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BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management vs Cherwell Service Management [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Automation Anywhere
Sponsored
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
669
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (2nd), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (2nd), Process Mining (1st), Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (1st), Agentic Automation (1st), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (2nd), AI Legal & Compliance (1st), AI Finance & Accounting (2nd), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (1st)
BMC Helix Enterprise Servic...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
IT Service Management (ITSM) (4th)
Cherwell Service Management...
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Nadeem K. - PeerSpot reviewer
Rpa Developer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Automation has freed teams from repetitive finance and supply tasks and supports global operations
In the current organization, we had trouble initially because I think the documentation and support could be better than what it is now. This is one difference between Automation Anywhere and other RPA tools such as UiPath. In UiPath, if you have an issue, you go to the UiPath website and search for it, and you get lots of help materials. In Automation Anywhere, you do not get exactly what you are looking for. You get a very large number of results when you search for something, and from this large result set, you have to filter out what you need, or only partial information will be available. User handbooks are available for each product. In that regard, I would say Automation Anywhere is lagging compared to other RPA tools. It is difficult to get hold of their customer support team. I want to clarify that it is not a matter of us building logic on Automation Anywhere and it failing. When it is a product-related issue, they have to give us support because we only know how to develop within Automation Anywhere. We do not know how to fix Automation Anywhere itself. Whenever we have an issue, trying to get in touch with them always takes three to four business days.
EF
Digital Workplace Platform Engineer at Amaris
Data‑driven service dashboards have improved incident response and now support proactive operations
Regarding areas for improvement and challenges, complexity and learning curve are significant considerations. The platform is highly configurable, but this also means a steep learning curve, especially for administrators and new users. Proper training is essential. The initial setup and customization efforts for implementing workflows, dashboards, and integration can be consuming without clear process definitions. There is a risk of over-customization. The user interface has improved over time, but some areas of the platform are still not fully consistent, which can initially impact user adoption. We also encounter limitations with report customization; while dashboards are highly advanced and customizable, creating reports sometimes requires additional efforts and external tools.
Thobile Moeketsi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Sasria SOC Ltd.
Having everything in one location has significantly improved our efficiency and reporting
We need to be on VPN in order to set up and access the solution, and that has created some challenges. Even though it uses our Windows login, we still have to be on VPN. The product should be able to log tickets directly from system to system. We haven't got there yet and I'm not sure it's possible but it would determine the product's capability to integrate with other systems.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Automation Anywhere is easy to use and user-friendly due to its intuitive interface and straightforward implementation architecture, making it accessible even for those without a technical background."
"I have worked on other RPA tools but this is more logical and easy to use."
"In my day-to-day applications, I can integrate Automation Copilot easily as I can embed it within Workday, BambooHR, and Salesforce, allowing business users easy access to Automation Anywhere without logging into multiple applications, thus saving 85 to 90% of the time."
"Before, there was about four to five resources to extract it, now, with automation, this has helped us reduce the time to two to three minutes, then the work will be done."
"We've noticed time savings of up to 40 minutes, based on wait time and verification delays."
"We are using it to backfill a lot of our resources who are retiring, so we are hiring less people as we go."
"My impression of the impact on visibility in the automation lifecycle is that we help to standardize the process and become more productive in those activities and visibility."
"The most valuable feature is the object cloning."
"BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management has really shaped Mahle, my last company, and their IT operations support system in a very formal way."
"BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management is truly an enterprise-class product that assists global enterprises in day-to-day incident, change, and problem management, improving workforce productivity while being scalable and resilient, supporting all multi-cloud infrastructure platforms."
"In my experience so far, the best features BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management offers are its ease of implementation and user-friendliness."
"BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management has positively impacted my organization by helping us maintain a good relationship with end users."
"It fits for purpose."
"The support of BMC is generally good and better compared to some competitors."
"We had fewer breaches, ninety-nine percent service uptime, and all these features were very good."
"I have seen changes in response time, efficiency, and user satisfaction since I started using BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management."
"Its integration features, orchestration features, and discovery tools are the most valuable. It is also pretty stable, and it can be as scalable as you want."
"The dashboard is very useful to get a quick overview of current tasks."
"All our activities are carried out in the one place."
"The best feature is the ability to create functional dashboards, where the IT manager can interact with its data through the dashboard using the drill down feature."
"The most valuable features are problem management and change management."
"Clear processes with transparent responsibilities led to more efficiencies within the teams."
"The dashboard and the reporting functionality are the solution's most valuable features."
"We use the solution every day and quite extensively."
 

Cons

"As a developer, I find Automation Anywhere's bot editor riddled with minor workflow issues that hinder productivity."
"For future prospects, this tool should 80 percent deal with neural networks, deep learning, and artificial intelligence and that has to be integrated a lot. As these are future skills, these integrations will help us take the tool to take to the next level."
"Reporting could be better because there is a little bit of overkill in getting information about the utilization of the bot license. This could be a little bit improved."
"The integration in UiPath is much better. Automation Anywhere's latest version has improved. It's fine but not as good as UiPath."
"We looked at the Bot Store initially and didn't find much."
"Accuracy to process handwritten documents should be improved and more analytics and intelligence-related capabilities should be added."
"More and more innovation is going on, and they'll have to keep adding features to keep up with the market. They have generative AI on their platform, but that's a new part. They are working on it. It's not 100 percent foolproof, but eventually it will get better. They need to work on their AI capabilities."
"They have incorporated many latest technologies, such as AI, and there is always scope to improve the processes and have more stability."
"The main problem that I found is that once we receive the incident, we cannot change it to a work order. That is not possible at all in BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management."
"Regarding areas for improvement and challenges, complexity and learning curve are significant considerations."
"BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management is powerful, but there are areas where I think it could be improved, such as user interface simplification, faster AI learning, and context awareness."
"<p>In terms of improvements for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management, I have observed that some processes within the GUI are slightly quirky, leading to freezes occasionally.</p>"
"Regarding my main use case or how BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management works with cloud environments, I believe it needs more interoperability and integration with data platforms such as Salesforce, Snowflake, and Databricks, which requires improvement."
"BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management could use improvements on the dashboard; having a ready-to-use dashboard that just needs asset information instead of building one from scratch would be helpful."
"Still, there are some limitations, especially related to the Arabic language, especially for the Middle East."
"There are several areas where BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management could be improved. Currently, ServiceNow has an edge when it comes to the ease of discovering Configuration Items (CIs)."
"The support from the actual manufacturer is poor."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The stability, specifically in the on-premises deployment model, could be improved."
"Agile delivery should be supported."
"Areas for improvement would be the service catalog and customer catalog, which is not very user-friendly. The shopping cart experience is also terrible - you submit and go straight to the cart, you can't continue shopping or see your overall cost."
"We need to be on VPN in order to set up and access the solution, and that has created some challenges."
"They need to improve their mobile interface, as well as features regarding the extension of the mobile access to the end user."
"Application service mapping, GRC, SecOps, and things like that need improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Subscription for Automation Anywhere (AA) is paid yearly."
"UiPath is exceptionally more expensive than Automation Anywhere. UiPath is far ahead of its competition, but in terms of finances, Automation Anywhere offers better value and is more effective for organizations seeking cost-effective solutions."
"Initially, they charged a premium, but now the rest of the vendors have increased their overall pricing and Automation Anywhere is not that high at this time. It's pretty viable."
"The setup cost depends on multiple factors, so you need to get details before choosing."
"It is not too expensive, but there are many tools available in the market that can provide the same functionality at a cheaper price."
"If I compare it with Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere is cheaper. Blue Prism is very costly. Automation Anywhere's pricing follows the market, not less and not more."
"It's justified because we have saved quite a bit of money at the company and many manual hours. Overall, it justifies the cost."
"The product starts at $10,000 and then it's up to you regarding how much you can consume."
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"For an ITIL user, the cost is probably about 50 bucks a month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Comms Service Provider
11%
University
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business162
Midsize Enterprise86
Large Enterprise566
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
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Questions from the Community

How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is ver...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applic...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management?
Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management, I find it reasonable. It wa...
What needs improvement with BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management?
In terms of improvements for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management, I have observed that some processes within the ...
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My main use case for BMC Helix Enterprise Service Management involves handling hundreds of jobs that are scheduled da...
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Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)
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Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics
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