BMC AMI DevX vs Endevor comparison

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BMC and Broadcom are both solutions in the Software Configuration Management category. BMC is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2, while Broadcom is ranked #3. BMC holds a 8.1% mindshare in SCM, compared to Broadcom’s 12.1% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

BMC AMI DevX

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 15, 2026

Endevor and BMC AMI DevX are competing enterprise software management tools for enhancing mainframe operations. BMC AMI DevX appears to have the upper hand with advanced features that justify its cost.

Features: Endevor offers comprehensive version control, robust integration capabilities, and automated build processes suitable for complex environments. BMC AMI DevX excels with advanced debugging tools, real-time monitoring, and extensive automation, with specialized functionalities for intricate system management.

Room for Improvement: Endevor could benefit from an improved footprint checking process, reduced time consumption for support responses, and enhancements in its csv utility and reporting. BMC AMI DevX might enhance user-friendliness, reduce its learning curve for less experienced users, and incorporate more seamless updates to match evolving enterprise demands.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Endevor provides a streamlined deployment model and responsive customer service, easing implementation. BMC AMI DevX, supported by extensive documentation and personalized support, smoothens deployment for larger enterprises with its proactive support model and detailed guidance.

Pricing and ROI: Endevor's competitive setup cost attracts budget-conscious buyers and delivers ROI by streamlining workflows. BMC AMI DevX, though costlier upfront, offers significant ROI through enhanced productivity and reduced downtime, balancing its high initial cost with potential long-term gains in operational efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

BMC AMI DevX

Ranking in Software Configuration Management

1st

Ranking in Mainframe Application Development

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Debugging (3rd), Database Development and Management (9th), Test Data Management (2nd), Mainframe Testing Tools (1st), Data Masking (3rd), AI Software Development (23rd)

Endevor

Ranking in Software Configuration Management

3rd

Ranking in Mainframe Application Development

3rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of BMC AMI DevX is 8.1%, down from 19.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Endevor is 12.1%, down from 23.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Software Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
BMC AMI DevX	8.1%
Endevor	12.1%
Other	79.8%

Software Configuration Management

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Mitanshu Shrimali

System Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Modern workflows have accelerated mainframe delivery and simplify understanding legacy code

BMC AMI DevX can be improved primarily by streamlining initial configuration and installation, simplifying advanced documentation, and enhancing UI/UX feature discoverability. While the platform successfully bridges modern IDEs such as VS Code with z/OS, user feedback highlights the need for simplifying setup and onboarding configuration. The initial installation and login process can be simplified. Although it feels complex initially, once completed, there is nothing to do with installation repeatedly since it is a one-time process. However, it is still somewhat complex. Basic tutorials are available that address teams implementing the configuration of multi-vendor tools and integration, but documentation gaps exist that frequently force heavy reliance on vendor support. Additionally, certain components across the workspace and diagnostic tools retain a legacy feel or hide powerful features behind deep menus, so UI/UX features can be simplified. Integrating with non-BMC enterprise testing or new CI/CD orchestrators can require custom engineering rather than native plug-and-play connectors. Optimizing large-scale performance is also important, as heavy resource consumption during deep runtime analysis for large-scale code mapping can impact performance over slower network connections for extremely dense application modules.

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RobertMartin3

Production Supervisor Technical at Ontario Power Generation

Asset dashboards have created slow, rigid workflows and have limited effective life cycle tracking

The single dashboards do not help my team or the company as a whole. I feel the dashboards are not helpful because the search features are not customizable. The software is web-based and the server is extremely slow. To improve Endevor, its cloud or web-based server capabilities should be increased so that the software is faster. The ability to customize reports should be increased.

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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

"Topaz workbench is one of the most integrated into Eclipse that I've seen from the mainframe vendors."

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

"Otherwise, it works fabulously, and I think everyone should adopt it."

"BMC AMI DevX tools have noticeably impacted our developers' productivity and efficiency."

"With the use of ISPW, we were able to reduce our deployment time for specific applications by utilizing the auto-deploy features."

"The plugin ISPW integrated into Eclipse is a really valuable functionality for developers who already use it."

"ISPW is an excellent product; it does everything the developers need it to do, we were able to build it and customize it very simply as we became more familiar with how the system works during installation, and it doesn't need a lot of care and feeding once it's up and running."

"Test data management capabilities are good."

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"Our organization now has standardized change management processes for implementation into production."

"Being able to compare versions is helpful."

"My understanding is that Endever is one of the better software exchange management systems out there."

"Consistent, repeatable processes, and the automation that we have built take away much of the human error aspect."

"In the last year or so, we had a need to start using a CICS web services, and mesh them in with some distributed functions on an enterprise service bus. We put the web services into Endevor and we manage that way now."

"They provide answers and solutions."

"When we brought Endevor in, almost 18-20 years ago, the auditing issues went down dramatically, once we had everyone into Endevor, using it, and we had everything turned on."

"It maintains a 99.999% uptime."

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Cons

"The ability to edit source code that has special characters is limited. The ability to incorporate or convert REXX into macros that are usable under the Topaz software is not there. And the REXX macros that I have developed over 40 years of work are useless, so I have a toolbox I can't use or deploy using the Topaz technology, while I can use it under MVS."

"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."

"We plan to replace BMC Compuware File-AID due to its price. Two years back, we paid 11,000 dollars. However, the current price is 27,900 dollars. The price has increased to at least eight times its initial cost. We would need to pay around 60,000 dollars to have all three products together. We also encountered issues during version updates."

"The customer support of BMC AMI DevX is good, although we occasionally experience delayed responses. Overall, we find it satisfactory. I would rate the customer support around a three on a scale of ten."

"Initial setup can be tricky in some cases."

"It would be nice to have an audit trail to see what mainframe developers are using what."

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

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"It is stable. We do not have any issues with it. It is just complex because it is a tool set. It is not a plug and play kind of product at all."

"I like the stability and CA’s responsiveness, but I haven’t used anything else, so it’s hard to judge."

"I find the ISPF interface to be lacking. It seems like you have to navigate to a lot of different screens to work with the same element."

"I would like to see it used for Hadoop, which is really huge now."

"They need to ditch the Eclipse plugin and just make the development environment for Z the standard Eclipse interface."

"If I had to comment on an area of improvement or something new in the next or future version, I would like to see AI-assisted coding and impact analysis for mainframes."

"The initial setup can be less complex and has room for improvement."

"One feature of Endevor is its Backout feature. If there is a problem, it can back out the executables. The only problem with that is that it will not back out the source in Endevor. For example, you can do a back out and it will back out the executable to the previous version, but it doesn't back out the source version in Endevor. It would make it much better if when you did a back out of Endevor, it would back out both the source and the executable and keep them in sync."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"In general, Compuware tools are very 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."

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

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

"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."

"The price point is great."

"Just make sure if you are going to license, ensure you license the right features."

"It's worth the value. The pricing is fairly good, justifiable for the return on investment."

"The product is expensive."

"It's competitively priced and, as far as I know, it's just an enterprise license. We have found it is worth the money."

"The solution is very expensive."

"Licensing is fairly simple, you don't need multiple licenses."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

25%

Outsourcing Company

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

22%

Outsourcing Company

Insurance Company

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	30

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	40

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Compuware Topaz Enterprise Data?

I do not have direct information about the setup cost and pricing and licensing. From the implementation perspective, I think the initial configuration can require some effort to align the product ...

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What needs improvement with BMC AMI DevX?

I would suggest making the initial installation and configuration simpler, especially for new users. The login and startup experience could also be improved by reducing repeated login prompts and t...

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What is your primary use case for BMC AMI DevX?

BMC AMI DevX is used primarily for mainframe application development and troubleshooting, particularly for COBOL and JCL. I use it to edit and navigate code, browse datasets, and submit jobs, and a...

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What needs improvement with Endevor?

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What is your primary use case for Endevor?

My main use case for Endevor is asset management. For asset management, we use Engage software for life cycle management, eHealth, and eStrategy.

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What advice do you have for others considering Endevor?

My advice to others looking into using Endevor is that if you are a nuclear electrical utility, the software is likely well-suited, but if you are any other utility, the software is poorly suited f...

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Also Known As

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

CA Endevor Software Change Manager, Endevor Software Change Manager, CA Software Change Manager for Mainframe, CA Endevor SCM

Overview

BMC AMI DevX is a mainframe DevOps platform for IBM Z environments that helps development and platform engineering teams increase release velocity, reduce change risk, and build a sustainable mainframe developer workforce.

Whether the priority is attracting the next generation of mainframe talent, safely evolving decades of business-critical code, accelerating release velocity, or demonstrating development ROI to leadership — BMC AMI DevX is designed to address all on a single platform. Teams can connect existing tools and adopt capabilities incrementally using an open-borders integration approach.

A 2025 Forrester Total Economic Impact study found that customers using BMC AMI DevX onboarded developers 50% faster, completed code changes 33% faster, increased release frequency by 50%, and reduced change failure rate by 33%.

Key capabilities:

Modern IDE integration (VS Code, Eclipse) with a unified development environment that reduces context switching
AI-powered code analysis including dependency mapping, impact analysis, and runtime execution path visualization
Automated unit, functional, integration, and performance testing with code coverage analysis
Git-compatible CI/CD integration with event-driven webhooks and an open plug-in library
DORA metrics and DevOps KPI tracking with AI/ML anomaly detection across the mainframe SDLC

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Endevor provides automatic build processes, history logging, source code management, and integration for agile development. It focuses on lifecycle management, catering to code security and traceability with flexibility and scalability.

Endevor is designed for mainframe environments, offering features like version control, automated compilation, and code integrity. Its integration capabilities facilitate development transitions from development to production, ensuring auditing, security, and synchronization. The flexibility it provides accommodates changing technologies, supporting a wide range of application lifecycle processes. While it excels in many areas, some aspects, such as integration with open systems and the modernization of ISPF and Eclipse Plugin, require enhancements.

What are the key features of Endevor?

Automatic Build Processes: Streamlines code compilation and validation.
History Logging: Maintains comprehensive change records.
Source Code Management: Ensures security with strict controls.
Integration for Agile Development: Enhances collaboration and efficiency.
Application Lifecycle Management: Includes approval gates and audit trails.

What benefits do users seek in reviews?

Customization: Supports bespoke needs and growing platforms.
Ease of Use: Simplifies complex development processes.
Scalability: Adapts to enterprise demands and workload increases.
Error Reduction: Standardized approaches minimize mistakes.
Flexibility: Accommodates evolving technology standards.

Industries traditionally utilize Endevor for structured mainframe code management, ensuring consistency and reliability in software lifecycles. It's used to transition code through phases like development and QA, intensively managed to retain code stability and security, key for sectors reliant on large-scale legacy system operations.

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Sample Customers

NRB, Iberdrola, Consorzio Servizi Bancari

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