Control-M vs IBM BPM comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Control-M
Ranking in Process Automation
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
113
Ranking in other categories
Managed File Transfer (MFT) (2nd), Workload Automation (1st)
IBM BPM
Ranking in Process Automation
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
105
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (5th), Application Infrastructure (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Control-M is 3.0%, down from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM BPM is 11.0%, up from 9.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation
Unique Categories:
Managed File Transfer (MFT)
4.2%
Workload Automation
30.4%
Business Process Management (BPM)
7.5%
Application Infrastructure
3.5%
 

Featured Reviews

SC
May 23, 2024
Enables us to manage and orchestrate workflows across the enterprise
The user interface has been excellent. It gives the full overview of the tender performance of data across the workflow. It gives insights on the performance and the degree to which the application has been performing for the given period of time The reporting, the dashboards, and the support are all helpful. There's robust support for compliance and governance and ensures we meet the set company policies and our security. It ensures we're following international guidelines on privacy. The solution helps us better our performance. There aren't issues when we need to plug new solutions and out of our DevOps toolchain. It's helped us reduce our CPU consumption. The price has come down and the workflow nature has significantly changed. It's excellent. We've been able to save a lot of money after switching from Broadcom. The solution has helped modernize our business. Our workflow capabilities have changed and the monitoring process has been simplified. Data can be monitored efficiently from the set of a project to the end, across the data system. The system has really simplified the workflows, and we can easily deliver the data outcomes, enhance efficient data workflows, and offer the full performance report based on the load of the workloads that run across the entire flow system. There's proven stability in monitoring. We've used Control-M to manage and orchestrate workflows across the enterprise, including Microsoft Azure. Control-M helped make it simpler to create, integrate, and automate data pipelines across the infrastructure. It's not complex. We can schedule several events and get the best outcome based on the targeted performance. The solution helped consolidate job scheduler tools in our organization. Each department target has a unique report based on the set workflows that is multifactor for various outcomes. It's also helped consolidate job schedulers. Switching to Control-M has helped reduce the total cost of ownership by 60%.
VN
Dec 19, 2023
Easy to use, good price, easy for developers, easy to install and configure
The use cases include security and network processing for internal purposes It streamlines processes, benefits other projects, and integrates with other solutions. I appreciate its high user capacity and standard compliance. It's also helpful for multi-project deployments, design assessments,…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We have full visibility now."
"Control-M has helped to improve our data transfers because it allows us to monitor the execution of the process. With other technologies, we cannot do that."
"Monitoring is a valuable aspect of it. The monitoring tool is very good, and it is easy for expert and entry level users to use on a short notice."
"In our bank, all new applications need to be implemented with Control-M. We try to look for the best way to establish communication between both products. One of the new features for us is Application Integrator. It is a very interesting feature because it lets us integrate with those applications that are not included in Control-M. By using Application Integrator, we can easily integrate new technologies. With the help of Application Integrator, we recently integrated with Blue Prism, which is a robotic product. We could integrate such processes into Control-M. Now, we are working with Ansible, and we are putting Ansible automated processes into Control-M."
"We value Control-M mainly for the ability to control multiple nodes in a coordinated manner. Control-M has the ability to really coordinate across a lot of nodes."
"It provides a unified view where you can orchestrate and monitor all your application workloads and data pipelines. That's very important because with cloud, software as a service, edge computing, traditional data center, and legacy apps, there are all these environments. If you don't have that single pane of glass or that one place to look at, you're going to invest a lot of time and resources into tracking things down when they go wrong."
"Because it's a tool which allows us to do scheduled work, it allows for notifications when jobs aren't running within that scheduled time frame. This improves the opportunity to meet SLAs."
"The File Watcher utility, cyclic jobs, and email alert notification are valuable."
"IBM BPM is both scalable and stable."
"With the Process Center, I can go to one place and view what all the environments are doing."
"Agility is the key. It gives our customers a faster way to be able to implement processes, get ownership of task, visibility into a process. The ability to modify that process, optimize that process over time, is probably the biggest benefit that they get from the software."
"It is efficient in reducing costs."
"One of the reasons for adopting this solution ten years ago was its ease of use. It had a lot of off-the-shelf functionality, and it did not need to be developed specifically for the project that we were implementing. That was the main reason for adopting it in the beginning."
"This solution has streamlined our operation and improved the TAT of sales, operations, and underwriters."
"It provides value and simplifies processes."
"By automating several tasks, we have already reduced a lot of work for the business."
 

Cons

"The initial setup was complex, because I wasn't used to it."
"The licensing could be less expensive for small-scale businesses."
"Their technicians should be more involved when we're applying new technology to Control-M, such as cloud. We're working with cloud right now, with AWS, and getting the attention of a technician, sometimes, can take some time. It would be nice if they had somebody assigned to it. Dedicated support."
"They can give more predefined plug-ins so that we don't have to create them."
"An issue we have run into in our lower environments is that Control-M can log you out frequently."
"Its installation can be better. Currently, we have to install it manually. The file transfer feature can also be improved. It is not very easy to transfer a file from business to business. In terms of new features, they can include new technologies. It can have API integration."
"Some of the features are not available. We were about to deploy the REST API, but we had some challenges. We had to use a third-party application. So, it should be improved in terms of integrating REST API jobs. That was something that was lacking. The customer was not that happy in terms of getting the desired output. So, we had to use a third-party application called Hangfire. We would like to have more videos on REST API integration, and we would like to have easy integration with the Control-M application through the REST API."
"We would recommend modernizing the look and feel of Control-M. They also need to move towards more self-service and development in their environment. It's very antiquated."
"There are a few areas, like triggering mechanisms, externally exposed variables, and changing its values."
"We have had to use Mule as an alternative integration tool because it is more flexible than IBM BPM."
"IBM BPM lacks openness, that is, the ability to become open for new options in terms of APIs, front-end development, and ecosystem. IBM BPM has been quite closed. One of the main improvements would be to somehow embed the rules engine into IBM BPM. Merging IBM BRMS and the rules engine with IBM BPM would be helpful. If there was some simpler way to define rules without having to put IBM BRMS on top of it, it would be good. It's something that we can get out of Camunda but not out of IBM BPM."
"It can definitely be improved in terms of performance and stability."
"User Interface components could be further refined to enhance and extend customizations dictated by end clients."
"We have been experiencing bad performance and instability."
"New users will need at least six months to get comfortable with IBM BPM, at least initially. So, there's a learning curve."
"The constant switch between Eclipse and its web versions can be annoying and confusing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 pricing is a little bit high. They could provide an enterprise-level license for an unlimited number of jobs. Currently, it is based on the number of jobs, and if you exceed the number of jobs, there are charges. For example, if your license is for 3,000 jobs per day, but you run 3,050 jobs, you will have to pay for the extra 50 jobs. They charge $120 per job. So, it is too costly."
"We have a five-year contract with task-based licensing."
"It is not bad. The company can afford it, and it pays for itself. We have those jobs running automatically."
"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."
"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."
"There are two different types of licenses available. The first is based on the number of jobs that we run per day, and the other is based on the number of agents that we install. My current project has a contract for five years."
"It has a low cost to implement. You'll get your money back in the same year that you complete the project."
"Our customers do see ROI. They'll identify some particularly painful or uncoordinated processes to start with, then build out from there, picking off low hanging fruit."
"The product is expensive considering the hardware and software costs."
"It gives us a good return on investment."
"Licensing is managed by the client, but we know it is yearly. Camunda is relatively cheaper. There is not much difference in pricing of IBM and PEGA. For large licensing, there are discounts as well."
"The price is good but could be a little lower."
"IBM BPM cannot be considered a cheaply priced product. IBM BPM is a really expensive product compared to other companies. One needs to opt for the perpetual licensing model offered by IBM."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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...
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.
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...
Which is better, IBM BPM or IBM Business Automation Workflow?
We researched both IBM solutions and in the end, we chose Business Automation Workflow. IBM BPM has a good user interface and the BPM coach is a helpful tool. The API is very useful in providing en...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM BPM?
The product is expensive considering the hardware and software costs.
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Control M
WebSphere Lombardi Edition, IBM Business Process Manager, IBM WebSphere Process Server
 

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Sample Customers

CARFAX, Tampa General Hospital, Navistar, Amadeus, Raymond James, Railinc
Barclays, EmeriCon, Banca Popolare di Milano, CST Consulting, KeyBank, KPMG, Prolifics, Sandhata Technologies Ltd., State of Alaska, Humana S.A., Saperion, esciris, Banco Espirito Santo
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