CA Harvest Software Change Manager vs Helix Core comparison

Broadcom and Perforce are both solutions in the Software Configuration Management category. Broadcom is ranked #9, while Perforce is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.0. Broadcom holds a 3.4% mindshare in SCM, compared to Perforce’s 3.4% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Perforce users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CA Harvest Software Change Manager and Helix Core based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

CA Harvest Software Change ...

Ranking in Software Configuration Management

9th

Average Rating

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Helix Core

Ranking in Software Configuration Management

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Version Control (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of CA Harvest Software Change Manager is 3.4%, up from 3.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Helix Core is 3.4%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Software Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Helix Core	3.4%
CA Harvest Software Change Manager	3.4%
Other	93.2%

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it_user572910

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.

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Daniel Kirschner

Technical Lead, Methods & Tools at Volkswagen

Configuration management features improve workflow but require a steep learning curve

I need to work more with Helix Core to identify specific areas for improvement. However, it has an extensive feature set that leads to a steep learning curve, where users need to learn quite a bit of features to work with it effectively. While its customization is not an issue, the GUI might not appeal to everyone.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"Perforce has given us the capability to manage our deployments on different environments."

"Perforce is very fast, even for very huge assets."

"I find the configuration management features of Helix Core particularly valuable."

"The code comparison functionality and the command line options for automation are valuable features."

"Technical support for routine issues and tutoring beginners is absolutely the best."

"The customer service and support are excellent."

"The excellent traceability of all changes made to the product and the support for collaborative work."

Cons

"One feature that we are looking for is traceability, and also merging. That is a little cumbersome right now."

"The features don’t always work as advertised."

"It needs to be simpler. This is the most difficult SCM tool I’ve ever used."

"Security features can be improved."

"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."

"Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards."

"Security features can be improved."

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"It scales well, but installation and server management gets technically very complicated when the installation grows."

"There are scalability issues when there is too much traffic, such as when there are extremely huge amount of calls by APIs."

"The part of Perforce that could be most improved is its automatic resolving of code merge conflicts."

"The offline versioning needs to be improved."

"Perforce does not appear to have an enterprise scale software test environment. We sometimes serve as their software QA department."

"It has an extensive feature set that leads to a steep learning curve, where users need to learn quite a bit of features to work with it effectively."

"However, it has an extensive feature set that leads to a steep learning curve, where users need to learn quite a bit of features to work with it effectively."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Once you purchase your licenses, there is maintenance support that is renewed every year."

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Also Known As

CA Harvest SCM, CA Software Change Manager

Perforce

Overview

CA Harvest Software Change Manager (CA Harvest SCM) provides powerful, process-driven capabilities for managing development teams across your enterprise, encompassing multiple platforms and release management tools. This release management software enforces your IT governance policies and corporate compliance initiatives including those defined by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It also can ensure adherence to your ITIL-based best practices. CA Harvest SCM can help your enterprise simplify the software release management process as well as the development and maintenance of business applications with streamlined workflows and automated source code versioning. This ITIL release management software can optimize your development resources by providing audit, protection and storage of your software assets, and standardized process management and defect tracking.

Broadcom

Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management System, is a tool that versions and manages source code and digital assets for enterprises. Perforce is easy to install, learn and administer; seamlessly handles distributed development; and supports developers across a large number of platforms. Perforce ensures development integrity by grouping multi-file updates into atomic changes, enables concurrent development, and intelligently manages multiple software releases using its Inter-File Branching system.

Perforce

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Intuit, Disney, Nvidia, Ubisoft, Samsung, Vmware, Adidas, Pixar, salesforce.com, EA

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