BMC AMI DevX vs Gen comparison

BMC and Broadcom are both solutions in the Mainframe Application Development category. BMC is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.8, while Broadcom is ranked #2. BMC holds a 25.2% mindshare in MAD, compared to Broadcom’s 15.5% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

Gen and BMC AMI DevX are competing in the enterprise software market. BMC AMI DevX appears to have the upper hand due to its advanced features and comprehensive service.

Features: Gen offers robust integration, versatile development capabilities, and extensive lifecycle management. BMC AMI DevX provides specialized features for system operations, enhanced automation, and a broad feature set for competitive environments.

Room for Improvement: Gen could enhance user-friendly interfaces, offer more granular security features, and improve real-time analytics capabilities. BMC AMI DevX might focus on more straightforward customization, better integration with third-party tools, and more affordable pricing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BMC AMI DevX supports flexible deployment, backed by proactive customer engagement. Gen facilitates streamlined deployment with simple configurations, aligning with environments preferring minimal setup complexities.

Pricing and ROI: Gen is known for lower setup costs and balanced ROI with stable performance gains. BMC AMI DevX, despite higher setup costs, offers strong ROI through long-term gains thanks to its extensive feature set and scalability.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC AMI DevX

Ranking in Mainframe Application Development

1st

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), Test Data Management (4th), Mainframe Testing Tools (1st), Data Masking (3rd), AI Software Development (30th)

Gen

Ranking in Mainframe Application Development

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Mainframe Application Development category, the mindshare of BMC AMI DevX is 25.2%, down from 42.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Gen is 15.5%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Mainframe Application Development Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
BMC AMI DevX	25.2%
Gen	15.5%
Other	59.3%

Mainframe Application Development

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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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Ismo Remes

Consultant

Full packets enable software implementation on the mainframe and client sides

I rate it eight out of 10. It's just very powerful tool, very powerful product to use. Nowadays, there are a couple of mainframe companies, using mainframe products, so to be honest, I'm not recommending it. Of course, if you have mainframe and you have do something in the mainframe that’s different.

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

Pros

"ISPW is an excellent product; it does everything the developers need it to do, we were able to build it and customize it very simply as we became more familiar with how the system works during installation, and it doesn't need a lot of care and feeding once it's up and running."

"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."

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

"Once we got the configurations and deployment rolled out, it was very stable. I haven't had any major issues with Eclipse or the Topaz Workbench plugins."

"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."

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

"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."

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

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"CA Gen has provided us web development capability."

"If you want to be the first in market and you have a short time to generate, or to develop your application, and if you're looking for a platform that supports multiple frameworks, multiple platforms such as mainframe, Java, and .Net, or the others, you need a modelling tool, rather than a language or technology."

"Advantage Gen greatly enhanced productivity as well as development of solutions in mainframes, Client, and server applications."

"It has lived long beyond what people thought was its life expectancy as a product, largely because it is such a quality tool that people can't replace."

"Coding on CA Gen is easy."

"Full packets, enable you to develop software and systems using these packets, and implement software on the mainframe side and the client side. You can use the same packets, so it's very powerful."

"If you’re writing a simple barebones COBOL program, it may take 20-30 hours, but with a solution like this it can be done in around four hours."

"You can easily manage the code, and you can easily find other changes, other group changes, other models, other components."

Cons

"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'm waiting to see what 19.2 for Topaz looks like, but I have a problem with the JES Explorer right now. It limits you to a certain prefix for job names and there are some groups that have multiple prefixes that they'd like to see all at once in their job names, because of how they work in a group. And they can't see that in the JES Explorer."

"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."

"We have noticed that Topaz supported Eclipse environments are rather old. It would be nice if Topaz were compatible with the more current Eclipse releases."

"I find it more cumbersome to use Topaz."

"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 area for improvement is related to the testing tools that are available for unit testing or acceptance testing."

"BMC AMI DevX's logging in feature is not so great. Furthermore, the startup of BMC AMI DevX takes a long time to start up before it loads."

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"The weak side is, I cannot use the DB2 specifications, DB2 comments, easily."

"Personally, I think the tool has taken a turn for the worse."

"If I look into the native COBOL language it can be more efficient, and CA Gen adds what seems to be some unnecessary lines of code; it’s not an apples to apples comparison."

"The product needs to be well marketed, then adopted. I am not seeing many customers using the product."

"The world is changing, the technologies are changing - COOL:Gen needs to change as well."

"Nowadays, there are a couple of mainframe companies, using mainframe products, so to be honest, I'm not recommending it."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The price point is great."

"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."

"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."

"In general, Compuware tools are very competitive."

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Questions from the Community

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

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Also Known As

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

CA Gen

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

Gen is a cutting-edge tool designed to streamline operations for tech-savvy audiences, focusing on diverse industries to optimize performance efficiently. Specifically crafted with advanced functionalities, Gen offers a unique approach to digital solutions, enhancing task management and boosting productivity.

Tailored to meet the demands of knowledgeable users, Gen integrates seamlessly into existing workflows, providing a robust platform that supports dynamic operations. Its intuitive interface, powered by innovative technology, facilitates smooth task execution and cultivates an agile working environment. Gen's adaptability allows users to leverage its capabilities across different industry sectors, ensuring optimal results and high productivity. It combines precision with user-friendly design, catering to the techno-savvy professionals who seek efficiency and speed without compromising on quality.

What key features define Gen's capabilities?

Seamless integration: Easily integrates with current systems to streamline workflows.
Scalability: Adapts to business growth, handling increased demand efficiently.
Automation: Automates repetitive tasks, freeing up time for strategic initiatives.

What benefits can users expect when exploring Gen reviews?

Cost-effectiveness: Reduces operational costs through process optimization.
Improved productivity: Enhances team performance by streamlining task management.
Enhanced flexibility: Offers adaptable solutions tailored to specific industry needs.

In industries such as logistics, healthcare, and finance, Gen implementation translates to tailored processes that align resources with precise requirements, ensuring substantial gains in efficiency. Through its strategic design, Gen meets industry-specific standards, streamlining processes and enhancing output quality and speed.

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