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Control-M vs RepliWeb Managed File Transfer [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Control-M
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
251
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (2nd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (2nd), Workload Automation (1st), AI IT Support (2nd)
RepliWeb Managed File Trans...
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

RP
Batch Admin at NBC Universal
Brings data together from multiple platforms and optimizes cross-environment orchestration
The features of Control-M that I like the most include the ability to easily integrate or bring in different platforms into Control-M. For instance, AWS, mainframe, TWS, and something that's running on Autosys can all be brought into Control-M, converted to how Control-M runs it, and then the batch can be executed. This centralizes various applications in Control-M, which doesn't just have to handle batch processes, but also other tasks like reporting on required data. I find this functionality very useful and the setup is impressive, with more advancements yet to come. With Control-M, my company has achieved several measurable improvements since I started. The metrics indicate that the number of failures has dropped, and we have addressed the issue of excessive false alerts that I encountered when I joined. Previously, we received an overwhelming number of alerts daily, but now we manage to maintain that at a normalized level, perhaps around five to fifteen alerts, depending on running core batches and their setup.
it_user668928 - PeerSpot reviewer
.NET Application Manager Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Its ability to sync data between the servers with minimum downtime is great.
Feature such as its ability to sync data between the servers with minimum downtime, rollback with just a click and replicate website configurations were great This product helped me a lot for deployments day and night. I have never seen a problem with RepliWeb, it's a great product and a reliable…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"One of the most valuable features is the encryption and decryption which happens within the job."
"Control-M is the best tool in the world where users can easily learn and implement it in their organization."
"Control-M helps in bringing these different silos and platforms onto a single console where we can configure, monitor, and control all enterprise-level applications in a single platform."
"The automated notification in a case of an error has helped us a lot in reducing downtime and erasing errors."
"Control-M has positively impacted our organization very much because it gives all our external teams a single platform to use as a single pane of glass to view different workflows, different points of improvement, and monitor how certain processes are performing."
"Control-M visualizes from point A to point B on the screen similar to how Google Maps shows routes, providing easy navigation so users understand what to do next and where to look to find problems easily."
"I love Control-M's reliability and ease of use, as it is incredibly reliable with high stability, rarely having issues from an administrative standpoint, and it has drastically reduced scheduling time, taking only about five to ten minutes to add a new job to the workflow."
"It has certainly helped speed things up."
"We successfully migrated over 1500 websites using these products."
"This product helped me a lot for deployments day and night."
"When we had this product set up, it helped us reduce the backlog by 40%, which helped us engage in other productive tasks for the organization."
"By using RepliWeb and custom scripts pre- and post-deploy to manage load balancing and application pools, we can deploy our websites with zero downtime."
 

Cons

"Implementing it is not straightforward. It requires careful installation, customization, and configuration."
"Its pricing is a little bit high. They could provide an enterprise-level license for an unlimited number of jobs."
"The only thing we would object to are the license costs."
"My relationship with BMC is more transactional. I am primarily paying them for the service rather than experiencing active involvement from their team."
"Control-M is the number one leading product in the world. What they've done about scheduling, other people are still trying to figure out, so it's difficult for me to propose anything new. There is not so much AI at this point in time, but I guess it's coming. However, predictive analysis is built into it."
"Currently, there is room for improvement in the cost aspect compared to other tools."
"The structure between the Control-M/Server and Control-M/Agent could possibly be improved."
"Their website at the time was horrible."
"They should also study banking products for file transfers like Sterling Gateway Connect Direct/Express and incorporate it with them."
"The setup was complex for the administrators to get their head around how the templating worked."
"It failed sometimes and I had to restart the services."
"Maybe it would be great if the tool could have an analytics dashboard, with the total commitments and the number of rollbacks in a timeframe."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It works on task-based licensing."
"As we increase the number of tasks or jobs on the system, there are concerns about cost."
"For the tooling that you get, the licensing is acceptable. It has competitive pricing, especially with all the value that you get out of it. There are additional costs with some of the additional modules, but they are all electives. Out of the box, you get the standard Control-M experience and the standard license. They're not forcing some of the modules on you. If you decide that you do need them, you can always purchase those separately."
"This is an expensive product compared to other solutions, although I think that it is a good one. We are in a good position with licensing, as we can run 10,000 jobs."
"There are two different types of licenses available. The first is based on the number of jobs that we run per day, and the other is based on the number of agents that we install. My current project has a contract for five years."
"There are human costs in addition to the standard pricing and licensing of this solution."
"BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer has reasonable pricing. What you pay for is the task or job, and as it's a module, it's complimentary, so you save about twenty percent of the job cost."
"It depends. It's packaged in such a way that you can buy the base model without all of the fancy stuff. You can try and keep your price similar to competitors. I guess it's natural throughout the world. It doesn't matter whether you're buying cell phones or something else. The best cell phone will always be more expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
22%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
6%
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Small Business44
Midsize Enterprise35
Large Enterprise209
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Questions from the Community

How does Control-M compare with AutoSys Workload Automation?
Control-M acts as a single, centralized interface for monitoring and managing all batch processes, which is helpful because nothing gets left unattended since it is all visible in one place, and th...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Control-M?
Control-M sits at the premium end of workload automation pricing — that is no secret, and I will not pretend otherwise. My position after decades of using it: the enterprise value justifies the pre...
What needs improvement with Control-M?
My main improvement point after decades with the product is not a feature — it is the path to mastery. Basic administration of Control-M is fairly accessible: a new person can define and monitor jo...
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Also Known As

Control M, BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer, BMC Australia CTM
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Sample Customers

The Bank of East Asia, LINE Bank Taiwan, Coop, Air Europa, Carrefour, Itau Unibanco, Snam, Embraer, ANZ Bank, EDP, Dominio's, Tampa General Hospital, W&W Informatik GmbH, Veterans General, Up Sí Vale, Sky Italia, REWE digital GmbH, Raymond James, Railinc, Navistar, Management Science Associates, Colruyt, CARFAX, Banpara, Aspiag Service, Amadeus, AG Insurance, ING Bank Slaski
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