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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
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Mainframe Application Development (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of CA Harvest Software Change Manager is 3.1%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Endevor is 13.7%, down from 34.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Endevor13.7%
CA Harvest Software Change Manager3.1%
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.
HB
R&D Team Leader at First International Bank of Israel
A highly stable tool for managing mainframe software development projects that require significant expertise
We use the basic feature set of Endevor to control and track all of the sales operations within our company.  It is a very good product that allows safe management of the individual components. The tools are specifically designed for mainframe environments, providing features tailored to the…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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 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."
"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."
"CA Mainframe Software Manager (CA Harvest SCM) provides a great way for us to store our source control."
"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."
"Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles."
"It provides secure, controlled access to source management."
"CA Endevor is better than not having any source control management, some kind of source control tools."
"It standardizes the processing of all the development. Everything gets produced in a constant and consistent manner."
"Endevor is easy to use."
"Endevor is a solid product; it works, does its job, is stable, and I have never heard any complaints for improvements in this product."
"It puts all our source in one product. We know where to go to gather all our source code and which source is associated with which executable. It's a one-stop-shop, one place to go for everything."
"When we brought Endevor in, almost 18-20 years ago, the auditing issues went down dramatically, once we had everyone into Endevor, using it, and we had everything turned on."
"The approach of writing a single set of Endevor processors to work across multiple instances of the application (separate systems) made the processors fairly complex, but once you understand them, they are so powerful."
 

Cons

"The features don’t always work as advertised."
"Security features can be improved."
"Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards."
"Password complexity is not enforced by the tool."
"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."
"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."
"I find the ISPF interface to be lacking. It seems like you have to navigate to a lot of different screens to work with the same element."
"The Eclipse based UI still needs improvement and CA is working on that in v18."
"I would like to have better integration with other products."
"I would rate it a solid eight out of 10, because it is stable, it serves the need that we have now. However, I don't know if it's serving where we are going with the Agile."
"The solution is very expensive."
"Currently the only solution is to continue creating environments for use with agile development which is a maintenance nightmare, or ask the application teams to redesign their software so it is contained within their own applications."
 

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 product is 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."
"The solution is very expensive."
"Just make sure if you are going to license, ensure you license the right features.​"
"It's worth the value. The pricing is fairly good, justifiable for the return on investment."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
29%
Insurance Company
11%
Computer Software Company
6%
Performing Arts
5%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise39
 

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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