IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus vs OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence comparison

IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus vs. OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus

Ranking in Event Monitoring

3rd

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

OPS/MVS Automation Intellig...

Ranking in Event Monitoring

10th

Average Rating

9.2

Reviews Sentiment

5.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Mainframe Management (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Event Monitoring category, the mindshare of IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus is 7.2%, down from 8.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence is 4.0%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Event Monitoring Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus	7.2%
OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence	4.0%
Other	88.8%

Event Monitoring

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Ramnarayan Saminatharao

EMEA Senior Sales Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Customization and robust network monitoring enhance operational efficiency

The most useful functions for monitoring purposes with IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus are that it can be automated in many ways. Most importantly, it can communicate with many network components without requiring any medium connectors. You can directly integrate it if you have SNMP, which is great. The main benefits that IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus provides are that it's an umbrella tool that can be placed on top of any existing monitoring system. You can monitor the entire network from this tool. The underlying interfaces can be many, but you can keep it as a single tool in IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus and it can manage the load on its own. It negates the need to train the user base with other tools. I can provide this single tool and have hundreds of different tools underlying, but I only need to train one single user base, which is a great advantage.

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Sakkamon Rapeepisarn

System Programmer at Krungsri

Automation has improved alerts and file handling but script-based setup still needs simplification

OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence is the automation tool I use. I think OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence is good for creating complex rules because it's coding, but it takes time to learn how to use it. OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence works well if you know the syntax very well and you have experience in creating scripts or REXX syntax; it would be very good and is a good tool, but it takes time to learn, so that is for experienced staff to work with. I would rate the product a six from one to ten. I cannot think of any additional features in the next release of OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence.

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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 monitoring is the solution's most valuable feature."

"It is customer-centric. Customers can access the event list from their location or desktop and view the event. There is no need to go and connect to any other server and run events to have a view of all the events happening in the environment. We get a good response from customers about this feature and the main architecture of NetCool. Its processing is very good. Deduplication and correlation functionalities are good in this solution as compared to other solutions. A big advantage of NetCool is that it also supports multi-layered protocols. We can receive multiple events from different protocols like UDP, HTTP, and those events can be captured in NetCool."

"It's good for managed systems. The end query on the user interface is good. You can view lots of charts and graphs."

"IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus supports legacy protocols like CORBA, Huawei, and other telecom protocols, which I find beneficial."

"It is an easy-to-use solution."

"OMNIbus is valuable for its compatibility and performance, as I haven't encountered any performance issues."

"Offers very good event/alert drill-down and statistical reporting capabilities."

"The biggest plus points for me are the configurability and scalability of the solution, as well as the multi-tenancy of the platform."

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"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."

"It's a very stable product. I very much like the SSM stuff in it. The rules engine, it's awesome."

"It allows us to respond faster to issues. If there are issues that come out, we're able to capture a message and alert somebody about it."

"The performance of it is beyond exceptional. It is probably one of the best products that I have ever worked with. It is easy to use, comprehensive, and can perform almost any task you need it to."

"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."

"OPS/REXX is valuable because it allows us almost unlimited flexibility in automating our system."

"It is an easy product to use and it is stable."

"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."

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Cons

"Areas that could be better include the fact that the solution is only on-premises, lacks AI capabilities, and support response times could be quicker."

"I would like for the next release to be more user-friendly and out of date. The next release should focus on the cloud, AI, and ML technologies."

"There should be an easier-to-understand model, more of a flat-structured model rather than different tiers of licenses which complicates licensing."

"Its integration could be better. They should provide an easier integration for all the monitoring stuff, and it will make things easier for us. Currently, there is a complexity in integrating it with a vendor application, and we have to use another tool to integrate it with a vendor application. To integrate some applications with NetCool, I need to install an IBM tool on top of it. It would be good if they can provide an API or any kind of interface that we can leverage while developing a new protocol interface or application. We should be able to use an API or interface with NetCool. Its GUI can also be better. As compared to other tools, it is not user friendly, and it is not easy to do stuff through GUI. Whenever we do anything on the GUI, it takes time. They need to focus on the GUI part, especially the dashboard. They should focus on how users can effectively drill down from one box to another. The visual appeal of the dashboard is as important as the data and functionality."

"The cost of the product is quite high. They should work to adjust their pricing models."

"Its technical support team takes longer to reply."

"The solution has limitations in database integration as it cannot integrate with databases other than IBM DB2."

"They could enhance the visibility to give us a unified view of our entire IT infrastructure."

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"The interfaces to USS, CA UIM could be better. CA Common Services interfaces - namely Zdata Mover, Zmessage Service, Zdatacolletcor - are poorly documented."

"It definitely needs more web-based interface, to be more mobile-open. More APIs, more open source to it."

"One thing that comes to mind is the MQ interface. The last time we tried to use it, it seemed a little clunky."

"The reason sometimes it is not stable, we do not have the expertise to write the script."

"The GUI interface could be improved, but that is coming. They are working on that."

"It’s a complex product. The initial installation is easy, but implementing various functions is a constant process."

"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."

"My impressions on OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence is that it's quite difficult to use, as it relies mainly on the coding syntax and doesn't provide an easy-to-use GUI."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its license cost is a little bit more than other solutions. Our customers expect a standard market price that is comparative to other products. For each and every NetCool OMNIbus component, we have to purchase a separate license. These components are not free with the product."

"It is a costly solution."

"You have to have the right level of budget to afford this solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

15%

Energy/Utilities Company

Retailer

Logistics Company

17%

Educational Organization

10%

Financial Services Firm

Marketing Services Firm

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	1
Large Enterprise	25

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus?

I would rate the pricing for IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus as three, where one is a high price and ten is a low price.

What needs improvement with IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus?

Based on my experience and my colleagues' feedback, IBM can improve IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus in automation with respect to using AI, as it lacks considerably compared to other tools. The integrat...

What is your primary use case for IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus?

My current use case for IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus is for monitoring the networks.

What needs improvement with OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence?

My impressions on OPS_MVS Automation Intelligence is that it's quite difficult to use, as it relies mainly on the coding syntax and doesn't provide an easy-to-use GUI. OPS_MVS should have an easy-t...

What is your primary use case for OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence?

We use the auto-purge transaction for some transactions that run very long, and we also use automation to open and close files in CICS as well.

What advice do you have for others considering OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence?

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Also Known As

Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus

CA OPS MVS Event Management and Automation, CA OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation, Unicenter CA-OPS/MVS Event Management and Automation

Overview

Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus provides near real-time service assurance for business infrastructure, applications, servers, network devices and protocols, Internet protocols, storage and security devices.

IBM

z/OS, its subsystems, databases, middleware, applications, and software generate thousands of event messages daily. IT professionals need a tool to filter, prioritize, and respond quickly to these events before they impact availability and threaten business processing and associated service level agreements. CA OPS/MVS EMA automates processes, enabling you to resolve problems as they arise. It also automates more routine tasks, simplifying IT management and operations.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

Consolidated Communications, €sterreichische Bundesbahnen (€BB), Capgemini

Tieto

IBM Tivoli NetCool OMNIbus vs. OPS/MVS Automation Intelligence