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CA Datacom vs CA IDMS comparison

CA Datacom and CA IDMS are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. CA Datacom is ranked #30, while CA IDMS is ranked #32. CA Datacom holds a 1.1% mindshare in DDM, compared to CA IDMS’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of CA Datacom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of CA IDMS users who would recommend it.
CA Datacom
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100% willing to recommend
CA IDMS
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  • 97 Comparison Views
100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive Summary
We performed a comparison between CA Datacom and CA IDMS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Database Development and Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Datacom
Ranking in Database Development and Management
30th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
CA IDMS
Ranking in Database Development and Management
32nd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA Datacom is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CA IDMS is 0.9%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user779310 - PeerSpot reviewer
It is a stable product that cuts down on our support costs
This is a hard one. It has just been a really solid product. We have not had very many issues at all with it. The only minor issue that we have had with Datacom is in the installation guide: Some of the sizings for the databases have not really worked out for us, so we had to go in and resize them. Also, we would run out of space and things like that. Those are the only minor things.
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it_user558606 - PeerSpot reviewer
We get network database performance. It supports our back office.
I don't have anything to add. I've heard about web services. We might be looking at a Java connection or web services in the future. It's serving our purpose right now. We're not looking for anything new. For what we do, it meets all our needs. We have to use DB2 when we need more relational constructs, expanded inquiry and reporting; so it's not perfect in that regards. We use it really for our transaction processing, not as much for reporting. For transaction processing, it's doing the job we need. To go into more in-depth, high-volume reporting, we offload a lot of the data to DB2.
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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 initial setup is fairly straightforward for a mainframe product."
"Scalability is definitely one thing. The size of the database can grow without any issues. We've got one database table that's got over a billion rows in it; quite a bit of data, and it handles access like a champ."
"Nowadays, CA is doing a lot of improving as far as online maintainability of definitions, which is a huge improvement over the past. I'm able to do a lot of changes without any outage."
"It definitely ​cuts down on our support costs. I do not get woken up in the middle of the night very often for a problem with Datacom."
"It is a solid product."
"It is a really stable platform. It has been around for many years. We trust it implicitly. ​"
"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."
 

Cons

"The only minor issue that we have had with Datacom is in the installation guide: Some of the sizings for the databases have not really worked out for us, so we had to go in and resize them."
"For the "no-outage maintainability" of things, they are making improvements as we speak, but there is definitely still room for more of that."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Do not hold back on asking questions about the maintenance and continued support of the product."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
24%
Government
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Also Known As

DATACOM
IDMS
 

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Overview

CA Datacom enables the continuous availability of your business applications. Datacom, and its family of rDBMS products, provides you with a reliable database repository with enterprise-wide, high-volume workload and fault-tolerant capabilities.
CA IDMS is a reliable, high-performance, web-enabled Database Management system (DBMS) for IBM z Systems that provides business value for hundreds of enterprises and government organizations. CA IDMS provides high-performance database management and transaction processing performance for existing and new workloads, helping you consolidate business functions on a central data repository, as needed.
 

Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
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