CA IDMS vs DbVisualizer comparison

Broadcom and DbVis Software are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. Broadcom is ranked #28, while DbVis Software is ranked #23. Broadcom holds a 1.1% mindshare in DDM, compared to DbVis Software’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of DbVis Software users who would recommend it.

CA IDMS

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100% willing to recommend

DbVisualizer

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

CA IDMS and DbVisualizer are competing database management solutions. DbVisualizer seems to have the upper hand due to its cross-platform support and user-friendly interface.

Features: CA IDMS is known for its high-performance capabilities, transaction management, and suitability for large-scale operations. DbVisualizer is recognized for its extensive database support, advanced editing features, and robust diagnostic tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CA IDMS has a complex deployment process often requiring specialized knowledge due to its focus on legacy systems. DbVisualizer, on the other hand, offers streamlined deployment with extensive resources, making it more accessible across diverse infrastructures.

Pricing and ROI: CA IDMS generally involves a higher initial setup cost due to its mainframe specialization and necessary hardware, potentially offering beneficial ROI for extensive mainframe operations. DbVisualizer has a lower upfront cost with flexible pricing models, delivering quick ROI through productivity and flexibility.

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Categories and Ranking

CA IDMS

Ranking in Database Development and Management

28th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

DbVisualizer

Ranking in Database Development and Management

23rd

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA IDMS is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of DbVisualizer is 1.4%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management

Featured Reviews

it_user558606

Application Development Manager at Aetna

We get network database performance. It supports our back office.

I don't have anything to add. I've heard about web services. We might be looking at a Java connection or web services in the future. It's serving our purpose right now. We're not looking for anything new. For what we do, it meets all our needs. We have to use DB2 when we need more relational constructs, expanded inquiry and reporting; so it's not perfect in that regards. We use it really for our transaction processing, not as much for reporting. For transaction processing, it's doing the job we need. To go into more in-depth, high-volume reporting, we offload a lot of the data to DB2.

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Ronald Rood

Principal Technical Consultant at CIBER

Integrates with many databases, clean GUI, and provides valuable real-time graphs

Like most people working with databases, we initially used the vendors' tools. These included applications like SQL Plus, PL/pgSQL, etc. They all are a bit limited and all respond differently to edits. Tools like Toad, PL/pgSQL developer, pgAdmin, and DBeaver have been in use but no tool could win here. Maybe some other tool has more options in a specific database but a lot of people have trouble finding them because of the cluttered interface. There are buttons for every feature. Here, DbVisualizer, shows strong and smart use of context menus, making the GUI a lot cleaner than most similar tools.

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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

"It is a really stable platform. It has been around for many years. We trust it implicitly. "

"The most useful feature is the governance feature, because it can show us and help us to manage user profiles very quickly and using it in assertive way."

"Technical support is very good. They are very knowledgeable, very quick to respond, and very nice people, too."

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

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

Cons

"Right now, it's not easy to start using this solution. You have to take long course and train people. It's not an easy path."

"I would like to see it made simpler to operate and maintain."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Do not hold back on asking questions about the maintenance and continued support of the product."

"The pricing for DbVisualizer is fair."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Government

15%

Computer Software Company

10%

University

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Comparisons

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Compared 42% of the time

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Overview

CA IDMS is a reliable, high-performance, web-enabled Database Management system (DBMS) for IBM z Systems that provides business value for hundreds of enterprises and government organizations. CA IDMS provides high-performance database management and transaction processing performance for existing and new workloads, helping you consolidate business functions on a central data repository, as needed.

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.

DbVis Software

Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services Inc.

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

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