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Amazon SimpleDB vs CA Datacom comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon SimpleDB
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Non-Relational Databases (5th), NoSQL Databases (20th)
CA Datacom
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.6
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (27th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Amazon SimpleDB and CA Datacom aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Amazon SimpleDB is designed for Non-Relational Databases and holds a mindshare of 4.9%, up 3.3% compared to last year.
CA Datacom, on the other hand, focuses on Database Development and Management, holds 1.2% mindshare, up 1.2% since last year.
Non-Relational Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon SimpleDB4.9%
Oracle Berkeley DB9.1%
InfluxDB6.9%
Other79.1%
Non-Relational Databases
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CA Datacom1.2%
Oracle Enterprise Manager4.5%
Foglight for Databases3.9%
Other90.4%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

BV
SAP Senior Architect at Cognizant
Adapting to changing data needs with reduced development time and schema flexibility
Amazon SimpleDB is beneficial to me due to its reduced development time, adaptability, improved agility, and its ability to handle unstructured data. It also offers schema flexibility, which aids me in documentation, version control, modular design, data normalization, and denormalization. With this, I have a clear understanding of the data, considering future challenges, and designing for expansion.
it_user489183 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Admin at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees
Scalability and the online maintainability of definitions are definite advantages for us
We've had it for so long, so it's status quo. But we've added all sorts of functionality to our applications and there are no issues with databases. Anything developers request, we're able to accomplish. Also, we deal a lot with government regulation - and not to talk about what the company does - but anything that they require of us, because we transmit data back and forth with them, we're able to do that with no problems. And there have been a lot of changes over the past five years that our government dictated regarding what we actually end up doing. So, we're able to be extremely flexible with that.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Amazon SimpleDB is beneficial to me due to its reduced development time, adaptability, improved agility, and its ability to handle unstructured data."
"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 has cut down on our support, especially after hours, and it is a solid product that just works most of the time."
"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."
"The initial setup is fairly straightforward for a mainframe product."
"It is a solid product."
"It does its job very well."
"The technical support staff with whom I have dealt are truly top notch; they understand whatever issue or question we might have and are able to supply quick and valid answers much of the time, or they fully engage in developing solutions when that is required."
"This product is very stable, compared to a lot of other DBMSs that run in our shop."
 

Cons

"The ability to adapt database structures like tables and data types to changing data requirements without causing major disruptions or extensive code changes is an area where I feel improvement is needed."
"Something that we would like to see is for them to develop integration with open distribution systems."
"I had trouble with an upgrade once but, when I have trouble with the upgrade there's always someone there to support me and get me through it really quickly."
"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."
"There are a lot of features that come out with each upgrade, but our application that runs on it has been around for a long time; they sort of decommissioned this application."
"There are still some things - and I know they are working on some of them - but for the "no-outage maintainability" of things, they are making improvements as we speak, but there is definitely still room for more of that."
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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider
13%
Construction Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
9%
University
7%
 

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Large Enterprise7
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon SimpleDB?
I find the price of Amazon SimpleDB to be relatively high compared to other solutions available in the market like Microsoft and other cloud services.
What needs improvement with Amazon SimpleDB?
The ability to adapt database structures like tables and data types to changing data requirements without causing major disruptions or extensive code changes is an area where I feel improvement is ...
What is your primary use case for Amazon SimpleDB?
I use Amazon SimpleDB for managing my SAP database.
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