BMC Helix Discovery vs Micro Focus Asset Manager [EOL] comparison

"It is agentless, which means you don't have to install anything on all the different pieces of hardware that you are looking to discover."

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

"The best aspect of BMC Helix Discovery is its flexibility. You can perform scanning at any time, and it provides substantial data for extraction."

"The data models are the most useful aspect of the solution."

"It is a scalable solution."

"The solution is very stable and powerful."

"The initial setup is simple."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easy to install and deploy."

"We have now automatic and immediate control of assets usage, and we can now better manage our assets pool and get benefits through that."

"It is stable and scalable."

"This product can be customized according to the needs of any company."

"I would like to see the ability to scan some of the newer cloud platforms. I know that BMC has them on the roadmap, and they are coming soon, but they can't come fast enough. Being able to scan more of GCloud, Alibaba Cloud, or whatever the public clouds that our customers are buying, we need to make sure that Discovery can find them as well."

"What would make BMC Helix Discovery better is if it had more client-side discovery features, for example, printers and desktops. Right now, it's focused more on data center discovery, so if it had additional features focused on the client-side discovery, that would be great. In the next release of BMC Helix Discovery, I'd like more client-side discovery features such as desktop discovery, printer discovery, and other IP-based client-side discovery features. The solution can discover desktops and printers, but there's still room for improvement on the client side."

"We would like updates more often."

"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."

"There isn't much that could be improved. The solution is pretty thorough, very easy to implement, and very easy to operate."

"It is very complicated to use."

"The solution is definitely useful."

"The monitoring tools could be more stable."

"There are a lot of things that need improvement. Software recognition, software licensing, software compliance, data inputs, reporting, and support are some of the areas."

"The usability of this product is still out-of-date and could be improved. The interface could be improved."

"The technology used is outdated, the interface is outdated, the database is outdated, everything is outdated."

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

"The solution offers yearly licenses."

"I rate the pricing an eight out of ten. All BMC products are expensive."

"The licenses are very complex and quite costly."

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

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

"Operating cost is actually high compared to other products, actually. It's a little expensive only, but it's very good than other products."

"We have a perpetual license for the solution."

"From my experience, Asset Manager is expensive."