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    IBM Bob

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Bob is an AI-assisted development tool designed to support developers across the software development lifecycle. It helps interpret developer intent and provides assistance when working with real-world codebases by using contextual awareness of the surrounding project.N/A
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    IBM Bob
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Bob
    Actually, Bob and Boblytics fit very well with this portfolio, which makes sense, and using Bob to orchestrate would allow those skills and agents to be deployed anywhere, whenever needed, in a real, secure, in-house manner, I would say.
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    From features perspective and the way it handles IBM i I really liked Bob compared Claude although it is a bit close. But overall cost perspective, Bob may come second
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    Depends on the use cases. I actually moved away from Cursor due to their version of Desktop mode (it interrupted my workflow). I think the auto model picker is the best in the game, but I would still like a manual option, and the version control is very robust, unlike the …
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    IBM Bob can use 3rd party models
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    IBM Bob is much faster and has a deep understanding of the IBM environment.

    ele e muito mais rapido e entende profundamente o ambiente da ibm
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    I selected IBM Bob primarily because of his training and the quality of the information he provides.

    Yo selecione IBM Bob principalmente por como fue entrenado y la calidad de la information que TE provee
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    In our experience, IBM Bob is superior in planning, coding and documentation.
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    Its like the same
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    The others are all cheaper and are subscription based with 5 hour and weekly limits to a monthly subscription. With Bob it is purely Credits and it is very easy to run away and burn money. Since we are often doing task that may not need the same level of understanding and …
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    Other services always make errors in db2, whereas IBM Bob knows the syntax better. Others also do not have the understand feature which is insane.
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    We evaluated Cursor alongside IBM Bob. Cursor is an excellent general-purpose AI development tool and is particularly strong for modern technologies such as Python, TypeScript, React, and APIs. However, IBM Bob was a better fit for our IBM i/Infinium environment because of its …
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    Anthropic's solution is impresive, design, co-work etc
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    The custom feasibility for maintaining clusters.
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    vs code offered many agents and they were not able to get a holistic view of mainframe related components. This is where IBM Bob outshines.
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    It helps to debug aspects, and I am yet to use more of it
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    Actually, it's quite similar; I think that, by comparison-especially considering how long both have been on the market - IBM Bob is much more advanced. Ultimately, the reason for using it is that it integrates almost naturally with the IBM ecosystem we already use.
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    it makes it accessible and easy to use IBM Bob with it having knowledge about netview
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    Similar. Sometimes Claude is better and sometimes IBM Bob is better. Together they can validate each others work.
    Incentivized
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    Bob is like an AI Agent to help us out with solving some of the real scenarios.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    IBM Bob
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (126 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (126 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Bob
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Really good fit: - Getting started with IBM i development - Getting an overview of a process or program which you have never seen before - Teaching about general IBM i usage (but you have to ignore the edits of system values on the machine) Not good to use: - If you expect working and fully analyzed modernization projects - If you rely on the correctness of the code, because you don't understand the overall syntax of the language - Working with column based RPG II code - Working on very complex systems
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Fluency in COBOL RPG, and modernizing them into cloud ready frameworks. It compressed a 30 day migration down to 3 days
    • "Plan mode" creates dependency maps and multi-page technical specification drafts. Helps eradicate research overhead. It outputs a 20+ page convert blueprint in minutes
    • Generates end to end automated test suites and native browser validation. Helps extreme QA sprint efficiency without expanding headcount
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Would like to see more personalization capabilities. Bob does a good job reading code and adapting to a given style, but there should be more specific personalization settings.
    • A more detailed understanding of how Bobcoins are spent would be welcome. This will help adapt to more efficient prompting.
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    Usability
    IBM
    IBM Bob functions well with its IDE. The interface is very versatile and configurable. But "out of the box" it is already very useful. And being able to specify which mode of operation it should use (ask, design, etc.) helps your focus and helps to tailor IBM Bob to the function you want it to perform, instead of having to write it all out in prompts.
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    IBM
    I selected IBM Bob primarily because of his training and the quality of the information he provides. Yo selecione IBM Bob principalmente por como fue entrenado y la calidad de la information que TE provee
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Reduce the delivery time of the activities
    • improves the quality of the products
    • improves the quality of life of people
    • Reduce el tiempo de entrega de Las actividades
    • mejora la calidad de Los prouctos
    • mejora la calidad de vida de Las personas
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