BMC AMI DevX vs Qlik Gold Client comparison

BMC and Qlik are both solutions in the Test Data Management category. BMC is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.7, while Qlik is ranked #10. BMC holds a 10.3% mindshare in TDM, compared to Qlik’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Qlik users who would recommend it.

BMC AMI DevX

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100% willing to recommend

BMC AMI DevX

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 14, 2025

BMC AMI DevX and Qlik Gold Client compete in enterprise software. Qlik Gold Client is favored for feature-richness, while BMC AMI DevX is preferred for pricing and support.

Features: BMC AMI DevX is notable for its mainframe application development, DevOps automation, and efficient mainframe environment support. Qlik Gold Client stands out with data management, data replication, and capabilities ensuring data integrity and seamless transfer.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:BMC AMI DevX offers streamlined deployment and effective customer service, facilitating easier integration and troubleshooting. Qlik Gold Client provides strong customer support but has a more complex deployment process.

Pricing and ROI: BMC AMI DevX is competitively priced with lower initial setup costs, offering a strong ROI for budget-conscious organizations. Qlik Gold Client, with higher setup costs, offers extensive features leading to potentially higher long-term ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC AMI DevX

Ranking in Test Data Management

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Configuration Management (1st), Debugging (9th), Database Development and Management (20th), Mainframe Application Development (1st), Mainframe Testing Tools (1st), Data Masking (7th)

Qlik Gold Client

Ranking in Test Data Management

10th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Test Data Management category, the mindshare of BMC AMI DevX is 10.3%, up from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qlik Gold Client is 2.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Test Data Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
BMC AMI DevX	10.3%
Qlik Gold Client	2.4%
Other	87.3%

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Brian Westerman

Director of R&D at Syzygy Inc.

Helps to make mainframe data management process easier and saves manhours

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.

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reviewer2010738

Senior Manager, Customer Life Cycle Management Specialist at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Effective and easy to use but performance lags with large data sets

Our company has fifty users who conduct analytics for many use cases. The solution is effective and easy to use in comparison to other products that require some technical knowledge. Performance is sometimes affected when loading millions of data records. The PC or VMware sometimes takes too…

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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

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

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

"Test data management capabilities are good."

"It's a modernized development portal and helps reduce the learning curve for younger people coming in to work on the platform,"

"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."

"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."

"BMC Data Management improved our data recovery process by simplifying it."

"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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"The solution is effective and easy to use."

Cons

"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."

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

"One area for improvement with this product could be in providing clearer guidance and tools for disaster recovery planning and execution."

"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."

"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."

"It's not as intuitive as it should be. In terms of navigation, there is a large training curve for using it. For a millennial it might be better, if they're used to Eclipse. But coming from a non-Eclipse environment and using Eclipse, though I have experience with Eclipse, it might be cumbersome."

"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?"

"It would be nice to have an audit trail to see what mainframe developers are using what."

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"Performance is sometimes affected when loading millions of data records."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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."

"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."

"The price point is great."

"The price is a bit high."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

34%

Insurance Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Large Enterprise	16

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Questions from the Community

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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 comprehensive solution enhancing code management and testing efficiency. It offers debugging capabilities within financial applications and integrates data management seamlessly, serving major banking sectors with reliable performance.

AMI DevX is tailored for banking industries, optimizing application debugging in COBOL and enhancing data handling in robust financial systems. It simplifies mainframe data management with real-time insights, improving efficiency through editing and cloning functionalities. The tool's integration with Compuware File-AID for IMS and DB2 ensures streamlined development processes. Challenges include a steep DB2 learning curve and initial setup complexities, with technical support inconsistencies and steep pricing impacting affordability. Despite this, its valuable features significantly support large banking operations.

What features make BMC AMI DevX valuable?

Line-by-Line Code Debugging: Allows precise identification and rectification of issues.
Variable Change & Line Skipping: Flexibility in testing without recompiling.
Database-Independent Testing: No need for loading databases during testing.
Real-Time Data Insights: Enhances decision-making with immediate information.
Data Warehousing & Analytics: Facilitates comprehensive data analysis.
Integration & Formatting: Streamlines development by simplifying data processes.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Improved Efficiency: Streamline data management and editing capabilities.
Robust Debugging: Effective in both online and batch COBOL program debugging.
Enhanced Financial Application Support: Superior handling in grants and loans applications.
Comprehensive Testing: Enables creation of clone test files for thorough testing.

In large banking sectors, BMC AMI DevX is integral for grants and loans-related applications. Its robust nature supports financial systems, offering debugging for COBOL, updating data in Compuware File-AID for IMS, and integrating DB2. Users implement this for exceptional data management and application reliability.

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Qlik Gold Client is designed to eliminate development workarounds by easily moving configuration, master, and transactional data subsets into testing environments. Rapidly define, copy and synchronize transactional data from production to non-production targets. Identify, select, and delete non-production data.

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Sample Customers

Helvetia, The IMT Group, Hapag-Lloyd, Royal Bank of Canada, Chunghwa Telecom

IHS Markit, Miller Insurance Services, Swiss Life, Bitmarck, DomainPower

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