ASG TMON vs BMC MainView comparison

Rocket Software and BMC are both solutions in the Mainframe Management category. Rocket Software is ranked #2 with an average rating of 10.0, while BMC is ranked #3. Rocket Software holds a 10.9% mindshare in MM, compared to BMC’s 18.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Rocket Software users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of BMC users who would recommend it.

ASG TMON

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100% willing to recommend

BMC MainView

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100% willing to recommend

ASG TMON

BMC MainView

Categories and Ranking

ASG TMON

Ranking in Mainframe Management

2nd

Average Rating

10.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

BMC MainView

Ranking in Mainframe Management

3rd

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Mainframe Management category, the mindshare of ASG TMON is 10.9%, down from 11.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BMC MainView is 18.6%, up from 18.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Mainframe Management

Featured Reviews

Roland Schiradin

CICS Sysprog DB2-Admin at ITZ

Easy to install and use with good support and

It's too early to say what improvements are needed, but I can only say we are happy with our decision to move to TMON. We haven't looked at the graphic tools so far, but they're on our to-do list for this year. We will see what happens after the move to Rocket Software. We haven't seen any missing information about our daily work and analysis of our production systems and applications. We're like it to be possible to move some more workload to our ZIIP processors to save us some billing for general workload.

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it_user676302

Produktionssteuerung at a wellness & fitness company with 10,001+ employees

Enabled me to solve production problems faster or even avoid them preemptively with warnings

MainView is used as a central point of view to control and monitor systems on the mainframe like z/OS, CICS, MQSeries IMS, or DB2. MainView has enabled me, in the past, to solve production problems faster, or even avoid them preemptively with warnings. The integration of IMS commands is very…

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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

"The report writer in TMON is a very good add-on for batch reports which weren't available in OmegaMon/CICS."

"The integration of IMS commands is very useful, because you do not have to switch to another tool to problem solve solutions."

"Enabled me to solve production problems faster or even avoid them preemptively with warnings."

Cons

"We're like it to be possible to move some more workload to our ZIIP processors to save us some billing for general workload."

"More visualisation and support for mobile devices would be good."

"An expansion for distributed systems would be great, but probably not workable."

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available

"If you already use other products from BMC, you might be able to get a package deal from BMC's sales department."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

31%

Computer Software Company

19%

Government

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

24%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

11%

Insurance Company

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ASG TMON?

The report writer in TMON is a very good add-on for batch reports which weren't available in OmegaMon/CICS.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ASG TMON?

We found that, in comparison, BMC and OmegeMon were expensive.

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What needs improvement with ASG TMON?

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What is the best network monitoring software for large enterprises?

I have worked from 1973 with all kind of systems in large enterprises across the world. And have experience with all kind of software in monitoring from infra to end to end, it depends on the funct...

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Comparisons

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Overview

The ASG-TMON family of products offer a range of software products for the IBM z Systems platform. Power your critical business applications across the z/OS and z/VSE enterprise with ASG-TMON providing comprehensive products that monitor and manage the health, availability and performance of your system and subsystem resources. Each Performance Management module provides affordable, pragmatic options for ensuring that your business’s application investments continue to return value. Innovative integration between tools facilitates greater efficiencies for improving Mean Time To Resolution, MTTR. (https://www.asg.com/en/Products/Performance-Management.aspx)

To keep your business running smoothly, you need mainframe management that does more than just monitor and display. BMC MainView gives you the power to diagnose problems, minimize risk, and cut costs.

Lower costs with more efficient monitoring.
Find and fix problems early to prevent costly outages and slowdowns.
Improve availability and productivity by automating and simplifying performance tasks.
Streamline application performance tuning using BMC's seamless integration with Compuware Strobe.

Sample Customers

Bank of Tokyo, Vodafone, Westar Energy Inc.

Costco, Dell, Apple, Citi, AT&T, FedEx, Johnson&Johnson, Comcast, Caterpillar, Vodafone, Sysco, Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Walt Disney

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