BMC TrueSight Orchestration vs vCenter Orchestrator comparison

BMC and VMware are both solutions in the Process Automation category. BMC is ranked #24 with an average rating of 7.7, while VMware is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.1. BMC holds a 0.6% mindshare in PA, compared to VMware’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of VMware users who would recommend it.

BMC TrueSight Orchestration

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

vCenter Orchestrator and BMC TrueSight Orchestration are automation solutions in the IT management sector. vCenter Orchestrator has an advantage in VMware integration, while BMC provides broader IT operations management with advanced analytics.

Features: vCenter Orchestrator integrates effectively with vSphere products, providing simplified automation and a robust workflow engine for VMware environments. BMC TrueSight Orchestration offers comprehensive IT operations management, integrating AI and ML for advanced analytics, making it suited for diverse IT infrastructures.

Room for Improvement: vCenter Orchestrator could enhance its capabilities to manage non-VMware environments and improve advanced analytics. Its documentation could be streamlined to assist users further. BMC TrueSight Orchestration might enhance its integration simplicity and reduce the complexity of initial deployment. More user-friendly features could aid in wider adoption.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vCenter Orchestrator benefits from straightforward deployment within VMware contexts, backed by robust documentation and support. BMC TrueSight Orchestration, offering extensive capabilities, necessitates a more complex implementation process, though it provides responsive customer service to address deployment challenges.

Pricing and ROI: vCenter Orchestrator is cost-effective for organizations already using VMware technology, yielding ROI through efficient operations. BMC TrueSight Orchestration requires a higher initial investment but promises significant ROI due to its expansive capabilities and enhanced IT efficiency in heterogeneous environments.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC TrueSight Orchestration

Ranking in Process Automation

24th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

vCenter Orchestrator

Ranking in Process Automation

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of BMC TrueSight Orchestration is 0.6%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Orchestrator is 0.2%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Process Automation

Featured Reviews

HarshalDeore

Solutions Architect at Parseq

Ready to use, with no need for customization

We currently operate in a banking domain. It helps to take daily backups of database. The BMC TrueSight helps in following the Reserve Bank guidelines and scheduling the back up as necessary. The solution creates a back-up and re-evaluates all the necessary information, alarming us in case there is a set of missing information. In case the backup fails, it also has an error handling mechanism is present, sending real-time messages and alerts in the form of emails to responsible teams. We have minimized the L1 and L2 activities, currently allowing us to only deal with L3 activities. If there are any errors in terms of backup, the incident is directly raised to Level 3. This automation has helped us save about 5 million pounds. It is also capable of no-manual intervention, where onboarding can be done without any manual assistance. The GUI offered by this solution is currently not available in the market. Whenever the details of customers are entered in the GUI, the process is carried out smoothly in the background without any issues.

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David Villota

EMEA Hosting Engineer at Yanfeng Automotive

Provides automatic monitoring capabilities that save time for users

In my company's IT environment, we use the tool to deploy production environments for products, including live manufacturing systems. The product improves my company's IT automation processes since we can use fewer resources currently. In my company, we need to spend less time considering that vCenter Orchestrator monitors everything. In general, we don't have to be present in our company to do active monitoring. Automatic monitoring is available for everything with vCenter Orchestrator, so we have proactive alerts in our company. The most valuable feature of the product in streamlining our company's workflow stems from the fact that we need to spend fewer resources and less time in general. Our company can spend time on more effective tasks like working with the plans to improve processes and so on, instead of taking care of the systems. The benefits of the product's integration capabilities were useful for HPE. My company has HPE infrastructure, and we are keen to integrate everything into the host, VMware ESXi. It is really important to have an easy integration method that allows for everything to be installed easily in a matter of minutes. I was not involved in the product's setup process. My colleague took care of the product's setup process. From what I know, I can say that the product's setup phase was straightforward. Some custom setups were to be done manually in the tool, but everything was well documented. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. One of the benefits of the product is that it is a low-cost and stable solution that offers a lot of resources. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The best thing about TrueSight is the user interface, which is intuitive and easy to use. It supports accessibility and exporting, so we can output to the format we require. We can use TrueSight to integrate nearly any other product. I can't think of another product that can match this functionality. We also have Microsoft Orchestrator, but it can't match BMC TrueSight Orchestration."

"This solution is scalable."

"We particularly like the integration functionality of this solution. This product is open API, which means that it can be integrated with any solution from any other brand."

"The initial setup is easy. The deployment was done in an hour."

"We can implement compliance standards with the solution. You can also do patching so that the environment is compliant and secure from external threats and hacking. We can provision multiple systems with the help of predefined templates that the organization has forwarded us. The solution’s users can also integrate multiple products which can be either BMC or non-BMC. There are numerous possibilities that can be done with server automation"

"The product has a very good triggering mechanism."

"I find the provisioning to be the most valuable."

"The automation helps in payment transactions through BHIM app. The BMC helps in smooth clearance of all payments without using MasterCard or Visa. The solution is ready to use, and there is no need for customization or resources. We can complete integration over cloud and on-premise, and even using mainframes. The automation are secure through BMC TrueSight Orchestration."

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"The product's initial setup phase was easy."

"The solution's ability to template and easily implement are the most valuable features. It offers good replication as well."

"The most valuable feature is how easy it makes it to manage the VM."

"It's 100% stable, it's always stable. We haven't had any bugs. The solution works very well and we haven't had any problems."

"If I need to do DR, VMware can enable me to use vMotion, which requires use of vCenter. You cannot do vMotion without vCenter. We do a lot of automation, orchestration, and simplification for that purpose."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is availability."

"The DRS feature from VMware is very valuable to us because it balances workloads."

"It is very stable. I have been using vCenter Orchestrator from version three now to six plus."

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Cons

"It would be helpful if TrueSight could log errors in a better format. I would also like to see more connector support. Let's say I have a third-party vendor that I need to integrate with Ansible. It would be helpful if BMC announced a specific connector for that. I've encountered situations where I need to work with scripts or find another way to integrate a particular product with TrueSight Orchestration. BMC already supports many products. For example, we have a connector for Ansible, but I think it needs to be improved some."

"We are aiming for AI automation and look for support from BMC. The features are currently missing but we are hoping for some upgrade in this matter."

"BMC TrueSight Orchestration is difficult to understand. It's not very user-friendly."

"The architecture of this solution needs improvement, it is very complicated. It creates a lot of problems in our environment. Most of the time I am trying to find and solve the problem."

"BMC TrueSight Orchestration could improve by providing some visibility on how the workflows are progressing."

"Regarding scalability, the architecture does not allow you to add additional servers just able to use two application servers, so it's not scalable."

"The solution should move to the cloud. Every application from the BMC is on the container and moving to the cloud. There is also a number of limitations for the smart reporting feature of the TrueSight server which is not working in sync. We did not get any satisfactory reply from BMC on that note. We are not able to do the real-time sync between HSA and non-HSA service reporting tools and the actual application tools."

"The solution is not user-friendly."

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"The snapshot technology of VMware is not good compared to other solutions in the market, like Nutanix."

"The product’s cost needs improvement."

"The only point for improvement is the price, which has increased by 135%, making it very expensive."

"The solution needs to integrate with Cloud facilities like AWS and Azure."

"It could be integrated with third-party hypervisors."

"The only problem with the product is that it is very expensive, making it an area where improvements are required."

"Storage has room for improvement. It's a big problem for our solution. The interface also needs improvement, it should be simplified."

"Enhancing the platform's setup process intuitiveness and offering more flexible pricing options could further improve its accessibility across different company sizes."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a huge cost saving with BMC TrueSight compared to other solutions."

"Licensing is per lot, or per agent — one agent is one license."

"Licensing is available in different ways and depends on data being consumed by users and nodes being operated."

"Regarding pricing, it comes with the package when you buy the server automation. But it's made depending on some agreements for companies, of which I don't know the clause."

"The solution is a bit expensive."

"The product is expensive."

"We provide the VMware solution to our clients, for which they pay a perpetual license."

"We renew the solution's license every one or two years."

"I rate the product price a seven to eight out of ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"We pay a yearly fee, based on our entries."

"vCenter Orchestrator is an expensive solution."

"This solution is expensive and the licensing is more attractive for Haveri."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

20%

Financial Services Firm

20%

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

23%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Government

12%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC TrueSight Orchestration?

The automation helps in payment transactions through BHIM app. The BMC helps in smooth clearance of all payments without using MasterCard or Visa. The solution is ready to use, and there is no need...

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What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Orchestration?

We are aiming for AI automation and look for support from BMC. The features are currently missing but we are hoping for some upgrade in this matter.

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What is your primary use case for BMC TrueSight Orchestration?

BMC TrueSight is majorly used for database backup and auto remediation for the networks. It is also used for server provisioning.

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What do you like most about vCenter Orchestrator?

The stability of the product is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Orchestrator?

We're running a low-profile budget. This is not our main focus on investment technology, so we're trying to reduce costs due to the change from perpetual to subscription licenses.

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What needs improvement with vCenter Orchestrator?

After the change from perpetual licensing to subscriptions, the cost model changed. We are considering alternatives since we lost the perpetual aspect, and support is changing.

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Also Known As

TrueSight Orchestration, Atrium Orchestrator

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Overview

IT process automation can significantly lower the cost of IT delivery and reduce the risk associated with manual interactions. BMC Atrium Orchestrator automates common, repeatable tasks to improve quality of service across the board.

Move from reactive, manual handling of requests to a fully automated system
Deliver consistent task and automation workflow results
Automate data collection for audit compliance
Align with best practices
Free up IT resources

BMC

VMware vCenter Orchestrator simplifies the automation of complex IT tasks and integrates with VMware vCloud Suite components to adapt and extend service delivery and operational management, effectively working with existing infrastructure, tools and processes.

VMware

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Ameritas, Buckeye Partners, KNAB, Dex Media, News UK

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