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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

BMC Helix Discovery and Lansweeper compete in IT asset management. BMC Helix Discovery seems to have the upper hand with its comprehensive IT integration capabilities supported by AI-enhanced features.

Features: BMC Helix Discovery boasts an agentless architecture adaptable to both on-premises and cloud environments. It offers automated service mapping and data modeling that provide a complete view of the IT landscape, achieving over 95% accuracy according to user reviews. Lansweeper provides robust IT asset management, supporting agentless deployments preferred for ease of use and maintenance. It excels in delivering detailed inventory reports and has high scalability supporting large device counts.

Room for Improvement: BMC Helix Discovery could improve in integrating with existing tools and educating users on best practices. Expansion into newer cloud platforms and enhanced customization options are also needed. Lansweeper could benefit from integrated security features and expanded cloud capabilities which are currently limited compared to on-premise options. Both could improve by releasing updates more regularly and enhancing support response times.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BMC Helix Discovery offers flexible deployment across on-premises, hybrid, and public cloud environments, but its customer support receives mixed reviews concerning response time. Lansweeper is lauded for its simplicity and user-friendly on-premises deployment and is praised for technical support, though users suggest engagement and response time improvements.

Pricing and ROI: BMC Helix Discovery is seen as expensive yet delivers significant ROI through automation and operational efficiencies, offering both subscription and perpetual licenses. Lansweeper is viewed as cost-effective, especially for setups with fewer than a hundred nodes, appealing to smaller businesses. Despite a recent price increase, it remains competitive and continues to demonstrate valuable ROI for users.

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BMC Helix Discovery vs. Lansweeper

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Categories and Ranking

BMC Helix Discovery

Ranking in IT Asset Management

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Lansweeper

Ranking in IT Asset Management

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of BMC Helix Discovery is 6.5%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lansweeper is 9.9%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Asset Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Lansweeper	9.9%
BMC Helix Discovery	6.5%
Other	83.6%

IT Asset Management

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Fairoz Gadad

Project Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Effortless network component identification, provides API details, and an easy setup

We need to discover anything in the network and ensure that the discovered data is moved into the CMDB for asset management The best part is that whenever there is an outpost or any particular network, it can identify servers, routers, switches, etc. It immediately understands which component it…

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Victor Vu

Regional IT Infrastructure Operations Specialist at Deheus

Efficient asset management with room to address pricing and security concerns

We use Lansweeper primarily for scan discovery and device access discovery within our IT environment The use of Teams for EdgeScript agent and agentless scanning of devices within our network proves valuable. It provides us with detailed information such as GPU, CPU, memory, and OS after scanning…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"BMC Helix Discovery comprehends the infrastructure you've procured and deployed within your environment."

"It provides comprehensive dependency mapping, which is essential for reducing the time spent and addressing problem-solving between data centers."

"Accuracy and clarity are vastly improved for the service lines."

"I like the artificial intelligence and machine learning that it uses in the solution. Because once the solution discovers all the assets, all the infrastructure, and all the dependencies between services, it learns how it works. So, it learns to predict when a problem is going to happen. It becomes predictive in an autonomous way."

"It is a scalable solution."

"BMC Helix Discovery has delivered a very good return, and we cannot stop using it at this moment."

"Weekly reports to management really make our life simple."

"The solution is very stable and powerful."

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"It is very flexible and very powerful. The reporting scripts that are continually posted are a real benefit. It makes it easier for someone who is a consumer, but not necessarily a power user, to quickly create and run reports, get updates, and know what tasks need to be performed."

"The most valuable feature of Lansweeper is that it can gather all the devices online and offline and generate proper IT assets."

"For Windows needs in terms of asset management, report creation, and detailed information visibility, it is an excellent product."

"We have seen a return on investment with Lansweeper, as we save time preparing reports for Microsoft, and it has been very useful in terms of cost savings."

"A great value is the fact that it supports multiple platforms, and it is agentless. Obviously, it still requires credentials, but being agentless makes it much easier to deploy, especially for a small business. It leaves fewer things to maintain. Especially for a small or medium business, it is a tremendous product."

"We've found the most value right now in the inventory of the equipment."

"Provides good reports from every asset."

"The solution has an excellent health status feature and a user-friendly interface that contains all necessary information."

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Cons

"BMC is agentless discovery, followed by hybrid discovery, which performs discovery across clouds, on-premises, and then dynamic service modeling."

"The monitoring tools could be more stable."

"The license model could be more flexible and cheaper pricing."

"We would like updates more often."

"The support from BMC Helix Discovery can improve, it takes a long time before we receive any feedback. It can take days to months sometimes."

"The solution is definitely useful."

"The query language is somewhat challenging to learn. It uses a Berkeley database, and the query language is not easy to master for performing complex queries."

"The product falls short compared to storage discovery mechanisms offered by Tenable or ServiceNow ITOM. In the market, there are various applications available that provide different sets of features. Its drawback is that it doesn't give the database configuration customers need out of the box. Additionally, the classification of storage virtualization is relatively lacking. Therefore, there is room for improvement, particularly in the database areas."

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"The support experience hasn't been satisfactory. Establishing a direct connection with someone is challenging, as communication is limited to chat or forums through a web link. There's a lack of direct interaction with support personnel, making it difficult to have real-time conversations or seek immediate assistance, which is not ideal."

"The support is an area that could improve. The support staff could be more knowledgeable."

"The feature to deploy software in endpoints needs to be improved."

"It would be beneficial if the solution could show more account-related information, beyond just the main Active Directory user account, and include management capabilities for other account types."

"Lacks an end-to-end asset management tool."

"I don't have any complaints about it, and I've never really had any issues. It isn't wizard-driven or anything like that, but it doesn't need to be. For someone who is not familiar with system administration, it would be daunting. There would be a lot of info there. They wouldn't necessarily know what to do, but that's not its target audience. For its target audience, in particular, it doesn't need to change. It is really a good tool."

"It would be great if Lansweeper could combine security functions like vulnerability management."

"For example, Lansweeper can scan 7-Zip version 7.2, but when a new version 7.3 comes out, Lansweeper shows it as new software, requiring us to manually add this software to the whitelist or change it in reports; it should be counted as the previous version."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I've heard that the solution was expensive earlier but is now much cheaper than its competitors."

"BMC is available for a reasonable price compared to ServiceNow — it's half the price."

"We are on a three-year agreement with BMC Helix Discovery to use the solution. There are not any additional fees other than the standard license."

"The licenses are very complex and quite costly."

"You need a license to use BMC Helix Discovery. The license is paid yearly, though I have no idea how much it costs."

"It's not a cheap product. But the benefits it delivers is that it's a fair price."

"The price was fair compared to competitors. BMC is very affordable. There are optional consulting services to assist with implementation."

"We have a perpetual license for the solution."

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"Its cost is terrific. It has a great price and is cost-effective, and the license is free under a hundred nodes. I like the fact that it gets regular updates. Of course, it notifies you of the product and you can patch it and all that, but I like the fact that it is very affordable for the number of nodes. A company with three or four computers doesn't need it, but a company that has dozens or hundreds has to have some kind of governance. It can do everything such as Windows, Linux, and network devices, and the discovery is really intelligent. For example, you'd find smart devices, IOTs, and things like that. I'm very happy with it."

"It actually costs some money in the long run because of the licensing model."

"It is not high and it is fair according to the worth it offers."

"The Lansweeper's price has increased and is now on par with or even higher than competitors, it still offers significant value in the area of IT asset management."

"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate Lansweeper's pricing a seven out of ten."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

15%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC Helix Discovery?

I like the artificial intelligence and machine learning that it uses in the solution. Because once the solution discovers all the assets, all the infrastructure, and all the dependencies between se...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Helix Discovery?

That's always a million dollar question regarding whether the solution is affordable or quite expensive; if you talk to the vendor, the pricing's great, but end users are always looking for a bette...

What needs improvement with BMC Helix Discovery?

Technical support from BMC is generally good. Resolutiion time is what's bothering me, as it's not always easy to get to the correct person or the right technical level needed to resolve the issue.

What do you like most about Lansweeper?

One valuable feature is the ability to monitor log-on times, providing insights into whether users are rebooting their machines as claimed. This is useful in scenarios where users may not be aware ...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Lansweeper?

It is quite cheap compared to other solutions, and the installation was very easy.

What needs improvement with Lansweeper?

I don't think there's room for improvement with Lansweeper that I can think of. You can always improve, but it depends on the case scenario. For me, it's sufficient for now. For somebody else, they...

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Also Known As

Discovery, ADDM, Atrium Discovery & Dependency Mapping

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Overview

BMC Discovery, formerly ADDM, is a digital enterprise management solution that automates asset discovery and application dependency mapping to build a holistic view of all your data center assets and the relationships between them.

BMC Helix

Managing IT has never been a bigger challenge. Hardware, software, and users can be anywhere at any time, making IT environments extremely dynamic and often complex. A seemingly simple question has become terribly difficult to answer: ‘Who is using what?’ This question inspired Lansweeper and still drives us today. We believe that answering it is crucial to tackle and simplify many of the challenges IT professionals face every day.

MISSION
At Lansweeper we develop and support our software which builds and leverages a system of record in any IT environment.

Sample Customers

Windstream Communications, News UK, Mercator Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR)

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BMC Helix Discovery vs. Lansweeper