."
"I've heard that the solution was expensive earlier but is now much cheaper than its competitors."
"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."
"BMC is available for a reasonable price compared to ServiceNow — it's half the price."
"I rate the pricing an eight out of ten. All BMC products are expensive."
"Its price is reasonable, but I wish it was lower."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
17%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
9%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Helix Discovery?
I would rate the pricing around four out of ten. It is quite expensive.
What needs improvement with BMC Helix Discovery?
The improvement I want to see is a reduction in duplicate records. In comparison with SCCM, SCCM does not have any duplicate records, which is a significant advantage. Discovery should adopt a simi...
What do you like most about ManageEngine IT Asset Management?
In my opinion, it is the MDM; patch management and deployment are the valuable features.
What needs improvement with ManageEngine IT Asset Management?
Responses from ManageEngine should be faster. We also need to explore automated asset lifecycle management and integration with AI for asset management. Including features that automatically update...
 

Also Known As

Discovery, ADDM, Atrium Discovery & Dependency Mapping
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

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