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BMC Helix ITSM

Composite Score

6.7 /10

CX Score

6.5 /10

34 Reviews Write a Review

What is BMC Helix ITSM?

BMC Helix ITSM is industry-leading service management that uses cognitive automation technologies to transform best-practice ITSM principles you’ve come to appreciate from Remedy, delivered on your choice of cloud.

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Awards & Recognition

BMC Helix ITSM won the following awards in the IT Service Management - Enterprise category

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2 Top Rated Features

2024

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5 Top Rated Features

2023

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6 Top Rated Features

2022

BMC Helix ITSM 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.

78 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

89 Plan to Renew

6
Since last award

72 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.

+53 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 ITSM?

18% Negative

14% Neutral

68% Positive

Pros

Fair
Trustworthy
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

Cons

Commodity Features
Under Delivered
Vendor's Interest First

Feature Ratings

Average 76

Service Catalog

Technician Administration

Multi-Site Functionality

Systems Management Integration

Business Application Integration

End User Support Solutions

Reporting

Multi Device Capability

End User Self Serve

Integrated Knowledge Management

Integration With IT Tools

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 73

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

BMC Helix ITSM Reviews

Saurabh J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2021

Fantastic product, ease to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates BMC Helix ITSM from other similar products?

Features, innovations, AI and Machine Learning, Cognitive and reliable support

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's a cloud based product, so high availability of the environment which attracts major chunks of clients to implement this tool.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as of now.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly reliable, efficient to use, not so costly, and you may get discounts if you use multiple softwares and training from BMC.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2020

Contender in ITSM

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

Pros

Saves Time
Includes Product Enhancements
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Travis B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Government
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2020

The ITSM for beginners

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates BMC Helix ITSM from other similar products?

Ease of use for end users that do not have an IT Background.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ease of use, and functionality of the product.

What do you dislike most about this product?

the cost, and limitations of intergrations

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

look at customer size first. This is a DOD specific product.

Pros

Acts with Integrity
Generous Negotitation
Over Delivered
Transparent

How We Deliver

BMC Helix ITSM

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Awards & Recognition

BMC Helix ITSM Ratings

78 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

89 Plan to Renew

6 Since last award

72 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+53 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love BMC Helix ITSM?

Pros

Cons

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

Service Catalog Ability to request products and services through an online catalog that integrates into the ticketing system; may include an app store.

Technician Administration Easily designed forms, templates, task management, and workflows using codeless customization.

Multi-Site Functionality Central management of dispersed technicians, multiple time zones, operational hours, and automated shift reassignments.

Systems Management Integration APIs available for straightforward integration with multiple systems management tools such as network monitoring to create tickets for action items. May include aggregated alerts, views and dashboards

Business Application Integration APIs available for straightforward integration with multiple business systems such as ERP or CRM.

End User Support Solutions Tools to benefit end users such as single sign-on to self-serve, password reset, screen capture in ticket, dynamic FAQ matching to ticket key words.

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create any reports easily. Dashboards for any role with ability to easily build and modify.

Multi Device Capability Intuitive interface for any device for any role (end user, technician, approver) providing access via web or native mobile app for end users and technicians.

End User Self Serve Intuitive portal designed for end users to create incident tickets, request services, and access status and FAQs.

Integrated Knowledge Management Database integrated with ticketing system for sharing information between technicians, single source or able to federate multiple sources into a single search.

Integration With IT Tools Integration with tools to assist the user which enable connection from within the ticket, capturing information as it is created.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

BMC Helix ITSM Reviews

Saurabh J.

Fantastic product, ease to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Contender in ITSM

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Travis B.

The ITSM for beginners

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Service Catalog

Technician Administration

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Systems Management Integration

Business Application Integration

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Reporting

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End User Self Serve

Integrated Knowledge Management

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