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We performed a comparison between CA IDMS and FileMaker based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"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.""It is a really stable platform. It has been around for many years. We trust it implicitly. ​""Technical support is very good. They are very knowledgeable, very quick to respond, and very nice people, too.​"

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"The cross-platform Mac and Windows feature is most valuable. I can do all sorts of stuff with this tool. It has got all sorts of automation capabilities. I have used some of them, but I have barely scratched the surface of what it can do on automation. It is user-friendly, and it integrates well with other products. There are other third-party options that you can buy or in some cases, download for free to even extend it further. I use one or two of those.""It's a good application that's easy to use.""I have found its resilience to attack most valuable. It's really difficult to attack the software.""It's a pretty good tool and there's a lot of support and there's a lot of people out there that know how to use it."

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Cons
"​I would like to see it made simpler to operate and maintain.""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."

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"The UE is not very up-to-date. It looks like something that was created in the 90s. In that sense, the user experience is lacking.""Multimedia data management is not really developed in FileMaker.""They're always improving it, and I have been quite pleased with their improvements. There is some organizational stuff that I'd like to see done differently. They should make a structure so that you can have the data in one file and the app, the scripts, and the program in another file. I would like to be able to easily share scripts between different databases. I write stuff, and some of the functions are shared across different databases. So, I have to copy them from one database to another. I wouldn't mind an infrastructure where I had a file, and on loading the program, this file is loaded with the functions that I had written. I can then call them from any database that I happen to be using. Currently, you have a database open that has all of its data pieces and program pieces, and then you open another database that has got all of its data pieces and program pieces. Nothing is shared between them. When I write a complex function and I want to use it in two or three different databases, I have to copy it to each one of them and also remember where all it is used. It would be good if it has a little bit different organizational structure so that you could put your shared stuff in one place, and it loads the stuff. It is just an architectural difference. I've sent this requirement to them, but I doubt if that's going to happen. It is a huge system, and making changes for a single individual doesn't happen that quickly.""FileMaker has some convoluted pricing."

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  • "Do not hold back on asking questions about the maintenance and continued support of the product."
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  • "Its price is pretty reasonable. I am at a university. We get educational discount pricing from most of the major vendors."
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    Overview
    CA IDMS is a reliable, high-performance, web-enabled Database Management system (DBMS) for IBM z Systems that provides business value for hundreds of enterprises and government organizations. CA IDMS provides high-performance database management and transaction processing performance for existing and new workloads, helping you consolidate business functions on a central data repository, as needed.
    Cross-platform relational database application
    Sample Customers
    Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
    VUHL, Reynolds Services Inc., Market Refrigeration Specialists, Sea Breeze Farm, Jordan Lindblad, Henry Schein Dental
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government19%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company6%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise2%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    CA IDMS is ranked 30th in Database Development and Management while FileMaker is ranked 5th in Non-Relational Databases. CA IDMS is rated 9.0, while FileMaker is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of CA IDMS writes "We get network database performance. It supports our back office". On the other hand, the top reviewer of FileMaker writes "User-friendly, very stable, reasonable price, integrates well, and has all sorts of capabilities". CA IDMS is most compared with IBM IMS, CA Database Management for DB2 for zOS, Adabas and CA Datacom, whereas FileMaker is most compared with FoxPro.

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