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BMC TrueSight vs ServiceNow IT Operations Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 3, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.6
BMC TrueSight reduces IT costs by automating monitoring, lowering ticket volume, streamlining tools, and reallocating personnel to strategic tasks.
Sentiment score
6.1
ServiceNow IT Operations Management provides quick ROI through enhanced visibility, workflow speed, and reduced staffing needs.
It reduced staffing needs from four full-time staff to fewer due to automation.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
BMC TrueSight's customer service is praised for helpfulness but criticized for inconsistent response times and expertise.
Sentiment score
6.1
Customers value ServiceNow IT Operations Management for responsiveness and knowledge, but highlight support consistency and documentation as improvement areas.
For minor issues, the team takes a month's time to provide a fix.
Solve our issues effectively.
The response time of technical support could be improved.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
BMC TrueSight is scalable for varied environments, though complexities and budget constraints may affect performance in larger deployments.
Sentiment score
7.5
ServiceNow IT Operations Management offers scalable architecture for medium to large entities, though complexity and cost may challenge smaller firms.
It integrates with every single tool, even external tools.
ServiceNow ITOM scales very well to small and medium businesses.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
BMC TrueSight is stable when properly configured, with occasional issues resolved by vendor support, praised for reliability.
Sentiment score
7.7
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is stable and reliable, though performance may vary based on setup and network conditions.
It helps us create custom dashboards and provides excellent search functionality where we can search for any issues or errors that have occurred and take corrective action before it impacts the users.
Since it is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, I consider the stability to be very high, rating it ten out of ten.
 

Room For Improvement

BMC TrueSight struggles with deployment complexity, limited dashboards, costly training, and requires improved AI, cloud monitoring, and documentation.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management needs simplified pricing, enhanced cloud integration, improved UI, streamlined licensing, and better scalability and automation.
It provides many out-of-the-box functionalities along with customization options.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management is not very affordable for SMB customers.
A more streamlined configuration process tailored to use cases and industry would be beneficial.
 

Setup Cost

BMC TrueSight pricing varies from $80 to $200 per license, depending on volume, complexity, and additional features.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management offers costly, feature-rich licensing options, seen as valuable but less competitive than other solutions.
The pricing model offers scaling where not everything consumes a license equally, providing more value across different business areas.
It is definitely high-priced compared to other products available in the same domain in the market.
ServiceNow's pricing is expensive.
 

Valuable Features

BMC TrueSight offers intuitive integration, robust event management, end-to-end visibility, and flexibility across assets with advanced automation.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management enhances efficiency through automation, integration, and user-friendly tools, improving infrastructure management and reducing costs.
They provide seamless integration of ITOM with their other modules such as ITSM, where we can leverage the AIs for discovery, perform impact analysis, which essentially helps to enhance the overall IT operations and reduce the downtime and MTTR.
ServiceNow IT Operations Management influences ITSM processes by automating them and aiding in detecting and resolving IT issues to improve performance, reliability, and uptime.
The performance analytics of ServiceNow was especially beneficial for setting thresholds, aggregating, and correlating infrastructure data.
 

Categories and Ranking

BMC TrueSight
Ranking in Event Monitoring
7th
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
34th
Ranking in AIOps
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability (30th), Cloud Monitoring Software (26th)
ServiceNow IT Operations Ma...
Ranking in Event Monitoring
1st
Ranking in IT Infrastructure Monitoring
9th
Ranking in AIOps
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of BMC TrueSight is 7.9%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ServiceNow IT Operations Management is 17.2%, down from 18.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Event Monitoring Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ServiceNow IT Operations Management17.2%
BMC TrueSight7.9%
Other74.9%
Event Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

Srri G - PeerSpot reviewer
The product is reasonably priced, but the solution is a little obsolete because it is deployed on-premise
If I want custom monitoring across a very large estate of more than 50,000 units, the on-premise deployment gets quite slow. The on-premise product’s performance must be improved. The solution is a little obsolete. That is why the solution moved to Helix, a SaaS operating system. The SaaS platform has the features I like. There is no point in BMC expanding TrueSight Operations’ console. It's high time that BMC starts a demise path for the product and is associated only with Helix. If we need any additional function, we must switch to Helix. Since TrueSight is deployed on-premise, the scalability and usage of the product are mainly focused on providing basic features and not enhanced features like analytics or cost analysis. People should move to a SaaS platform because on-premise products have limited storage and capacity.
PriyankaBachu - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides templates which reduces duplications in rule configuration
Currently, we are integrating LogicMonitor with ServiceNow IT Operations Management to manage IT event management and auto-ticketing for alerts from the monitoring tool to ServiceNow The solution is saving time by providing templates, reducing duplication in rule configuration, and offering…
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
12%
Retailer
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise24
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business12
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise26
 

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC TrueSight Operations Management?
Though I have no clue about the tool's actual price, I know that it is astronomical.
What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Operations Management?
Cost is an issue with BMC TrueSight Operations Management. Though I am not responsible for the budget, I know that it is an expensive tool set when used only for event management. The tool's issue ...
What do you like most about ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
From my perspective as an asset manager, the most valuable feature of the solution is the configuration management portion, where I can actively add something to the database.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
It is definitely high-priced compared to other products available in the same domain in the market.
What needs improvement with ServiceNow IT Operations Management?
ServiceNow IT Operations Management has not been very popular in these regions for multiple reasons. One is that for SMB customers, ServiceNow IT Operations Management is not very affordable. It is...
 

Also Known As

ProactiveNet, TrueSight Operations Management
ServiceNow ITOM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Ensono, Transamerica, Boston Scientific, Park Place Technologies, inContact, TD Ameritrade, PNC Bank
servicenow, TransAlta, NATS, Symantec
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