We performed a comparison between BMC Compuware File-AID and InterTest based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Delphix, Broadcom, DATPROF and others in Test Data Management."I like the ability that it has to format copy books in a presentable manner. So, you will be able to see the starting offset in length of each field within the layout."
"The product has made our mainframe data management process easier. It has helped us save manhours. The tool's most valuable feature is the ability to edit tape files. Its ability to clone files is beneficial in application development."
"InterTest is also bundled with SymDump. We see this as a bundle. They are always together for us. So InterTest is used for debugging process, walking through the code, checking data conditions and code flow. SymDump is used for the fact, after a problem occurs. SymDump catches what point in time the problem occurred, all the other connecting data, and points us to the code to indicate what caused the situation."
"Programmers can verify their changes more quickly, identify any kind of logic mistakes in the program more quickly."
"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."
"Technical support has gotten better over the years, though there's always room for improvement."
"You can have as many users as you like using it. However, sometimes they'll "step on each other" if there are two applications that are testing in one particular region, one could cause some type of a storage overlay and that will hamper another customer trying to do something in the same region."
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BMC Compuware File-AID is ranked 7th in Test Data Management with 2 reviews while InterTest is ranked 3rd in Mainframe Testing Tools. BMC Compuware File-AID is rated 8.6, while InterTest is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of BMC Compuware File-AID writes "Helps to make mainframe data management process easier and saves manhours ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of InterTest writes "Helps programmers verify changes, identify any kind of logic mistakes, more quickly". BMC Compuware File-AID is most compared with IBM File Manager, File Master Plus, IBM Fault Analyzer for zOS, Broadcom Test Data Manager and Informatica Test Data Management (TDM), whereas InterTest is most compared with IBM Debug Tool, BMC Compuware Xpediter and BMC Compuware Topaz Program Analysis.
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