BMC TrueSight vs IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus comparison

BMC Helix and IBM are both solutions in the Event Monitoring category. BMC Helix is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.5, while IBM is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.0. BMC Helix holds a 7.1% mindshare in EM, compared to IBM’s 7.2% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of BMC Helix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of IBM users who would recommend it.

BMC TrueSight

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IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 7, 2025

BMC TrueSight and IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus compete in IT monitoring solutions. TrueSight is often favored for its integration capabilities despite complexities, while Tivoli NetCool is valued for event correlation and legacy protocol support, although it faces pricing challenges.

Features: TrueSight offers an integrated platform for monitoring IT components, robust event management, and automated triage. It enables single-pane views and seamless integration with other monitoring tools. Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus provides advanced event correlation, multi-protocol support, and alarm prioritization.

Room for Improvement: TrueSight users note complexity in deployment and desire enhanced cloud monitoring features. Users also seek more significant resource efficiency to reduce management challenges. Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus users request better integration and an improved user interface, with concerns over multi-license requirements and limited artificial intelligence capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both solutions are primarily deployed on-premises, posing complexity and resource challenges. TrueSight requires substantial hardware resources and has a complex deployment process, while NetCool faces configuration and integration challenges. TrueSight's support is praised for its partner networks, while NetCool's support is highlighted as needing improvement in effectiveness and response time.

Pricing and ROI: TrueSight's pricing is considered high, with a complex licensing model based on devices and endpoints, though justified by its features' comprehensiveness. Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus is noted for its high costs, with separate licenses needed for different components. Despite high costs, users report operational efficiency and reduced downtime as key benefits leading to a return on investment.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC TrueSight

Ranking in Event Monitoring

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (30th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (31st), Cloud Monitoring Software (26th), AIOps (8th)

IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus

Ranking in Event Monitoring

3rd

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of BMC TrueSight is 7.1%, down from 11.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus is 7.2%, down from 8.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Event Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus	7.2%
BMC TrueSight	7.1%
Other	85.7%

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NikhilKalwint

Technical Specialist at ServiceIO

Has improved monitoring efficiency and supports fast issue resolution through responsive support and reliable automation

I work with BMC TrueSight and have been using it for eight-plus years BMC TrueSight brought a positive impact and benefits to our organization. The customization part is one of the advantages of the product, along with the monitoring capabilities. Automated root cause analysis and predictive…

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Ramnarayan Saminatharao

EMEA Senior Sales Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Customization and robust network monitoring enhance operational efficiency

The most useful functions for monitoring purposes with IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus are that it can be automated in many ways. Most importantly, it can communicate with many network components without requiring any medium connectors. You can directly integrate it if you have SNMP, which is great. The main benefits that IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus provides are that it's an umbrella tool that can be placed on top of any existing monitoring system. You can monitor the entire network from this tool. The underlying interfaces can be many, but you can keep it as a single tool in IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus and it can manage the load on its own. It negates the need to train the user base with other tools. I can provide this single tool and have hundreds of different tools underlying, but I only need to train one single user base, which is a great advantage.

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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

"The ability to pull hosts together to show what processes are running, so it can be used for change management."

"The noise reduction for ticketing works much better than we have seen in a lot of other companies."

"I like the event management part."

"We're using native monitoring capabilities for all our server hardware, for visibility for applications, for URLs, for webpage response and accuracy, and for monitoring network throughput in a lot of particular instances. We're using lightweight protocols for pinging, for DNS, for LDAP."

"The event management part of TrueSight Operations Management, in my experience, is probably the best in the market. You have endless flexibility. You can build your own rules, you have the MRL language, and you can implement any kind of logic on the alerts. It may be correlation, abstraction, or executing something as a result of the alerts. You have almost the whole range of options available for event management using the available customization."

"The solution's event management capabilities are fantastic. We do a best of breed. If, on the network side, they use a different tool, we pull all that data in so that we have a single console. It's kind of like the monitor of monitors. We're able to aggregate all the different types of data sets, whether it's log data, app data, OS data, infrastructure data, or network data. We're able to aggregate all those events and then correlate and be able to say we're having an event."

"The event management tool builds correlation logic and protection algorithms into a field of events that is valuable when a data center goes down."

"The most beneficial part of the product in terms of IT monitoring revolves around the areas involving automation, and it also serves as an end-to-end event management and incident management tool."

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"OMNIbus is valuable for its compatibility and performance, as I haven't encountered any performance issues."

"The most useful functions for monitoring purposes with IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus are that it can be automated in many ways, and most importantly, it can communicate with many network components without requiring any medium connectors."

"IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus supports legacy protocols like CORBA, Huawei, and other telecom protocols, which I find beneficial."

"It's good for managed systems. The end query on the user interface is good. You can view lots of charts and graphs."

"The biggest plus points for me are the configurability and scalability of the solution, as well as the multi-tenancy of the platform."

"It is customer-centric. Customers can access the event list from their location or desktop and view the event. There is no need to go and connect to any other server and run events to have a view of all the events happening in the environment. We get a good response from customers about this feature and the main architecture of NetCool. Its processing is very good. Deduplication and correlation functionalities are good in this solution as compared to other solutions. A big advantage of NetCool is that it also supports multi-layered protocols. We can receive multiple events from different protocols like UDP, HTTP, and those events can be captured in NetCool."

"Probes are the best feature because they are well written which rarely requires you to write additional rules. These probes monitor activity within your environment."

"Offers very good event/alert drill-down and statistical reporting capabilities."

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Cons

"We were somewhat limited in TrueSight due to some of the RBAC controls not quite being what we wanted as far as delegating out administrative privileges for implementation. But because we were able to turn requests around pretty well, that burden wasn't too heavy."

"One of the things that the TrueSight environment is missing is some of the HA abilities. The data collection server called the ISM doesn't really have the HA functionality or workload balancing. It was missing from the previous product as well. It's missing redundancy."

"More modules for less popular applications and better documentation."

"The stability of BMC TrueSight Operations Management needs improvement. My organization's infrastructure is vast and implemented based on BMC recommendations, but the solution needs to be optimized for large-capacity infrastructure."

"I definitely would like to see more improvement in the self-diagnostics. I need to know when anything is not working or collecting, long before our customer finds it."

"The solution could improve its price."

"Specifically around application performance monitoring, BMC is definitely not the market leader. The Dynatraces, the New Relics and the like are more of the market leaders in that space. I would like to see them grow that space a little bit more aggressively. It has not really been their bread and butter."

"BMC TrueSight Operations Management could improve the reporting."

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"Areas that could be better include the fact that the solution is only on-premises, lacks AI capabilities, and support response times could be quicker."

"The cost of the product is quite high. They should work to adjust their pricing models."

"Its integration could be better. They should provide an easier integration for all the monitoring stuff, and it will make things easier for us. Currently, there is a complexity in integrating it with a vendor application, and we have to use another tool to integrate it with a vendor application. To integrate some applications with NetCool, I need to install an IBM tool on top of it. It would be good if they can provide an API or any kind of interface that we can leverage while developing a new protocol interface or application. We should be able to use an API or interface with NetCool. Its GUI can also be better. As compared to other tools, it is not user friendly, and it is not easy to do stuff through GUI. Whenever we do anything on the GUI, it takes time. They need to focus on the GUI part, especially the dashboard. They should focus on how users can effectively drill down from one box to another. The visual appeal of the dashboard is as important as the data and functionality."

"There should be an easier-to-understand model, more of a flat-structured model rather than different tiers of licenses which complicates licensing."

"The solution has limitations in database integration as it cannot integrate with databases other than IBM DB2."

"Its technical support team takes longer to reply."

"The solution needs to invest in the development of a knowledge base and use of AI services for providing event resolution and intervention directions."

"I would like for the next release to be more user-friendly and out of date. The next release should focus on the cloud, AI, and ML technologies."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of BMC TrueSight Operations Management is very high. If there was more flexibility with the sizing of the licensing it would be helpful, especially during the pandemic. We have wanted to expend but the licensing cost is too high."

"There is a big upfront cost when you buy the license, then there is annual maintenance. We look at, if I bought a license and paid for maintenance for five years, then average it out, what would be my monthly cost. We have had some of the competing tools come in around four dollars. This is coming in as a premium, which is why I don't have it deployed as I would like it. Therefore, we're in negotiations right now. If I can get it down to the four dollar range, I will triple my deployment in a year and a half."

"The solutions are not the cheapest but are robust and stable. License model is rather complex and BMC do often change the model."

"Though I have no clue about the tool's actual price, I know that it is astronomical."

"Pricing is all volume-driven. I think we were paying between $80 and $85 per license. That's per unit, for a perpetual license. You pay it one time and then, every year, you pay 20 percent of that for annual maintenance and support. But now that we've grown, we've purchased tens of thousands of licenses and the cost per license has gone down to something like less than $30..."

"BMC TrueSight Operations Management is not on the cheaper side, but its pricing is on a case by case basis. Its licensing model is simple and based on the number of devices."

"Use conservative figures. In terms of hardware, monitored servers and also effort. The product is not cheap. But as with other products, you get what you pay for."

"They have changed the licensing fees."

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"Its license cost is a little bit more than other solutions. Our customers expect a standard market price that is comparative to other products. For each and every NetCool OMNIbus component, we have to purchase a separate license. These components are not free with the product."

"It is a costly solution."

"You have to have the right level of budget to afford this solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

Outsourcing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

15%

Energy/Utilities Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	24
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	24

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC TrueSight Operations Management?

The solution provides visibility to our infrastructure, how it is, the resources we are monitoring, and quick updates when it has any problems. We have integrated it with ServiceNow to open instances.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC TrueSight Operations Management?

BMC TrueSight licensing costs are on the more expensive side.

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What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Operations Management?

There are some complexities with deployment that could be improved in BMC TrueSight.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus?

I would rate the pricing for IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus as three, where one is a high price and ten is a low price.

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What needs improvement with IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus?

Based on my experience and my colleagues' feedback, IBM can improve IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus in automation with respect to using AI, as it lacks considerably compared to other tools. The integrat...

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What is your primary use case for IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus?

My current use case for IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus is for monitoring the networks.

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Also Known As

ProactiveNet, TrueSight Operations Management

Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus

Overview

BMC TrueSight offers extensive event management and seamless integration, providing comprehensive monitoring across varied infrastructures through its centralized console and Knowledge Modules.

BMC TrueSight delivers robust event management capabilities with seamless integration and comprehensive monitoring of diverse infrastructures. Its single console simplifies management, offering automated triage for standardized alerts, enhancing efficiency. Knowledge Modules support services from hardware to cloud, while proactive monitoring and capacity optimization enhance customization. It efficiently supports mixed environments by providing detailed insights and intelligently routing alerts to reduce noise. While improvements are needed in deployment, integration, AI, automation, reporting, and complexity reduction, it still meets diverse operational needs effectively.

What are BMC TrueSight's key features?

Robust Event Management: Offers efficient handling of events.
Seamless Integration: Integrates easily with existing systems.
Comprehensive Monitoring: Supports hardware to cloud infrastructure.
Centralized Console: Simplifies management processes.
Automated Triage: Standardizes alerts for better efficiency.
Proactive Monitoring: Improves forecasting and issue prevention.
Capacity Optimization: Efficiently manages resources.
Customizability: Tailors to specific service needs.

What benefits and ROI should users seek in BMC TrueSight?

Enhanced Proactive Management: Reduces downtime through efficient monitoring.
Improved Troubleshooting: Provides visibility into systems for quick issue resolution.
Effective Integration: Blends well with other tools and platforms.
Resource Efficiency: Optimizes use of infrastructure and servers.
Global Support: Facilitates operations across sectors worldwide.

BMC TrueSight is widely used in performance and availability monitoring for infrastructure and applications, supporting the monitoring of servers, databases, networks, and IT environments. It is implemented to improve management and reduce downtime, serving needs in data centers and cloud services. Organizations leverage it for event management, comprehensive data center monitoring, and cloud services, using its capabilities for alerting, ticket creation, troubleshooting, and compliance, enhancing operational efficiency globally.

BMC Helix

Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus provides near real-time service assurance for business infrastructure, applications, servers, network devices and protocols, Internet protocols, storage and security devices.

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Sample Customers

Ensono, Transamerica, Boston Scientific, Park Place Technologies, inContact, TD Ameritrade, PNC Bank

Consolidated Communications, €sterreichische Bundesbahnen (€BB), Capgemini

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