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BMC Remedy [EOL] vs Symantec Asset Management Suite 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 Remedy [EOL]
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Symantec Asset Management S...
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
IT Asset Management (20th), License Management (13th)
 

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.
PiyushKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Machine Learning Engineer at cmc
Long-term ticket management has become straightforward and supports efficient incident handling
The best feature of BMC Remedy is that you can easily understand all the features in it as they are not complicated. When you click on new incident, all the fields are self-explanatory regarding what is required to be put in the work details node section assigned to chrome. These are all pretty easy to understand, and nothing much training is required for a person to start working on BMC Remedy.
NR
Team Lead at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Plenty of features, stable, and scalable
The solution has not been updated in a while and parts appear to be outdated, such as the pictures. It is a reactive product in terms of development and features. They do not follow the market trends or have many innovations. I have found Symantec Asset Management Suite does not integrate well with Microsoft solutions, which in the corporate world is a large disadvantage. They are currently lagging behind Microsoft. The cloud version of this solution is not very convenient or comparable to other solutions, they need to improve it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"A process that used to take seven to ten days has now been reduced to half an hour."
"At run time, Automation Anywhere can let you know which line of code the bot is running and what it is doing. It is very clear."
"The application replaced about three employees for the OFAC verification processes, thus eliminating the need to hire more people for those tasks."
"One of the strengths of Automation Anywhere is its user-friendly interface, which makes it accessible even to those without a development background."
"There are more valuable features with the updated solution; now they have both the list view and the flow view, they have increased some features in terms of data types, they now have good usage of the data table and have added variable types, and it's convenient."
"We have seen more efficient processing and less number of errors due to quality control."
"I don't think one feature is more valuable than any other. In my opinion, the value is in the totality of the platform. It is easy to use for our developers with a well laid out UI and many canned tools. The Control Room is very easy to navigate and mostly intuitive to use."
"Automation Anywhere has saved us a lot of time."
"The customer support is great, maybe that's because I'm with a big client."
"The solution helps us manage, escalate, and solve incidents."
"It is a stable solution."
"It has some good features for tracking. They also have a cloud and a mobile access feature."
"BMC Remedy is very stable and scalable, making it a valuable tool for our support team."
"The toolset is mature, easily integrable with various technologies due to its maturity, and has great scalability."
"It had automation, orchestration, service level management, and event management. You could also integrate it for auto-remediation."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"Symantec Asset Management Suite has better features than some of its competitors, such as the Microsoft Configuration Manager."
 

Cons

"Autosuggestion of existing use cases based on the problem statement could use improvement."
"Integration with other platforms may prove to be very interesting for us and others."
"Sometimes, the files are getting corrupted and this causes us a lot of trouble."
"In the last two years, with the help of IQ Bot, and what I learned today about this Attended Automation 2.0, I think they are addressing vital key challenges that we have faced so far."
"Many clients use the Citrix environment but AA has very low functionality to automate a Citrix environment."
"Automation Anywhere can improve process mining."
"The only thing I see as room for improvement is that the number of products being offered in the product list are too many."
"The biggest challenge in attended automation, every time the agent has to log in to the control room and execute bot for most of the agents this is a time-consuming activity plus they are not tech-savvy."
"Integration and deployment could be better. It could be easier and faster to integrate and deploy. It would also help if we could have a 360-degree view. It would be better if they changed it to a SaaS type of offering, which is becoming the standard."
"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."
"There are issues from a product functionality perspective."
"The tool's GUI is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The desktop technicians face some challenges with the solution."
"The tool can be expensive for mid-market businesses, making it an area that can be considered for improvement by BMC Remedy."
"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."
"The solution must be flexible."
"The solution has not been updated in a while and parts appear to be outdated, such as the pictures. It is a reactive product in terms of development and features. They do not follow the market trends or have many innovations."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is one of the most affordable RPA solutions, and as for licensing, they offer a community edition that greatly helps anyone who aspires to learn about the product before buying the enterprise solution."
"I would rate the cost of Automation Anywhere as a six out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
"I think it's $5,500 per license."
"The pricing is reasonable and one can achieve ROI faster when compared to other tools."
"Automation Anywhere is competitive... Pega is somewhat comparable, but Pega also requires a lot more infrastructure and a lot more experience to get up and running."
"There are some additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees. There are a couple of add-ons we've looked at: The IQ Bot for OCR and machine-learning were add-ons, as well as the Bot Insights - the analytics."
"The price is very reasonable."
"The solution is quite expensive. Not every organization can consider this option."
"I find the pricing to be reasonable."
"BMC should decrease the pricing further."
"Pricing is expensive compared to lower-end solutions, but it's on par with ServiceNow."
"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."
"BMC Remedy is worth its price."
"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."
"The licensing model of BMC Remedy Asset Management should improve. It is expensive and it is difficult to understand."
"The pricing is on the expensive side."
"The price of the solution was reasonable a couple of years ago but now it is expensive."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Small Business162
Midsize Enterprise86
Large Enterprise566
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Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise21
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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 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 v...
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 ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Remedy Asset Management?
The price is reasonable. It is not easy to negotiate with BMC, but the value is reasonable.
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Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)
Remedy Asset Management
Symantec Altiris Asset Management Suite
 

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Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics
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Amway (China) Co. Ltd., Barnabas Health, Cabela's Inc., Carrington Holding Company, Comparex, ForceTEC Co. Ltd., Hillsborough County Public Schools, Hutchison Whampoa (China) Commerce Limited, Johnson County Community College, Molina Healthcare Inc., Office of the Senator for Education and Science, Pima Community College, TIVIT, Travelport
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