BMC TrueSight Network Automation vs OpenText Network Automation comparison

BMC and OpenText are both solutions in the Network Automation category. BMC is ranked #9 with an average rating of 7.0, while OpenText is ranked #7 with an average rating of 9.0. BMC holds a 1.1% mindshare in NA, compared to OpenText’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 6, 2025

OpenText Network Automation and BMC TrueSight Network Automation compete in the network automation domain. OpenText has advantages in pricing and customer support, making it cost-effective for some businesses, while BMC TrueSight offers comprehensive features for greater value to those prioritizing robust capabilities.

Features: OpenText Network Automation is agile, focusing on scalability and integration with existing IT infrastructures. It provides seamless device configuration and compliance checks. BMC TrueSight Network Automation excels in deep network insights with extensive monitoring and security features, helping manage large-scale environments. Its ability to control network devices and ensure compliance is particularly valuable.

Room for Improvement: OpenText could improve by offering more advanced security features and expanding device compatibility. The user interface can be more intuitive. Adding robust analytics tools could also enhance its capabilities. BMC TrueSight needs a simpler deployment process and could benefit from more competitive pricing. Simplifying its interface and reducing resource requirements would make it more accessible.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText offers a straightforward deployment process suitable for organizations with limited IT resources, supported by accessible and effective customer service. BMC TrueSight, although more complex to deploy, provides comprehensive support, ensuring successful integration in intricate network setups.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Network Automation is more budget-friendly, attractive for companies seeking quick ROI, with cost savings leading to favorable returns. BMC TrueSight has higher initial costs offset by extensive features, providing long-term ROI for businesses needing advanced capabilities.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

BMC TrueSight Network Autom...

Ranking in Network Automation

9th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Configuration Management (21st)

OpenText Network Automation

Ranking in Network Automation

7th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Network Automation category, the mindshare of BMC TrueSight Network Automation is 1.1%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Network Automation is 2.2%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Network Automation

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SumitSrivastava1

AM at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

Enables us to configure our network easily and get the most out of it

BMC TrueSight Network Automation transforms manual configuration tasks for network devices, which are complex and vary among different OEMs. With this tool, you can manage and control all new and old devices, ensuring they meet configuration needs. It provides updates on Cisco devices, and if any data is missing, you can generate it using a formula. I recommend BMC TrueSight Network Automation from the network side, as it provides excellent visibility and configuration management for vulnerabilities. The implementation requirements are certainly at level two. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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reviewer1480065

Service Operations Engineer at ATOS

Allows to upload necessary firmware to your device and perform the upgrade

With OpenText Network Automation, firmware can be uploaded for specific devices. If you need to upgrade a device, you can use this tool, though it may not apply to all devices. The software allows you to upload the necessary firmware to your device and perform the upgrade. Additionally, it enables you to check multiple devices for specific configurations and automates the search process and the configuration of multiple devices.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is helpful if you schedule daily or weekly archiving for your config groups. Then, you can go by what are in those configuration groups, before and after, if you make changes. So, configuration management is really helpful in network management."

"The network security of BMC TrueSight Network Automation has been the best feature."

"The compliance management, patching, and OS upgrades are useful features."

"BMC is an excellent configuration manager. It allows you to configure your network easily and get the most out of it."

"The most valuable feature of BMC TrueSight Network Automation is compliance management, configuration backup, and configuration management."

"We use it to back up configurations so the configuration management is valuable for us."

"The backup and restore configurations are really helpful for a number of network devices, as you can automate them, then know what changes have been done, who made the changes, etc. So, it's quite helpful in the network management area."

"This product has helped us because we can now do many tasks at once. Rather than copy one file to one device, we can do an entire group at one time."

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"Pushing the network configuration to bulk devices. This saves a considerable amount of time that the engineer spends in pushing the network configuration."

"With OpenText Network Automation, firmware can be uploaded for specific devices. If you need to upgrade a device, you can use this tool, though it may not apply to all devices."

"When compared with SolarWinds, it is more user-friendly, and tasks can be completed more quickly."

Cons

"There could be automated processes to retrieve the CVS and create a compliance tool."

"They need to have a single sign-on."

"I would like to see more device supported features, mostly on the new brands and models coming in. For any new version or model, it should be supported by the tool, especially the newest versions. For example, the newest devices, like Aruba Wireless, and routers need support from the tool."

"I believe there could be new features in terms of the latest technology."

"We've been working with BMC support in various ways such as to allow for the high-availability components to the TSIMs to work together. There have been issues there. We've seen randomness in how other pieces of the software work. Integration with the Presentation Server and the TSIMs has been a challenge. The ports that are required for HA to be utilized were not clearly documented anywhere. In fact, they still aren't documented online anywhere, even though we managed to pull it out of some of their support people."

"It is tedious to scale the solution."

"For customized compliance, it takes some effort to implement things. If the device configuration is quite complex, then you have to do quite number of customizations in the DNA tool for out-of-the-box compliance. These regular expressions have to be modified based on the requirements of the compliance."

"I'd like to be able to get more devices into compliance with standards, but that means running additional rule sets and that takes time."

More BMC TrueSight Network Automation cons

"Compatibility of the devices needs to be enhanced, as it seems to be limited."

"The tool performs slowly."

"Level one administration task can be defined in Micro Focus Network Automation but it could be more simplified."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is worth the price."

"The solution is more costly than the other competitors."

"There's a fee for the licenses themselves, per contract, and then we have a yearly licensing fee that's many thousands of dollars. But that's not just for TrueSight, that's also for support for ITSM, Atrium Orchestrator, BBNA, and other BMC tools in the environment."

"Pricing is reasonable, but if you compare it with other network Operation Management tools that are available on the market, it's expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

23%

Computer Software Company

15%

Comms Service Provider

13%

Government

Financial Services Firm

16%

Government

16%

Computer Software Company

16%

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC TrueSight Network Automation?

The compliance management, patching, and OS upgrades are useful features.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC TrueSight Network Automation?

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

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What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Network Automation?

The solution could have cheap pricing along with a simple deployment process.

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus Network Automation?

The tool performs slowly.

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What is your primary use case for Micro Focus Network Automation?

There is a team responsible for network automation to check devices for compliance. I connect to the device, make the necessary configurations, and inform the team that certain rules must be remove...

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What advice do you have for others considering Micro Focus Network Automation?

When managing a large number of devices, network automation simplifies the process of locating specific configurations. For example, if you need to find a particular configuration, network automati...

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Comparisons

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Also Known As

BMC TrueSight Automation for Networks, TrueSight Automation for Networks, TrueSight Network Automation, BladeLogic Network Automation

Micro Focus Network Automation, HPE Network Automation

Overview

Network automation and management software reduces network outages and downtime by automating configuration, change and compliance processes. Organizations depend on high performance across their network to keep the business running at peak efficiency but new security threats make it hard for network administrators to keep pace with the demands for new services and safeguard the health of the network.

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OpenText Network Automation helps IT organizations drive efficiencies by automating time-consuming manual compliance and network configuration tasks for the complete operational lifecycle of network devices from provisioning to policy-based network configuration management, compliance policy enforcement and reporting, and security administration. OpenText Network Automation also helps increase network stability and uptime by preventing inconsistencies and misconfigurations often created by manual processes. When combined with OpenText Network Node Manager i, it delivers a unique integrated solution that delivers network fault, availability, and performance integrated with change, network configuration, compliance, and automated diagnostics that operates from a shared network topology database.

OpenText

Sample Customers

SAP

Tech Mahindra, Avea, China Merchants Bank, NNIT, Distinctive Software Solutions, Virgin Media, NEC Australia, Osiatis, Hostworks, Retegal, Allianz Shared Infrastructure Services SE (ASIC), State of Kansas Division of Information Services and Communications (DISC)

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