CA IDMS vs SQL Sentry comparison

Broadcom and SQL Sentry are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. Broadcom is ranked #28, while SQL Sentry is ranked #10. Broadcom holds a 1.1% mindshare in DDM, compared to SQL Sentry’s 5.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of SQL Sentry users who would recommend it.

CA IDMS

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100% willing to recommend

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66% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

CA IDMS and SQL Sentry are competing products in database management and monitoring. SQL Sentry has the upper hand due to its advanced features and robust performance.

Features: CA IDMS offers a reliable environment for database management, strong data integrity, and high availability. SQL Sentry provides real-time SQL Server performance monitoring, advanced analytical capabilities, and comprehensive monitoring options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CA IDMS involves a more complex installation process but provides stable support for legacy systems. SQL Sentry offers a more straightforward deployment model and proactive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: CA IDMS comes with lower initial setup costs, making it an economical solution for long-term infrastructure investments. SQL Sentry may have higher setup costs but delivers substantial ROI through efficient SQL Server performance handling.

To learn more, read our detailed CA IDMS vs. SQL Sentry Report (Updated: April 2025).

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Review summaries and opinions

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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

SQL Sentry

Ranking in Database Development and Management

10th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

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 SQL Sentry is 5.5%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management

Featured Reviews

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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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Steve McCubbin

Sql Db Administrator at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Lets you know when your jobs are taking longer than average and allows you to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times

To be able to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times is the most valuable feature of the product. Another thing that's good about the product is that it will let you know when your jobs are taking longer than average so that you can foretell that there's going to be an issue coming up. Your SQL agent job is taking longer.

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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

"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."

"To be able to go back in history and find out what was happening at certain times is the most valuable feature of the product."

"This solution has identified blocking, deadlock, memory pressure, and high CPU consumption issues."

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."

"If we can get details on wait types from system views, it will help identify a more detailed root cause."

"There could be some more metrics on the high availability to let us know when there are issues synchronizing between the hosts."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"It's fairly expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Government

15%

Computer Software Company

10%

University

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Compared 8% 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

SentryOne is the most capable, scalable platform for enterprise data performance management, from development through production. We empower Microsoft database professionals with the best solutions for developing, testing, documenting, and monitoring the Microsoft Data Platform.

SQL Sentry

Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services Inc.

Coeo, Stack Overflow, GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation, Hawaiian Airlines, Hennepin County Medical Center, Racing Victoria, Citrix, Insight, Shi, Woodforest National Bank, Telular

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