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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
9th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Endevor
Ranking in Software Configuration Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Mainframe Application Development (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of CA Harvest Software Change Manager is 3.2%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Endevor is 26.5%, down from 34.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Configuration Management Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Endevor26.5%
CA Harvest Software Change Manager3.2%
Other70.3%
Software Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user572910 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Efrén Yanez - PeerSpot reviewer
Good analysis and integrations with helpful automation
If I had to comment on an area of ​​improvement or something new in the next or future version, I would like to see AI-assisted coding and impact analysis for mainframes. It is actually a fairly complete product. It is robust with a solid history and is always growing in functionality. It has a high level of maturity, which benefits the users and the administrators. This tool, with its group of options, facilitates the integration with other business processes, which allows you to take advantage of other solutions by incorporating automatic functions.

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."
"Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles."
"They've got plug-ins now to run it through Eclipse, they've got a lot of APIs, they handle UNIX files. I can't really think of any serious lack that they haven't addressed."
"The tools are specifically designed for mainframe environments, providing features tailored to the unique requirements of the systems, ensuring there are no mistakes."
"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."
"​Stability has been really good. I have actually never had to open an issue or report an issue since I have been running it.​"
"​It was an easy install. Since it was all set up, it pretty much runs itself now."
"It's very flexible. A new technology comes along, this can be multiplied to handle the new technology quite easily."
"The most valuable features are stability and ease of use."
"It standardizes the processing of all the development. Everything gets produced in a constant and consistent manner."
 

Cons

"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."
"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."
"The initial setup can be less complex and has room for improvement."
"It is difficult to find file programs and use a different tool for the setup as the compilation process is all locked up."
"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."
"They need to ditch the Eclipse plugin and just make the development environment for Z the standard Eclipse interface.​"
"It is still kind of behind the times. It needs to catch up with all the millennials that want a distributed look and feel.​"
"The scalability of Endevor could improve."
"The customer service and support team are not helpful."
 

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."
"Licensing is fairly simple, you don't need multiple licenses."
"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.​"
"The solution is very expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
33%
Insurance Company
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise39
 

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What needs improvement with Endevor?
The product’s implementation process is complicated and restrictive. It is difficult to find file programs and use a different tool for the setup as the compilation process is all locked up, at lea...
What is your primary use case for Endevor?
We use the product as a source manager and program manager. It helps in controlling the mainframe code and performing data migrations.
 

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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