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CA Harvest Software Change Manager vs Endevor comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

CA Harvest Software Change ...
Ranking in Software Configuration Management
10th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Endevor
Ranking in Software Configuration Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Mainframe Application Development (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of CA Harvest Software Change Manager is 3.3%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Endevor is 13.5%, down from 34.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Endevor13.5%
CA Harvest Software Change Manager3.3%
Other83.2%
Software Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user572910 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Configuration Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Has helped us track the application flow across each of our environments, promotion from dev to our higher environments, to production.
One feature that we are looking for is traceability, and also merging. That is a little cumbersome right now. We have provided our feedback to their representatives so they can provide us a good merging capability next time. One thing that I would like to improve is making the tool a little more user friendly. It takes a little bit of time to adjust to the tool because it's a little different than other version control tools out there in the market. But, it has its own benefits and own security, but that user experience, if they're going to improve it, that would be really great.
RobertMartin3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Production Supervisor Technical at Ontario Power Generation
Asset dashboards have created slow, rigid workflows and have limited effective life cycle tracking
The single dashboards do not help my team or the company as a whole. I feel the dashboards are not helpful because the search features are not customizable. The software is web-based and the server is extremely slow. To improve Endevor, its cloud or web-based server capabilities should be increased so that the software is faster. The ability to customize reports should be increased.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The auditing capability is one aspect that I would really recommend other colleagues to look into, because all the other version control tools out in the market provide speed, but the auditing capability is missing; the change management interaction; etc."
"CA Mainframe Software Manager (CA Harvest SCM) provides a great way for us to store our source control."
"Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles."
"I have not encountered any stability issues."
"The most valuable feature I would say is we can integrate that with our change management process and use that to control what goes into production and what doesn't."
"The ability to give our teams functionality from a control perspective, allowing them to decide how they want to implement the tool, is valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Endevor is the software controller."
"We have been able to replicate entire SDLCs for new clients and have them loaded and ready to use Endevor in as little as one week. This was possible with the use of Endevor variables within the processors, so that a single processor was able to function for multiple systems across the entire SDLC."
"It's very flexible. A new technology comes along, this can be multiplied to handle the new technology quite easily."
"The integrity of the system is valuable, providing secure, controlled access to source management and the typical check-in and check-out functions in a typical source management product."
"The management and information CA Endevor Software Change Manager provides is very useful."
"Resilience capacity for mainframe applications Self-installation z/OS workflow Informative content to save a rich source of events, such as a movie of the real evolution of our IS"
"If you're looking for a version control system for mainframe, I don't think you should even have a second thought of at least trying out Endevor."
"The development team support, all the customers around the world, and myself: We are one big Endevor family."
 

Cons

"When you're trying to do collaboration or when you're trying to cater to multiple users and developers who submit code changes, it gets challenging with Harvest."
"Password complexity is not enforced by the tool."
"The features don’t always work as advertised."
"One feature that we are looking for is traceability, and also merging. That is a little cumbersome right now."
"It needs to be simpler. This is the most difficult SCM tool I’ve ever used."
"Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards."
"Security features can be improved."
"The internal setup is complex and rigid."
"Learning the tool for the first time was extremely difficult, and it could be because of all the other processes we had around it."
"It's not a perfect solution."
"Probably more of a web-based option for it, because it is mostly mainframe."
"Learning the tool for the first time was extremely difficult, and it could be because of all the other processes we had around it. But knowing you can do these things in batch, you can do things in the foreground or online mode, and then these, you have to have a package for. There are these rules, and some of the concepts inside the tool are not clear, like what is the CCID? Why do I have to have one? What is that? And how is it used? As a developer, it's not important to me - I don't know what a CCID is, and I don't care - but apparently it's important to someone."
"It's complex because it depends upon your development architecture. Also, it's reached the limits of automation and freedom given to end users."
"There should be better integration between CA Endevor Software Change Manager and Zowe."
"Needs more audit capability when it comes to changes to settings that are made by administrators, as many of these are done through the panels and are therefore not logged as an action against a configuration item."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Once you purchase your licenses, there is maintenance support that is renewed every year."
"Licensing is fairly simple, you don't need multiple licenses."
"The solution is very expensive."
"It's competitively priced and, as far as I know, it's just an enterprise license. We have found it is worth the money."
"It's worth the value. The pricing is fairly good, justifiable for the return on investment."
"The product is expensive."
"Just make sure if you are going to license, ensure you license the right features.​"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
29%
Insurance Company
10%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise40
 

Also Known As

CA Harvest SCM, CA Software Change Manager
CA Endevor Software Change Manager, Endevor Software Change Manager, CA Software Change Manager for Mainframe, CA Endevor SCM
 

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Sample Customers

State of New Hampshire, Blue Hill
Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
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