We performed a comparison between BMC Compuware Strobe and File Master Plus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic and others in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability."The initial setup was fairly easy."
"Provides ease of use, ease of manageability, and ease of managing DSN files."
"We use it together with Grid Tools to mask IMS data."
"Makes it quick to investigate/fix problems related to application data. Our business can get back to normal operations in short order."
"The Browse function and utilities are valuable; the solution is easy to use."
"There are certain aspects of the configuration that could be simplified a bit."
"The setup is quite complex. We needed a system programmer for the initial setup."
"They need to keep coming out with new features, and new releases. There hasn't been a new release in a while."
"It would be better if it took less CPU time."
"CA File Master cannot handle IMS Sysplex."
"For any change to CA File Master, we need a system programmer, which makes the change process very time consuming."
BMC Compuware Strobe is ranked 59th in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability while File Master Plus is ranked 8th in Mainframe Testing Tools. BMC Compuware Strobe is rated 8.0, while File Master Plus is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BMC Compuware Strobe writes "Stable with a good database and a good interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of File Master Plus writes "Enables us to quickly investigate, fix problems related to our application data". BMC Compuware Strobe is most compared with IBM Application Performance Analyzer for zOS, IBM Application Performance Management and Mainframe Application Tuner, whereas File Master Plus is most compared with IBM File Manager, BMC Compuware File-AID, BMC Compuware Topaz Program Analysis and BMC Compuware Topaz Enterprise Data.
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