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BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps vs SCOM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 7, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.1
BMC Helix Operations Management enhances ROI by predicting issues, boosting uptime, reducing costs, and improving cybersecurity and productivity.
Sentiment score
6.4
SCOM users experience varied ROI, with advantages in monitoring and management offset by potential licensing costs and latency issues.
That gave us a very positive image as an agile vendor that came in and brought a highly valuable solution that drove cost reduction, that drove better return on investment, that drove more business confidence and highly automated spectrum and also it did improve overall cybersecurity aspects of the operations as well.
Solutions architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The return on investment with BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps has been positive since I have saved money by resolving incidents or tickets before breaches.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We have seen a return on investment, managing to reduce actually half an FTE.
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.2
BMC Helix Operations Management offers responsive global support with high satisfaction, needing SLA alignment across cloud services.
Sentiment score
6.8
Microsoft customer service is generally viewed positively, with efficient assistance and experienced staff, despite occasional consistency issues.
They provided detailed explanations about the issues and how to handle them in the future.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
When provided with accurate information, they quickly supply the necessary articles to resolve problems.
Advisor - Compliance at a government with 10,001+ employees
When I was working directly with Microsoft at TCS, my first company, the support experience was quite smooth, and we received solutions promptly.
Assistant Manager at SMS group GmbH
They often treat issues in isolation, not considering how one problem might relate to another.
Network Operations Center at Student Loans Company
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
BMC Helix Operations Management is highly scalable, adaptable, and supports diverse business sizes, with excellent user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
6.9
SCOM offers scalable management, efficient load balancing, and high availability but faces challenges with non-Microsoft integration and diverse device monitoring.
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is suitable for small, medium, and large environments.
Advisor - Compliance at a government with 10,001+ employees
I have scaled BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps with data and users, not to a very high level but to a medium level, and I can see that the platform has performed well for my users.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The scalability of BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is very good, as the cloud-based solution gives you the flexibility to scale as your business grows.
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
The scalability of SCOM, meaning its ability to adapt to our needs, is excellent because we are working with SQL systems and multiple servers.
Assistant Manager at SMS group GmbH
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
BMC Helix Operations Management is praised for its reliability, stability, ease of use, and high performance among competitors.
Sentiment score
7.1
SCOM's stability has improved significantly, especially in newer versions like 2019, with proper configuration and resource allocation.
I have not seen many errors or frequent data loss because once we have installed the agent on the system and have the details, not much manual intervention is required.
Assistant Manager at SMS group GmbH
SCOM is a bit unstable lately, primarily due to a lack of resources.
Network Operations Center at Student Loans Company
 

Room For Improvement

BMC Helix needs GUI improvements, advanced dashboards, better integration, documentation, and consulting to align with ITSM maturity.
SCOM needs better dashboards, lower licensing costs, easier integration, improved reporting, enhanced support, and efficient alert management.
Documentation for a broader range of examples and use cases could help show what you can actually do with the power of the tool.
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
From my perspective as a customer, especially from tool administration, what would be beneficial is having end-to-end visibility all on a single page.
Advisor - Compliance at a government with 10,001+ employees
Regarding the configuration and documentation of AIOps, it would be beneficial to have more available resources for users.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I would like to see a software-as-a-service version in Azure to eliminate the need for on-premise infrastructure.
ICT System Administrator at College of Europe
SCOM is likely to be phased out in favor of more compatible tools like Icinga for application monitoring or when moving to cloud solutions like CloudWatch and Azure.
Network Operations Center at Student Loans Company
It would be beneficial to have a summary on one single dashboard, as there are many more possibilities available.
Assistant Manager at SMS group GmbH
 

Setup Cost

BMC Helix Operations Management pricing is seen as valuable despite some ambiguities, competitive against ServiceNow, and worth the investment.
SCOM pricing varies with agreements, often part of cost-effective Microsoft packages, though licensing can be complex initially.
The pricing is on the higher end due to the extensive features and delivery quality.
Advisor - Compliance at a government with 10,001+ employees
Broadly speaking, it's slightly on the expensive side, though it's very high value.
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing for BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps has been good as I receive all licenses with AIOps and do not have to ask separately for licensing.
Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

BMC Helix Operations Management enhances monitoring, automates processes, and reduces outages with AI insights and cloud flexibility.
SCOM efficiently monitors Microsoft environments with integration, customizable dashboards, real-time reporting, and automated alerts for proactive management.
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps has positively impacted my organization by reducing our emergency changes and flipping our problem records from reactive to proactive, so we're getting to things faster before they impact users.
Capacity Management Specialist Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Proactive monitoring is a key feature where AI and machine learning, based on past behavior, predict and provide information on potential situations that could develop.
Advisor - Compliance at a government with 10,001+ employees
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps helped us bring the attack surface to a minimal.
Solutions architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The most valuable feature of SCOM is its monitoring capability, and we have integrated SCOM with Grafana, which is a dashboarding tool.
Assistant Manager at SMS group GmbH
It assists me in detecting server downtime and delivers basic performance monitoring right out of the box.
Network Operations Center at Student Loans Company
SCOM integrates several systems and offers correlation features, like setting up everything around Active Directory or DNS.
ICT System Administrator at College of Europe
 

Categories and Ranking

BMC Helix Operations Manage...
Ranking in Event Monitoring
2nd
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
AIOps (6th)
SCOM
Ranking in Event Monitoring
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is 7.9%, down from 13.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SCOM is 9.0%, up from 7.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Event Monitoring Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps7.9%
SCOM9.0%
Other83.1%
Event Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

SN
Solutions architect at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Have improved operational agility and reduced issue resolution time through automation and proactive insight
I have worked in an R&D environment where we have continuous research and continuous development focus on how to improve specific aspects of a specific offering, whether it is a product or a service or a combination of product and service with BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps. I have seen over time, over the past maybe decade or maybe a couple of decades, different areas of improvements. There is always room for improvements. As of now, I think having that level of automation, the integrative nature where the solution parameters bring residency across protecting data, across bringing better functionality across the operational environments, really brings a great deal of admiration. I do not see any immediate area that could require a lot more advancements, but I am sure BMC will be looking to maybe improving certain criteria depending really on the given spectrum of a specific environment. Maybe looking into an ad hoc assessment for certain environments could be suitable to address what areas could be addressed differently. Regarding needed improvements for BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps, people always love to see more criteria of functionality, but those are things that maybe could be addressed in different ways. The flexibility of dashboards is really fantastic. Maybe that is one area that everybody might have a different way of looking at a dashboard, but customizing dashboard capabilities has always been an area of discussion. Outside of that, the sustainability of the features available today, given the spectrum that each version brings different type of updates and what have you, could utilize a lot more than a single opinion. It could maybe take a group discussion, it could take cross-functional type of sessions to really brainstorm about what areas will be in need of improvements. The overall solution brings, in parallel to ITIL 4 continuous improvement strategies, a great traction on how we can focus on continuous improvements at large. Hopefully we can see more in the future. Having the capabilities to integrate with microservices architecture really brought the cost reduction benefit right at the top of the scale for many agencies where they grant flexibility, realizing only needed resources at the cloud, and the deployments have been very agile, bringing everybody into a fast and unique agile sense of doing business. Improving the business confidence has been also another area that we had utilized a great amount of feedback in that regard.
AK
Assistant Manager at SMS group GmbH
Have integrated effective monitoring and seamless alerting with improved visualization capabilities
The most valuable feature of SCOM is its monitoring capability, and we have integrated SCOM with Grafana, which is a dashboarding tool. We have implemented and integrated this to create dashboarding of the SCOM monitoring system for the database, SQL, and the Linux servers we have configured in SCOM. We have created separate dashboarding for it, and the monitoring and creating rules and monitors in the management servers and management packs that SCOM provides are very useful for us. The alerting mechanism of SCOM has benefited our operations because we have modified the thresholds as per our internal requirements. We have configured threshold modifications for the CPU, memory, and especially for disk space. For routine disk space usage on the system, we have provided a separate threshold configuration.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise54
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps?
BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps' predictive analytics positively impacted proactive problem-solving capabilities. It has been the most interesting part of the solution! It provides detai...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps is that licensing in some cases can be ambiguous, but broadly speaking, it's slightly on the exp...
What needs improvement with BMC Helix Operations Management with AIOps?
I have worked in an R&D environment where we have continuous research and continuous development focus on how to improve specific aspects of a specific offering, whether it is a product or a se...
What do you like most about SCOM?
The tool helps to monitor Windows servers. It offers alerts from a central location.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SCOM?
I am not aware of the exact pricing as it is managed by my supervisor. As an academic institution, we receive substantial discounts.
What needs improvement with SCOM?
We believe that the dashboarding in SCOM needs to be improved or enhanced because it is not too expressive in reporting. We can work on deploying new ways of viewing things and modifying visualizat...
 

Also Known As

BMC Helix Monitor
System Center Operations Manager, SCOM 2012
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Grupo Moura, Goodman, Aspect, Telefónica Colombia, Fujitsu
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