CA Datacom vs IDERA ER/Studio comparison

Broadcom and IDERA are both solutions in the Database Development and Management category. Broadcom is ranked #23, while IDERA is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.5. Broadcom holds a 1.4% mindshare in DDM, compared to IDERA’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of IDERA users who would recommend it.

CA Datacom

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

CA Datacom and IDERA ER/Studio are database management and modeling solutions. IDERA ER/Studio holds an advantage due to its comprehensive feature set, while CA Datacom is favored for cost-effectiveness and customer service.

Features: CA Datacom offers high-performance data processing, scalability, and robust data security. IDERA ER/Studio provides advanced data modeling, collaboration tools, and integration capabilities.

Room for Improvement: CA Datacom could enhance its user interface, expand integration support, and introduce more automated processes. IDERA ER/Studio might improve by simplifying its deployment process, refining the user interface, and offering more flexible pricing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CA Datacom ensures a streamlined deployment process with strong customer support. While IDERA ER/Studio has a more complex setup, it provides responsive support and extensive resources.

Pricing and ROI: CA Datacom is cost-effective, with competitive setup costs leading to a reliable ROI. IDERA ER/Studio involves a higher initial cost, but its rich features and productivity improvements justify the investment.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Datacom

Ranking in Database Development and Management

23rd

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IDERA ER/Studio

Ranking in Database Development and Management

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Architecture Management (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA Datacom is 1.4%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IDERA ER/Studio is 2.4%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IDERA ER/Studio	2.4%
CA Datacom	1.4%
Other	96.2%

Database Development and Management

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it_user489183

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.

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reviewer2796111

Data Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Improved data modeling has reduced system footprint and strengthened finance workflows

I assess the benefits of IDERA ER_Studio's metadata management for my organization as not as good as Erwin's. Erwin's metadata management is better in how it handles data. There is a lot more user involvement in managing the metadata, primarily because in IDERA ER_Studio, the logical and physical models are separately defined in the same file, so you have to map them every single time. In Erwin, it has a unified structure, so if you make a change in the logical model, it automatically shows up in the physical model. You have to go through a couple of steps in the IDERA model to make sure everything has moved over. While that is not that inconvenient when you are actually doing development, as far as metadata management, that is prone to things getting dropped and missed. The collaboration tools in IDERA ER_Studio are adequate, but I think with Erwin, there is more of an opportunity for things to crash. Changes can be merged in IDERA more fluidly; however, the locking and sharing are a little bit more defined in Erwin. I think the learning curve for Erwin might be easier than IDERA ER_Studio, especially with connecting to different models and systems.

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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

"They provide the best support compared to other providers I have used previously."

"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."

"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."

"It does its job very well."

"This product is very stable, compared to a lot of other DBMSs that run in our shop."

"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 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."

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"One of the valuable features is inheritance when joining tables. When setting up RI and domains and rules, ER/Studio does a lot of the grunt, boilerplate code that would otherwise have to be hand-coded."

"The most valuable feature is data modeling, primarily, because it's something that has been lacking in our systems development for 20 years."

"Because of all the various things we use it for, it has a high value within the organization."

"Before this tool, just managing the changes and publishing the models to the users became very cumbersome, and this tool has simplified our day-to-day tasks a lot."

"We can track changes to our data models and tie those changes back to specific tasks or efforts that we identify."

"ER/Studio is good. It is really user-friendly and you can start without much training."

"The most important features are logical and physical models that we can compare and develop. Also, the Data Dictionary can be created out of your studio. Finally, database schemas help understand the logic that's behind the scene, behind the SQL tables. Especially when there are a lot of them, the schemas help everyone understand the business processes."

"When validating the model, the ability to provide sub-models to developers, and generate a physical model from the logical, makes it easier to review a logical model with stakeholders."

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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."

"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."

"Something that we would like to see is for them to develop integration with open distribution systems."

"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."

"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."

"For the "no-outage maintainability" of things, they are making improvements as we speak, but there is definitely still room for more of that."

"Product registration always seemed difficult and time consuming."

"I would like to upload a database with about 3,000 tables. It takes so much time and, finally, it freezes the whole solution so that I actually cannot work with that environment."

"This solution needs more precise documentation."

"It is expensive! Licensing requires a subscription to their support site."

"The deployment and licensing facets of this product are beyond maddening, requiring even small organizations such as ours to install and maintain two server apps to handle real-time license enforcement and centralized (Tool Cloud) product launching."

"The repository causes continuous problems, as it's slow and sometimes crashes."

"The solution could be sped up, as it is a little slow (e.g., when it's doing its database compare)."

"The only thing I had an issue with was licensing, and the support was very good."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution’s pricing is high."

"I use the product's trial version."

"The product is pricey."

"The setup cost may have been around $1500 to $2000."

"As an individual user, the renewal is a little costly."

"I'm a firm believer that all software is overpriced these days but, comparatively speaking, I think ER/Studio is worth the money."

"At my previous company using ER/Studio, a database compare took four hours before using the product and 15 minutes after using the product."

"The price of this product is okay."

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Energy/Utilities Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise	7

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Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	12
Large Enterprise	25

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IDERA ER Studio?

In terms of pricing, ER/Studio is slightly more expensive compared to Erwin, by about five to ten percent.

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What is your primary use case for IDERA ER Studio?

I work in the finance industry, and the use cases for this product are very similar to what I mentioned previously when I discussed being in industrial management. It is simply a different product.

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What advice do you have for others considering IDERA ER Studio?

I have not used IDERA ER_Studio's impact analysis tools, so I really could not judge that regarding mitigating database risks for security. I am not on the end as far as the pricing, as this is wha...

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Also Known As

DATACOM

IDERA ER Studio, ER/Studio, ER/Studio Enterprise Team Edition

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.

Broadcom

IDERA ER/Studio is a powerful suite for business-driven data modeling that enables companies to create an enterprise architecture foundation for data governance. With round-trip support for multiple database platforms, data architects have the power to reverse-engineer, analyze, and optimize existing databases easily from diverse platforms. Data professionals can easily capture and share models, metadata, data sources, and glossaries across the organization for improved alignment between the organization and Information Technology. Organizational stakeholders can take part in the metadata definition workflow and access information on models and metadata at the right level for their needs.

Unlike its competition, it provides the broadest range of data platform support, industry-leading enterprise-level capabilities, visual data lineage and flow modeling, full dimensional modeling for data warehousing and business intelligence, and business data objects to bridge the gap between developers and data architects. It also provides a complete solution for enterprise architecture and data governance, extensive model change management, unique incorporation of true enterprise data dictionaries, unique linking of constructs across models, integrated visual data lineage import, and integrated data and business process modeling.

IDERA

Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services Inc.

Newmont Mining, Entrust, Accolade, TalkTalk, Catalina, Protective Life, NTT Data, dir systèmes, Microsoft; American Express, Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Coriant, Fedex, GlaxoSmithKline, PepsiCo, Prudential, Wells Fargo

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