CA Asset Portfolio Management vs IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT comparison

Broadcom and IBM are both solutions in the IT Asset Management category. Broadcom is ranked #14, while IBM is ranked #23. Broadcom holds a 2.1% mindshare in IAM, compared to IBM’s 1.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of IBM users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CA Asset Portfolio Management and IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Asset Portfolio Management

Ranking in IT Asset Management

14th

Ranking in License Management

6th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM Tivoli Asset Management...

Ranking in IT Asset Management

23rd

Ranking in License Management

10th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

4.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the IT Asset Management category, the mindshare of CA Asset Portfolio Management is 2.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is 1.3%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

IT Asset Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
CA Asset Portfolio Management	2.1%
IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT	1.3%
Other	96.6%

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reviewer1998918

Enterprise systems management team lead

Integrates well, highly stable, and scalable

CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve the uploading of batch information. I have to upload large amounts of information and it can take a long time to finish. There are some other solutions that are better, such as Micro Focus. We have approximately 10,000 PCs that we are busy processing and we have to upload information to them but when we use this solution it is complex. When we use Micro Focus it is better.

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HarshalDeore

Solutions Architect at Parseq

A user-friendly solution that has a good user interface, but its technical support is not good enough

Around 20 to 25 staff members are needed to deploy and maintain the solution, including two managers, one architect, and other implementers. IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT does not adopt the latest technology. The solution can be integrated with our existing IT environment through some web services and connectors. Overall, I rate the solution a seven 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

"Reduces software cost. Reduces the risk of software audits."

"They're staying up to date as vendors make changes to how they want to manage the software. CA is usually really quick about getting those updates in the system."

"Enables me to know where an asset is at any point during its lifecycle: How old it is, who it belongs to, and where it's at within that lifecycle."

"Being able to determine the licensing position for existing vendors and future vendors. Also, visibility into our environment,"

"Gives better control over software and licenses and reduces risk from a software audit."

"IT Asset manager is centralized inventory software for computer hardware and software asset of the organization."

"Our organization really has improved quite a lot since we've been using this product."

"When we chose the CA product, it was the best product for all the tasks we had to do."

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"IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is a user-friendly solution that has a good user interface."

Cons

"I would like to see more control over audit trail features, where you can turn on and off fields."

"The UI, even though they upgraded the UI, it's still kind of dated, it's a little bit convoluted to use. It's not like something that you can sit down and automatically understand how to use it."

"It was much more complex than we were anticipating. Definitely a complex and very resource-involved setup."

"Needs a stronger reporting component, and more integration with CA Client Automation."

"As I'm looking into financial reporting and audits, new features to help with this would be good."

"It needs stronger rebooting components and the ability to develop our own software metrics."

"CA Asset Portfolio Management can improve the uploading of batch information. I have to upload large amounts of information and it can take a long time to finish. There are some other solutions that are better, such as Micro Focus."

"The UI, even though they upgraded the UI, it's still kind of dated, it's a little bit convoluted to use. It's not like something that you can sit down and automatically understand how to use it."

More CA Asset Portfolio Management cons

"The solution’s initial setup is complex and technical support is not good enough."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT is an expensive solution."

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Small Business	3
Large Enterprise	8

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Also Known As

CA IT Asset Manager, CA Asset Manager, ITAM, IT Asset Manager, CA SAM, CA Software Asset Manager, Asset Portfolio Management, Asset Portfolio Manager

Tivoli Asset Management for IT

Overview

CA Asset Manager gives you the confidence to deliver real business value throughout the asset lifecycle by enabling essential business functions such as
procurement, contract, vendor, license and financial management across your enterprise IT asset base. CA Asset Manager has recognized technology leadership in the areas of financial and contract management, and it is also an IT asset management market share leader.

Learn More: https://www.ca.com/us/products...

Broadcom

IBM Tivoli Asset Management for ITÂ is designed to help track and manage your hardware and software IT assets, with particular emphasis on inventory, asset life-cycle management, and license management. Asset Management for ITÂ includes inventory, asset tracking, asset reconciliation, financial management, contract management, procurement management, and, optionally, Service Level Agreement (SLA) management. This asset life-cycle functionality permits the tracking and management of IT assets through initial request, approval, procurement, contract, receipt, inventory, deployment, asset installs-moves-adds-changes (IMACs), and retirement.

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Sample Customers

First Horizon National Corporation, Logicalis, Racing and Wagering Western Australia

Migros Zurich, Tyr_ns AB, Port Otago Limited, BTC, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., AIG, Swedish Match, DTE Energy

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