CA Datacom vs Nutanix Database Service comparison

Broadcom and Nutanix are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. Broadcom is ranked #27, while Nutanix is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.8. Broadcom holds a 1.3% mindshare in DDM, compared to Nutanix’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Nutanix users who would recommend it.

CA Datacom

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Nutanix Database Service

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

CA Datacom and Nutanix Database Service are competing in the database management category, with CA Datacom being favored for its reliability and integration capabilities, while Nutanix Database Service holds a competitive edge due to its scalability and modern features.

Features: CA Datacom is valued for high availability, robust security, and seamless mainframe integration. Nutanix Database Service provides cloud-native architecture, flexibility to support various database engines, and an innovative interface for database management.

Room for Improvement: CA Datacom could enhance its agility with more modern deployment options and expand its database engine support. The user interface could benefit from modernization to increase usability for new users. Nutanix Database Service can improve by offering more cost-effective pricing options for diverse enterprises, expand proactive support services, and enhance integration with legacy systems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CA Datacom follows a traditional deployment model, focusing on stability which may not meet the need for agility in modern IT environments. Nutanix Database Service adopts a cloud-based deployment, offering simplified and quicker installations, and provides proactive customer service designed for cloud technology adopters.

Pricing and ROI: CA Datacom offers a favorable initial setup cost aimed at traditional infrastructures, ensuring a stable ROI over time. Nutanix Database Service, despite its higher initial expenditure, promises a quicker ROI through reduced complexity and improved efficiencies, which justifies the higher costs for many businesses seeking modern solutions.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Datacom

Ranking in Database Development and Management

27th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Nutanix Database Service

Ranking in Database Development and Management

1st

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA Datacom is 1.3%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Database Service is 2.4%, down from 3.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Nutanix Database Service	2.4%
CA Datacom	1.3%
Other	96.3%

Database Development and Management

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it_user489183

IT Admin at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

Scalability and the online maintainability of definitions are definite advantages for us

We've had it for so long, so it's status quo. But we've added all sorts of functionality to our applications and there are no issues with databases. Anything developers request, we're able to accomplish. Also, we deal a lot with government regulation - and not to talk about what the company does - but anything that they require of us, because we transmit data back and forth with them, we're able to do that with no problems. And there have been a lot of changes over the past five years that our government dictated regarding what we actually end up doing. So, we're able to be extremely flexible with that.

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Sanjay Pandhare

Technical Manager at Optimistic Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd

Has improved daily operations through automation and simplified setup

Clients use Nutanix Database Service for various reasons The best features of Nutanix Database Service are great. Nutanix Database Service can be improved by implementing more AI capabilities. I have worked with Nutanix Database Service for the last few years. I rate technical support from…

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

Pros

"Nowadays, CA is doing a lot of improving as far as online maintainability of definitions, which is a huge improvement over the past. I'm able to do a lot of changes without any outage."

"Scalability is definitely one thing. The size of the database can grow without any issues. We've got one database table that's got over a billion rows in it; quite a bit of data, and it handles access like a champ."

"It is a solid product."

"The initial setup is fairly straightforward for a mainframe product."

"It definitely cuts down on our support costs. I do not get woken up in the middle of the night very often for a problem with Datacom."

"I wanted a tool that offers enough monitoring for everything related to load balancing in my databases."

"We have an enterprise-level backup product that we're required to use, so we don't rely on Era's version. [But] it could be an awesome first-line backup. It's very elegant the way they designed it. It's quick and it doesn't take up nearly as much storage space as traditional backups. It would definitely help to save on tier-one storage."

"The patching is the most valuable feature. We spent a lot of time and effort on the patching of our SQL instances after hours. With Nutanix Era, you can schedule and automate them during your normal operational hours (during the day). You schedule all the patching, then everything happens automatically with minor tickets from the engineer. So, our patching, which took four hours, went down to an hour for the engineer. This is much better for us from a return on investment perspective."

"What I appreciate the most about Nutanix Database Service is that it's simple; it's all in one bundle, and everything is pre-configured so that you can deploy your database and protect it."

"AI has been deployed within Nutanix. It's very easy to provision the machine within minutes of the application orders. They can hand those over and work along with the AI team to get the data available quickly for business analysis."

"With Oracle, it took around one hour to refresh the database and now, with Nutanix, it takes a quarter of that time."

"The business has been ecstatic over the quick turnaround time for any databases."

"Overall, the solution is very good. It's easy to use and simple to handle many actions, such as VM cloning, testing, and prediction."

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Cons

"For the "no-outage maintainability" of things, they are making improvements as we speak, but there is definitely still room for more of that."

"The only minor issue that we have had with Datacom is in the installation guide: Some of the sizings for the databases have not really worked out for us, so we had to go in and resize them."

"If there were data integration services included with the platform then it would be interesting, and it would help us a lot."

"This solution could be improved by integrating with more database providers."

"Nutanix Database Service can be improved by enhancing logging; when we're trying to look for errors, one of the hiccups we always run into is that it's very hard to pinpoint and look through the logs."

"One of the things that we've discovered specific to SQL is that the deployment options that are available do not match our company standards, so we have asked the Nutanix team if that is something that is customizable or if we need to adjust our deployment strategy. That's the only thing that we've discovered so far."

"There will always be room for improvement, there is nothing perfect from day one. There are some technical challenges that we have with NDS. I believe with time it will be sorted out."

"The solution should provide more integration with more databases."

"We are also overwhelmed with the quality of technical support associated with the product."

"Patch management is an issue as it regularly causes stability problems."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price of the solution is expensive."

"Licensing costs will be the main scalability problem."

"It's priced fairly... It's a good value. When you go looking for something from Oracle that automates things and makes your life easier, it's always going to be a minimum of $500,000. Era's nothing like that."

"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"Era is quite expensive. The thing that will be a showstopper for them in the long run is if you look at it from a technical perspective on what it provides and weigh it up against consolidation of multiple other software suites."

"It is amazing. The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing. It's worth the cost."

"Not everyone can afford it. It's a bit expensive, so the price has to be improved."

"The licensed-based pricing is confusing and too high."

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Large Enterprise	7

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Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	11

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What do you like most about Nutanix Database Service?

The most valuable feature is its robust infrastructure management tools.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Nutanix Database Service?

It is amazing. The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing. It's worth the cost.

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What needs improvement with Nutanix Database Service?

It has already saved me a lot of time, but it can still improve. In the past, there were built-in templates, and now, for some particular databases, I have to create my own templates and push them ...

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Also Known As

DATACOM

Nutanix Era

Overview

CA Datacom enables the continuous availability of your business applications. Datacom, and its family of rDBMS products, provides you with a reliable database repository with enterprise-wide, high-volume workload and fault-tolerant capabilities.

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Nutanix Database Service (NDB) simplifies and automates database lifecycle management across on-premises and public clouds for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB databases.

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JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen

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