BMC Helix ITSM vs. SymphonyAI IT Service Management

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BMC Helix ITSM
Score 9.0 out of 10
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BMC Helix ITSM replaces Remedy. It is a broad suite of ITSM, tools with strong integrations to other BMC tools and in-built ITAM. The product is used mainly by global brands and is offered in on-premise and SaaS configurations.N/A
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Symphony SummitAI, formerly the Summus IT Management Suite, is an ITSM and system monitoring offering from the company of the same name in Palo Alto.N/A
Pricing
BMC Helix ITSMSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Editions & Modules
BMC Helix ITSM
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
BMC Helix ITSMSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
BMC Helix ITSM
8.5
Ratings
5% above category average
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
8.8
Ratings
8% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.10 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Expert directory8.60 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Service restoration8.70 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Self-service tools8.70 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.10 Ratings7.90 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.20 Ratings9.60 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards8.30 Ratings9.90 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
BMC Helix ITSM
8.3
Ratings
1% above category average
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
9.0
Ratings
9% above category average
Configuration mangement8.70 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Asset management dashboard8.40 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement7.90 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
BMC Helix ITSM
8.5
Ratings
1% above category average
SymphonyAI IT Service Management
9.4
Ratings
11% above category average
Change requests repository8.80 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Change calendar8.30 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Service-level management8.40 Ratings9.90 Ratings
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User Ratings
BMC Helix ITSMSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
8.5
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9.0
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Usability
8.7
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Support Rating
3.0
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Online Training
6.0
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Implementation Rating
6.6
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Configurability
5.0
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Product Scalability
8.0
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Vendor post-sale
7.0
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8.0
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User Testimonials
BMC Helix ITSMSymphonyAI IT Service Management
Likelihood to Recommend
BMC is the obvious choice for medium—to large companies. With all the functionality included, most of it will be used by more prominent companies. The cost vs. use makes sense for them. For smaller companies, the high cost of license implementation and running costs usually make BMC too expensive. Having a light version for them could increase BMC's market share.
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If the organization has a plan for the HelpDesk team and has active complaints, then this tool is suitable for Help Desk management. If you have many assets (more than 500), then managing those assets is a good business use case. If you have infrastructure on-premises and manage all of it, then you would need Change management.
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Pros
  • Remedy is great for housing much of the ITIL process in one System: if you want a complete package with every bell and every whistle, Remedy is for you
  • Remedy breaks down the functions of ITIL into "consoles": separate areas of the System, that allow one to focus on Changes, Incidents, Assets, etc
  • The interface is VERY compatible with legacy web browser tech: The last surviving member of the browser wars is still the favorite for remedy users: IE 11
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  • Service Catalog - Configuration of Catalogs and approvals flow in the SymphonyAI IT Service Management, which helps an organization for maintaining a structured way of organizing and completing the requests with a good manner
  • Publishing of knowledge records - Which helps in avoiding the creation of incidents by referring the Knowledge records
  • Publishing of Problem records - Which is created by analyst after analyzing the repeated issue, so that user can avoid creating the repeated issue like incidents
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Cons
  • Expandability is limited and once you make certain customizations the upgrade process can become difficult or impossible
  • Relationships between Configuration Items and Changes is clunky and difficult to setup/maintain
  • Service Desk functionality is not as robust as other tools and does not allow for easy configurations/customizations
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  • Business Rule Designer - Since it has many automation we are unable to use it properly, because of BRD related jobs not getting executed
  • Creation of sub tenant under tenant
  • 5 why analysis method in the problem management can be designed more efficiently rather than its designed now
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Likelihood to Renew
It provides the tool we need and is able to be customised to meet new requirements. Cost to change in training and integrations would be considerable.
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The overall satisfaction is great and it offers great features. By expanding to using AI feature of Symphony Summit, we look forward to automate even ticket tracking and ticket resolution. The support provided by the symphony SummitAI team is also robust compared to industry standards and the team also conducts regular reviews to find out any dissatisfaction from the clients.
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Usability
At least Remedy is all contained in a single platform, so the interface is consistent. Also, the most heavily performed functions are generally usable. However, to use some of the more advanced modules can be a bit more cumbersome (such as Change Management and CMDB (Not Including ADDM)). So, overall BMC Remedy ITSM is better than some applications like CA SDM or HP SM, but not quite on par with ServiceNow.
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Reliability and Availability
for now we are satisfied. first two months 😉
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Performance
could be faster. db is slower from introducing postgresql
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Support Rating
Their tech support is top notch. They respond and get back to us, even on lower level incidents and issues, very quickly. It is rare that we deal with a support technician who does not know what they are doing.
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Online Training
the trainers dont have so much practical experiences. its mostly follow up and reading existing documentation withou own input. of course experiences people are on shore or have no free time. sad truth
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Implementation Rating
I was not a part of the initial implementation
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Alternatives Considered
As I mentioned, as an MSP we are exposed to most ITSM products on the marketplace. On completeness of offering, we find BMC ahead of the rest. The only other comparable product is ServiceNow, and functionality is neck and neck with BMC ahead in ITOM, and with ServiceNow pricing is premium for the branding and marketing
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365 Audits is used for handling Audit things which help us to provide monthly logs to auditor to track the changes and verify the things. If anything goes non-compliance, then they track with this tool and helps the organization to stop this activities and improve daily things to stop non-compliance things.
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Scalability
the product is,probably, really scalable. however as it is in cloud,this theme isn't of our interest anymore
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Return on Investment
  • With the KPIs exported and reviewed semi-annually or quarterly the management can spot and attend to root causes affecting operations.
  • No more missed or forgotten tickets for work orders by the team - increased efficiency and performance.
  • Approvals hierarchy enforces controlled change management and responsible actions.
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  • When rolled out in its entirety, SymphonyAI is expected to directly reduce the CTC of technical user support by 40%.
  • SymphonyAI has dramatically improved user experience, helping NPS levels cross over 60%.
  • It has been instrumental in deploying workflows to production by more than 50%.
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ScreenShots

BMC Helix ITSM Screenshots

Screenshot of BMC Helix Multi-Cloud Broker. This is where users can deliver a secure service experience across multi-cloud environments.Screenshot of Knowledge Management, available with intelligent recommendations to help bring the right information to end-users and agents to quickly and accurately resolve issues.Screenshot of the incident and problem management interface, used to create and resolve incidents faster with intelligent, context-aware, and proactive incident matching.

SymphonyAI IT Service Management Screenshots

Screenshot of an example of the AI-powered IT and enterprise service workflows available on the platform.Screenshot of the service portal, designed to make it easy for end users to get all their service issues addressed. By consolidating the user’s service needs into one place, users can find what they need quickly and easily.Screenshot of employee self-service, where employees can get answers and help. This helps to reduce call deflection and improve service experience.Screenshot of digitized work processes.Screenshot of the administration interface to launch new services. These can be rolled out with a few drag and drops using the Design Studio that includes 50 built-in modern controls to build forms, workflows, business rules and SLAs of any complexity.Screenshot of the 24/7 Omnichannel service desk experience. This delivers always on, natural language service experience to users with the AI-powered SymphonyAI Digital Agent. The agent features auto-resolve capabilities, multichannel support, and advanced natural language understanding.