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BMC Remedy vs CA Asset Portfolio Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 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 Remedy
Ranking in IT Asset Management
5th
Ranking in License Management
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CA Asset Portfolio Management
Ranking in IT Asset Management
24th
Ranking in License Management
13th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of BMC Remedy is 5.2%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CA Asset Portfolio Management is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
IT Asset Management
 

Featured Reviews

ArbenKlaiqi - PeerSpot reviewer
Impact modeling boosts service mapping efficiency with great technical support
The biggest benefit in my area is impact modeling. Impact modeling helps to map a service that has different applications in it, with those applications having interdependencies with each other. When changes, incidents, problems, and so on occur, it will show exactly where the issue is, helping you to find the root cause much faster. This helps all organizations reduce their mean time to resolution.
reviewer1998918 - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrates well, highly stable, and scalable
CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve the uploading of batch information. I have to upload large amounts of information and it can take a long time to finish. There are some other solutions that are better, such as Micro Focus. We have approximately 10,000 PCs that we are busy processing and we have to upload information to them but when we use this solution it is complex. When we use Micro Focus it is better.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The incident management console is available out of the box."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The solution helps us manage, escalate, and solve incidents."
"The solution is extremely user-friendly."
"It will simplify handling tasks by providing shortcuts and automating the generation of requests and tickets, including their categorization."
"It is a stable solution."
"It has a good peer sharing module."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"Reduces software cost. Reduces the risk of software audits."
"My organization now understands what type of products they have: warranties, how long the warranties last, depreciation. We never really knew what our depreciation values were, so it was really nice to have that on hand as well. It gives us a better view of our hardware, which is really beneficial."
"Being able to determine the licensing position for existing vendors and future vendors. Also, visibility into our environment,"
"Enables me to know where an asset is at any point during its lifecycle: How old it is, who it belongs to, and where it's at within that lifecycle."
"They're staying up to date as vendors make changes to how they want to manage the software. CA is usually really quick about getting those updates in the system."
"The most valuable feature of CA Asset Portfolio Management is the full integration with our Service Desk. It allows us to work both sides of life cycle management."
"It's easy to integrate with our system information."
"You could also look for software that is no longer being used and you can re-deploy the software, so then you save from a purchasing standpoint because you don't have to buy the software again."
 

Cons

"BMC Remedy could be improved by incorporating analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) modules."
"I would like to have more customized reporting because the management team loves customized reports with graphs."
"The desktop technicians face some challenges with the solution."
"Continuous improvement is recommended."
"There is room for improvement regarding the customization as it tends to lag in terms of flexibility, particularly in comparison to competitors."
"One area that requires improvement is the prevention of duplicates or data inconsistencies in the system."
"Areas for improvement include lack of vision, lack of industry-specific solutions, limited workflows compared to ServiceNow, and being restricted to a purely IT perspective, which limits their addressable market."
"BMC Remedy Asset Management could improve by adding intuitive dashboards."
"There were a lot of things that we had to prepare for that we weren't thinking about with this installation. I think from a CA standpoint, the software was good. But us preparing for that, we had a lot more work to do."
"CA SAM is not a CA product. The vendor is Aspera and CA is the distributor, so support is difficult. It's more difficult to get a good response."
"I'd like to see end-of-life information on software products."
"I'd like to see more mobile. I'd like to have it actually manage mobile devices. It really doesn't, and I'd like to have a mobile application just for asset management."
"Needs a stronger reporting component, and more integration with CA Client Automation."
"The UI, even though they upgraded the UI, it's still kind of dated, it's a little bit convoluted to use. It's not like something that you can sit down and automatically understand how to use it."
"CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve the uploading of batch information. I have to upload large amounts of information and it can take a long time to finish. There are some other solutions that are better, such as Micro Focus."
"It needs ​stronger rebooting components and the ability to develop our own software metrics."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"BMC should decrease the pricing further."
"The tool is expensive."
"The pricing is on the expensive side."
"Pricing is expensive compared to lower-end solutions, but it's on par with ServiceNow."
"The product is costly. On one to ten points, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the product's price as nine."
"BMC no longer sells Remedy separately. They've transitioned to selling the BMC Helix platform. Remedy itself is nearing end-of-support."
"With the product, you can either go for a yearly or a perpetual licensing model."
"The pricing is in-between. It's not too cheap, and it's not too expensive. For a large organization, it's worth it. But for a smaller one, it might be a bit costly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
11%
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with BMC Remedy Asset Management?
If we migrate to the cloud, the Software as a Service version's price is very high. The return on investment is very small in our case. We want integration with Microsoft Teams ( /products/microsof...
What is your primary use case for BMC Remedy Asset Management?
BMC Remedy ( /products/bmc-remedy-18153-reviews ) is very important in our IT service management processes. I use it for support with around 38 technical staff and 1,400 people.
What do you like most about BMC Remedy Asset Management?
The service management features are beneficial – very good.
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Also Known As

Remedy Asset Management
CA IT Asset Manager, CA Asset Manager, ITAM, IT Asset Manager, CA SAM, CA Software Asset Manager, Asset Portfolio Management, Asset Portfolio Manager
 

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Sample Customers

Scripps Networks
First Horizon National Corporation, Logicalis, Racing and Wagering Western Australia
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