BMC AMI DevX vs Coder comparison

BMC and Coder are both solutions in the AI Software Development category. BMC is ranked #30 with an average rating of 7.8, while Coder is ranked #27 with an average rating of 8.0. BMC holds a 0.3% mindshare in ASD, compared to Coder’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Coder users who would recommend it.

BMC AMI DevX

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92% willing to recommend

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981 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

BMC AMI DevX

Ranking in AI Software Development

30th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Configuration Management (1st), Debugging (2nd), Database Development and Management (11th), Mainframe Application Development (1st), Test Data Management (4th), Mainframe Testing Tools (1st), Data Masking (3rd)

Coder

Ranking in AI Software Development

27th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IDE (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the AI Software Development category, the mindshare of BMC AMI DevX is 0.3%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Coder is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

AI Software Development Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Coder	0.5%
BMC AMI DevX	0.3%
Other	99.2%

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Wisdom Mbiza

Product Engineer at Absa Group

Modern tools have boosted mainframe file extraction speed and simplified everyday workflows

I definitely think BMC AMI DevX could be improved or enhanced in terms of the logging in features. BMC AMI DevX's logging in feature is not so great. Whenever you try to log in, it always prompts you for passwords. Then when you have to switch sessions, because we usually have to switch between production and UAT, there's no quick way of switching between the two. Every time you try to switch, it prompts you to log in. Additionally, there's a pop-up that I always receive. When you click X on it, it doesn't disappear. Eventually, I just end up minimizing it. Furthermore, the startup of BMC AMI DevX takes a long time to start up before it loads. It doesn't just immediately start up and it's ready. It takes a good solid two to three minutes before it's ready so that you can work on it. BMC AMI DevX's logins and the other ones I can understand because security has to be there, but I do feel that once I've logged in, I shouldn't need to log in again. The startup problem is the annoying one because if I want to do something, I need to open it two or three minutes earlier to give it time to load up. The startup problem is the one that definitely needs to be addressed.

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Joseph Kaiser

Staff Infrastructure Engineer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

Centralized research workspace has streamlined GPU access and simplified remote collaboration

The best features Coder offers include easy integration into a remote environment that is accessible from everywhere, VS Code integrations, and AI integrations. The AI integrations I mentioned include various ways people access AI, such as using Cursor and Claude with various models. We have fairly extensive licensing as we are a biologics company, so the integration with Anthropic's Life Sciences has been wonderful as well as the integration with cloud workflow. Coder has positively impacted my organization by providing a central place for people to run their research and enabling us as administrators to focus on one aspect of researcher interactions with our clusters, so we do not have to provide much education or options for integrating their workflows into our clusters.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"For bank applications, DB2 is the best on the market."

"The most valuable feature of Topaz is Xpediter. It's more flexible than Xpediter through MVS."

"We can develop in parallel today on ISPF, but it's giving us the advantage of the newer interface into the mainframe programming languages that younger programmers can use and are familiar with, rather than using the ISPF green screen."

"We had parallel development before, but the way ISPW implements it is better. It has more control and oversight of the process, whereas before, it was like the Wild West. Everybody could have their own package with their own version of the component in it... ISPW is constantly aware of it. It notifies when someone else is using or has a different version of that component."

"It helps our staff work by speeding up their documentation process."

"One of the features that the developers like is that they can retrieve what they need with the tool. They don't have to go through some process or request something be done by another team. They can get the programs they need, compile them, retrieve the JCL and alter the JCL if they need to, and put these programs wherever they need to go for their testing."

"BMC AMI DevX helps me develop COBOL while juggling other responsibilities by bringing editing, debugging, job submissions, and code navigation into a single environment."

"I think the most valuable features are code management, code deployment, and code generation. The fact that those three features are included makes BMC Compuware ISPW a robust product. If one of those features was missing, it would be less robust and less interesting. But because it has those three features, it is a very good solution for code development and management."

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"Coder is a strong solution for developers who want a consistent cloud-based and repeatable development environment."

"Coder is very stable and incredibly reliable."

Cons

"Initial setup can be tricky in some cases."

"There are some features that are not well documented, so documentation could use a little help, on things like setting up deployment and which structures in the database correspond to which tables."

"I find it more cumbersome to use Topaz."

"We plan to replace BMC Compuware File-AID due to its price. Two years back, we paid 11,000 dollars. However, the current price is 27,900 dollars. The price has increased to at least eight times its initial cost. We would need to pay around 60,000 dollars to have all three products together. We also encountered issues during version updates."

"One thing I would really like to see some improvement on is the promotion diagnostic messages. It invokes utilities "under the covers" to copy components, and it does not echo back any of the error messages from those utilities."

"The ISPW plugin could be improved to add some functionality which is already in ISPF panels and not in the plugin."

"It's a very complicated tool."

"DB2 is a hard tool to grasp. It's hard for users to learn how to use it. It's not easy to see how it works."

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"Coder can be improved by making setup easier for users who are not very experienced with infrastructure or Terraform style."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"In general, Compuware tools are very competitive."

"The price point is great."

"In terms of pricing, there isn't an extra charge for the parts of it we use. It comes with the licenses we purchased for other products, so no complaints there. The licensing is built in with the other products that you purchase from Compuware."

"It has saved our developers time and effort when working on documentation, which is now more readable and fluent."

"The only thing I would mention related to the licensing and/or the pricing, is that they have some visualization features in there that are licensed by concurrent users. We're starting to trip up on that. We're looking to probably increase the number of concurrent licenses that we have. But those types of licensing strategies, where they license by concurrent users or the number of seats is confusing for some people. They don't understand why it works sometimes and doesn't work other times."

"I like the seat-based licensing much more than MSU-based licensing, and that the cost has been competitive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

31%

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

23%

Construction Company

21%

Outsourcing Company

11%

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	19

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Compuware Topaz Enterprise Data?

My understanding is that BMC AMI DevX is an enterprise product with custom licensing, so pricing is typically negotiated based on factors such as the modules purchased, organization size, and usage...

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What needs improvement with BMC AMI DevX?

BMC AMI DevX is a strong platform, but there are a few areas where it could improve, such as simplifying the initial installation and configuration, especially for first-time users. It could also i...

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What is your primary use case for BMC AMI DevX?

My main use case for BMC AMI DevX is to work with COBOL and JCL development on IBM. I mainly use it for editing, browsing data sets, submitting jobs, and debugging applications. I appreciate the Ec...

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What needs improvement with Coder?

Coder can be improved by making setup easier for users who are not very experienced with infrastructure or Terraform style. The first setup can require technical knowledge. Better guided setup with...

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What is your primary use case for Coder?

My main use case for Coder is creating consistent remote development environments. I use it to prepare a workspace with tools like Git, Docker, Python, and Node.js, as well as automation testing. I...

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What advice do you have for others considering Coder?

My advice is to invest time in building good workspace templates from the beginning. The real value of Coder comes when your environments are standardized and repeatable. I would also recommend mon...

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Also Known As

File-AID, Data for Db2, Code Debug, Data Studio, Workbench for Eclipse, Code Pipeline

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Overview

BMC AMI DevX is a mainframe DevOps platform for IBM Z environments that helps development and platform engineering teams increase release velocity, reduce change risk, and build a sustainable mainframe developer workforce.

Whether the priority is attracting the next generation of mainframe talent, safely evolving decades of business-critical code, accelerating release velocity, or demonstrating development ROI to leadership — BMC AMI DevX is designed to address all on a single platform. Teams can connect existing tools and adopt capabilities incrementally using an open-borders integration approach.

A 2025 Forrester Total Economic Impact study found that customers using BMC AMI DevX onboarded developers 50% faster, completed code changes 33% faster, increased release frequency by 50%, and reduced change failure rate by 33%.

Key capabilities:

Modern IDE integration (VS Code, Eclipse) with a unified development environment that reduces context switching
AI-powered code analysis including dependency mapping, impact analysis, and runtime execution path visualization
Automated unit, functional, integration, and performance testing with code coverage analysis
Git-compatible CI/CD integration with event-driven webhooks and an open plug-in library
DORA metrics and DevOps KPI tracking with AI/ML anomaly detection across the mainframe SDLC

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Coder is a robust platform designed to streamline development processes by providing secure, scalable, and efficient coding environments for software professionals.

Designed for developers requiring remote and collaborative coding capabilities, Coder's platform supports increased productivity and reduced setup times through its cloud-centric approach. By providing isolated coding environments, it ensures projects remain secure and compliant. Developers benefit from a scalable resource allocation, accelerating large-scale application development with efficiency. Organizations can seamlessly integrate Coder with existing workflows, enabling teams to leverage optimized tools without compromising security.

What are the key features of Coder?

Cloud Workspaces: Provides instant access to customized, remote coding environments.
Seamless Integration: Easily integrates with major development tools and cloud services.
Enhanced Security: Offers isolated environments to maintain the integrity of projects.
Scalable Infrastructure: Adjusts resources according to project demands.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Increased Productivity: Users often notice quicker setup and reduced downtime.
Cost Efficiency: Reviews highlight lower infrastructure management costs.
Flexibility: Efficiency in adapting to project-specific needs.
Secure Collaboration: Allows for safe and compliant team collaboration.

In industries like finance and healthcare, Coder is implemented to ensure data integrity while enabling remote work. Technology firms employ Coder to enhance workflow integration and boost project turnaround, making it ideal for sectors prioritizing speed and security.

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Sample Customers

NRB, Iberdrola, Consorzio Servizi Bancari

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