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BMC TrueSight vs Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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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 TrueSight
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
30th
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
25th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (7th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (22nd), AIOps (14th)
Google Cloud's operations s...
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
31st
Ranking in Cloud Monitoring Software
18th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Log Management (23rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of BMC TrueSight is 1.7%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver) is 0.9%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BMC TrueSight1.7%
Google Cloud's operations suite (formerly Stackdriver)0.9%
Other97.4%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

NikhilKalwint - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Specialist at ServiceIO
Has improved monitoring efficiency and supports fast issue resolution through responsive support and reliable automation
I work with BMC TrueSight and have been using it for eight-plus years BMC TrueSight brought a positive impact and benefits to our organization. The customization part is one of the advantages of the product, along with the monitoring capabilities. Automated root cause analysis and predictive…
Anand_Patel - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Architect at T-Systems International GmbH
Offers reliable Ops Agent and logging transport feature with easy third-party integrations
As part of our company, we implemented several changes in our log analytics pattern, including the storage and procurement process. Earlier, before implementing the solution, our company was able to procure only one year of data, but later, we came to the three-year mark. Around 15-20% reduction has been witnessed in the total analytic consumption of our company. The aforementioned result was possible because the solution allowed the creation of a dashboard where factors like storage costs, proportion of logs, and logs presence in a storage bucket or Big Query can all be checked. Earlier all logs were stored in a raw storage, but currently our company is able to move logs in table bucket that contributes towards cost savings. It has default integration for all gcp services. recently managed Prometheus support gives more flexibility to organizations to remain connected with their current Prometheus setup. We leveraged integrated FinOps Hub for recommendations for our workloads and server configurations, helpd us lot in order to get maximum TCO.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It provides common administration, and a Single Sign-On Platform with RBAC, which eases the cross launch between multiple tools"
"I like the event management part."
"Having a good monitoring implementation has made a world of difference to our operations teams."
"It is a very stable product."
"What I like best about BMC TrueSight Operations Management is that it allows you to do granular monitoring and improves VM load."
"The solution is stable, we have not needed to speak to the vendor regarding any issues, it has been operating very well."
"BMC products are very good."
"It allows our operations team to have one single application to reference when investigating issues in our environment."
"The cloud login enables us to get our logs from the different platforms that we currently use."
"Google Stackdriver is all about activity."
"It has really been helpful in detecting, identifying, and troubleshooting issues with cloud services used in the organization."
"It has reduced the amount of time that we would take for troubleshooting."
"Google's technical support is very good."
"I would tell potential users that the current version is much nicer than the previous one."
"We find the solution to be stable."
"The features that I have found most valuable are its graphs - if I need any statistics, in Kubernetes or Kong level or VPN level, I can quickly get the reports."
 

Cons

"The dashboard and performance graphs should include a way to automatically schedule and export reports."
"The solution is based on endpoints and knowledge models which can get costly. Pricing is a little bit high so I rate it a six out of ten."
"BMC TrueSight Operations Management could improve the reporting."
"I would like them to improve the deep-dive details, tracing, and data agents in this product."
"The solution is a little obsolete."
"Cost is an issue with BMC TrueSight Operations Management."
"The knowledge modules could be more lightweight in size. At present, the installation packages can be quite large."
"BMC's online documentation is often incorrect or incomplete."
"Operations documentation could be a bit better. It took us some time to get up and running with it."
"It could be more stable."
"It could be even more automated."
"If I want to track any round-trip or breakdowns of my response times, I'm not able to get it. My request goes through various levels of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and comes back to my client machine. Suppose that my request has taken 10 seconds overall, so if I want to break it down, to see where the delay is happening within my architecture, I am not able to find that out using Stackdriver."
"Lacking sufficient operations documentation."
"The process of logging analytics can be improved"
"The product provides minimal metrics that are insufficient."
"The logging functionality could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of BMC TrueSight Operations Management is very high. If there was more flexibility with the sizing of the licensing it would be helpful, especially during the pandemic. We have wanted to expend but the licensing cost is too high."
"The only possible additional cost that I can mention, that you might not be aware of, is that it uses Oracle partitioning, if you use Oracle. There are Oracle partitioning fees that go with that."
"Pricing is very high."
"Annual licensing amount depends on the customers requirements. Support is an additional fee and there are options for three and five year support."
"There is a big upfront cost when you buy the license, then there is annual maintenance. We look at, if I bought a license and paid for maintenance for five years, then average it out, what would be my monthly cost. We have had some of the competing tools come in around four dollars. This is coming in as a premium, which is why I don't have it deployed as I would like it. Therefore, we're in negotiations right now. If I can get it down to the four dollar range, I will triple my deployment in a year and a half."
"We pay license fees of between $150 and $200 per asset. There is an enterprise software license fee, and then you pay a percentage for your maintenance, and then Premier Support. For example, if you buy a two-year license for the product, then the maintenance fee is added to that for two years at X percent a year. Then there's a small fee on top of that for Premier Support..."
"The solution is based on endpoints and knowledge models which can be costly."
"BMC TrueSight Operations Management is not on the cheaper side, but its pricing is on a case by case basis. Its licensing model is simple and based on the number of devices."
"We have a basic standard license without any additional costs."
"The cost could be lower."
"The cost of using Stackdriver depends on usage."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise24
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with BMC TrueSight Operations Management?
There are some complexities with deployment that could be improved in BMC TrueSight.
What is your primary use case for BMC TrueSight Operations Management?
I work with BMC TrueSight and have been using it for eight-plus years.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Stackdriver?
As Ops Suite, is a google product which effectively comes at zero setup cost, in order to manage your on-premises logs on onsite, it involves negligible cost for using ops agent and it also include...
 

Also Known As

ProactiveNet, TrueSight Operations Management
Google Stackdriver, Stackdriver, Stackdriver Monitoring, Stackdriver Logging, Google Cloud Monitoring
 

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Sample Customers

Ensono, Transamerica, Boston Scientific, Park Place Technologies, inContact, TD Ameritrade, PNC Bank
Uber, Batterii, Q42, Dovetail Games
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