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CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS vs Toad for Oracle comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

CA Database Management for ...
Ranking in Database Development and Management
17th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Toad for Oracle
Ranking in Database Development and Management
7th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS is 1.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Toad for Oracle is 2.4%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Toad for Oracle2.4%
CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS1.4%
Other96.2%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

JG
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…
Mark Stocks - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Director Enterprise Architecture at JE Dunn Construction
Uses trusted data to support financial forecasting and automate complex calculations through daily development workflows
The best features Toad for Oracle offers are the ability to access the database objects and see them in a very simplified manner. The simplified view helps me in my work as it makes troubleshooting easier. Toad for Oracle has positively impacted our organization because our financial forecasting data set is trusted throughout the company because of the ability for us to debug and analyze the data with Toad for Oracle. This trust in the data set has affected business decisions and efficiency by creating a completely separate data department because of the value that we saw with our data because of how we were able to organize and extract data from Oracle with Toad for Oracle.

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."
"​It helps us to reduce hardware costs and to optimize processing times.​"
"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 solution operates on JetOS platform. It is a very good, perfect solution."
"We switched to the IBM tools for a short time and switched back, due to contract pricing."
"Work for an overall solution. Competing product suites seem to serve the same functions, but it is the overall integration of all the products that meets our needs and makes this suite so beneficial to our business."
"The feature we find most useful is the consistent ability to create strategies across the products that allow for consistent foundations for the business processes and the ability to repetitively use them by different resources."
"The reports generated and the old statistics shown are really helpful."
"I haven't seen any issues with scalability. We have about 1000 people on our IT team who use the solution."
"Toad for Oracle has proven to be better than other tools since we have never experienced any crashes."
"For Oracle developers, this solution is a must."
"Toad is my choice programming environment for writing Oracle applications which live in the backend."
"The product's most valuable features are UI and monitoring."
"Simply the best GUI software for administration is the most valuable aspect for me."
"Toad has a lot of features that are very useful, fast, and well developed."
"It is very easy to manage all of the objects."
 

Cons

"They could work on the installation process main job that runs, maybe break it up into several jobs instead of one."
"The initial set up of parameters is quite exhaustive and some parameters cross products."
"Only one issue was not resolved but this was because the customer did not agree to send data which the vendor asked for as it was user-sensitive data but without this, a full investigation was not possible."
"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."
"The initial setup parameters are quite exhaustive and some parameters cross with the products."
"The product has been fairly stable for the last couple of years. It has a high learning curve for some of the traditional DBAs who don't want to venture from IBM."
"Minor stability issues."
"It's a good product. I would give it a nine out of 10, and the reason is, in general, it's a technical product so I think that it's a little cumbersome."
"When all the features are shown, the performance is not good; it loads slowly and has hundreds of popups and unnecessary questions."
"When you process many records (in the range of more than 20 million at a time) the product just hangs without any warning."
"There could be a tool for automated SQL query functioning."
"Query optimization is still very resource-intensive."
"It would be beneficial if Toad for Oracle could incorporate OEM features, as having monitoring capabilities in the same interface would simplify workload and management tasks."
"Toad for Oracle does not have a particular resolution within the application."
"The price of this solution should be reduced."
"It would be better if they had an online option allowing me to connect from anywhere on any device. Sometimes I face some errors, depending on the network and setup. It's not a big issue."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I would rate it six, where one is a low price, and ten is a high price."
"In my opinion, this solution is a little expensive, but I understand that good programs cost more money."
"There are paid and free-for-use versions of the product."
"Toad for Oracle has a relatively high cost compared to other similar tools."
"The professional edition is about $1,000 AUD ($700 USD) and the developer version is about twice that much."
"The pricing is okay, it's reasonable."
"The product's pricing is just right because if it were slightly higher, it would not have been as widely adopted as it currently is in our organization."
"My advice is to try to use the three-year maintenance agreement if possible."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS?
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,...
What is your primary use case for CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS?
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...
What advice do you have for others considering CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS?
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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Toad for Oracle?
The licensing cost for Toad for Oracle is relatively high, with their license and DPA suite totaling around five thousand dollars.
What needs improvement with Toad for Oracle?
Toad for Oracle is useful, but I believe it could be enhanced. I think Quest can consider involving AI or adding some plugin like cloud or something in Toad for Oracle. Optimizing the query or doin...
What is your primary use case for Toad for Oracle?
I'm using Toad for Oracle for administration of Oracle databases.
 

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Sample Customers

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