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CA IDMS vs Nutanix Database Service comparison

 

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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 IDMS
Ranking in Database Development and Management
28th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Database Service
Ranking in Database Development and Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA IDMS is 1.3%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Database Service is 2.4%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nutanix Database Service2.4%
CA IDMS1.3%
Other96.3%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

AS
ALiBS Solutions at ALiBS Solutions
Helps us to manage user profiles very quickly and in an assertive way
I would rate this solution 9 out of 10. I would advise that they should evaluate other possibilities because this is a very quickly changing environment and there are other possible providers that have good solutions. I would do some kind of test. I would test other possible solutions too and compare them.
JP
Lead Systems Administrator at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Improves time management by reducing database provisioning time
The feature I appreciate the most in Nutanix Database Service is the Time Machine. The simplicity of the Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service and being able to have a point in time that you can go back to at whatever your retention period is, is really great and helpful for us. The Time Machine feature in Nutanix Database Service has definitely reduced turnaround time for when we need clones or other environments spun up off of our existing environment, such as for corruption. It has helped the workload significantly. We're a very small team of database administrators. It worked really effectively for them and helped the workflow much more than our previous solution. Using Nutanix Database Service has reduced the time it takes to provision a database by 75%. The efficiency gained by using Nutanix Database Service has led to a positive impact on our business as far as bringing in new applications and workloads. Being able to clone and spin up other environments off of what we already have in NDB eases turnaround time when requests come in, and we're able to fill them and get them back to the business and make them available to customers. We've been able to automate DBA tasks. It simplifies turnaround time. Our DBA can deploy on how own and no longer waits for requests to be fulfilled.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Stability is perfect! It is a really stable platform; it has been around for many years, and we trust it implicitly."
"The most valuable feature is the performance of the database; it's very efficient at what it does, quite reliable, and provides us with a very stable platform that we've been running for many years."
"Technical support is very good. They are very knowledgeable, very quick to respond, and very nice people, too.​"
"We've been able to fine tune it over the years to get really good performance out of it, and maintain some database network support."
"The solution is the community - a tightly knit group of experts who have been working on the product set for many years."
"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."
"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 performance and flexibility of non-Nutanix workloads are quite good because from a working perspective or a load perspective, scaling of the system is very straightforward."
"I recommend this solution to others because it saves operation time and day-to-day tasks, which is a big deal because if you're managing a big infrastructure, the operation time is critical and with the use of Nutanix Database Services, resources can be better utilized."
"My advice for anybody who is looking into using Nutanix Era is to go ahead and implement it because this is a good solution that will help the IT department to manage and troubleshoot the database workloads, reduce the time needed by teams for troubleshooting and deploying databases, make life easy for database management, and is one that you can rely on."
"With the cloning technology in Nutanix Database Service, the time reduces to less than an hour, which is very useful."
"The benefit I see from the product in terms of its solution is that flexibility regarding where the workload runs is probably the biggest advantage with Nutanix Database Service."
"It has some very good features; it really works with multiple silos in terms of infrastructure, database updates, and migration, and so many things are easy with Era."
"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."
 

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'd like to see some of the installation, maintenance, and support functions simplified so that some of our younger, newer members can take advantage of the product and maintain it to the same standard that the older members have in the past."
"​I would like to see it made simpler to operate and maintain."
"We have to use DB2 when we need more relational constructs, expanded inquiry and reporting; so it's not perfect in that regards."
"We need to make it much easier to support and maintain, because the skills required are quite specialized and we're not going to have people in the future who've got the necessary experience and knowledge."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing structure."
"The only thing which is stopping Nutanix from being a bigger player in the market is the price of the software."
"The solution should provide more integration with more databases."
"The initial setup was a little tedious and complex."
"We faced some performance issues with Nutanix."
"The downside of this solution is that it's more expensive than its competitors."
"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."
"It should be able to be consumed by other customers because only the enterprise cloud customers are able to buy this software."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Do not hold back on asking questions about the maintenance and continued support of the product."
"The pricing is competitive."
"The price of the solution is expensive."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten."
"The licensed-based pricing is confusing and too high."
"The tool is expensive."
"It is amazing. The pricing compared to the time saved is nothing. It's worth the cost."
"Pricing wasn't a surprise. It was what we were expecting it to be."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Transportation Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

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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.
What needs improvement with Nutanix Database Service?
Nutanix Database Service can be improved by implementing more AI capabilities.
What is your primary use case for Nutanix Database Service?
Clients use Nutanix Database Service for various reasons.
 

Also Known As

IDMS
Nutanix Era
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, SAIC Volkswagen
Find out what your peers are saying about CA IDMS vs. Nutanix Database Service and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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