We performed a comparison between CA IDMS and SQL Sentry 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."Technical support is very good. They are very knowledgeable, very quick to respond, and very nice people, too."
"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 is a really stable platform. It has been around for many years. We trust it implicitly. "
"This solution has identified blocking, deadlock, memory pressure, and high CPU consumption issues."
"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."
"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."
"There could be some more metrics on the high availability to let us know when there are issues synchronizing between the hosts."
"If we can get details on wait types from system views, it will help identify a more detailed root cause."
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CA IDMS is ranked 31st in Database Development and Management while SQL Sentry is ranked 8th in Database Development and Management with 2 reviews. CA IDMS is rated 9.0, while SQL Sentry is rated 9.0. 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 SQL Sentry writes "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". CA IDMS is most compared with IBM IMS, CA Datacom and Adabas, whereas SQL Sentry is most compared with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, IDERA SQL Diagnostic Manager for SQL Server, Quest Spotlight, Redgate SQL Toolbelt and Quest Foglight for Databases. See our CA IDMS vs. SQL Sentry report.
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