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BMC AMI Ops vs IBM OMEGAMON vs OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Mainframe Management category, the mindshare of BMC AMI Ops is 23.1%, up from 20.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM OMEGAMON is 25.2%, down from 28.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is 3.8%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mainframe Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
IBM OMEGAMON25.2%
BMC AMI Ops23.1%
OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence3.8%
Other47.900000000000006%
Mainframe Management
 

Featured Reviews

The service level and automated capacity manager functions allow us to control priorities, support SLA's and manage our 4HRA and reduce MLC for some software bills.
There currently is a WUI that allows an operator a single pane of glass to see how TM is performing to meet service policies within a JESMAS environment. This is a new feature and multiple individuals have expressed desire to not only see real time monitoring, but the ability to historically go back at least several hours or possibly an entire day to review history.
PB
Good stability but it is lacking the ability to see historical information
We can only see online information but there isn't any historical data to see something that happened a few hours previous. We don't have the ability to access that information. Previously, with MainView, we could look back at information from two days before and get information. We could easily get information from Plexus. Now, we don't have a single screen to check which has been annoying. Compared to MainView, Tivoli is rubbish. We are forced to use this solution. We couldn't stay with MainView. I would like for it to be easier to check the system performance. It should have the ability to see historical data. We can't see the percentages to see the percentages of the CPU utilized. We should be able to see how much was used by our part of the system. Now, we have to continuously recalculate that information.
GP
It automates responses, preventing issues from becoming more severe
I just installed version 12.3, which actually already has a number of new features. It's going to make it easier for some of our new users. I'm old-school, I learned it the old way. I actually want to go back and implement it and start doing things the new way. As I need to train people, it's going to make it easier for them and make the learning curve much shorter. The new release addressed some shortcomings of the product. It was old-school. The learning curve was a little bit long in the beginning, but it's really come a long way.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The integration of IMS commands is very useful, because you do not have to switch to another tool to problem solve solutions."
"Enabled me to solve production problems faster or even avoid them preemptively with warnings."
"It's stable enough. I haven't noticed any problems since it was installed."
"​The service has been wonderful. I like the people that I have had to deal with. The process is very straightforward. I call or use the website."
"​It is an easy product to use and it is stable."
"If something breaks and it goes down when it's not supposed to, automation brings it right back up."
"I do not have to keep recordings. It is there and is proactive. It helps the operators, human editors, and me."
"I can and interrupt what's going on, bring a job down if I need to, and bring it back up."
"​The follow-up surprised me. Making sure that I am happy with what I have gone to them on. They will call after I have made changes and verify that I am happy with the changes that I did have to make. If it did not fix the complete problem, they go back over it until I am satisfied.​"
"It's a very stable product. I very much like the SSM stuff in it. The rules engine, it's awesome."
"The performance of it is beyond exceptional. It is probably one of the best products that I have ever worked with. It is easy to use, comprehensive, and can perform almost any task you need it to."
 

Cons

"An expansion for distributed systems would be great, but probably not workable."
"More visualisation and support for mobile devices would be good."
"We can't see the percentages to see the percentages of the CPU utilized. We should be able to see how much was used by our part of the system. Now, we have to continuously recalculate that information."
"Scalability is zero. It cannot be scaled because of its age."
"​It’s a complex product. The initial installation is easy, but implementing various functions is a constant process.​"
"Performing a stop/restart of OPS/MVS could be a little smoother. Without special coding, some undesired tasks will be started and some necessary tasks will be stopped if we have to bounce OPS/MVS during the day."
"The GUI interface could be improved, but that is coming. They are working on that."
"The interfaces to USS, CA UIM could be better. CA Common Services interfaces - namely Zdata Mover, Zmessage Service, Zdatacolletcor - are poorly documented."
"It definitely needs more web-based interface, to be more mobile-open. More APIs, more open source to it."
"The further expansion of the mainframe teamcenter interface. Also, the web services support is something that I am looking into."
"Because of its age, it's a little bit difficult to modernize some of the integrations and some of the functions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you already use other products from BMC, you might be able to get a package deal from BMC's sales department."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
30%
Government
9%
Insurance Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
11%
Healthcare Company
10%
Logistics Company
21%
Educational Organization
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
 

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Small Business
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Small Business1
Large Enterprise24
 

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Also Known As

BMC MainView, BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence, Ops Monitoring, Ops Automation for Batch ThruPut
IBM Candle, Tivoli
CA OPS MVS Event Management and Automation, CA OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation, Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation
 

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