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."The scalability is outstanding. We're able to scale it to any size of data that we want. We can do small data sets, we can do large data sets."
"The initial setup was straightforward. Basically, just install, next, and start using it."
"Data generation, data masking, and data subsetting are three key features of this tool."
"It removes manual intervention. A lot of the time that we've spent previously was always manually, as an individual running SQL scripts against databases, or manually going through a UI to create data. These solutions allow us to incorporate automation and self-service to eliminate all of our manual efforts."
"I like the integration a lot. We use the test matching feature and the ability to make and find data."
"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."
"Data privatization (GDPR enable), synthetic test data generation, and test data provisioning are its main interesting features."
"The whole process is done by functions which are compiled on the source environment itself. Normally, you take the data from the source, you manage them - for example, mask them - and then you load this masked data into the destination. With this solution, it's completely different. On the source environment, there are functions compiled inside the environment, which means they are amazingly fast and, on the source environment, data are masked already. So when you take them, you already take masked data from the source. So you can copy them, even with an unencrypted pipe."
"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."
"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."
"Data masking features are the most valuable, as non-production environments are used by diverse parties and data privacy has to be guaranteed."
"Needs improvement on SAP test data generation for SAP testing."
"I would say implementing test data management requires a lot of effort and time...Even if you have experienced people, it takes time."
"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."
"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."
"When we publish a lot data into the target, sometimes it is not able to handle it."
"The relationship between cables needs to be added."
"They should make the Portal a little more user-friendly, make it even easier to configure things directly from the Portal."
"It has a feature called TDM Portal, where testers can find test data by themselves, based on multiple models. They can reserve the data so that it belongs to one group or individual. Obviously, that data is not available to anybody else... This feature is for one environment. But if a different group of testers wanted that data for a different environment, they can't use it via CA TDM. That feature doesn't exist."
"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."
"TDM's efficiency in terms of generating reports needs improvement. It could work faster."
"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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