Automic Automation Intelligence vs Control-M comparison

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Automic Automation Intelligence and Control-M based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Workload Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Automic Automation Intelligence vs. Control-M Report (Updated: June 2024).

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Categories and Ranking

Automic Automation Intellig...

Ranking in Workload Automation

19th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Control-M

Ranking in Workload Automation

1st

Average Rating

8.8

Number of Reviews

113

Ranking in other categories

Process Automation (3rd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (2nd)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Workload Automation category, the mindshare of Automic Automation Intelligence is 0.6%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Control-M is 30.4%, up from 23.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Workload Automation

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Process Automation

3.0%

Managed File Transfer (MFT)

4.2%

Featured Reviews

Mohammed Hashim

Senior Presales Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

May 16, 2023

Useful multiple scheduler, centralized batch view, and reliable

We use Automic Automation Intelligence for automation analytics in many areas, such as stream management The most valuable feature of Automic Automation Intelligence is the ability to see all of the batches from one place. Additionally, there is a multiple scheduler that is useful. The solution…

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Erim Yalcin

IT MSP at Ryerson

Jul 26, 2022

Creates cost-efficiencies, saves time on scheduling and data efficiency, and provides better data management

* The monitoring * Workflows * Production * Scheduling the shifts * Timeframes for specific roles and management Time differences are important because we have some overseas clients. That is why we are using Batch Impact Manager for the Control-M, which is very helpful for us. It detects potential blocks in advance, delays, and errors. That helps us to optimize the scheduling, then the batch workload processing as well. It is pretty easy to create, integrate, and automate data pipelines. It is user-friendly, not rocket science. That is what I like about the Control-M, and specifically Batch Impact Manager. You will need some orientation and need to know what you are doing if you are integrating your system, and this solution makes it easier. We use Control-M Python Client and cloud data service integrations with GCP, which is pretty hassle-free. There aren't any problems or compliance issues. It is pretty easy to retrieve the data, do conversions, etc. They are on-time, and there is not much of a delay. The engineers on our team say that it is pretty easy to build, test and promote data workflows with the data coding language integrated into Control-M through the Control-M automation API. The ease of integration is eight out of 10. Python is the main language that our database managers and data engineers are using along with some other languages. The Control-M interface is user-friendly and easy to use. Orientation-wise, it is easy for data engineers to adapt.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Automic Automation Intelligence is the ability to see all of the batches from one place. Additionally, there is a multiple scheduler that is useful."

"The Action Packs are a good feature."

"The tool's online manuals and documentation are good. Its user interface is user-friendly."

"The ability to integrate file transfers has been instrumental in allowing us to accomplish the things we need with Control-M. In our industry, we take a lot of data and either push it down to the stores or retail grocery stores. We take files and push them down to the stores or pull files and information from the stores and bring it back to corporate. So, it's two-way communication with file transfers. One of the bigger things that we do with Control-M is scheduling data moves and moving data from one location to another."

"Before Control-M, we didn't have a centralized view and could not view what happened in the past to determine what will happen in the future. The Gantt view that we have in Control-M is like a project view. It is nice because we sometimes have some application maintenance that we need to do. So, in a single console, we can hold the jobs for the next hour or two. We can release that job when it is finished. This is a really nice feature that we didn't have before. It is something really simple, but we didn't previously have a console where we could say, "For the next two hours, what are the jobs that we will run? And, hold these jobs not to run." This is really important."

"The most valuable features are the managing of file transfers and the product keeping up with technology."

"Cross-platform support: A Linux job can be dependent on a Windows job, which can be dependent on many other flavours of hardware/software. Your batch is therefore managed by a single tool, allowing you to monitor your entire flow."

"The unified view where you can define, orchestrate, and monitor applications, workflows, and data pipelines is important because we have more than one team working on Control-M. We have a support team, a job-creation team, and a SAP team. We can all work together on it. It avoids anyone from working on his part and not using the latest modifications."

"It gives us the ability to have end-to-end workflows, no matter where they're running."

"It has certainly helped speed things up."

"BIM is a good tool to monitor SLAs, and being a financial organization, this is a very good feature for us."

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Cons

"The job reporting feature needs improvement."

"The solution could benefit by having more connectors and customized widgets. Additionally, a dashboard that people could use for videos would be helpful."

"Integration of the solution could be improved."

"The response time could be faster when you need a person to answer your questions. There are situations where availability becomes crucial."

"I've never been very successful when researching ways to utilize Batch Impact Manager. It's a tool to set up dummy jobs in your job flow and it's supposed to come back to you and say, 'Okay, for this job flow, you are 50 percent complete at a certain point in time'...I would like things like Batch Impact Manager to be a little more user-friendly, out-of-the-box."

"It has a slight issue with daylight savings time while advancing the clock in the Spring."

"The stability could be improved. I ran into an issue with a recent Control-M patch. The environment would become unstable if security ports were scanned. This is an area they need to improve on, but ultimately it's a relatively small improvement."

"I'm not sure how the solution fits together with our business modernization initiatives, as there are things outside of my area, even though Control-M is the scheduling tool of the company. They may use other things, e.g., Big Data."

"Finding documentation on the website can be a bit confusing."

"Sometimes, with technical support, they will take feedback, but you don't know where that feedback goes or if it proceeds along in the thought process."

"I would like to have a web version of Control-M to replace the client. Currently, our support and jobs-creation teams are using the client and that needs to be installed on a PC. It's very heavy, consuming a lot of resources compared to the web portal. I know that they're trying to improve the client with the latest version, but for me, there hasn't been enough improvement yet."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of Automic Automation Intelligence depends on the connectors used. For example, if you wanted to connect to Dell BMC, you would need a connector."

"Automic Automation Intelligence's licensing costs are expensive and can be yearly or monthly."

"You're going to spend a lot of money upfront, but the benefits you're going to get out of it are going to quickly pay for it."

"Pricing can be steep, but you get what you pay for."

"The solution is not cheap, it comes with quite a hefty price tag. Control-M is the market leader, but we still want the price to be as friendly as possible."

"In our environment, pricing depends on the total number of maximum jobs that can run, which is fine. Therefore, if the number of jobs increases, then the licensing fees will increase."

"There are human costs in addition to the standard pricing and licensing of this solution."

"Compare to other tools Pricing and licensing was more. It should be decrease."

"Its cost is a little bit higher than other solutions such as AutoSys or DAC. For the demo, there were some plans, such as start plan, scale plan, etc. Pricing was based on the plan."

"Initially, our licensing model was based on the number of jobs per day. That caused some issues because we were restricted to a number. So at our renewal time we said, 'We want to convert from number of jobs to number of endpoints.' That cost us extra money but it gave us additional capabilities, without worrying about the number of jobs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

31%

Manufacturing Company

16%

Computer Software Company

11%

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

29%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Automic Automation Intelligence?

The tool's online manuals and documentation are good. Its user interface is user-friendly.

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What needs improvement with Automic Automation Intelligence?

The job reporting feature needs improvement.

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What is your primary use case for Automic Automation Intelligence?

The product functions like any other scheduling tool, facilitating the execution of tasks in a customer's environment. Additionally, it supports FTP processes to various remote FTP servers without ...

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How does Control-M compare with AutoSys Workload Automation?

Control-M acts as a single, centralized interface for monitoring and managing all batch processes, which is helpful because nothing gets left unattended since it is all visible in one place, and th...

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What do you like most about Control-M?

First of all, the shift from manual to automation has been valuable. We have a tool that can automate.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Control-M?

They are expensive. If we were a small company, it would be complicated because we have to have strong sales and operations to be able to afford a tool of this level. Being a large company, the cos...

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Overview

Today, many organizations embracing digital transformation are struggling to manage complex, mission critical workloads. Advanced analytics solutions are required to reduce risks and costs in a constantly changing technology landscape.

Automic delivers enterprise workload automation solutions with a predictive analytics workload platform that provides companies the necessary visualization, adaptability and intelligence to successfully manage complex workloads. Unlike other vendors, Automic offers the only solution on the market which provides a single-pane-of-glass across multiple vendors and applications.

With Automic Automation Intelligence your critical workloads data can be a source of business insights to drive improvements in your IT Operations, your digital transformation journey, and your business success.

Control-M simplifies application and data workflow orchestration on premises or as a service. It makes it easy to build, define, schedule, manage, and monitor production workflows, ensuring visibility, reliability, and improving SLAs.

Accelerate new business applications into production—by embedding workflow orchestration into your CI/CD pipeline
Scale Dev and Ops collaboration, with a Jobs-as-Code approach
Simplify workflows across hybrid and multi-cloud environments with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform integrations
Deliver data-driven outcomes faster, managing big data workflows in a scalable way
Take control of your file transfer operations with integrated, intelligent file movement and visibility

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CARFAX, Tampa General Hospital, Navistar, Amadeus, Raymond James, Railinc

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