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CA IDMS vs Oracle Enterprise Manager comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

CA IDMS
Ranking in Database Development and Management
34th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Ranking in Database Development and Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
128
Ranking in other categories
Server Monitoring (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA IDMS is 1.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Enterprise Manager is 4.1%, down from 6.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Oracle Enterprise Manager4.1%
CA IDMS1.1%
Other94.8%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

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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.
Charalabos Ioannidis - PeerSpot reviewer
A stable tool that provides users with a dashboard to give a view of all the implementations of Oracle products at a glance
When my company has to deal with complex customers along with the many products from Oracle, we use Oracle Enterprise Manager as a dashboard to get a view of all the implementations of Oracle products The fact that Oracle Enterprise Manager is an expensive solution is a matter of concern and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Technical support is very good. They are very knowledgeable, very quick to respond, and very nice people, too.​"
"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."
"It's easy to implement as it's made by Oracle for Oracle."
"The best part is the efficient database performance monitoring and the ability to take actions directly from there."
"There are a number of different user interfaces you can choose from."
"It is a scalable solution. So far, my company has not faced any issues with the scalability part of the solution."
"We use it extensively for performance tuning testing, monitoring, and configuration."
"We use Oracle Enterprise Manager for a lot of services like ERP and PLM."
"The solution is easy to use and has good performance."
"I mostly use the top events, and look at how the execution is happening on the database; and monitoring the cluster level rates. I even look at the execution plan."
 

Cons

"​I would like to see it made simpler to operate and maintain."
"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."
"The interface offered by Oracle Enterprise Manager has certain shortcomings and needs improvement to become a nice tool."
"I feel more dashboards can be added, especially those useful to higher levels of IT management."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager could improve the monitoring types and the graphics."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"I would say mostly backup and recovery, through the Enterprise Manager. Or any corruptions, to be able to fix them through Enterprise Manager."
"Patching. It's extremely difficult to determine what requires patching and the process to patch each component is slightly different."
"The platform's interface could be more streamlined. Currently, there are multiple ways to navigate to a specific point, which can be confusing."
"Technical support could be faster."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Do not hold back on asking questions about the maintenance and continued support of the product."
"I rate Oracle Enterprise Manager’s pricing a five out of ten."
"The solution is inexpensive to purchase."
"The pricing is very high."
"It is part of Real Application Testing, so no new investment is necessary for clients who already are already using RAT."
"Initially, our deal was for three years, and we extended it to five years. Oracle solutions are very costly."
"It's expensive."
"The product is very expensive."
"The product is highly-priced."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
21%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise81
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager?
What I like most about Oracle Enterprise Manager are its features, particularly the active session history. It provides insights into SQL, and I use it regularly to identify potential issues.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Enterprise Manager?
I would rate the pricing of Oracle Enterprise Manager as very expensive, definitely deserving a 10 out of 10.
What needs improvement with Oracle Enterprise Manager?
Regarding the current version, the main point for improvement for Oracle Enterprise Manager was previously related to bugs which created significant issues. Currently, it works better and has more ...
 

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Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
7-Eleven, Halliburton, Cisco, Garmin, Nationwide, Korea Telecom, Allied Irish Bank
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