XStream cStream vs. IBM CICS Transaction Server

XStream cStream

IBM CICS Transaction Server

15 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
XStream cStream	N/A	N/A	cStream collects real-time performance and consumption statistics of transactional workloads. It is thus able to show information relating to what is really happening at the moment, without having to wait for extractions and re-elaborations that will take place the following day. Highlighting anomalous situations allows customers to obtain MIPS savings, to improve the efficiency of the applications and the quality of the software, in order to support the technical teams in…	N/A
IBM CICS Transaction Server	Score10 out of 10	N/A	IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System) is mixed-language application server that runs on IBM z/OS. CICS® Transaction Server, often called CICS, is used for hosting transactional enterprise applications in a hybrid architecture.	N/A

Pricing

XStream cStream

IBM CICS Transaction Server

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Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Features

XStream cStream

IBM CICS Transaction Server

Comparison of Application Servers features of XStream cStream and IBM CICS Transaction Server
Feature	XStream cStream - Ratings	IBM CICS Transaction Server 8.0 2 Ratings 1% above category average
IDE support	00 Ratings	5.01 Ratings
Security management	00 Ratings	9.02 Ratings
Administration and management	00 Ratings	9.02 Ratings
Application server performance	00 Ratings	10.02 Ratings
Installation	00 Ratings	8.02 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance	00 Ratings	7.02 Ratings

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	XStream cStream	IBM CICS Transaction Server
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User Ratings
	XStream cStream	IBM CICS Transaction Server
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)

User Testimonials
	XStream cStream	IBM CICS Transaction Server
Likelihood to Recommend	XSTREAM No answers on this topic	IBM IBM CICS Transaction Server is multi-decades proven transaction server which is very scalable, very secured, easy to use, has good transactional capabilities, works well all other mainframe resources such as Db2, languages on IBM mainframe, has access control capabilities in terms of who can access the transaction for read mode vs update mode, etc. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Pros	XSTREAM No answers on this topic	IBM De facto standard in the legacy enterprise Multiplatform connection Native connection with DB2 Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Cons	XSTREAM No answers on this topic	IBM Would like to see the transaction response matrix on the average transaction response among all requests. Would like to see GUI tool to be able to see currently running transactions Would like to be able to get the details of where the cics transaction was triggered from Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Alternatives Considered	XSTREAM No answers on this topic	IBM There is no comparison, in practice, the possibility of using the latest programming languages but, above all, the databases can be different and more modern than DL1. Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Return on Investment	XSTREAM No answers on this topic	IBM It has allowed us to use our decades old code and still continue to support the business Allows us to have faster time to market and modernize our systems We can still continue to use our legacy resources for modern systems Incentivized Verified User Read full review
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