We performed a comparison between BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer and SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Progress Software, BMC, IBM and others in Managed File Transfer (MFT)."It has a nice dashboard for loading up the file transfers, so it's easy to follow the success or failure rates of the operations."
"The most important aspect is the ability to integrate different platforms."
"The GUI is good if I'm comparing it to other scheduling products."
"It saves a lot of time for maintenance."
"The solution is stable."
"The file transfer, database, and integration features are the most valuable."
"This solution has a vast amount of features and with every new release, there are lots of new features introduced. The application has high availability—we have multiple customers and it's highly available. On an application level, if something goes down with the primary, then the application goes over to the secondary, so it's very, very easy to do disaster recovery. From an application integration point of view, it has a lot of APIs, rich APIs. Every month, they are releasing new APIs and new updates, like Java, but more than that. Now they are introducing a couple more APIs, which you can use to integrate your controlling environment with any applications you want."
"Dashboard and recovery are the features I found most valuable in the solution."
"We use SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server for internal file transfer."
"The solution lacks a graphical user interface for reporting."
"An area for improvement in BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer is integration. It should be compatible with more solutions. It should have integrations with newer applications as well."
"We'd like it to be easier to maintain the administrative side."
"I believe that the API should be upgraded with security control from the DM. There is Currently no security for the app API solution."
"Password vaulting would be a feature that should be included."
"We have some issues on the SAP side of BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer...So, there are some stability issues when it comes to SAP side."
"The solution should improve the out-of-the box conversion tool for migrations so the percentage result isn't so low."
"The only improvement I would suggest is the license pricing should be a little reduced. Apart from that, I don't see anything else as a major concern with the tool right now."
"The solution’s technical support should be improved."
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BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer is ranked 3rd in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 21 reviews while SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server is ranked 20th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 1 review. BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer is rated 8.8, while SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer writes "Adaptable, useful file transfer, and has helpful technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server writes "The solution can be used for internal file transfer, but its technical support and third-party integrations should be improved". BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer is most compared with MOVEit, IBM Sterling File Gateway, Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct, Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer and Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT, whereas SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server is most compared with MOVEit, WS_FTP Server and Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT.
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