We performed a comparison between Broadcom Test Data Manager and IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Data Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Data generation, data masking, and data subsetting are three key features of this tool."
"The data generation is one of the most valuable features because we are able to write a lot of rules. We have some specific rules here in Turkey, for example, Turkish ID IBAN codes for banks."
"It saves us time from generating the same amount of data in real-time."
"It allows us to create a testing environment that is repeatable. And we can manage the data so that our testing becomes automated, everything from actually performing the testing to also evaluating the results."
"TDM allows us to find the right test data for the test that we need, and then it also allows us to get the required data inputs into our API test, so that we can do a full test."
"I have always gotten a call back within an hour from CA's technical support solutions and they are a wonderful team to work with."
"The masking of data has really been key for us to be able to replace PII with fake values."
"The synthetic data generation is really good... You can write rules and create permutations and combinations according to your needs. Or you can take a snippet of the Prod data and replicate it."
"I like the features compared to other tools. This tool is more flexible to use than other tools like an Oracle product or SAP product. I think IBM tools are more flexible, and this tool is also a good product."
"Data masking features are the most valuable, as non-production environments are used by diverse parties and data privacy has to be guaranteed."
"The platform's ability to generate metrics is the most valuable feature for data management. It is a user-friendly and easy-to-use tool."
"We had one user that was primarily working on it, who probably spent a few months initially setting it up."
"A lot of research, data analysis, and work needs to be done on the source system in the tool which requires a data expert. This tool definitely requires a senior person to work on this issue, as it might be a challenge for a tester."
"Needs a better fit and finish."
"I would request to extend the data source support because there are a lot of cloud-native SaaS-based solutions in the market. Like, Azure has its data sources, Amazon-specific data sources, and there are a lot of proprietary data sources outside as well. I recommend the team to expand the data source support."
"The additional feature probably would be a data reservation that is more robust, where you can actually use it consecutively."
"All financial institutions are based on mainframes, so they're never going to go away. There are ppportunities to increase functionality and efficiencies within the mainframe solution, within this TDM product."
"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."
"TDM's efficiency in terms of generating reports needs improvement. It could work faster."
"I think it could be more secure. I don't have experience with the security aspects concerning PII data, but I think it can still be streamlined a little more. It could also have some more features, and the initial setup could be more straightforward."
"I would like to be able to combine different masking functions on the same column map, making more complex masking without the need of writing an Lua procedure."
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Broadcom Test Data Manager is ranked 2nd in Test Data Management with 32 reviews while IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) is ranked 4th in Test Data Management with 14 reviews. Broadcom Test Data Manager is rated 8.4, while IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Broadcom Test Data Manager writes "Helps to create synthetic data and new data sets ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) writes "User-friendly platform with valuable data management features ". Broadcom Test Data Manager is most compared with Delphix, Informatica Test Data Management (TDM), K2View, Tricentis Tosca and BMC Compuware File-AID, whereas IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) is most compared with Delphix, Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) and Tricentis Tosca. See our Broadcom Test Data Manager vs. IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM) report.
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