BMC AMI DevX vs Broadcom Test Data Manager comparison

BMC and Broadcom are both solutions in the Test Data Management category. BMC is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.5, while Broadcom is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.0. BMC holds a 11.1% mindshare in TDM, compared to Broadcom’s 13.3% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 94% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

BMC AMI DevX

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94% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

Broadcom Test Data Manager and BMC AMI DevX compete in test data management and development solutions. Broadcom shows an advantage with stronger customer support and pricing, while BMC AMI DevX stands out more in integration and automation features.

Features: Broadcom Test Data Manager includes data masking, data generation, and data subsetting, focusing on data privacy and security. BMC AMI DevX emphasizes automation, integration, and support for DevOps environments, aligning well with tech-driven organizations.

Room for Improvement: Broadcom Test Data Manager could enhance capabilities in non-relational data generation and support for evolving data types. It would benefit from advanced data analytics features. The user interface could be streamlined for easier navigation. BMC AMI DevX might improve its deployment process to be less complex, offer better documentation, and enhance customer-specific customization options, which could further support its comprehensive framework.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Broadcom Test Data Manager provides an easy deployment process and responsive customer support, enticing for expedited setups. BMC AMI DevX, while offering a more intricate deployment, is supported by a thorough framework that suits businesses needing comprehensive integration support.

Pricing and ROI: Broadcom Test Data Manager offers competitive pricing appealing to those seeking cost-efficiency and rapid ROI. BMC AMI DevX requires higher initial investment but justifies it with a higher ROI derived from its extensive feature set, beneficial for enterprises seeking long-term value and superior development solutions.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC AMI DevX

Ranking in Test Data Management

6th

Ranking in Data Masking

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Configuration Management (1st), Debugging (9th), Database Development and Management (19th), Mainframe Application Development (1st), Mainframe Testing Tools (1st), AI Software Development (205th)

Broadcom Test Data Manager

Ranking in Test Data Management

2nd

Ranking in Data Masking

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

AI Synthetic Data (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Test Data Management category, the mindshare of BMC AMI DevX is 11.1%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Broadcom Test Data Manager is 13.3%, down from 18.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Test Data Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Broadcom Test Data Manager	13.3%
BMC AMI DevX	11.1%
Other	75.6%

Test Data Management

Featured Reviews

RobertSamson

Technical Consultant at Services Robert Samson SCRS

Improves disaster recovery processes and offers an efficient CPU cycle optimization

Using BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on z/OS has greatly improved our database administration tasks. Although we don't test the database before production, we have experienced benefits in disaster recovery situations and capacity management. For instance, when facing capacity issues during peak transaction times, I've been able to quickly allocate additional resources to ensure smooth operations. This has been crucial, especially during times when the demand surges, such as peak flight hours.

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Hosney Osman

Technical Solution Architect at Vodafone

Offers great utility with synthetic data generation and reliable technical support

Overall, this can definitely be the advantage of the product, and I'm happy with these functionalities that Broadcom provides. I totally recommend any application working on the database layer directly and I don't recommend any applications from other external vendors to perform the same function. Oracle and PostgreSQL have similar applications and they both work directly in the database, reading directly from the database, transforming values in another table within the same database, making it easy to run. The solution is saving me time and money in general because this application saves money and a lot of effort. I can generate any amount of data from Broadcom Test Data Manager, which has a lot of information and equations regarding this task. It saves money because my testing team needs this data to create use cases tested on realistic data. Broadcom Test Data Manager adds great value to my organization, but I believe it can be afforded only in international, large-sized companies. It is not affordable for medium or small-sized organizations.

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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 visual ability to see potential downstream impacts to changes being made assists our developers in understanding the impact associated with their change."

"It does our CICS NEWCOPYs and our Db2 binds for us, whereas before, that was a manual process. It takes a lot of the workload off of the operations folks and off the DBAs."

"BMC Data Management improved our data recovery process by simplifying it."

"We can develop in parallel today on ISPF, but it's giving us the advantage of the newer interface into the mainframe programming languages that younger programmers can use and are familiar with, rather than using the ISPF green screen."

"I think the most valuable features are code management, code deployment, and code generation. The fact that those three features are included makes BMC Compuware ISPW a robust product. If one of those features was missing, it would be less robust and less interesting. But because it has those three features, it is a very good solution for code development and management."

"Once we got the configurations and deployment rolled out, it was very stable. I haven't had any major issues with Eclipse or the Topaz Workbench plugins."

"The smart editor helps because it will code-complete for me. I can see code working a lot faster and I'm able to get things coded in less time."

"It's a modernized development portal and helps reduce the learning curve for younger people coming in to work on the platform,"

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"Data privatization (GDPR enable), synthetic test data generation, and test data provisioning are its main interesting features."

"I like the integration a lot. We use the test matching feature and the ability to make and find data."

"The solution is saving me time and money in general because this application saves money and a lot of effort."

"The solution is very user-friendly. For instance, if I wanted to create a project with Data Generation, Data sub-setting, Selective sub-setting, and Data Marketing, it can be easily done in TDM. And if you want to export these project definitions from one system to another, it can be done with just one click."

"Core features that we needed were synthetic data creation, and to be able to do complex data mining and profiling across multiple databases with referential integrity intact across them. CA's product actually came through with the highest score and met the most of our needs."

"The whole process is done by functions which are compiled on the source environment itself. Normally, you take the data from the source, you manage them - for example, mask them - and then you load this masked data into the destination. With this solution, it's completely different. On the source environment, there are functions compiled inside the environment, which means they are amazingly fast and, on the source environment, data are masked already. So when you take them, you already take masked data from the source. So you can copy them, even with an unencrypted pipe."

"There is other stuff that they are working on right now, and that includes things like the vTDM or Virtual Test Data Management. That is where they have the ability to do test data clones. It is really neat because after doing some of that creation, or if you are going to do some subsetting, then you have a great looking database."

"The solution has a portal where we can create data. We can also create synthetic data with the help of the product. We can use it to create a new data set in the database, eliminating many issues. The product helps with data accuracy and availability."

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Cons

"It often doesn't play well with other plugins in the environment."

"Technical support has gotten better over the years, though there's always room for improvement."

"I'm always looking for improvement in things like the documentation, to make things a little bit easier and simpler to understand, a place where people can go to troubleshoot issues."

"The solution could be improved by being better integrated with the open world. In the next release, I would like to have the ability to work in an open environment whilst remaining integrated with the legacy environment."

"One area for improvement with this product could be in providing clearer guidance and tools for disaster recovery planning and execution."

"Better discussions to identify inventory prior to the start of any migration would be helpful for potential clients that have applications with code that is not modified often."

"It's not as intuitive as it should be. In terms of navigation, there is a large training curve for using it. For a millennial it might be better, if they're used to Eclipse. But coming from a non-Eclipse environment and using Eclipse, though I have experience with Eclipse, it might be cumbersome."

"One thing I would really like to see some improvement on is the promotion diagnostic messages. It invokes utilities "under the covers" to copy components, and it does not echo back any of the error messages from those utilities."

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"They could make it easier to model databases, because right now it is really technical, so to train someone on it takes a while."

"We had one user that was primarily working on it, who probably spent a few months initially setting it up."

"There were some issues with initial setup. It wasn't as smooth as we had thought. We ran into a network issue, a firewall issue, things like that. It wasn't something we could not fix. We worked with CA support and with the client's team to fix it. But there were issues, it took a lot of time to install and configure."

"They should make the Portal a little more user-friendly, make it even easier to configure things directly from the Portal."

"The additional feature probably would be a data reservation that is more robust, where you can actually use it consecutively."

"Get everything centralized into the portal."

"Broadcom TDM takes a long time to import documents, which wastes time that could be spent on other things."

"Needs improvement on SAP test data generation for SAP testing."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It has saved our developers time and effort when working on documentation, which is now more readable and fluent."

"The price point is great."

"In terms of pricing, there isn't an extra charge for the parts of it we use. It comes with the licenses we purchased for other products, so no complaints there. The licensing is built in with the other products that you purchase from Compuware."

"I like the seat-based licensing much more than MSU-based licensing, and that the cost has been competitive."

"The only thing I would mention related to the licensing and/or the pricing, is that they have some visualization features in there that are licensed by concurrent users. We're starting to trip up on that. We're looking to probably increase the number of concurrent licenses that we have. But those types of licensing strategies, where they license by concurrent users or the number of seats is confusing for some people. They don't understand why it works sometimes and doesn't work other times."

"In general, Compuware tools are very competitive."

"The cost of this tool is pretty high... CA provides licenses for different utilities like masking but even if you break it up, the pricing is still high."

"Part of the licensing is dependent on whether you want to use the portal. It's based on floating users. The other part is dependent on what type of system you are using. We are using mainframe, so we paid good money for a mainframe license."

"Know all the data requirements before buying this product. There are a lot of features for this tool, which may or may not be useful to a particular company. Make sure of what your requirements for your data are."

"It can be scaled for as many licenses as the customer is willing to pay. It's kind of expensive."

"Mainly, we compete with the IBM team and Informatica, and if you compare the license cost, Broadcom is too flexible. Depending on the customer's budget, we suggest they buy only respective SKUs, and it's much cheaper compared to others because we have gone over multiple deals where pricing was never a factor in differentiating products."

"I would rate Broadcom TDM's pricing as four out of five."

"My company makes yearly payments toward the licensing costs. So, I consider the licensing costs to be expensive, especially considering what I have heard from my colleagues."

"The tool's pricing is high."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

33%

Insurance Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

31%

Insurance Company

Marketing Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Large Enterprise	16

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	30

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS?

BMC Data Management improved our data recovery process by simplifying it.

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What needs improvement with BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS?

One area for improvement with this product could be in providing clearer guidance and tools for disaster recovery planning and execution. As someone involved in managing infrastructure, understandi...

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What advice do you have for others considering BMC Data Management for IMS and DB2 on zOS?

From my perspective as an infrastructure guy, the most valuable aspect of BMC's data management solutions was their ability to optimize CPU cycles, improving IMS performance without directly impact...

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What needs improvement with Broadcom Test Data Manager?

In terms of areas for improvement in Broadcom Test Data Manager specifically, I recognize that building the ERD diagram after connecting to the database is very difficult and requires improvement e...

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What is your primary use case for Broadcom Test Data Manager?

When it comes to use cases for Broadcom Test Data Manager, clients may use it for data masking. From a service provider perspective, regarding the data masking, data subsetting, and data virtualiza...

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What advice do you have for others considering Broadcom Test Data Manager?

If I were to rate their support from one to ten, I would give them a ten. Let's divide the question about Broadcom's standing compared to other vendors. If we talk about Oracle, PostgreSQL, or any ...

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Also Known As

File-AID, Data for Db2, Code Debug, Data Studio, Workbench for Eclipse, Code Pipeline

CA Test Data Manager, DataMaker, DataFinder, Fast Data Masker, CA TDM

Overview

BMC AMI DevX is a comprehensive solution enhancing code management and testing efficiency. It offers debugging capabilities within financial applications and integrates data management seamlessly, serving major banking sectors with reliable performance.

AMI DevX is tailored for banking industries, optimizing application debugging in COBOL and enhancing data handling in robust financial systems. It simplifies mainframe data management with real-time insights, improving efficiency through editing and cloning functionalities. The tool's integration with Compuware File-AID for IMS and DB2 ensures streamlined development processes. Challenges include a steep DB2 learning curve and initial setup complexities, with technical support inconsistencies and steep pricing impacting affordability. Despite this, its valuable features significantly support large banking operations.

What features make BMC AMI DevX valuable?

Line-by-Line Code Debugging: Allows precise identification and rectification of issues.
Variable Change & Line Skipping: Flexibility in testing without recompiling.
Database-Independent Testing: No need for loading databases during testing.
Real-Time Data Insights: Enhances decision-making with immediate information.
Data Warehousing & Analytics: Facilitates comprehensive data analysis.
Integration & Formatting: Streamlines development by simplifying data processes.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Improved Efficiency: Streamline data management and editing capabilities.
Robust Debugging: Effective in both online and batch COBOL program debugging.
Enhanced Financial Application Support: Superior handling in grants and loans applications.
Comprehensive Testing: Enables creation of clone test files for thorough testing.

In large banking sectors, BMC AMI DevX is integral for grants and loans-related applications. Its robust nature supports financial systems, offering debugging for COBOL, updating data in Compuware File-AID for IMS, and integrating DB2. Users implement this for exceptional data management and application reliability.

BMC

Broadcom Test Data Manager enables effective test data processes with tools for synthetic data generation, data masking, and data subsetting. It enhances automation and ensures data privacy and compliance, catering to diverse testing environments.

Broadcom Test Data Manager provides centralized data management with flexible functionalities like cubing and test matching, simplifying the creation and handling of test data. It supports both relational and non-relational data, optimizing test processes for effective results. Users find its intuitive UI and self-service portal time-saving. However, enhancements in programmatic capabilities, non-relational data handling, automation, and integration speed are needed. A unified web-based interface, better API usability, and expanded data source support could improve user experience. Mainframe functionality, data reservation, and web-based UI transitions also require focus for stability and scalability improvements.

What are its key features?

Synthetic Data Generation: Create realistic test data without affecting actual records.
Data Masking: Protect sensitive data through advanced masking techniques.
Data Subsetting: Efficiently manage data volumes by extracting relevant data portions.
Centralized Management: Simplifies data operations through a single management point.
Flexible Functionalities: Offers cubing concepts and test matching for precise data targeting.
Comprehensive Data Support: Handles both relational and non-relational data seamlessly.

What ROI benefits should you consider?

Enhanced Automation: Streamlines test data processes, reducing manual effort and errors.
Time Savings: Intuitive interfaces and self-service portals increase efficiency.
Compliance Assurance: Adheres to data privacy norms, safeguarding sensitive information.
Reduced Disk Usage: Efficient data subsetting decreases storage requirements.
DevOps Integration: Seamlessly integrates with pipelines, accelerating testing phases.

Broadcom Test Data Manager is widely used in industries like healthcare and finance for data masking and test management. It aids in creating synthetic data, managing subsetting, and anonymizing information, particularly valuable in handling regulated data. Its alignment with DevOps and comprehensive data capabilities are key in supporting secure, efficient testing workflows.

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Sample Customers

Helvetia, The IMT Group, Hapag-Lloyd, Royal Bank of Canada, Chunghwa Telecom

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