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CA IDMS vs Oracle Enterprise Manager comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

CA IDMS
Ranking in Database Development and Management
28th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Ranking in Database Development and Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
129
Ranking in other categories
Server Monitoring (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Database Development and Management category, the mindshare of CA IDMS is 1.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Enterprise Manager is 4.0%, down from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Database Development and Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Enterprise Manager4.0%
CA IDMS1.3%
Other94.7%
Database Development and Management
 

Featured Reviews

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ALiBS Solutions at ALiBS Solutions
Helps us to manage user profiles very quickly and in an assertive way
I would rate this solution 9 out of 10. I would advise that they should evaluate other possibilities because this is a very quickly changing environment and there are other possible providers that have good solutions. I would do some kind of test. I would test other possible solutions too and compare them.
reviewer996648 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and President at a training & coaching company with 1-10 employees
Extensive functionality impresses despite occasional setup complexity
The functions and features of Oracle Enterprise Manager that I have found most valuable are its evolution from being problematic in 10g and 11g versions to becoming better and more stable. Now it has become a significantly improved product. We have integrated identity management, and we are using it for normal database examination, tuning, and performance. We are working with STATSPACK and similar tools that are integrated in Oracle Enterprise Manager. We are currently working with version 13.5, having upgraded from 13.4 last year. Automation is useful for improving operational efficiency, and there are many more opportunities to automate outside the databases. Not many things need to be automated inside the databases. We have jobs running, imports, exports, and similar tasks. To automate these processes, we utilize the Scheduler from Oracle, which is managed in the databases by the vendor. This is not part of our DBA functions in Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Stability is perfect! It is a really stable platform; it has been around for many years, and we trust it implicitly."
"We've been able to fine tune it over the years to get really good performance out of it, and maintain some database network support."
"The most valuable feature is the performance of the database; it's very efficient at what it does, quite reliable, and provides us with a very stable platform that we've been running for many years."
"The solution is the community - a tightly knit group of experts who have been working on the product set for many years."
"The most useful feature is the governance feature, because it can show us and help us to manage user profiles very quickly and using it in assertive way."
"Technical support is very good. They are very knowledgeable, very quick to respond, and very nice people, too.​"
"It is one of the best, state-of-the-art products from Oracle; truly a single pane of glass to manage IT infrastructure."
"I like the reports of Enterprise Manager, as you have a lot of targets and can create generic reports based on some metrics of those targets, which allows me to have some sort of place to check all my targets."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Enterprise Manager are the data guide and online monitoring."
"We went with Oracle because we were looking for stability, a vendor that is reliable, being able to get help, troubleshooting when there's a problem."
"We use Oracle Enterprise Manager for a lot of services like ERP and PLM."
"Technical support responds quickly."
"It's a useful feature to be able to see the top SQL, the number of executions, the CPU, and the resources that it's using."
"We increased our capacity and speed of detection, diagnose and resolution of database issues."
 

Cons

"We have to use DB2 when we need more relational constructs, expanded inquiry and reporting; so it's not perfect in that regards."
"We need to make it much easier to support and maintain, because the skills required are quite specialized and we're not going to have people in the future who've got the necessary experience and knowledge."
"Right now, it's not easy to start using this solution. You have to take long course and train people. It's not an easy path."
"I'd like to see some of the installation, maintenance, and support functions simplified so that some of our younger, newer members can take advantage of the product and maintain it to the same standard that the older members have in the past."
"​I would like to see it made simpler to operate and maintain."
"It needs to support the Database versions lower than 10.2."
"Some of the new features it could give us: maybe access to some of the taxation data and also some of the other benefits it could include as part of the system."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved."
"I'm a bit skeptical of it. I personally experienced a little longer time than I would like to get the right solution for issues."
"I would like to see drill-down tabs."
"The user interface is pretty clunky."
"I would say mostly backup and recovery, through the Enterprise Manager. Or any corruptions, to be able to fix them through Enterprise Manager."
"There are some monitoring tools, such as GoldenGate, that would be great if they could put them in OEM."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Do not hold back on asking questions about the maintenance and continued support of the product."
"As far as I know, you do not pay for Oracle Enterprise Manager separately. You can use Enterprise Manager for free if you already have an Oracle license for your database."
"The solution is free."
"The licensing is the responsibility of our customers."
"Oracle Enterprise Manager is a free tool from Oracle."
"As with all Oracle products, care should be taken when using any features to ensure that they do not activate licensed features that have not been paid for."
"It's expensive."
"There are a few bugs with the software which require opening SRs with Oracle Support which contribute to the day-to-day cost. Perhaps 8 hours per month is spent dealing with support, just as a rough guess."
"The basic functions are free. You only pay license fees for advanced features."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Construction Company
8%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise82
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Enterprise Manager?
I would rate the pricing of Oracle Enterprise Manager as very expensive, definitely deserving a 10 out of 10.
What needs improvement with Oracle Enterprise Manager?
The weaknesses I would like to address in Oracle Enterprise Manager involve the dealing of Grid Infrastructure. Oracle Enterprise Manager's handling of Grid Infrastructure needs some improvement. I...
What is your primary use case for Oracle Enterprise Manager?
I am still working with Oracle products. I would like to leave my opinion on some other Oracle products that I have been working with lately. I am working on many Oracle products for database admin...
 

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Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
7-Eleven, Halliburton, Cisco, Garmin, Nationwide, Korea Telecom, Allied Irish Bank
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