BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS vs IDERA ER/Studio comparison

BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS vs. IDERA ER/Studio

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Categories and Ranking

BMC Data Management for IMS...

Ranking in Database Development and Management

21st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IDERA ER/Studio

Ranking in Database Development and Management

9th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Architecture Management (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS is 0.4%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IDERA ER/Studio is 3.0%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management

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RobertSamson

Technical Consultant at Services Robert Samson SCRS

Improves disaster recovery processes and offers an efficient CPU cycle optimization

Using BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on z/OS has greatly improved our database administration tasks. Although we don't test the database before production, we have experienced benefits in disaster recovery situations and capacity management. For instance, when facing capacity issues during peak transaction times, I've been able to quickly allocate additional resources to ensure smooth operations. This has been crucial, especially during times when the demand surges, such as peak flight hours.

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Aaron Cutshall

Enterprise Data Architect & Senior Manager at Health First Inc.

Used for data modeling and has a scripting language to write your own scripts

The solution has streamlined our data modeling processes quite a bit. It's a central focus in our data modeling and data cataloging efforts. The tool's reverse engineering capability to bring in existing database structures and create models from them has benefitted our data architecture needs. With the tool's data dictionary capability, we're able to maintain consistency in our models, name use, and actual data domains. The solution's reverse engineering helps with understanding legacy databases. In fact, I've been asked to reverse-engineer several more legacy databases so that we can have them modeled and cataloged. The solution is deployed on the cloud server, but it’s only within our network. The solution has a lot of capabilities. I like the fact that it has a scripting language that allows you to automate and write your own scripts. I think that's been a big bonus for us. I highly recommend the solution because of its capability for logical models, where you can put your business definitions and logic. While less expensive, some other tools can't do that. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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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

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

"I have worked with DB2's great features in the last five years. The IDAA feature transformed the vision of warehousing, business analytics, and big data at my bank. Besides the mainframe, I saw that this solution was evolutionary. It gives real-time information."

"We are able to document the data lineage and data flows of our data from one system to another."

"IDERA keeps up with the versions of Oracle and SQL Server that I'm using. I mostly use SQL Server and when there are new features, a new type of index, for example, IDERA also includes them in upgrades of the data modeling tool."

"The data modeling module is important to me because I am a database developer and designer... It's very fast, reliable, up-to-date, so easy to use, smooth."

"Modeling with Data Architect: We can quickly reverse-engineer a database from an existing database or create a model from scratch."

"I set up this tool and found it to be very simple."

"We have a database design group of about 15 people. The Repository enables multiple people to work on the same model at the same time. We have fully integrated models, so we have one model for the enterprise data warehouse, one model for MDM, with a lot of sub-models in these things. People work on different parts of the model at different times. So the repository enables us to share the models, and keep track of what everybody is working on."

"Data lineage tracking: It allows us to identify upstream and downstream systems using data."

"We have been able to quickly create models for our enterprise-wide databases, even when some of them are third-party databases."

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Cons

"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."

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

"It isn't easy to compare the thousands of tables in the model against the database. The tool should improve the synchronization within the large organization"

"What needs the most improvement are semantic lineage and usability."

"The model diagram because very clumsy when you save it on the team server and the models are very big."

"What I would like to see improved is the reliability of the releases, releases that are a little less buggy."

"We did have a big issue when we upgraded to the 2016 version. The Team Server portion never did quite install correctly, and/or the database was corrupted, and we never figured it out."

"Sometimes our version is a little unstable. But I think this problem occurs because our version is old."

"I'd like the ability to debug the errors ourselves instead of having to call them. There are certain types of errors that, I wouldn't say they come up regularly, but when you have an error it is very often the same type of error. Knowing that it's a Type III or Type I, it would be nice to have some kind of debugging facility for us to use to find out where the problem that threw that error occurs. That would be a really cool feature."

"I would like to see better documentation/help for the Data Architect tool. Creation of tutorials would be nice, as there are some features which are not as clearly defined as they should be."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I use the product's trial version."

"The price of this product is okay."

"The setup cost may have been around $1500 to $2000."

"The solution’s pricing is high."

"The process of licensing could be much simpler, from our experience."

"I feel the product's pricing is a good value."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is bad and ten is good, I would rate the licensing cost as a seven or eight. It's not too expensive for us."

"I'm a firm believer that all software is overpriced these days but, comparatively speaking, I think ER/Studio is worth the money."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

31%

Insurance Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Logistics Company

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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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.

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...

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...

What do you like most about IDERA ER/Studio?

The tool is simple to use.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IDERA ER/Studio?

In terms of pricing, ER/Studio is slightly more expensive compared to Erwin, by about five to ten percent.

What needs improvement with IDERA ER/Studio?

ER/Studio lacks a pure cloud option for deployment. Both Erwin and ER/Studio do not have AI or machine learning features for automation. Offering a comprehensive cloud-based version could enhance i...

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Also Known As

BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on z/OS, Data Management for IMS and DB2 on z/OS

IDERA ER Studio, ER/Studio, ER/Studio Enterprise Team Edition

Overview

Transform the management of your DB2 databases to meet the scale and complexity of digital business

Run DB2 utilities with BMC Next Generation Technology to optimize your data and improve application performance
Eliminate downtime and increase availability of business services
Ensure the integrity of structured and unstructured data
Take control with intelligent automation and policy-driven rules
Bridge the gap from green-screen to modern, secure, self-service user interfaces
Move to DB2 12 and beyond with confidence

BMC

IDERA ER/Studio is a powerful suite for business-driven data modeling that enables companies to create an enterprise architecture foundation for data governance. With round-trip support for multiple database platforms, data architects have the power to reverse-engineer, analyze, and optimize existing databases easily from diverse platforms. Data professionals can easily capture and share models, metadata, data sources, and glossaries across the organization for improved alignment between the organization and Information Technology. Organizational stakeholders can take part in the metadata definition workflow and access information on models and metadata at the right level for their needs.

Unlike its competition, it provides the broadest range of data platform support, industry-leading enterprise-level capabilities, visual data lineage and flow modeling, full dimensional modeling for data warehousing and business intelligence, and business data objects to bridge the gap between developers and data architects. It also provides a complete solution for enterprise architecture and data governance, extensive model change management, unique incorporation of true enterprise data dictionaries, unique linking of constructs across models, integrated visual data lineage import, and integrated data and business process modeling.

IDERA

Sample Customers

Airline Tariff Publishing Co (ATPCO), AtTask, MetaScale

Newmont Mining, Entrust, Accolade, TalkTalk, Catalina, Protective Life, NTT Data, dir systèmes, Microsoft; American Express, Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Coriant, Fedex, GlaxoSmithKline, PepsiCo, Prudential, Wells Fargo

BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS vs. IDERA ER/Studio