We performed a comparison between BMC Compuware File-AID and Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Delphix, Broadcom, DATPROF and others in Test Data Management."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."
"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."
"Organizations working on different projects can benefit from this tool."
"Informatica Test Data Management is a complete solution. I'm not very deep in the technical aspect of the solution, but most of the workflows are now completely automated. There are some minor elements where we have to still add manual parts to the implementation."
"The tool enabled us to leverage Teradata Parallel Transporter to write the masked data efficiently to our Teradata warehouse."
"Technical support has gotten better over the years, though there's always room for improvement."
"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."
"Probably the ideal time testing site, utilizing self-service for real-time testing, could be an area for improvement."
"The UI experience is a little bit old. When applying more than 80 columns, it means doing it in phases, as it won't allow it in one go."
"Informatica has a data governance suite, and at the moment, there is no connection between the data governance elements, such as the data catalog, and the Informatica Test Data Management software. For example, the data discovery which is part of both solutions is two separate things. If you have a data discovery in the data catalog, then we cannot use it for Informatica Test Data Management purposes and vice versa. The same software vendor, has two different products, with the same functionality. There's was no need to separate things. This is something which was a problem in a use case of the customer where this was the reason why they didn't choose the Informatica solution."
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BMC Compuware File-AID is ranked 7th in Test Data Management with 2 reviews while Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) is ranked 5th in Test Data Management with 10 reviews. BMC Compuware File-AID is rated 8.6, while Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) is rated 7.8. 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 Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) writes "Beneficial for test cycle efficiency and scalability, but challenges exist in terms of technical support and user interface". BMC Compuware File-AID is most compared with IBM File Manager, File Master Plus, IBM Fault Analyzer for zOS and Broadcom Test Data Manager, whereas Informatica Test Data Management (TDM) is most compared with Delphix, Tricentis Tosca, Broadcom Test Data Manager and IBM InfoSphere Optim Test Data Management (TDM).
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