BMC TrueSight Server Automation vs vCenter Configuration Manager comparison

BMC Helix and Broadcom are both solutions in the Configuration Management category. BMC Helix is ranked #13 with an average rating of 9.0, while Broadcom is ranked #16 with an average rating of 7.8. BMC Helix holds a 3.8% mindshare in CM, compared to Broadcom’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of BMC Helix users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

vCenter Configuration Manager and BMC TrueSight Server Automation are two leading solutions for server automation and configuration. BMC TrueSight Server Automation seems to have an edge in terms of features, while vCenter Configuration Manager is noted for its pricing and support.

Features: vCenter Configuration Manager integrates well with VMware environments, offers comprehensive compliance management, and provides straightforward deployment. BMC TrueSight Server Automation offers advanced automation capabilities, scalability, and extensive documentation.

Room for Improvement: vCenter Configuration Manager needs better reporting tools, more customizable compliance checks, and enhanced user interface design. BMC TrueSight Server Automation can improve in terms of intuitive design, patch management, and user-friendly navigation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: vCenter Configuration Manager offers straightforward deployment in VMware environments and responsive customer service. BMC TrueSight Server Automation has more complex deployment and mixed reviews on customer support.

Pricing and ROI: vCenter Configuration Manager users find the pricing reasonable with fast ROI in VMware-heavy setups. BMC TrueSight Server Automation, despite higher costs, delivers strong ROI due to its robust feature set.

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Microsoft Intune

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Configuration Management category, the mindshare of Microsoft Intune is 4.9%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BMC TrueSight Server Automation is 3.8%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Configuration Manager is 2.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Microsoft Intune	4.9%
BMC TrueSight Server Automation	3.8%
vCenter Configuration Manager	2.1%
Other	89.2%

Configuration Management

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OluwashileAdeniyi

Senior Infrastructure Security Engineer at a outsourcing company with 51-200 employees

Centralized endpoint security has improved and supports hybrid work and BYOD policies

Regarding what I dislike about Microsoft Intune and its downsides, I would say that more Mac controls are needed because we have limited Mac and Linux control. When comparing controls and policies between Windows, Mac, and Linux, Windows has almost everything you can think of, while Mac and Linux have limited types of control. You cannot implement certain things on Mac and Linux that you can on Windows. The limited controls are a major issue. Additionally, if Microsoft could find a way to embed servers into Microsoft Intune, that would be beneficial. Microsoft Intune is not really designed for servers or Windows servers. It is more tailored towards Windows 11 and Windows 10 operating systems. Windows servers are not fully supported. Enterprise organizations usually have both servers and endpoints, which are users' workstations. For servers, most people look for other solutions such as SCCM, which is Configuration Manager. However, SCCM is what Microsoft Intune is trying to replace. Both SCCM and Microsoft Intune belong to Microsoft. Microsoft is trying to transition organizations into Microsoft Intune, the native cloud solution. However, because this update is still in process, servers are not fully compatible with Microsoft Intune and cannot be managed by it. The current policy that has emerged from issues with clients is what they call co-management, which is relatively new, and I do not know if adoption is significant. Many legacy or older customers who have been using these products for decades still have SCCM. When it is time for them to manage their Windows devices, they use what is called cloud attach. Cloud attach is a term whereby your SCCM is connected to your Microsoft Intune. Most people do not know about it, but I have deployed it for several organizations. Cloud attach and co-management work together so that your device is in SCCM, but some policies are pushed from Microsoft Intune. It is like two different solutions working hand in hand. That is what they call co-management. Microsoft Intune does not bring all of your endpoint and security management tools into one place, which is the goal and how it should be. However, as I mentioned, servers are not included. If we talk about end users, Microsoft Intune does bring all your devices together. In a typical enterprise environment, you have end users with workstations, laptops, company-issued phones, and bring your own devices. You can create policies for all of these. However, for the backend, your servers do not have much coverage. Servers are not really covered by Microsoft Intune in that way.

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ManishKumar27

System Manager at State Bank of India

Achieve cost-effective and efficient operations with automated compliance and patch management

Regarding the patch management feature, I find it perfect in BMC TrueSight Server Automation; however, the only problem is with application software, as operating system patch management is perfect. What I am trying to have is application software running on the server segment. Sometimes they use browsers, PDF readers, and Java, so patching these application or utility software is a challenge due to the large number and the different versions. I have some concerns regarding BMC TrueSight Server Automation that could be improved, particularly in the reporting part. The pending patches report generated after the analysis only reflects the job executed, but in a distributed environment where multiple teams manage servers, central governance requires server status updates driven by servers rather than jobs.

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Mohamad Irshidat

Principal Consultant Engineer at Estarta Solutions

Migration streamlines processes while real-time monitoring opportunities remain

The migration feature of vCenter Configuration Manager is the most loved feature so far. This particular feature is valuable because it is vendor-oriented and works with VMware, which makes your life easy. Regarding system reliability, it is helpful. When you design it for the process, it will help you minimize the downtime, and it will help the reliability of the system. vCenter Configuration Manager has impacted my organization positively, but it's not fully deployed yet; we only use it for one or two tasks, and our team goes back to using the vCenter itself. However, further on, maybe we'll find a use case that will help us use the configuration manager.

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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 like that it's very good and very simple. I found that we just needed to have a proper subscription for an Intune tenant, and from the subscription, if we have the right role assigned, like the global admin role or the owner role, we can use Microsoft cloud resources. With the help of that, we can do many things like setting up Microsoft Intune in the cloud to create our virtual machines. All these can be done, and the steps are very simple. I really liked it. I like features like Windows Auto-Enrollment. I like it very much because whenever you supply it to the end-user, it will be ready to use immediately. The end-user only needs to provide the user credentials, and then they are good to go. I also really like Cloud PC, which was recently launched on Azure."

"One of the biggest advantages of Microsoft Intune is not only the management itself, but also how well it integrates with other Microsoft technologies."

"We are getting good compliance and we are able to save time, with workload reduction between 40 to 60 percent, and we are also getting very good security, which represent significant time-saving and money-saving aspects for the organization."

"What I like most about Microsoft Intune is that it's agile and easy to deploy, and it covers the maximum number of policies."

"The most valuable aspect of the product is that we are able to send application deployments and certifications for conditional access."

"The initial setup is easy."

"The features I found most valuable in Intune are its user visibility and troubleshooting options."

"After implementing Microsoft Intune, we have seen a 50 to 70% reduction in device provisioning time and a 30 to 40% reduction in routine endpoint management efforts, allowing our IT team to focus less on routine management and providing faster software deployment while experiencing a significant reduction in support tickets."

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"The product's valuable feature is its ability to conduct patching for multiple servers simultaneously."

"Technical support is good."

"The most important feature is the schedulings."

"The best feature of the solution is patch automation."

"As this solution provides strong support and has multiple use cases, it is worth the cost."

"BladeLogic lets users view the filesystem with minimal authorization to the server."

"Server Automation's best feature is automated patching. It also helps us automate compliance and report generation. We can even integrate TrueSight Server Automation with a vulnerability management solution to remedy vulnerabilities by applying patches, deploying scripts, or changing registry entries."

"We have a fully automated patching process which has been absolutely phenomenal."

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"This product is very stable, it's a very good product."

"The interface is very user-friendly and the solution is simple to use."

"I would rate the scalability quite good. You can extend your environment effectively with appropriate investment."

"The solution is stable and we haven't run into issues with bugs or glitches."

"vCenter is very easy to use if you have good skills. It takes a little time to configure everything. It is template-based, so you click, click, and then reboot. It takes 15 minutes."

"vCenter has some good user experience, and the initial setup is straightforward."

"The most valuable features of this solution are the ability to manage all of our environments allowing us to have better functionality and high availability."

"The management of vCenter Configuration Manager can support the UI interface. It helps in monitoring, logging alert and performance, forecasting the system to provide services in the environment."

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Cons

"Not all technicians are knowledgeable of the Microsoft solution, so they have to work on that as well."

"It could offer more attributes for authentication."

"Microsoft Intune has potential for improvement; I would like to see a lot more customization in the reporting tools."

"Intune could add more features that are relevant to the core application control functions. For example, it would be helpful if it had more control over the on-prem environment from the cloud platform. Greater Teams availability in the Saudi market would also be helpful."

"The granular support for other device types in Microsoft Intune could be improved."

"Unfortunately, Intune’s management extension does not provide the same level of logging, and I lack the visibility in Intune that I had with SCCM."

"However, there are some areas that need improvement, such as the troubleshooting part, which could be simpler."

"There are a lot of updates happening on Microsoft."

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"Cost of ownership can be quite substantial"

"More use cases can be automated. The user interface of BMC TrueSight Server Automation could benefit from enhancements, as it currently lacks refinement."

"There is no option to see all the servers we patch and we cannot find what the server status is. Of course, we can what has been completed and what is pending and which servers have failed, but we cannot find server status from the BMC tool. For example, is the RDP up or not. We are using separate scripts for that."

"I would like to see more container integration in the next release of this solution."

"The number of APIs available within the tool needs improvement."

"I would like to see a better methodology for handling REST calls and integration into the APIs. They add new APIs as they add functions, but they've missed some from older components which they still haven't added in. Some of the APIs are there but the CLI calls are not there."

"The architecture is big, so the initial setup is not a straightforward task."

"There is no other functionality available to patch the containers that we need to include."

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"Their licensing needs to be improved."

"This product is not cheap. I have a yearly license for vCenter and the license is not cheap."

"Acquiring certifications often require extensive training and successfully passing an exam, which can be costly and time-consuming, particularly if you already possess experience in the domain. As a result, this can increase the overall cost of obtaining certification and may present a challenge that requires addressing."

"The VxRail configuration is very complicated and a little bit too difficult to guess what the final product is going to be."

"The price could be reduced."

"Configuration Manager should decrease the deployment time in the data center and the management time as this could help many data centers reduce their operating costs."

"There are some complexities within the system center."

"It can take a long time for the first information to become available. On the other hand, that's normal. It has to collect a lot of information before it can predict future needs. But it would be nice if there was some kind of base level to get started."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you're subscribing to Premium or E3, there are no additional costs for Intune, it's included."

"There is a license required to use the solution. If you're core users in Office 365, for example, you have Outlook email and E3 license, this is only email. You have to buy an EMS license to have Microsoft Intune. It is expensive."

"Pricing depends on the features. Microsoft offers special packages if there are more than 10,000 users, and you may be able to get a reduced rate."

"Even if they charge a premium, they aim to provide equal value."

"Intune is moderately expensive. You can get the license bundled with Office 365 E3 or E5 licenses. The E5s are a bit expensive, but you get some cheaper solutions with Intune."

"It is reasonable. When you have Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 license, it is already licensed in that license. So, you could say it is free."

"Every customer used to purchase licenses based on their needs."

"Generally, we get favorable discounts, so it's not too bad. Obviously, we're looking at decreasing those wherever we can to bring value back to the public purse because it's all charity based. It's all publicly funded."

More Microsoft Intune pricing and cost advice

"The product's pricing depends on the number of servers."

"Licensing is a bit pricey. Be mindful about the components that you need and buy as appropriate."

"The solution is quite expensive compared to other vendors."

"We're looking at less than $100,000 USD for this solution."

"The product is expensive."

"It is on a yearly basis."

"The product price and licensing fees are reasonable, especially when compared to other products in the market."

"Users need to pay a yearly licensing fee for the solution, which is expensive."

"The price of the solution is expensive."

"It's a large application. It consumes a lot of resources. Sometimes the price is too high for our customers. If they buy it directly from VMware, its hard to convince the customer that we will bring down the total cost of ownership, in the end."

"It is an expensive product."

"The product is highly-priced."

"The solution comes with three-year support. We have to renew the support annually after the three years are up."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

22%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Construction Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Marketing Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	191
Midsize Enterprise	61
Large Enterprise	185

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	15

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	27
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	20

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

The solution is expensive. It has perpetual licenses.

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What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Server Automation?

Regarding the patch management feature, I find it perfect in BMC TrueSight Server Automation; however, the only probl...

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What is your primary use case for BMC TrueSight Server Automation?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Configuration Manager?

Nowadays, it is a bit expensive. It's costly, primarily due to the licensing aspect.

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Also Known As

Intune, MS Intune, Microsoft Endpoint Manager

TrueSight Server Automation, BladeLogic Server Automation, BladeLogic Automation Suite

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Overview

Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based service designed for device management, security, and compliance. It supports automation and facilitates endpoint management for Windows, iOS, and Android devices, ensuring data protection and efficient policy enforcement.

Microsoft Intune offers seamless integration with tools like Windows Autopilot to automate device setup and deployment. Integrated with Azure Active Directory, it enhances policy management while providing robust reporting and analytics tools for compliance tracking. Despite its intuitive interface aimed at simplifying navigation and device security management, there are challenges such as compatibility issues with Linux and Mac, limited policy support for Android, and demands for better third-party integration. It's widely used for both corporate-owned devices and BYOD scenarios in dynamic IT environments.

What are the key features of Microsoft Intune?

Windows Autopilot: Automates device setup for rapid deployment.
Azure Active Directory Integration: Enhances user policy management.
Reporting and Analytics: Improves compliance visibility.
Mobile Application Management: Ensures app security without compromising personal data.
Cloud-Based Management: Allows management from any location.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Time Efficiency: Automation reduces time in policy enforcement and configuration updates.
Enhanced Security: Ensures data protection across corporate-owned and BYOD devices.
Improved Compliance: Advanced reporting tools enhance compliance visibility.
Flexible Management: Cloud-based nature supports management from any location.

In industries such as finance and healthcare, Microsoft Intune is implemented to ensure data protection and compliance with regulatory standards. Manufacturing sectors utilize Intune for managing a distributed workforce across global locations, while educational institutions employ it to secure and manage devices in learning environments supporting both students and faculty.

Microsoft

BMC TrueSight Server Automation is used for automating server maintenance tasks like patching, compliance, and vulnerability remediation. It supports application deployment, auditing, configuration management, and multi-OS compatibility in private-cloud environments.

BMC TrueSight Server Automation optimizes IT operations by automating infrastructure management, enhancing security, and maintaining compliance. Organizations gain from centralized or decentralized setups, integrating with vulnerability tools for efficient remediation. Despite its capabilities, command line interface, reporting, setup complexity, and REST API integration require improvements. Users demand better provisioning, multitasking, security tool integration, and resource management, alongside more comprehensive training resources for streamlined onboarding.

What are the key features of BMC TrueSight Server Automation?

Patch Automation: Streamlines patch management and vulnerability remediation.
Compliance Management: Offers out-of-the-box compliance templates for regulatory standards.
Multi-OS Compatibility: Supports multiple operating systems for diverse environments.
Scripting and BL Package Creation: Facilitates cross-platform automation and deployments.
Tool Integration: Seamlessly integrates with other IT management tools.

What benefits and ROI can users look for?

Increased Efficiency: Centralized management reduces manual tasks and errors.
Enhanced Security: Improved security with integration into vulnerability tools.
Compliance Assurance: Ensures adherence to industry standards and regulations.
Risk Management: Provides comprehensive visibility for proactive infrastructure management.

This automation tool is extensively used in industries with significant IT infrastructure demands, such as finance, healthcare, and telecommunications. In these sectors, ensuring system stability, regulatory compliance, and data security is critical, leveraging BMC TrueSight Server Automation for efficient operational support and risk mitigation.

BMC Helix

vCenter Configuration Manager offers a robust platform for managing virtual environments and optimizing IT infrastructure. It supports multiple platforms while facilitating virtualization, migration, and compliance processes.

vCenter Configuration Manager efficiently manages virtual machines, data centers, and servers. It enhances system performance through automation and centralized management of ESXi clusters. Known for its reliability, it also simplifies patch management and supports hyper-converged infrastructure. Challenges include improving integration, user interaction, and support for cloud and hybrid environments. Licensing transitions and compatibility issues with operating systems are areas of focus. Its strong presence in India enhances VMware environments.

What are vCenter Configuration Manager's key features?

User-Friendly Interface: Simplifies navigation and operation tasks.
VM Management: Efficient management of virtual machines.
Migration Capabilities: Streamlines the migration process.
High Availability: Ensures continuous operation without downtime.
Automation: Facilitates automated processes to improve efficiency.
Support for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Enhances the IT environment's scalability.
vMotion and DRS: Critical for disaster recovery and business continuity.

What benefits and ROI should reviews highlight?

Resource Management: Optimizes resource allocation and utilization.
Ease of Provisioning: Simplifies deploying IT assets across the organization.
Compliance Management: Ensures regulatory compliance and governance.
Reliable Stability: Provides a stable and robust IT environment.

vCenter Configuration Manager is implemented across sectors like healthcare and industry. It manages virtualization, server oversight, and host monitoring. Its automation and patch management streamline IT processes, making it a valuable tool for managing diverse IT infrastructures effectively.

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