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CA Harvest Software Change Manager vs Endevor comparison

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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 September 2026, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of CA Harvest Software Change Manager is 3.2%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Endevor is 11.9%, down from 26.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Endevor11.9%
CA Harvest Software Change Manager3.2%
Other84.9%
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

"CA Mainframe Software Manager (CA Harvest SCM) provides a great way for us to store our source control."
"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."
"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."
"Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles."
"I have not encountered any stability issues."
"The ability to give our teams functionality from a control perspective, allowing them to decide how they want to implement the tool, is valuable."
"It offers security and audit of changes in information assets (software)."
"CA Endevor is better than not having any source control management, some kind of source control tools."
"The most valuable feature of Endevor is the software controller."
"The development team support, all the customers around the world, and myself: We are one big Endevor family."
"It’s very stable; we don’t have any issues, and whenever we have an issue, we can call them up and they’ll fix it right away."
"The most valuable feature of Endevor is customization and ease of use."
"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."
"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"
 

Cons

"Password complexity is not enforced by the tool."
"Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards."
"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."
"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."
"The features don’t always work as advertised."
"Security features can be improved."
"Sometimes finding errors and output can be difficult because it spits out so many messages that it is hard to figure out which ones are the ones you need to look at and what flow did it actually take through the processor is what they call them."
"The initial setup can be less complex and has room for improvement."
"It is still kind of behind the times. It needs to catch up with all the millennials that want a distributed look and feel.​"
"Probably more of a web-based option for it, because it is mostly mainframe."
"If they deploy it correctly, then it provides a tremendous benefit, but if you lay it out wrong, it can be a nightmare to work with."
"The graphical user interface. It would be a big tool to change (but needed), just because as the workforce kind of ages and retires, the younger generation is not as familiar with mainframe and looking at a green screen is not really a huge selling point to them."
"I like the stability and CA’s responsiveness, but I haven’t used anything else, so it’s hard to judge."
"This software is made to keep the components' and change history. There is no concept of application and version management of these applications."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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Financial Services Firm
25%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Insurance Company
9%
Construction Company
8%
 

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Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise40
 

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What needs improvement with Endevor?
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...
What is your primary use case for Endevor?
My main use case for Endevor is asset management. For asset management, we use Engage software for life cycle management, eHealth, and eStrategy.
What advice do you have for others considering Endevor?
My advice to others looking into using Endevor is that if you are a nuclear electrical utility, the software is likely well-suited, but if you are any other utility, the software is poorly suited f...
 

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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