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BMC FootPrints Service Core vs JIRA Service Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

BMC FootPrints Service Core
Ranking in Help Desk Software
31st
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
30th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
JIRA Service Management
Ranking in Help Desk Software
2nd
Ranking in IT Service Management (ITSM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the IT Service Management (ITSM) category, the mindshare of BMC FootPrints Service Core is 1.0%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of JIRA Service Management is 9.1%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Service Management (ITSM)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1765752 - PeerSpot reviewer
A flexible, comprehensive, integrated IT service and asset management platform with good technical support
We use BMC FootPrints Service Core to manage network issues, infrastructure issues, software issues, and ERP. We also use it to manage our facility. So, we do some work orders and also use it as an extra ticketing system Technical support is good. It would be better if it were more…
Karim Yousef - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficiently track and document projects with seamless tool integration
We are a management warehouse that provides services to different customers in different sectors. Primarily, we serve the banking sector and the military sector. We manage all the software delivery projects through tools such as JIRA Service Management or TFS Confluence is a great tool for…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We have found the reports and the lockdown on a ticket valuable, so only one person can update issues."
"It has helped the help desk team. We get our tickets in and are able to support our customers, the end-users, with this solution."
"I have used Tier II BMC support a few times. They were very responsive and recreated my environment in their lab to support me."
"It is stable and its technical support is good and quick."
"This product solidly handles incident management, problem management, and change management."
"The discovery feature is very flexible."
"Technical support is good."
"Implemented system-wide process for approving and tracking "employee move" requests for over 15,000 employees."
"Simplicity is a key aspect. It is not hard to use."
"It is much more controlled and allows for different kinds of customization that we can plan and implement based on the project requirements."
"Compared to other solutions, Jira Service Management is really reasonable regarding price and speed."
"The flow of the reports is good."
"It helps with time management and team management of the new tasks."
"It's a good experience."
"Everyone knows how to use it, so there's no need to teach new members."
"The links between the help desk and Jira issues and between Confluence and Jira issues are most valuable. I can write requirements in Confluence and link them to user stories in Jira and test cases. I can see my test coverage and all that kind of stuff. The integration between these three is very useful. It is pretty customizable, and it integrates well. There are a lot of add-ins and a lot of connectors to third-party products. In my last company, we used Test Royal for managing all the tests, and it integrated perfectly with that. For any issue or bug, we could see what tests have been run and the complete history of the tests."
 

Cons

"Hyphens are not allowed in the quick search bar. This has created a problem in our environment where we use hyphens in our asset names."
"Reporting could be improved along with the option to create more fine tuned reports and to create specific fields for each type of ticket."
"It is pretty clunky and not very intuitive. Even though I have used it for many years, I don't think it is a very good ITSM platform in general. In the telecom space, a lot of telco providers use this solution, but from my perspective, it is not very user friendly. It is a bit more laborious. There are still too many human touchpoints. There can be a little bit more automation. It would also be good to integrate it with other tools. Integration is quite difficult, especially in the telco space."
"We need more customizable reporting functionality. We could also use more collaboration of service desk tickets. This will allow for two departments to share the same information, track the progress of the total task scope no matter how complex the request is."
"The mobile version of this product does not support asset management."
"The pricing could be a little lower and the product should cover more iTel versions."
"It would be nice if they added the ability to go directly to a form via a deep link URL."
"It would be better if it were more user-friendly. The reporting part in the version we have is a little complicated. It takes too long to build and report. It would also be better if there were another way to manage notifications."
"As a consultant, I have used the support. Some of the support I have received has been good and other times it could improve."
"The interface could be made easier to use. While it is not the worst, there is still room for improvement."
"JSM's ability to handle large volumes of emails isn't great."
"JSD has some analytics, but it's pretty much basic and simple dashboards. There's no mobile application for JSD. It really would benefit from better implementation with other vendors. We're heavily reliant on some external marketplace applications."
"Currently lacks an asset management module that can affect deployment."
"Jira Service Management is expensive and not worth the money compared to monday.com."
"I am not familiar if there's an integration with Visual Studio from Jira."
"The licensing model could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Cost was on par with other service desk products, and well below Remedy, while still being a BMC product."
"This solution has good pricing."
"The licensing for FootPrints is a perpetual license with an annual support fee."
"Our costs are well over $250,000."
"But about the plugins, I found one plug-in — its name is Actionable Metric I think — and it is $3000. That is very expensive for users in Iran."
"JIRA Service Management's pricing is pretty decent compared to competitors. I rate the pricing an eight to nine on a scale of one to ten."
"We need a license because we have a higher number than the free part."
"Actually in Iran we don't have copyright or intellectual property, so we can use JIRA for free."
"The cost has recently increased. It might be around $20 to $25 per user license."
"The price of the solution is becoming expensive and it should be reduced."
"The pricing is very competitive and I think that it is okay."
"We may upgrade the license that we have. The license that we currently have is good for 500 agents, and it's not full yet."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Also Known As

FootPrints Service Core
JIRA Service Desk
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Cast & Crew
mgm technology partners, Telestream, Build.com, Zend Technologies, OfficeDrop, PGS Software, American Diabetes Association, NEPTUNE Canada
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