BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench vs IBM Rational Developer for z Systems comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench
Ranking in Mainframe Application Development
1st
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Rational Developer for ...
Ranking in Mainframe Application Development
2nd
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Mainframe Application Development category, the market share of BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench is 31.3% and it increased by 19.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of IBM Rational Developer for z Systems is 25.0% and it decreased by 28.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mainframe Application Development
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Featured Reviews

JS
Oct 8, 2018
File editing/browsing and the debugging features help onboard developers who are new to the mainframe environment
Initially, it was fairly complicated. Topaz leverages the functionality from other products quite a bit, and the setup issues were attributed to those other products: things that we didn't have in place, we didn't have installed, we didn't have configured. I spent a lot of time going through the features of Topaz that were not working, trying to find which product it was that was missing a configuration step or a setup step. That took me the better part of six to eight months to get it all ironed out. It was fairly complicated to get all of the features and functions working. As far as Topaz itself goes, they're just built-in and expected to work, but as I said, those features are really attributed to other products, the setup and configuration that's required for those products. But since we've gone through those initial setups, doing upgrades and doing maintenance has been really straightforward. There has really not been a lot to do in the configuration and setup portions.
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"The only thing I would mention related to the licensing and/or the pricing, is that they have some visualization features in there that are licensed by concurrent users. We're starting to trip up on that. We're looking to probably increase the number of concurrent licenses that we have. But those types of licensing strategies, where they license by concurrent users or the number of seats is confusing for some people. They don't understand why it works sometimes and doesn't work other times."
"In general, Compuware tools are very competitive."
"It has saved our developers time and effort when working on documentation, which is now more readable and fluent."
"In terms of pricing, there isn't an extra charge for the parts of it we use. It comes with the licenses we purchased for other products, so no complaints there. The licensing is built in with the other products that you purchase from Compuware."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
31%
Insurance Company
17%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
30%
Insurance Company
13%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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