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BMC MainView vs SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence comparison

 

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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

BMC MainView
Ranking in Mainframe Management
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SYSVIEW Performance Intelli...
Ranking in Mainframe Management
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Mainframe Management category, the mindshare of BMC MainView is 18.5%, up from 17.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence is 14.3%, up from 11.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mainframe Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user676302 - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
it_user837528 - PeerSpot reviewer
I use the SMS space management extensively, and the features that allow me to look at dumps and dataset allocations
The things that I would think about would be in relation to JES3. However, I don't know if they'll be able to do much more with that because I don't know how much longer IBM is going to be supporting JES3. So I can understand not doing additional development. But if I were to suggest something it would be the JES3 initiators, the JES3 queues. It confuses a lot of people because there are so many features, but when they see me bouncing around they say, "I didn't know it did that, I didn't know it did that." It takes a long time to find all the different features that are available.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"Between the tech support and the person I was working with, they have been extraordinary."
"Thresholds with alerts are valuable, enabling us to fix a problem before it has an impact."
"When we changed to JES3, the programmers didn't have to know anything. The product provided the same interface with the same look and feel."
"I use most of the SMS space management extensively, but also the features that enable me to look at dumps and different dataset allocations to the system, and performance data from the queueing and delays."
"​The stability is very reliable. We have not had any issues."
"It is easy to see if anything is wrong. The queues on the system are fast, and it is very intuitive to locate something."
"The scalability is absolutely fine."
"We have not had any major issues in approximately 15 years."
 

Cons

"An expansion for distributed systems would be great, but probably not workable."
"More visualisation and support for mobile devices would be good."
"The things that I would think about would be in relation to JES3. However, I don't know if they'll be able to do much more with that because I don't know how much longer IBM is going to be supporting JES3. So I can understand not doing additional development. But if I were to suggest something it would be the JES3 initiators, the JES3 queues."
"The documentation format could be better. I noticed with the last release that all of the manuals were bundled into one. It used to have a separate installation guide, user guide, etc."
"​We are using Datacom as the database system, so maybe a little bit more integration with that.​"
"If a unit of work ID is associated with a CICS, a DB2, and a MQ transaction, and having that capability correlate to those different technologies via one business application transaction which would be beneficial."
"They are already working on improvements. One of them is the operational intelligence, which is a lot of stuff I am trying to learn and work on right now, which SYSVIEW reports to that all the system things which are going on."
"It confuses a lot of people because there are so many features, but when they see me bouncing around they say, "I didn't know it did that, I didn't know it did that." It takes a long time to find all the different features that are available."
"The documentation, like installation guides and stuff, put it all in one place.​"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you already use other products from BMC, you might be able to get a package deal from BMC's sales department."
"Pricing is a little steep, but there are a lot of other functions that it brings together. It gives you one window to look through to get to a lot of different features. The more products you have from CA, the better pricing they have, the more you can get them doing more things for you."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
25%
Computer Software Company
14%
Insurance Company
10%
Government
10%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
19%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

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CA SYSVIEW Performance Management, CA SYSVIEW, Unicenter CA-SYSVIEW Realtime Performance Management
 

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