BMC AMI DevX vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions comparison

BMC and Broadcom are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. BMC is ranked #19 with an average rating of 7.5, while Broadcom is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.6. BMC holds a 2.1% mindshare in DDM, compared to Broadcom’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions and BMC AMI DevX both compete in the data management category, with VMware Tanzu seeming to have the upper hand due to its scalable processing capabilities.

Features: VMware Tanzu Data Solutions offers scalable parallel processing through its MPP architecture, robust integration with multiple programming languages, and supports hybrid cloud environments. BMC AMI DevX focuses on extensive mainframe application development, provides comprehensive code management tools, and supports modern development for legacy systems.

Room for Improvement: VMware Tanzu Data Solutions needs to enhance cloud-native capabilities, improve integration with modern data visualization tools, and optimize ease of use for large datasets. BMC AMI DevX could improve user experiences in testing and debugging, better integrate REXX macros, and streamline its developer interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: VMware Tanzu Data Solutions supports flexible deployments and offers extensive resources and support, making it ideal for hybrid and public cloud usage. BMC AMI DevX, while strong in direct support, lacks versatility in deployment options as it primarily focuses on on-premises environments.

Pricing and ROI: VMware Tanzu Data Solutions offers competitive pricing with an open-source model complemented by optional paid support, delivering strong value. BMC AMI DevX can be more costly due to concurrent user licensing but still provides a robust return on investment with its specialized mainframe capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC AMI DevX

Ranking in Database Development and Management

19th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Configuration Management (1st), Debugging (9th), Mainframe Application Development (1st), Test Data Management (6th), Mainframe Testing Tools (1st), Data Masking (6th), AI Software Development (200th)

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions

Ranking in Database Development and Management

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Relational Databases Tools (12th), Data Warehouse (10th), Message Queue (MQ) Software (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of BMC AMI DevX is 2.1%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 2.8%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions	2.8%
BMC AMI DevX	2.1%
Other	95.1%

Database Development and Management

Featured Reviews

Patricio-Martinez

Developer at Selfemployed

Good for large amounts of data and has a variety of use cases but can be complex to use

It's a very complicated tool. Sometimes the customer wants better, faster transaction times. They want the solution to move as fast as possible. We're trying to scale and grow our application with more servers to get the level of speed desired. Everything from small processes to big batch processing needs to be faster.

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Karthik Shivaram

Sr. Manager at STI INFOTECH PVT LTD

Improved multi-cloud data management has simplified operations and supports seamless Kubernetes

From my perspective, the biggest challenge with VMware right now is the pricing. To be very honest, in many cases I find myself recommending alternative solutions instead of VMware. Even if those alternatives come with a bit more complexity, customers are often more willing to accept that than the current VMware pricing model. In the past, VMware used a socket-based licensing model, which was easier for customers to understand and budget for. Now the shift to a core-based licensing model has significantly increased costs for many environments, especially for organizations running modern high-core CPUs. One positive aspect of the new model is that VMware has bundled several components together. For example, earlier when deploying vSphere, customers also had to purchase vCenter separately for management. Now multiple components are packaged into a single SKU, which simplifies some aspects of procurement and deployment. While this consolidation has its benefits, the overall licensing and commercial costs remain very high. Pricing is not the only issue. I believe Broadcom also needs to reconsider its strategy in light of the current market conditions. The approach they are taking may be strategic from a business perspective, but from what I see in the field, it is leading to lost opportunities. Many customers who previously relied on VMware are now actively exploring alternative virtualization platforms. I’m not sure where this direction will ultimately lead, but based on my experience, it is already affecting adoption. Since you’ve been trying to reach me for some time—and we also had a discussion a couple of years ago—I hope this feedback helps Broadcom understand the current sentiment in the market and potentially make adjustments. Another important concern is the way features are bundled. In many cases, customers only need basic virtualization and high availability capabilities. However, the current packaging often includes additional features that they may not need. A good analogy is that if a customer only needs an entry-level car, we shouldn’t be forced to sell them a Rolls-Royce. VMware could benefit from adopting a more modular or à la carte licensing model, where customers can choose only the components they truly require. For example, if a customer only needs core virtualization functionality, they should be able to purchase just that. This would allow partners and solution providers to better align solutions with customer requirements and position VMware more competitively in the market. Another challenge I want to highlight is the pricing model based on U.S. dollars and the way multi-year licensing is handled. In many enterprise and government projects, customers prefer to commit to three-year or five-year licenses and pay the full amount upfront. However, in approximately 20% of the deals I work on, we lose opportunities because VMware only provides dollar-based pricing for the first year. When it comes to the following years, the contract requires renewals annually rather than allowing a fixed multi-year upfront payment. This approach is particularly problematic for government and public sector customers. Many of them are ready and willing to pay for three or five years in advance, but the current VMware model does not support that structure effectively. Because pricing is tied to the U.S. dollar and subject to yearly adjustments, VMware does not lock in pricing for the full term. From a customer’s perspective, this introduces uncertainty and makes procurement more complicated. Ideally, if a price is quoted—for example, $100 per year—it should remain consistent across a multi-year agreement. Customers would be comfortable committing to a five-year term if the price were fixed and predictable. Unfortunately, that flexibility is currently not available across VMware products, whether it is vSphere, VMware Tanzu solutions, or other offerings. For large enterprise environments, one-year commitments are usually not practical. Many enterprise customers prefer longer-term agreements for budgeting and procurement reasons. Even when they are willing to accept the higher cost associated with the core-based licensing model, the lack of a clear multi-year upfront option often becomes a deal-breaker.

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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 like that Compuware File-AID can actually map out control sections within load modules, or, as they're now known, program objects."

"The plugin ISPW integrated into Eclipse is a really valuable functionality for developers who already use it."

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

"Compuware Xpediter is one of the best debugging tools for mainframe software development."

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

"We have seen an improvement in the rate and level of quality at which we deploy changes."

"My guess is this would have taken twice as long, or we would have had many more issues without using Xpediter."

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

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"Simple and straightforward admin portals: Made it easy for users and worked out excellently for our requirements"

"We evaluated a variety of message products and found that for the feature set RabbitMQ was the best."

"This has helped us bring down our end-to-end EDW load time to one-third the time and has enabled faster and efficient data analysis in a scalable environment without adding too much cost."

"RabbitMQ is perfect for publish and subscribe; it does an awesome job at fanout, perfect for CQRS, and messages are delivered to all subscribers with almost no additional latency."

"We chose Greenplum because of the architecture in terms of clustering databases and being able to have, or at least utilize the resources that are sitting on a database."

"Processing speed of queries used for ‘Reporting’ solutions is the most valuable feature."

"After creating a RabbitMQ service, they provide you with a sort of web management dashboard."

"After we implemented Greenplum, the loads were reduced to less than nine hours."

Cons

"I'm always looking for improvement in things like the documentation, to make things a little bit easier and simpler to understand, a place where people can go to troubleshoot issues."

"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."

"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?"

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

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

"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."

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"The availability could be better."

"The documentation needs to be improved. There's a learning curve on setting it up and there are issues arising from slower networks that they lack documentation on."

"It should support more feature that do exist on Postgres – like JSON datatype."

"In build monitoring, the interface could be improved."

"The next release should include some of the flexibility and features that Kafka offers."

"Stability-wise, the consumer needs to configure with caution to make sure the queues never overflow; I have experienced data loss in scenarios in which consumer cases were configured incorrectly."

"We would like to see Greenplum maintain a closer relationship with and parity to features implemented in PostgreSQL."

"RabbitMQ needs 2 additional features: It is lacking a good dashboard on the web interface; maybe they can develop a dashboard for monitoring."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"The price point is great."

"In general, Compuware tools are very competitive."

"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 solution's pricing is cost-effective as it does not involve significant expenses. Licensing is required only for the server, while clients do not need any licensing. Therefore, it proves to be a cost-efficient option."

"The pricing for RabbitMQ is reasonable. It is worth the cost."

"The pricing is okay."

"It is an open-source platform. Although, we have to pay for additional features."

"This is an open source solution."

"Pricing is good compared to other products. It's fine."

"The price is pretty good."

"The product is available for free use since it is an open-source technology."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

32%

Insurance Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Large Enterprise	16

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	49

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS?

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

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What needs improvement with BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS?

One area for improvement with this product could be in providing clearer guidance and tools for disaster recovery planning and execution. As someone involved in managing infrastructure, understandi...

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What advice do you have for others considering BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS?

From my perspective as an infrastructure guy, the most valuable aspect of BMC's data management solutions was their ability to optimize CPU cycles, improving IMS performance without directly impact...

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How does IBM MQ compare with VMware RabbitMQ?

IBM MQ has a great reputation behind it, and this solution is very robust with great stability. It is easy to use, simple to configure and integrates well with our enterprise ecosystem and protocol...

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What do you like most about VMware RabbitMQ?

RabbitMQ provides access to SDKs for development and the ability to raise and log tickets if we encounter issues. We can integrate RabbitMQ using various languages like Java or Python using the pro...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware RabbitMQ?

The product is free of cost.

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Also Known As

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

Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres

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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VMware Tanzu is a robust platform tailored for data warehousing, complex analytics, BI applications, and predictive analytics. It excels in scalability, performance, and parallel processing, enhancing data handling efficiency. Users report significant productivity improvements and streamlined operations, making it ideal for comprehensive data solutions.

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Sample Customers

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

General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University

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