BizTalk Server vs Control-M comparison

Microsoft and BMC are both solutions in the Process Automation category. Microsoft is ranked #12 with an average rating of 6.8, while BMC is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.6. Microsoft holds a 1.1% mindshare in PA, compared to BMC’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 75% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of BMC users who would recommend it.

BizTalk Server

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98% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 13, 2026

BizTalk Server and Control-M both compete in the integration and automation space. Control-M holds the upper hand due to its strong workload automation and cross-platform capabilities, along with its advanced scheduling features which outshine BizTalk’s more focused integration with Microsoft applications.

Features: BizTalk Server is known for its robust integration capabilities, especially with Microsoft applications, offering features like XML transformation, orchestration, and a variety of adapters. It also supports tools such as BizTalk Mapper for complex workflows. Control-M specializes in workload automation and excels with its powerful scheduling capabilities, providing cross-platform support and integration with cloud services. Its features include advanced error handling, workload forecasting, and mobile app capabilities, making it versatile for different environments.

Room for Improvement: BizTalk Server requires better support for modern standards like JSON and improvements in tracking capabilities. It also faces challenges with scalability and cloud integration. Users report deployment, debugging ease, and overall usability need enhancements. Control-M, meanwhile, could benefit from better reporting, reducing module complexity, and offering improved dashboards. Both products would gain from enhancing cloud support, BizTalk towards cloud-native operations and Control-M with improved web interface performance.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: BizTalk Server is primarily an on-premises solution, with users appreciating Microsoft’s documentation and support, but varying response experiences highlight limited support availability. Control-M provides flexible deployment options, supporting on-premises, hybrid, and cloud formats. Its support services are generally well-regarded but could improve in responsiveness, especially in complex environments. The key difference is BizTalk's reliance on on-premises deployment, while Control-M provides deployment versatility.

Pricing and ROI: BizTalk Server is viewed as expensive, with high upfront licensing costs that may not be appealing compared to cloud alternatives like Azure. Control-M also has a significant cost, using a licensing model based on jobs, but users find its extensive feature set and adaptability justifies the cost. Both platforms offer a good return on investment for large enterprises, but the complexity of Control-M's licensing could be clarified to increase appeal, while BizTalk's pricing may deter smaller businesses.

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score

5.8

BizTalk Server offers great ROI for large industries, but smaller businesses might prefer cloud solutions for more flexible options.

Sentiment score

6.4

Control-M's automation enhances efficiency and service speed, reducing costs and downtime, offering high ROI despite initial expenses.

Now the direction is to move away from BizTalk Server to IBM WebMethods, which has more features compared to BizTalk Server.

Taqi-Hasan

Senior Application Specialist at Taqa Distribution

BizTalk Server's ROI is comparatively higher than Boomi and Workato.

reviewer2759421

Service Owner at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

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The main return on investment with Helix Control-M has been a reduction in downtime and minimization of manual interventions, which has improved our operational efficiency.

reviewer2621100

Cloud Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

You can run a million batch jobs or tasks at night when all of your highly skilled people are at home sleeping.

reviewer1929963

Account Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

By implementing automation tools, you can minimize human errors and improve efficiency.

reviewer1207266

Director of Sales at a tech services company with self employed

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

4.8

User experiences vary, with praised documentation, competent engineers, and mix of Microsoft's support and external consulting for assistance.

Sentiment score

7.2

BMC Control-M's support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, but consistency and timeliness need improvement according to users.

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They quickly evolve with changing technology trends, easily adopt new features, and incorporate them into the product.

reviewer2746302

architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The support is accurate, and BMC is always ready to help with queries and complex incidents.

reviewer2336493

Solutions Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

The technical support is very polite, helpful, and available 24/7.

reviewer2621100

Cloud Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

6.0

BizTalk Server's scalability receives mixed reviews; some find it expandable, others face issues with increasing message volumes.

Sentiment score

7.5

Control-M excels in scalability across industries, though some users note high costs and challenges with cloud integrations.

It is time for low-code, no-code, and a quick go-to-market should be faster.

reviewer2759421

Service Owner at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

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Our license doesn't limit our ability to configure Control-M as needed, allowing us to easily create new agents or environments.

reviewer2752227

Control-M System Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

I am paying for a top-end tool which rarely experiences issues, with most problems stemming from the applications being managed rather than the tooling itself.

Iain Airlie

Senior Control-M Consultant at Ktsl

It can absorb more workload wherever needed.

reviewer2587689

Cloud/Devops Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

6.8

BizTalk Server is stable but struggles with large data, losing relevance as users increasingly transition to cloud solutions.

Sentiment score

7.8

Control-M is highly stable, with minor issues usually due to external factors, and users rate its stability highly.

BizTalk Server's stability rates about eight or nine out of ten.

Dipl.Ing. Johann Pointner

Consultant at EC live! Hans Pointner

BizTalk Server is good for small companies but not for big companies.

Taqi-Hasan

Senior Application Specialist at Taqa Distribution

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Control-M itself is robust, and it would receive a rating of 10.

reviewer2775462

Technical architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The downtime is higher compared to AWS.

Ujjwal Sachdeva

Data scientist at Advarisk

The testing and development phases need to be more rigorous before releasing patches.

reviewer2518842

Associate Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

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Room For Improvement

BizTalk Server needs better debugging, deployment, scalability, cloud integration, JSON support, API management, and task management to stay competitive.

Users seek improved reporting, cloud features, GUI, module compatibility, automation, support, cost, and AI in Control-M.

BizTalk Server needs improvements, especially because we use it for EDI messaging, and it would be very useful to have enhanced tracking capabilities for message tracking and archiving of messages.

Dipl.Ing. Johann Pointner

Consultant at EC live! Hans Pointner

We initially planned to move to Azure Integration Services, but there are challenges with AIS, so now we are evaluating WebMethods IO.

reviewer2759421

Service Owner at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

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They could provide more documentation and tutorials to make the initial setup easier to understand.

Sham Suresh

Assistant professor at J.P. College of Engineering

We've experienced main problems with MFTE where having one setup means when an error occurs, the entire service goes down.

reviewer2752227

Control-M System Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Documentation should be maintained for all versions since they provided the application.

Vishal Leekha

Sr Manager at Vodafone

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Setup Cost

BizTalk Server offers flexible deployment but can be costly compared to Azure, with users favoring cloud solutions for efficiency.

Control-M's pricing is considered expensive, but its comprehensive features often justify the investment for larger enterprises.

The only thing I heard is that it's not inexpensive.

Dipl.Ing. Johann Pointner

Consultant at EC live! Hans Pointner

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The licensing cost is very high, and they often consider switching to IBM Workload Scheduler or other options.

reviewer2518842

Associate Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Control-M tends to be more expensive compared to other solutions, but users get great value from it.

Mark_Francome

Senior System Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Control-M is among the highest-priced solutions in the market.

reviewer2752227

Control-M System Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

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Valuable Features

BizTalk Server excels in seamless integrations, data processing, and reliability with its workflows, adapters, and low-code configurations.

Control-M offers robust integration, automation, and monitoring features to enhance workflow efficiency and streamline operational processes.

Boomi has advantages over BizTalk Server because it is more flexible, low-code, no-code, easy to implement, and has a fast go-to-market.

reviewer2759421

Service Owner at a logistics company with 10,001+ employees

BizTalk Server offers workflow functionality that I find very effective for process automation.

Dipl.Ing. Johann Pointner

Consultant at EC live! Hans Pointner

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Automation is more advanced, deployment is fast, and version control has been simplified.

Ujjwal Sachdeva

Data scientist at Advarisk

The user interface is comprehensive and lets me view all my jobs on one page, monitor everything, and access the job history.

reviewer2621100

Cloud Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

If I have a staff that operates Control-M on Windows Server, they will easily pick it up if they need to run it on Unix or mainframes. It's the same interface, saving time and improving efficiency.

Kevin-Clark

IT Guy at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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Categories and Ranking

BizTalk Server

Ranking in Process Automation

12th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business-to-Business Middleware (8th)

Control-M

Ranking in Process Automation

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

183

Ranking in other categories

Managed File Transfer (MFT) (2nd), Workload Automation (1st), AI IT Support (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of BizTalk Server is 1.1%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Control-M is 3.7%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Process Automation Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Control-M	3.7%
BizTalk Server	1.1%
Other	95.2%

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Featured Reviews

Taqi-Hasan

Senior Application Specialist at Taqa Distribution

Offers valuable integration services but requires better cloud adaptation

Biztalk server doesn't have API management so that our exposed can be protected against the SQL injection, DOS attacks. However, this is available in IBM WebMethods. The positive impact of BizTalk Server was initially limited because of scalability issues. That is the reason why management has decided to implement IBM WebMethods. We are going to decommission BizTalk Server next year. I believe the API response could be improved in BizTalk Server. We need to increase the number of servers in BizTalk Server. We used to have two servers; later on, we increased to a third server, which has improved performance. We can make it more highly available and scale out to improve BizTalk Server. Scale out means we can increase the number of servers horizontally.

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Raj Pattni

Batch Admin at NBC Universal

Brings data together from multiple platforms and optimizes cross-environment orchestration

The features of Control-M that I like the most include the ability to easily integrate or bring in different platforms into Control-M. For instance, AWS, mainframe, TWS, and something that's running on Autosys can all be brought into Control-M, converted to how Control-M runs it, and then the batch can be executed. This centralizes various applications in Control-M, which doesn't just have to handle batch processes, but also other tasks like reporting on required data. I find this functionality very useful and the setup is impressive, with more advancements yet to come. With Control-M, my company has achieved several measurable improvements since I started. The metrics indicate that the number of failures has dropped, and we have addressed the issue of excessive false alerts that I encountered when I joined. Previously, we received an overwhelming number of alerts daily, but now we manage to maintain that at a normalized level, perhaps around five to fifteen alerts, depending on running core batches and their setup.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

27%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	37
Midsize Enterprise	23
Large Enterprise	140

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about BizTalk Server?

The tool's most valuable feature is its integration with the banks. Its messaging and routing capabilities are good.

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What needs improvement with BizTalk Server?

I am generally satisfied with BizTalk Server, but there are some gaps, as we have multiple integration tools. Thus, there is associated cost, operation cost, license cost, and CapEx, so we are tryi...

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What advice do you have for others considering BizTalk Server?

I have not worked with Amazon API Gateway or Mule ESB; I am just testing them. I am using Boomi iPaaS and WebMethods. I did not purchase it on AWS Marketplace; those are product API systems, and in...

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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?

From what I know about pricing, I would probably put Control-M in the expensive category, but you do pay for what you get; you are paying for a premium product.

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Also Known As

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Control M, BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer, BMC Australia CTM

Interactive Demo

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BMC

Overview

Connects systems both inside and across organizations, exchange data and orchestrate business processes across multiple systems.

Microsoft

Control-M SaaS by BMC is tailored for growing teams, offering essential orchestration for managing hybrid cloud workflows starting at $29,000 annually.

Control-M integrates automation, orchestration, and a user-friendly interface to streamline workflows across banking, DevOps, and cloud environments. Key modules like Managed File Transfer and cross-platform support simplify job monitoring, while Batch Impact Manager enhances scheduling. Despite its capabilities, improvements in output analysis, reporting customization, offline access, and API integration are desired by users.

What are Control-M's key features?

Automation and Orchestration: Simplifies workflow management.
Integration: Connects with diverse applications seamlessly.
User Interface: Facilitates easy navigation.
Managed File Transfer: Streamlines secure file movements.
Self-Service: Empowers users to independently manage tasks.
Cross-Platform Support: Handles complex workflows efficiently.
Batch Impact Manager: Enhances scheduling and SLA management.
API Integration: Extends versatility across environments.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Increased Efficiency: Optimizes operations through automation.
Scalability: Supports enterprise growth and workload demands.
Improved SLA Management: Enhances reliability in scheduling.
Cost Savings: Streamlines processes to reduce operational costs.
Process Optimization: Ensures secure and efficient data exchanges.

Control-M is implemented in industries such as finance and enterprise operations, aiding in automating batch processing across platforms like SAP and Teradata. It integrates with secure file transfers, ERP systems, and databases, whether deployed on-premises or cloud, ensuring seamless operation optimization.

BMC

Sample Customers

Centrebet, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, QualCare, Wªrth Handelsges.m.b.H, DTEK, Allscripts, United BioSource, Hogg Robinson

The Bank of East Asia, LINE Bank Taiwan, Coop, Air Europa, Carrefour, Itau Unibanco, Snam, Embraer, ANZ Bank, EDP, Dominio's, Tampa General Hospital, W&W Informatik GmbH, Veterans General, Up Sí Vale, Sky Italia, REWE digital GmbH, Raymond James, Railinc, Navistar, Management Science Associates, Colruyt, CARFAX, Banpara, Aspiag Service, Amadeus, AG Insurance, ING Bank Slaski

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