BMC Helix Discovery vs. BMC Track-It!

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BMC Helix Discovery
Score 9.3 out of 10
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BMC Helix Discovery is an asset discovery and dependency mapping tool.N/A
BMC Track-It!
Score 6.5 out of 10
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BMC's Track-It! (formerly Numara Track-It!) is an IT asset management, IT help desk, and license management solution.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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IT Asset Management
Comparison of IT Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
BMC Helix Discovery
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Ratings
BMC Track-It!
5.8
Ratings
30% below category average
Software and hardware inventory tracking00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
License management00 Ratings5.70 Ratings
Asset lifecycle monitoring00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings4.00 Ratings
Asset relationship management00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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7.0
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Support Rating
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8.5
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
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From a technician's point of view, it is extremely easy to create new work orders or tickets. It's also very simple to enter in data and keep track of the state of the ticket without taking too much time to keep it updated. I would love to see a cloud instance available to be able to make it a global installation as our company grows.
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Pros
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  • The software is simple to use. There doesn't seem to be a lot of bells and whistles which could be attractive to some users.
  • It includes email notifications where users are able to respond to an email and it updates the ticket.
  • The system gives you the ability to customize your view so that you only need to see that tickets that are relevant to you or your group.
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Cons
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  • Care must be taken when configuring automatic replies otherwise you can end up in an endless loop of emails if response goes to another auto-responder. This will cause tickets to automatically be generated with every reply and then it takes a while to clean up the unwanted tickets.
  • The support model is prohibitively expensive if you let support lapse and then need support once again. This is because they expect you to pay for all of the previous versions/years between when you last paid for support and their current version. This means that if there have been 3 versions of the software since you last had support, they expect you to pay for the 3 versions even if you did not use them. This is a primary reason why we are looking at alternative ticketing systems currently.
  • It would be nice to have the ability to selectively kick a user our of a ticket without having to kick them entirely out of the application.
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Support Rating
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I only gave it this rating for the fact that we did not really use their support for much of the time we used the product. The support documentation in the actual program seemed to be lacking, so finding the information via the web or the vendor's site provided more helpful, from a support standpoint. I did notice that the vendor does have a portal where you can manage support cases and also has live phone support and an email option. All of these options are good for any customer that needs good support while using the product
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Alternatives Considered
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ConnectWise was far more robust with a lot more customization, project management features, templates, and documentation. It tied into other software that we needed to do our jobs. The interface was cleaner, the software was faster, and users had an easier time. Oversight was also much better. That said, it was also far more expensive, and it was developed more for managed service providers and large companies than smaller enterprises like ours.
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Return on Investment
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  • The configuration is a bit daunting. We had the software for two years and never got it configured quite right.
  • Spent a lot of wasted time trying to get the software to do what we wanted.
  • We paid for licensing for two years and spent quite a few hours mailing back and forth with support. Overall, a loss.
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