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BMC Remedy [EOL] vs CA Asset Portfolio Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 3, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

BMC Remedy [EOL]
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CA Asset Portfolio Management
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
IT Asset Management (14th), License Management (6th)
 

Featured Reviews

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System Administrator at Porto Editora
Digital platform provides stable and valuable support for technical staff
The digital place is very interesting for users, and Smart IT is a very good platform for our technical staff. BMC Remedy is very stable and operational, with users being highly accustomed to using it. It is very stable and scalable, making it a valuable tool for our support team.
reviewer1998918 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise systems management team lead
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 customer support is great, maybe that's because I'm with a big client."
"BMC Remedy Asset Management is pretty easy for quite a lot of functions."
"BMC Remedy is very stable and scalable, making it a valuable tool for our support team."
"It has some good features for tracking. They also have a cloud and a mobile access feature."
"Financial aspects, and handling of the life cycle."
"The discovery feature of BMC Remedy has been very valuable."
"This product is good because it allows us to receive proper responses to business emails anywhere and anytime. It helps in effective communication with employees. The solution is stable. The product is scalable. The initial setup is straightforward. I recommend BMC Remedy, especially for its automation capabilities."
"The toolset is mature, easily integrable with various technologies due to its maturity, and has great scalability."
"Cost, time, and risks that relate to auditing of compliance are greatly reduced with the use of IT asset manager."
"This product has added value to our organization by our increased ability to track assets, status, and lifecycle as well as being able to monitor assets when they are active."
"IT Asset manager is centralized inventory software for computer hardware and software asset of the organization."
"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."
"Our organization really has improved quite a lot since we've been using this product."
"When we chose the CA product, it was the best product for all the tasks we had to do."
"With the CA Asset Management tool, we have the ability to very quickly find our software compliance, so now, as an ongoing process, we know exactly where we stand with software and the opportunities that we have in our environment."
"It enables us to make better business and financial decisions."
 

Cons

"BMC Remedy Asset Management could improve by adding intuitive dashboards."
"There is room for improvement in integration with various platforms. The support services should be improved. The response time from the support team should be faster."
"The UI is quite outdated."
"There is room for improvement regarding the customization as it tends to lag in terms of flexibility, particularly in comparison to competitors."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support."
"The tool is very old."
"However, from a stability perspective, we sometimes had issues, like running out of resources, maxing out, database issues, and the server freezing out and functioning at fifty percent."
"I think the way the Software Asset Management is designed makes it kind of complicated."
"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 would like to see more control over audit trail features, where you can turn on and off fields."
"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."
"I would like to see more control over audit trail features, where you can turn on and off fields."
"It needs ​stronger rebooting components and the ability to develop our own software metrics."
"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 SAM is not a CA product. The vendor is Aspera and CA is the distributor, so support is difficult."
"It was much more complex than we were anticipating. Definitely a complex and very resource-involved setup."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I find the pricing to be reasonable."
"The tool is expensive."
"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 Remedy is worth its price."
"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."
"With the product, you can either go for a yearly or a perpetual licensing model."
"BMC no longer sells Remedy separately. They've transitioned to selling the BMC Helix platform. Remedy itself is nearing end-of-support."
"BMC should decrease the pricing further."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise8
 

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

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