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CA IDMS vs VMware Tanzu Data Solutions 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
VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
Ranking in Database Development and Management
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Relational Databases Tools (12th), Data Warehouse (7th), Message Queue (MQ) Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA IDMS is 1.4%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Tanzu Data Solutions is 2.8%, down from 3.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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.
Sushma Polavarapu - PeerSpot reviewer
Create essential reporting scripts with simplicity but has some operational challenges
We mainly create functions and scripts required for reporting The product is not complex; I do not have to create stored procedures, functions, or views. It's just simple to use. There is general room for improvement. I have been using it for five years. I have faced stability issues, mainly…

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.​"
"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. ​"
"Companies can scale the solution, so long as they have server room."
"The stability of this solution was very good."
"The loading speed is very good."
"The product's reliability is the most valuable feature."
"We chose Greenplum because of the architecture in terms of clustering databases and being able to have, or at least utilize the resources that are sitting on a database."
"It can be configured to be a very fast message broker. I like the stability, the built-in admin tools and plugin architecture."
"RabbitMQ will help to remove a lot of the complexities and create a loosely coupled codebase."
"I like the high throughput of 20K messages/sec, and that it supports multiple protocols."
 

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 would like to see it made simpler to operate and maintain."
"They need to enhance integration with other Big Data products... to integrate with Big Data platforms, and to open a bi-directional connection between Greenplum and Big Data."
"It will be very useful if we could communicate with other database types from Greenplum (using a database link)."
"If messages pile up until the space of the memory is full, then basically, the cluster goes down, and someone has to log in through the backend and purge all messages."
"The product needs to focus on offering more use case documentation because browsing the internet to find it can be a process filled with struggles."
"The initial deployment was a little difficult."
"Initial setup is a little complex. It took around two weeks to deploy."
"Their implementation is quite tricky. It's not that easy to implement RabbitMQ as a cluster."
"Maintenance is time-consuming."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Do not hold back on asking questions about the maintenance and continued support of the product."
"The pricing for RabbitMQ is reasonable. It is worth the cost."
"It is an open-source product."
"The pricing is okay."
"We are using the open-source version of this solution."
"It is the best product with best fit for price/performance customer objectives."
"It’s an open-source solution."
"This is an open source solution."
"Since the tool is an open-source product, there is no need to pay anything."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Healthcare Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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It’s an open-source solution. There are no expenses for using it.
 

Also Known As

IDMS
Greenplum, Pivotal Greenplum, VMware RabbitMQ, VMware Tanzu GemFire, VMware Postgres
 

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Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
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