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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 November 2026, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of CA Harvest Software Change Manager is 3.3%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Endevor is 12.1%, down from 23.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Endevor12.1%
CA Harvest Software Change Manager3.3%
Other84.6%
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

"Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles."
"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."
"I have not encountered any stability issues."
"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."
"It is easy to use, easy to learn, and easy to maintain; also the automation."
"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."
"​Stability has been really good. I have actually never had to open an issue or report an issue since I have been running it.​"
"The support they provide for their products is bar none: excellent."
"Endevor allows us to map a change made to the production environment through various stages of delivery."
"It's the audit-level tracking. If something has gone wrong I can go back and figure out what happened, who did it."
"It standardizes the processing of all the development. Everything gets produced in a constant and consistent manner."
"It offers security and audit of changes in information assets (software)."
 

Cons

"Password complexity is not enforced by the tool."
"It needs to be simpler. This is the most difficult SCM tool I’ve ever used."
"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."
"The features don’t always work as advertised."
"Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards."
"One feature that we are looking for is traceability, and also merging. That is a little cumbersome right now."
"Security features can be improved."
"It is still kind of behind the times. It needs to catch up with all the millennials that want a distributed look and feel.​"
"Endevor can improve parallel development."
"I would like to see it used for Hadoop, which is really huge now."
"There should be better integration between CA Endevor Software Change Manager and Zowe."
"This software is made to keep the components' and change history. There is no concept of application and version management of these applications."
"It is difficult to find file programs and use a different tool for the setup as the compilation process is all locked up."
"The main challenges are its limited interface and the complexity of the customization."
"One feature of Endevor is its Backout feature. If there is a problem, it can back out the executables. The only problem with that is that it will not back out the source in Endevor. For example, you can do a back out and it will back out the executable to the previous version, but it doesn't back out the source version in Endevor. It would make it much better if when you did a back out of Endevor, it would back out both the source and the executable and keep them in sync."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Once you purchase your licenses, there is maintenance support that is renewed every year."
"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."
"It's worth the value. The pricing is fairly good, justifiable for the return on investment."
"Just make sure if you are going to license, ensure you license the right features.​"
"The product is expensive."
"Licensing is fairly simple, you don't need multiple licenses."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
22%
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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