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Appian RPA vs Control-M comparison

 

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Appian RPA
Ranking in Process Automation
49th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (38th)
Control-M
Ranking in Process Automation
7th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
Managed File Transfer (MFT) (8th), Workload Automation (1st)
 

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Pedro Fuentes - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 9, 2024
Cost-effective, excellent support, and centralized access and control
They have a department that handles requests for enhancements. I talked to Control-M guys back in October or November when they had a gathering here in Atlanta. We talked about not being able to go back in history in Helix Control-M for more than two weeks. We submitted a request for enhancement. They told us that they are working on it, and they are thinking of expanding that to 30 days. We would like to see it expand to 90 days, but they are working on it. In Control-M, we were able to go back 180 days, but that was on-prem. The storage of that data was on our own servers. We know that storage is money, and we do not expect them to store that much of the data, but at least 30 to 60 days seem proper.

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"We have a license till 2024. We are good and satisfied with it."
"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."
"It works on task-based licensing."
"Its pricing and licensing could be a little bit better. Based on my experience and discussions with other existing customers, everybody feels that the regular Managed File Transfer piece, not the enterprise one, is a little overpriced, especially for folks who already have licensed Advanced File Transfer. We understand that Advanced File Transfer is going away and is going to be the end of life, and there is some additional functionality built into MFT, but the additional functionality does not really correlate with the huge price increase over what we're paying for AFT already. This has actually driven a lot of people to look for alternative solutions."
"The pricing of Control-M is reasonable."
"we are more looking for a better cost/license/performance model because BMC, while we could say it's the best, is also the most expensive. That is what we are probably most annoyed with. We are paying something like €1,000,000 over three years for having 4,000 jobs running. That's expensive."
"As we increase the number of tasks or jobs on the system, there are concerns about cost."
"Pricing varies depending on which components and modules you are using."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
29%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
6%
 

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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...
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?
The pricing for Control-M is very expensive. It would be beneficial if the price could be reduced.
 

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