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OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence vs SCOM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

OPS/MVS Automation Intellig...
Ranking in Event Monitoring
13th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Mainframe Management (7th)
SCOM
Ranking in Event Monitoring
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
83
Ranking in other categories
Network Monitoring Software (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is 3.1%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SCOM is 8.9%, up from 8.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Event Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

GP
It automates responses, preventing issues from becoming more severe
I just installed version 12.3, which actually already has a number of new features. It's going to make it easier for some of our new users. I'm old-school, I learned it the old way. I actually want to go back and implement it and start doing things the new way. As I need to train people, it's going to make it easier for them and make the learning curve much shorter. The new release addressed some shortcomings of the product. It was old-school. The learning curve was a little bit long in the beginning, but it's really come a long way.
MarcMermuys - PeerSpot reviewer
Has efficient monitoring with robust integration capabilities
We use SCOM to configure different monitors using several management packs. It integrates systems like Active Directory and correlates them, and it is used for monitoring and managing systems SCOM allows integration of several systems, providing correlation between different systems such as…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's very flexible. You can customize what you need to, which is good. For example, you can do your own coding inside the tool, make your own scripting tooling."
"The documentation is simple, easy to follow, and use. A limited, first-time systems programmer can do it, in that it is out-of-the-box almost functional."
"​It is an easy product to use and it is stable."
"It's a very stable product. I very much like the SSM stuff in it. The rules engine, it's awesome."
"I do not have to keep recordings. It is there and is proactive. It helps the operators, human editors, and me."
"Because we can define complex commands, the training of new operators is quicker. We can also put checks in place, that will prevent user errors."
"With the automation pieces we can bring this region up or take this region down, and it allows us to always meet our time critical requirements."
"It's very secure, because it's a legacy application."
"Being able to make and customize management packs and send out notifications is very valuable."
"It is very good at monitoring Microsoft Server."
"It discovers the components automatically, which is a fantastic thing. The discovery works in an automatic way, and it has a dynamic way of discovering the components, assets, and applications. It doesn't require any manual intervention."
"They have great integration with the active directory."
"The product’s auto-remediation feature helps with automation."
"The most valuable feature is the extensibility, as there are really no limits as to what you can do with it."
"SCOM provides alerting capabilities and threshold settings, which are helpful for monitoring."
"The solution has improved our overrides and the ability to start services if they're stopped."
 

Cons

"Because of its age, it's a little bit difficult to modernize some of the integrations and some of the functions."
"The interfaces to USS, CA UIM could be better. CA Common Services interfaces - namely Zdata Mover, Zmessage Service, Zdatacolletcor - are poorly documented."
"Some of the command sequences are too long."
"Performing a stop/restart of OPS/MVS could be a little smoother. Without special coding, some undesired tasks will be started and some necessary tasks will be stopped if we have to bounce OPS/MVS during the day."
"It definitely needs more web-based interface, to be more mobile-open. More APIs, more open source to it."
"The further expansion of the mainframe teamcenter interface. Also, the web services support is something that I am looking into."
"One thing that comes to mind is the MQ interface. The last time we tried to use it, it seemed a little clunky."
"Scalability is zero. It cannot be scaled because of its age."
"It'll help if they can provide real-time or closer to real-time monitoring."
"The initial setup should be easier to complete."
"It would be a much better product if Microsoft provided management packs with the product."
"I would like to see more standard libraries for the market solutions, out of the box, that you don't need to do a lot of work on."
"I would like to see better support for monitoring Unix-based systems."
"Non Windows monitoring is fairly weak. Network device monitoring is not reliable."
"We believe that the dashboarding in SCOM needs to be improved or enhanced because it is not too expressive in reporting."
"The console feature is very poor, and it would be very good for us if this were improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is good, and it's part of their system center suite."
"We have an EA with Microsoft, and it comes as part of the EA."
"There is a license needed to use this solution and it is paid annually."
"It is more expensive than the competition."
"SCOM is part of the System Center suite and I am satisfied with the pricing."
"The platform is cost-effective due to our existing Microsoft support."
"Two customers bought the enterprise agreement with Microsoft and paid for Software Assurance. But few customers don't buy it for Software Assurance. They just buy it and deploy it, and they think that we will be using it for the next five years."
"We have an enterprise agreement that includes this product as part of it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Logistics Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Educational Organization
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about SCOM?
The tool helps to monitor Windows servers. It offers alerts from a central location.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SCOM?
I am not aware of the exact pricing as it is managed by my supervisor. As an academic institution, we receive substantial discounts.
What needs improvement with SCOM?
We believe that the dashboarding in SCOM needs to be improved or enhanced because it is not too expressive in reporting. We can work on deploying new ways of viewing things and modifying visualizat...
 

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Also Known As

CA OPS MVS Event Management and Automation, CA OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation, Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation
System Center Operations Manager, SCOM 2012
 

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