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BMC Helix Discovery

Composite Score

7.8 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

42 Reviews Write a Review

What is BMC Helix Discovery?

BMC Helix Discovery is a cloud-native discovery and dependency mapping solution for visibility into hardware, software, and service dependencies across multi-cloud environments.

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Awards & Recognition

BMC Helix Discovery won the following awards in the IT Asset Management - Enterprise category

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5 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

5 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

Service Experience

2021

BMC Helix Discovery Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love BMC Helix Discovery?

6% Negative

5% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Efficient Service
Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Integrated Discovery

Data Center Analytics

Analytics and Reporting

Software Recognition Library

Software Usage Metering

Advanced License Management

End to End Lifecycle Management

Data Import Export and Aggregation

Decentralized Management

Cloud License Management

Financial Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

BMC Helix Discovery Reviews

Pedro C.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

UP and running in minutes, so easy to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates BMC Helix Discovery from other similar products?

Easy yo use, configure and Connect. Support almost all OS

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

MultiVendor discovery

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some networks devices need additional configuration or submit a case

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

First set the target, what do you need to, how the product will help you, then review and match what discovery does.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Vikas K.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Easy to setup & works from day one to discover CIs

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates BMC Helix Discovery from other similar products?

BMC Helix Discovery work with tight integration with Helix CMDB. Very reliable and accurate software and asset discovery.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Proper dashboard and data export system for hosts.

What do you dislike most about this product?

limited integration scope

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Please review your companies use case for network devices and server discovery. It best works with Helix CMDB and ITSM.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Fair
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Awesome Product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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BMC Helix Discovery

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Awards & Recognition

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

BMC Helix Discovery Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love BMC Helix Discovery?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Integrated Discovery Ability to accurately discover assets, possibly map dependencies, discover remote users, and gain access to usage data on workstations.

Data Center Analytics Information regarding capacity and challenges unique to datacenters, such as workload modelling, virtual licensing, and mapping virtual instances to hosts.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Software Recognition Library Includes built-in software library to enhance recognition of installed packages.

Software Usage Metering Includes out-of-the-box support for software usage tracking to identify heavily used or unused assets.

Advanced License Management One or more specialized license types with extreme complexities such as SAP, Oracle, Mainframe, with a focus on accuracy and minimizing manual calculations.

End to End Lifecycle Management Solution provides logical workflows and templates for managing the entire software lifecycle from procurement through to retirement.

Data Import Export and Aggregation B2B connect for purchase and warranty records, integrations to business applications, ability to merge records where duplicated through multiple data sources.

Decentralized Management Manage licenses across a geographically dispersed environment, including remote users, but with ability to centrally view and manage contracts.

Cloud License Management Monitor and manage as-a-service solutions, including SaaS, IaaS, PaaS licensing, public and private cloud.

Financial Analysis Includes out-of-the-box support for understanding costs and managing depreciation and budget; may include complex, logical "what if?" financial modeling.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

BMC Helix Discovery Reviews

Pedro C.

UP and running in minutes, so easy to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Vikas K.

Easy to setup & works from day one to discover CIs

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Awesome Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Integrated Discovery

Data Center Analytics

Analytics and Reporting

Software Recognition Library

Software Usage Metering

Advanced License Management

End to End Lifecycle Management

Data Import Export and Aggregation

Decentralized Management

Cloud License Management

Financial Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training