BMC AMI DevX vs Endevor comparison

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BMC and Broadcom are both solutions in the Software Configuration Management category. BMC is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2, while Broadcom is ranked #3. BMC holds a 8.1% mindshare in SCM, compared to Broadcom’s 12.1% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

BMC AMI DevX

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

Endevor and BMC AMI DevX are competing enterprise software management tools for enhancing mainframe operations. BMC AMI DevX appears to have the upper hand with advanced features that justify its cost.

Features: Endevor offers comprehensive version control, robust integration capabilities, and automated build processes suitable for complex environments. BMC AMI DevX excels with advanced debugging tools, real-time monitoring, and extensive automation, with specialized functionalities for intricate system management.

Room for Improvement: Endevor could benefit from an improved footprint checking process, reduced time consumption for support responses, and enhancements in its csv utility and reporting. BMC AMI DevX might enhance user-friendliness, reduce its learning curve for less experienced users, and incorporate more seamless updates to match evolving enterprise demands.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Endevor provides a streamlined deployment model and responsive customer service, easing implementation. BMC AMI DevX, supported by extensive documentation and personalized support, smoothens deployment for larger enterprises with its proactive support model and detailed guidance.

Pricing and ROI: Endevor's competitive setup cost attracts budget-conscious buyers and delivers ROI by streamlining workflows. BMC AMI DevX, though costlier upfront, offers significant ROI through enhanced productivity and reduced downtime, balancing its high initial cost with potential long-term gains in operational efficiency.

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BMC AMI DevX vs. Endevor

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Categories and Ranking

BMC AMI DevX

Ranking in Software Configuration Management

1st

Ranking in Mainframe Application Development

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Debugging (3rd), Database Development and Management (9th), Test Data Management (2nd), Mainframe Testing Tools (1st), Data Masking (3rd), AI Software Development (23rd)

Endevor

Ranking in Software Configuration Management

3rd

Ranking in Mainframe Application Development

3rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of BMC AMI DevX is 8.1%, down from 19.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Endevor is 12.1%, down from 23.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Software Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
BMC AMI DevX	8.1%
Endevor	12.1%
Other	79.8%

Software Configuration Management

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Mitanshu Shrimali

System Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Modern workflows have accelerated mainframe delivery and simplify understanding legacy code

BMC AMI DevX can be improved primarily by streamlining initial configuration and installation, simplifying advanced documentation, and enhancing UI/UX feature discoverability. While the platform successfully bridges modern IDEs such as VS Code with z/OS, user feedback highlights the need for simplifying setup and onboarding configuration. The initial installation and login process can be simplified. Although it feels complex initially, once completed, there is nothing to do with installation repeatedly since it is a one-time process. However, it is still somewhat complex. Basic tutorials are available that address teams implementing the configuration of multi-vendor tools and integration, but documentation gaps exist that frequently force heavy reliance on vendor support. Additionally, certain components across the workspace and diagnostic tools retain a legacy feel or hide powerful features behind deep menus, so UI/UX features can be simplified. Integrating with non-BMC enterprise testing or new CI/CD orchestrators can require custom engineering rather than native plug-and-play connectors. Optimizing large-scale performance is also important, as heavy resource consumption during deep runtime analysis for large-scale code mapping can impact performance over slower network connections for extremely dense application modules.

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RobertMartin3

Production Supervisor Technical at Ontario Power Generation

Asset dashboards have created slow, rigid workflows and have limited effective life cycle tracking

The single dashboards do not help my team or the company as a whole. I feel the dashboards are not helpful because the search features are not customizable. The software is web-based and the server is extremely slow. To improve Endevor, its cloud or web-based server capabilities should be increased so that the software is faster. The ability to customize reports should be increased.

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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

"I think BMC AMI DevX has provided overall benefits and a positive impact because I've seen a lot of developers, not just the new developers, but even the old developers who have used the green screen their entire life, also developing with BMC AMI DevX and migrating into the newer screen."

"The visual ability to see potential downstream impacts to changes being made assists our developers in understanding the impact associated with their change."

"With BMC AMI DevX, developers commit the code to Git, CI/CD pipelines are automated to build the application, run code quality checks, execute unit testing, and AI-assisted tools help explain legacy code and identify potential issues so automated deployment can push changes through dev, test, and prod for faster releases, fewer manual errors, and easier onboarding for developers unfamiliar with legacy mainframe code."

"Topaz workbench is one of the most integrated into Eclipse that I've seen from the mainframe vendors."

"I can quantify it as being ten times better than the prior tool, making this a much nicer and more polished version."

"As far as the software vendors that I work with go, Compuware has some of the best support, in terms of listening to customer requests and accepting enhancements to the product and the like."

"It does our CICS NEWCOPYs and our Db2 binds for us, whereas before, that was a manual process. It takes a lot of the workload off of the operations folks and off the DBAs."

"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."

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"Stability has been really good. I have actually never had to open an issue or report an issue since I have been running it."

"It makes production changes much easier to implement, and to recover if there are problems."

"Resilience capacity for mainframe applications Self-installation z/OS workflow Informative content to save a rich source of events, such as a movie of the real evolution of our IS"

"Endevor is easy to use."

"I think it's the best SCM I've used and would definitely recommend it."

"The development team support, all the customers around the world, and myself: We are one big Endevor family."

"It has ensured that we can prove that what someone put into production is exactly what's in there, and it puts all our source in one product so we know where to go to gather all our source code and which source is associated with which executable."

"The source integrity is the most valuable feature."

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Cons

"Technical support has gotten better over the years, though there's always room for improvement."

"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."

"The solution could be improved by being better integrated with the open world. In the next release, I would like to have the ability to work in an open environment whilst remaining integrated with the legacy environment."

"Better discussions to identify inventory prior to the start of any migration would be helpful for potential clients that have applications with code that is not modified often."

"The area for improvement is related to the testing tools that are available for unit testing or acceptance testing. I know they have some out there that we are not licensed for at this time, but it seems like some of the Eclipse tools that are used for other programming languages, they're all just built-in and they're a little more intuitive to the developers. Making those testing tools as intuitive as possible, and as integrated as possible into the workbench, would be really beneficial."

"When you're setting up the parameters for how ISPW will work in your shop, there are a lot of questions that have to be answered... BMC Compuware should have more in-depth explanations about what the choices in each question mean. If you pick A, what does that mean has to happen? What does that impact? If you pick B, what does that mean? What does that impact?"

"One improvement I would appreciate is stronger integration between DevX debugging and other troubleshooting information, such as JCL, job output, abend details, and application logs, all in one place."

"I find it more cumbersome to use Topaz."

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"The main challenges are its limited interface and the complexity of the customization."

"The customer service and support team are not helpful and they're slow to respond."

"Sometimes finding errors and output can be difficult because it spits out so many messages that it is hard to figure out which ones are the ones you need to look at and what flow did it actually take through the processor is what they call them."

"They need to ditch the Eclipse plugin and just make the development environment for Z the standard Eclipse interface."

"It's not a perfect solution."

"I would rate it a solid eight out of 10, because it is stable, it serves the need that we have now. However, I don't know if it's serving where we are going with the Agile."

"Needs more audit capability when it comes to changes to settings that are made by administrators, as many of these are done through the panels and are therefore not logged as an action against a configuration item."

"There are a lot of screens in it. The process for moving out my other solutions, it could be more convenient. There are a lot of steps to go through and a lot of screens to go through to get it accomplished."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"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."

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

"The price point is great."

"In general, Compuware tools are very competitive."

"Licensing is fairly simple, you don't need multiple licenses."

"It's competitively priced and, as far as I know, it's just an enterprise license. We have found it is worth the money."

"The product is expensive."

"It's worth the value. The pricing is fairly good, justifiable for the return on investment."

"Just make sure if you are going to license, ensure you license the right features."

"The solution is very expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

25%

Outsourcing Company

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

22%

Outsourcing Company

Insurance Company

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	30

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	40

Questions from the Community

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

I do not have direct information about the setup cost and pricing and licensing. From the implementation perspective, I think the initial configuration can require some effort to align the product ...

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What needs improvement with BMC AMI DevX?

I would suggest making the initial installation and configuration simpler, especially for new users. The login and startup experience could also be improved by reducing repeated login prompts and t...

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What is your primary use case for BMC AMI DevX?

BMC AMI DevX is used primarily for mainframe application development and troubleshooting, particularly for COBOL and JCL. I use it to edit and navigate code, browse datasets, and submit jobs, and a...

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What needs improvement with Endevor?

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What is your primary use case for Endevor?

My main use case for Endevor is asset management. For asset management, we use Engage software for life cycle management, eHealth, and eStrategy.

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What advice do you have for others considering Endevor?

My advice to others looking into using Endevor is that if you are a nuclear electrical utility, the software is likely well-suited, but if you are any other utility, the software is poorly suited f...

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Endevor

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Also Known As

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

CA Endevor Software Change Manager, Endevor Software Change Manager, CA Software Change Manager for Mainframe, CA Endevor SCM

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

BMC

Endevor provides automatic build processes, history logging, source code management, and integration for agile development. It focuses on lifecycle management, catering to code security and traceability with flexibility and scalability.

Endevor is designed for mainframe environments, offering features like version control, automated compilation, and code integrity. Its integration capabilities facilitate development transitions from development to production, ensuring auditing, security, and synchronization. The flexibility it provides accommodates changing technologies, supporting a wide range of application lifecycle processes. While it excels in many areas, some aspects, such as integration with open systems and the modernization of ISPF and Eclipse Plugin, require enhancements.

What are the key features of Endevor?

Automatic Build Processes: Streamlines code compilation and validation.
History Logging: Maintains comprehensive change records.
Source Code Management: Ensures security with strict controls.
Integration for Agile Development: Enhances collaboration and efficiency.
Application Lifecycle Management: Includes approval gates and audit trails.

What benefits do users seek in reviews?

Customization: Supports bespoke needs and growing platforms.
Ease of Use: Simplifies complex development processes.
Scalability: Adapts to enterprise demands and workload increases.
Error Reduction: Standardized approaches minimize mistakes.
Flexibility: Accommodates evolving technology standards.

Industries traditionally utilize Endevor for structured mainframe code management, ensuring consistency and reliability in software lifecycles. It's used to transition code through phases like development and QA, intensively managed to retain code stability and security, key for sectors reliant on large-scale legacy system operations.

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Sample Customers

NRB, Iberdrola, Consorzio Servizi Bancari

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