CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS vs DbVisualizer comparison

Broadcom and DbVis Software are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. Broadcom is ranked #18 with an average rating of 10.0, while DbVis Software is ranked #24. Broadcom holds a 0.7% mindshare in DDM, compared to DbVis Software’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of DbVis Software users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

CA Database Management for DB2 for z/OS and DbVisualizer compete in database management and analysis. DbVisualizer stands out with its compelling features despite CA Database Management’s better support and pricing satisfaction.

Features: CA Database Management offers scalability, extensive support, and robust performance for large-scale data operations. DbVisualizer provides powerful visual data tools, a cross-platform multi-database design, and an intuitive interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CA Database Management has comprehensive deployment options and strong customer support suitable for large enterprises. DbVisualizer offers straightforward deployment with streamlined installation and responsive support, catering to individuals and teams.

Pricing and ROI: CA Database Management has a higher initial cost but offers potential long-term ROI. DbVisualizer features a cost-effective pricing model, achieving quicker ROI with low setup costs and flexibility.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Database Management for ...

Ranking in Database Development and Management

18th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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DbVisualizer

Ranking in Database Development and Management

24th

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DbVisualizer is 1.5%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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JOY GHARAMI

Technical Project Manager at Interra Information Technologies, Inc.

Report generation offers invaluable insights into database performance

I basically use the solution for database management and to view the performance of a particular database object, any specific program, batch program, or online programs. Using the CSSZ tool, I can effectively monitor performance. In case of an exception, I can inform the application team. At DB2…

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Ronald Rood

Principal Technical Consultant at CIBER

Good for monitoring specific processes, built-in SSH tunneling support, easy-to-create graphs, and a clean GUI

The most valuable feature is the timed SQL execution that collects the outputs from each run in the grid. This supports ad-hoc monitoring, be it technical or application-level monitoring, and it can be done if there is an SQL for it. I like that graphs can be created by using the grid as input. This helps by giving a quick insight and can readily answer questions such as whether we are going quicker or slower. It makes it easier to see using the slope of a graph compared to a series of just numbers. There are a lot of choices in graph types. This product has built-in SSH tunneling support. The multi-platform and multi-vendor support are helpful as we run on Macs, Linux, and Windows machines. We support many different databases and applications. The extensibility is very good. There are things we regularly do that can be built into the tool using local profiles. For ad-hoc monitoring, you can define bookmarks. If they are there, they collect their data for each execution in the grid. Bookmarks are very helpful, as they act as a memory of all collected and saved queries. Actions like exporting grids to Excel or other tools is a very easy task. You can copy/paste with or without headers, and it is quick and easy. The developers understand that not every feature has to be available at all times and they use context-sensitive menus everywhere, giving a clean GUI, instead of a button or menu entry for every feature that really clutters the interface.

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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

"Improved monitoring and performance management."

"The most important features are batch reporting and the ability to create repositories, enabling automated analysis. These are valuable because they enable me to do automated analysis of trends over time and reduce the time for comparing performance between two periods to identify anomalies."

"The reports generated and the old statistics shown are really helpful."

"It takes advantage of new features of DB2."

"It is very stable. We have had no issues."

"It helps us to reduce hardware costs and to optimize processing times."

"Timed queries that add their result to the result grid for every execution are helpful."

"Actions like exporting grids to Excel or other tools is a very easy task."

Cons

"In the case of any particular SQL which is executing for a longer time and causing issues with any particular store or DB2 programs, if it could pinpoint the problems like any other tool should do, that would be really helpful."

"Minor stability issues."

"They need to provide a way to create and maintain performance repositories. The online tool is not perfect, but it is giving me what I need."

"All the information we need, we could use to have it in a more usable format."

"Sometimes, I feel that the startup time takes a bit more time than needed."

"One thing I would like to see changed is having the JDBC drivers in a fixed location outside of the application package."

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"A license with a few years of support is a good and valuable option."

"The pricing for DbVisualizer is fair."

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The solution operates on JetOS platform. It is a very good, perfect solution. I would rate it ten out of ten. Currently, I do not have any planning for investment at all.

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Overview

Database Management for DB2 for z/OS solutions from CA Technologies provide a set of tools designed to ensure optimal database and SQL performance, efficient administration, and reliable backup and recovery of DB2 databases, systems and apps.

Broadcom

One tool for all databases and OSes
DbVisualizer is the ultimate database tool for developers, analysts and DBAs. It runs on all major OSes and connects to all major databases.

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Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services

Tesla, Google, Facebook, Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, Apple, BMO, Deutsche Bank, Netflix, Disney

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