We performed a comparison between CA IDMS and Quest Spotlight based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"It is a really stable platform. It has been around for many years. We trust it implicitly. "
"The tool is a SaaS product where I just need to type a URL and start with the design process. I can integrate all elements of source control like GitHub, GitLab, etc. The tool also supports authentication-related provisions like SSH."
"I consider the solution very scalable."
"Its dashboards are most valuable. The drill-down of the dashboards is useful."
"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."
"Some customizations of the dashboard, such as having backup reports, would be useful."
"The software does not support webhooks. It doesn't support advanced versions of APIs. The tool also doesn't support advanced versions of specifications. The change that we do in one part of the model is not reflected throughout the specification. There are also some mutations in the clones. I am not able to do a local source control with the product as well."
"There's no reporting with this tool, and there really should be. They should add that into future releases."
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CA IDMS is ranked 31st in Database Development and Management while Quest Spotlight is ranked 5th in Database Development and Management with 4 reviews. CA IDMS is rated 9.0, while Quest Spotlight is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of CA IDMS writes "We get network database performance. It supports our back office". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Quest Spotlight writes "Good tool for the design and development of public APIs". CA IDMS is most compared with IBM IMS, CA Datacom and Adabas, whereas Quest Spotlight is most compared with Quest Foglight for Databases, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Redgate SQL Toolbelt, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer and IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server. See our CA IDMS vs. Quest Spotlight report.
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