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Adaptive Data Security Platform vs Broadcom Test Data Manager comparison

 

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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

Adaptive Data Security Plat...
Ranking in Data Masking
21st
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Access Management (23rd)
Broadcom Test Data Manager
Ranking in Data Masking
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Test Data Management (2nd), AI Synthetic Data (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Data Masking category, the mindshare of Adaptive Data Security Platform is 0.7%. The mindshare of Broadcom Test Data Manager is 6.9%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Masking Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom Test Data Manager6.9%
Adaptive Data Security Platform0.7%
Other92.4%
Data Masking
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2784480 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Early testing has provided real-time security insights but still needs stronger AI analytics
Adaptive Data Security Platform is rated seven out of ten. A seven rating was chosen for Adaptive Data Security Platform because it seems promising for the use cases, but it has not been used enough to know all the features. The advice to others looking into using Adaptive Data Security Platform is to test it out in a sandbox to make sure it meets their use case. The company does not have a business relationship with the vendor of Adaptive Data Security Platform other than being a customer. An incentive was offered for this review of Adaptive Data Security Platform. There are no additional thoughts about Adaptive Data Security Platform at this time.
Hosney Osman - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solution Architect at Vodafone
Offers great utility with synthetic data generation and reliable technical support
Overall, this can definitely be the advantage of the product, and I'm happy with these functionalities that Broadcom provides. I totally recommend any application working on the database layer directly and I don't recommend any applications from other external vendors to perform the same function. Oracle and PostgreSQL have similar applications and they both work directly in the database, reading directly from the database, transforming values in another table within the same database, making it easy to run. The solution is saving me time and money in general because this application saves money and a lot of effort. I can generate any amount of data from Broadcom Test Data Manager, which has a lot of information and equations regarding this task. It saves money because my testing team needs this data to create use cases tested on realistic data. Broadcom Test Data Manager adds great value to my organization, but I believe it can be afforded only in international, large-sized companies. It is not affordable for medium or small-sized organizations.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best features Adaptive Data Security Platform offers include real-time monitoring and AI-driven capabilities, which stand out."
"It doesn’t only cover our data masking needs, but also our data subsetting and synthetic data generation needs."
"Broadcom TDM's best feature is the self-service portal."
"Data privatization (GDPR enable), synthetic test data generation, and test data provisioning are its main interesting features."
"TDM allows us to find the right test data for the test that we need, and then it also allows us to get the required data inputs into our API test, so that we can do a full test."
"Test Data Management solution for our DevOps model, which is very useful, with data privatization (GDPR enable), synthetic test data generation, and test data provisioning as its main interesting features."
"Core features that we needed were synthetic data creation, and to be able to do complex data mining and profiling across multiple databases with referential integrity intact across them. CA's product actually came through with the highest score and met the most of our needs."
"In terms of performance testing, before TDM, preparing the data and data generation took a week for 20,000 sets of data, now, with TDM, it takes just one day, which is great."
"I like the integration a lot. We use the test matching feature and the ability to make and find data."
 

Cons

"A return on investment has not yet been seen with Adaptive Data Security Platform because it is unclear if it will even be used; it is still a very early phase."
"Broadcom TDM takes a long time to import documents, which wastes time that could be spent on other things."
"Needs a better fit and finish."
"I would say implementing test data management requires a lot of effort and time...Even if you have experienced people, it takes time."
"An increase in the types of programmatic capabilities could allow the tool to be more powerful."
"Product is quite stable but it has some functional bugs which are fixed as soon as they are reported to the support team."
"I rate it at seven out of 10 because of those three steps I have to go through."
"The relationship between cables needs to be added."
"A lot of research, data analysis, and work needs to be done on the source system in the tool which requires a data expert. This tool definitely requires a senior person to work on this issue, as it might be a challenge for a tester."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The tool's pricing is high."
"My company makes yearly payments toward the licensing costs. So, I consider the licensing costs to be expensive, especially considering what I have heard from my colleagues."
"The cost of this tool is pretty high... CA provides licenses for different utilities like masking but even if you break it up, the pricing is still high."
"Know all the data requirements before buying this product. There are a lot of features for this tool, which may or may not be useful to a particular company. Make sure of what your requirements for your data are."
"I would rate Broadcom TDM's pricing as four out of five."
"Part of the licensing is dependent on whether you want to use the portal. It's based on floating users. The other part is dependent on what type of system you are using. We are using mainframe, so we paid good money for a mainframe license."
"It can be scaled for as many licenses as the customer is willing to pay. It's kind of expensive."
"Mainly, we compete with the IBM team and Informatica, and if you compare the license cost, Broadcom is too flexible. Depending on the customer's budget, we suggest they buy only respective SKUs, and it's much cheaper compared to others because we have gone over multiple deals where pricing was never a factor in differentiating products."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
57%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
4%
University
4%
Financial Services Firm
31%
Insurance Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
5%
Comms Service Provider
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise30
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Adaptive Data Security Platform?
There are no thoughts on pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Adaptive Data Security Platform because the IT team handles that.
What needs improvement with Adaptive Data Security Platform?
Improvements in AI analytics and proactive security are hoped for once Adaptive Data Security Platform is fully implemented.
What is your primary use case for Adaptive Data Security Platform?
Adaptive Data Security Platform is used for testing possible infrastructure security. Adaptive Data Security Platform has only been running in test environments to evaluate products. Adaptive Data ...
What needs improvement with Broadcom Test Data Manager?
In terms of areas for improvement in Broadcom Test Data Manager specifically, I recognize that building the ERD diagram after connecting to the database is very difficult and requires improvement e...
What is your primary use case for Broadcom Test Data Manager?
When it comes to use cases for Broadcom Test Data Manager, clients may use it for data masking. From a service provider perspective, regarding the data masking, data subsetting, and data virtualiza...
What advice do you have for others considering Broadcom Test Data Manager?
If I were to rate their support from one to ten, I would give them a ten. Let's divide the question about Broadcom's standing compared to other vendors. If we talk about Oracle, PostgreSQL, or any ...
 

Also Known As

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CA Test Data Manager, DataMaker, DataFinder, Fast Data Masker, CA TDM
 

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Sample Customers

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Manheim, Arag
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