BMC TrueSight Orchestration vs VMware Aria Automation comparison

The compared BMC Helix and Broadcom solutions aren't in the same category. BMC Helix is ranked #34 in PA , and holds a 1.3% mindshare in the category. Broadcom is ranked #3 in CM , with an average rating of 8.1, and holds a 5.6% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of BMC Helix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

BMC TrueSight Orchestration

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94% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

BMC TrueSight Orchestration

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Process Automation (34th)

VMware Aria Automation

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

172

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Management (3rd), Configuration Management (8th), Network Automation (6th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (19th), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) (5th)

Mindshare comparison

BMC TrueSight Orchestration and VMware Aria Automation aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. BMC TrueSight Orchestration is designed for Process Automation and holds a mindshare of 1.3%, up 0.6% compared to last year.
VMware Aria Automation, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Management, holds 5.6% mindshare, down 11.3% since last year.

Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
BMC TrueSight Orchestration	1.3%
Camunda	13.2%
Pega Platform	5.2%
Other	80.3%

Process Automation

Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
VMware Aria Automation	5.6%
VMware Aria Operations	4.0%
IBM Turbonomic	4.0%
Other	86.4%

Cloud Management

Featured Reviews

Ilhami Arikan

Cloud Services Automation Technologies Manager at Garanti Teknoloji

An orchestration tool to automate the end-to-end process with a need to improve its user experience

In BMC TrueSight Orchestration, login is just text-based, so it's really hard to find the problem. We cannot see the ongoing running jobs or interfere with them on an interface. So it's unavailable. There are some restrictions about the permissions, especially the level of the permissions, even though there is not very much there. It's a little bit hard to use clients' development tools, so the user experience may be improved. There is room for improvement for the local team.

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VasilisGiannitsiotis

Senior IT at ITSolutions

Automation has streamlined complex financial workflows but still needs more intuitive orchestration

Something to improve in VMware Aria Automation would be related to VCF 9, as I do not know what it is trying to bring because they exposed it as the solution of everything. So VCF 9 will bring VCF Automation and VCF Operations, the new product line of VMware. I have not seen what this brings or what else it includes. Maybe in the area of vRealize Orchestrator, this would be beneficial because VRO can do everything. Perhaps a more user-friendly way to use that tool would be helpful because the possibilities there are endless. I am looking for more user-friendly navigation in VMware Aria Automation.

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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

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

"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."

"The best feature of BMC TrueSight Orchestration is the number of integrated mechanisms it provides."

"BMC TrueSight Orchestration has made things much easier for them."

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

"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 product has a very good triggering mechanism."

"This solution is scalable."

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"It has saved us a lot of time and work. It helped us to reorganize some of our service lines, so we could be more efficient. For example, on our open system server team, we had 15 people building servers, now we have two."

"Our speed of provisioning has also improved; we used to build systems manually, which would take four hours or a day, but nowadays we're able to spin something up off a template that we update every so often and it takes about 20 minutes."

"I am now able to rollout critical updates within seconds on all affected servers, and it doesn't matter if there are five or 500 of them."

"Lifecycle management has improved substantially, with fewer customers holding on to resources because they're no longer difficult to create or destroy, substantial amounts of both builds and retirements, much less human error, and a lot more cleanliness in our infrastructure, along with increased agility, speed of provisioning, and time to market by allowing our IT admins to deploy dozens of systems simultaneously instead of one at a time."

"The most valuable features are the Catalog View and the access control business group, as access provisioning is the main use case for us, allowing us to separate access to different Catalog items among different business groups and tie that back to our AD LDAP systems."

"We provided the ability to request virtual machines to our end users. Before, this was a very manual process, which took engineers to do. Now, it's an automated process."

"We have given internal IT developers the ability to self-provision VMs for development and testing, which has drastically increased their efficiency and increased the communication and transparency between IT development and IT operations."

"In terms of recovery, it takes only a tenth of the time that's required compared to a human element."

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Cons

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

"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."

"At present this solution is only available to be hosted on-premises, which can cause network issues when integration with cloud-based software is attempted."

"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."

"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."

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

"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 architecture of this solution needs improvement, it is very complicated."

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"There is a little bit of pain when it comes to libraries and what is needed to run the product."

"They can improve on the dashboard representations and the options for non-technical people. I would like to see the ability to customize that and maybe provide them with helpful guides to what subscriptions they have. Sometimes, I find that I have to do more explanation to people who do approvals. I would really like to customize the display to the terms they use in their particular business unit. So a little bit more of a nod to the customization of the UI for non-technical users would be helpful."

"It doesn't have a GUI to manage VMs."

"The basic support is not there for Google Cloud and Azure. They are unable to provision nor do cost controls."

"At this point in time, it's support for multiple platforms."

"vRealize Automation on the back-end is still a little complicated. It has a lot of moving pieces, simplifying that from a pure infrastructure point of view would be a good thing."

"The stability is 95 percent. There are some situations where it gets a little bit clumsy. When it gets really big, when you're dealing with a very large deployment, it can be a little bit difficult, but it's better than nothing. It does a significant job, given what it's tasked to do."

"I would like to see better integration capabilities. Maybe if they could develop libraries within Aria Automation for simpler integration with other third-party solutions, instead of just basic integration."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

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

"We have seen significant ROI. We used to have physical servers, it took 90 days to get a server, order it, buy it, and get it in. We have it down to 10 minutes, building a server with virtualization, and now that's too slow. So, we let the customer do it at their speed. Therefore, it is pretty much up in a couple of minutes and they have a server."

"The tool is expensive since it is an enterprise product."

"vRealize automation really should be a front door to the whole VMware suite of products."

"As far as value is concerned, it has been essential to our environment. We have been able to deploy VMs quickly and the developers have their own sandbox, so they can spin up and destroy VMs at their own will."

"They should provide one license for all the sub-products."

"VMware Aria Automation is expensive."

"The cost of the solution is reasonable for us. Although it is relatively high, we prioritize stability and integration over cost."

"I'm very interested in the integration with Puppet. However, my organization doesn't have the funding for something like Puppet right now. If VMware would integrate that feature set (Puppet) into vRA. That would be very awesome."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Healthcare Company

12%

Outsourcing Company

Educational Organization

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	33
Midsize Enterprise	24
Large Enterprise	130

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Also Known As

TrueSight Orchestration, Atrium Orchestrator

VMware vRealize Automation, vRA, VMware DynamicOps Cloud Suite, SaltStack

Overview

BMC TrueSight Orchestration offers robust automation with secure workflows, seamless integrations, and a user-friendly interface, simplifying software installations and payment transactions across environments.

BMC TrueSight Orchestration streamlines automation, provisioned not only for flexible integration but also boasting built-in connectivity across cloud and mainframe ecosystems. While its intuitive layout stands out, there are challenges like complex architecture and limited container support. Real-time dashboard enhancements and AI integration are areas for growth. Despite these, its capability to manage tasks from server provisioning to network auto-remediation remains integral for organizations leveraging systems like CMDB, Discovery, and Control-M.

What are the key features?

Provisioning: Simplifies software installation across servers.
Open API Integration: Compatible with any brand, offering extensive automation flexibility.
Intuitive Interface: Enhances accessibility and exporting.
Reliable Automation: Enables seamless payment transactions even without major card networks.
Built-in Connectivity: Facilitates operations over cloud and mainframe environments.

What benefits or ROI should users look for?

Operational Efficiency: Streamlines routine processes like server provisioning and password resets.
Seamless Integration: Connects with systems like CMDB and automates through Ansible Tower.
Task Automation: Supports automated network remediation and rule development for ticket resolution.

Industries implementing BMC TrueSight Orchestration benefit from its server monitoring capabilities in large data centers, leveraging its integration strengths for ticket management via BMC Remedy or ServiceNow, and employing automation in complex environments for tasks like database backups and network management.

BMC Helix

VMware Aria Automation is known for its automation capabilities, integrating with VMware and third-party tools to enhance workflow efficiency, save time, and manage resources effectively.

VMware Aria Automation offers a diverse set of features including a self-service portal and a streamlined user-friendly interface, which make it ideal for organizations aiming to automate virtual machine provisioning. The platform supports extensive automation capabilities across multi-cloud environments, featuring flexible blueprint designs and comprehensive integration with platforms like AWS, Azure, and ServiceNow. Though improvements are desired in areas like logging, template management, and vCenter integration, its robust framework facilitates IT infrastructure services, disaster recovery, and development operations. It is specifically beneficial for orchestrating workflows, automating routine tasks, and managing workloads efficiently in private and hybrid cloud environments.

What are the most important features of VMware Aria Automation?

Self-Service Portal: Empowers users with easy access to resources and tools needed for automation.
User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies navigation and usage for both technical and non-technical users.
Extensive Automation Capabilities: Streamlines VM deployment and processes across various platforms.
Integration with VMware and Third-Party Tools: Enhances workflow automation and extends functionality.
Flexible Blueprint Designs: Allows for customized and scalable deployment solutions.

What are the benefits and ROI users should consider?

Efficiency: Reduces manual workload, leading to time and cost savings.
Scalability: Supports dynamic growth and resource management.
Enhanced Workflow Automation: Improves process efficiency with comprehensive integrations.
Customizable Orchestration: Enables tailored solutions that meet specific requirements.
Resource Management: Efficiently utilizes resources, reducing waste and optimizing operations.

VMware Aria Automation is implemented across industries for automating the provisioning of virtual machines and managing cloud environments. It is used in sectors requiring efficient server deployment, network configurations, and seamless integration with tools such as AWS and Azure. It aids in reducing manual efforts, supporting IT infrastructure services, and enhancing disaster recovery protocols.

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

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