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IBM OMEGAMON vs SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM OMEGAMON
Ranking in Mainframe Management
3rd
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SYSVIEW Performance Intelli...
Ranking in Mainframe Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Mainframe Management category, the mindshare of IBM OMEGAMON is 15.4%, down from 26.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence is 9.3%, down from 15.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mainframe Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence9.3%
IBM OMEGAMON15.4%
Other75.3%
Mainframe Management
 

Featured Reviews

PB
Mainframe Support at AG Insurance
Good stability but it is lacking the ability to see historical information
We can only see online information but there isn't any historical data to see something that happened a few hours previous. We don't have the ability to access that information. Previously, with MainView, we could look back at information from two days before and get information. We could easily get information from Plexus. Now, we don't have a single screen to check which has been annoying. Compared to MainView, Tivoli is rubbish. We are forced to use this solution. We couldn't stay with MainView. I would like for it to be easier to check the system performance. It should have the ability to see historical data. We can't see the percentages to see the percentages of the CPU utilized. We should be able to see how much was used by our part of the system. Now, we have to continuously recalculate that information.
SR
System Programmer at Krungsri
Real-time monitoring has improved incident response but still needs built-in history and prediction
A long-term performance database in SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence would be beneficial to see historical performance for the long term and observe trends. Currently, a program must be created to gather data, and it should be part of the product with a built-in database inside SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence so that a custom program to gather data and keep it somewhere is not necessary. Prediction capability is not available in SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence—the kind of machine learning intelligence desired, such as the ability to predict patterns or seasonality or month-end behavior. However, if there is a chance to use WatchTower, this ability might be gained.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's stable enough. I haven't noticed any problems since it was installed."
"It gives an indication of potential performance bottlenecks."
"It is a very powerful and reliable tool with a relatively easy to follow interface."
"Being able to see and to have oversight of everything that happens on the job is critical, and this is what we get with SYSVIEW."
"The transaction troubleshooting for the applications is the product’s most valuable feature, giving the opportunity for those applications to be able to see what's wrong with a transaction and make corrections, giving them the information readily accessible."
"It is a good product for mainframe management."
"I have to work with other products that are its competition, and so far, SYSVIEW is one of the best out there."
"This does pretty much the same thing that MainView does at a cheaper cost."
"Technical support is very skilled and helpful."
 

Cons

"Compared to MainView, Tivoli is rubbish."
"We can't see the percentages to see the percentages of the CPU utilized. We should be able to see how much was used by our part of the system. Now, we have to continuously recalculate that information."
"​We are using Datacom as the database system, so maybe a little bit more integration with that.​"
"The creation of dashboards could be made much easier, such as the way it is done in BMCs MainView for example."
"When making that call to technical support, the triage is sometimes a little rough to get you to someone who will effectively help you."
"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."
"Having spoken with the product owner, we discussed the interests of being able to identify the unit of work ID giving us the ability to correlate transactions that cross technologies."
"I would like to see better web browser support that display views, reports, and graphs."
"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 screen layout could be updated and be more modern looking. The product has a 1980’s interface and it seems no investment whatsoever has been made in this respect."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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
21%
Government
10%
Healthcare Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
22%
Performing Arts
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise25
 

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What needs improvement with SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence?
A long-term performance database in SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence would be beneficial to see historical performance for the long term and observe trends. Currently, a program must be created to ...
What is your primary use case for SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence?
SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence is used for monitoring CICS and z/OS, and it is also used to monitor metrics and trigger events to OPS/MVS for automation triggering. SYSVIEW Performance Intelligen...
What advice do you have for others considering SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence?
The price of SYSVIEW Performance Intelligence is unknown as I am a user and do not have access to pricing information. I have provided this review with a rating of seven out of ten.
 

Also Known As

IBM Candle, Tivoli
CA SYSVIEW Performance Management, CA SYSVIEW, Unicenter CA-SYSVIEW Realtime Performance Management
 

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Sample Customers

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Tieto, Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU)
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