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Control-M vs vCenter Orchestrator comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 9, 2025

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

Control-M
Ranking in Process Automation
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
121
Ranking in other categories
Managed File Transfer (MFT) (4th), Workload Automation (1st)
vCenter Orchestrator
Ranking in Process Automation
10th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Control-M is 4.4%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCenter Orchestrator is 0.2%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Pedro Fuentes - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost-effective, excellent support, and centralized access and control
They have a department that handles requests for enhancements. I talked to Control-M guys back in October or November when they had a gathering here in Atlanta. We talked about not being able to go back in history in Helix Control-M for more than two weeks. We submitted a request for enhancement. They told us that they are working on it, and they are thinking of expanding that to 30 days. We would like to see it expand to 90 days, but they are working on it. In Control-M, we were able to go back 180 days, but that was on-prem. The storage of that data was on our own servers. We know that storage is money, and we do not expect them to store that much of the data, but at least 30 to 60 days seem proper.
David Villota - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides automatic monitoring capabilities that save time for users
In my company's IT environment, we use the tool to deploy production environments for products, including live manufacturing systems. The product improves my company's IT automation processes since we can use fewer resources currently. In my company, we need to spend less time considering that vCenter Orchestrator monitors everything. In general, we don't have to be present in our company to do active monitoring. Automatic monitoring is available for everything with vCenter Orchestrator, so we have proactive alerts in our company. The most valuable feature of the product in streamlining our company's workflow stems from the fact that we need to spend fewer resources and less time in general. Our company can spend time on more effective tasks like working with the plans to improve processes and so on, instead of taking care of the systems. The benefits of the product's integration capabilities were useful for HPE. My company has HPE infrastructure, and we are keen to integrate everything into the host, VMware ESXi. It is really important to have an easy integration method that allows for everything to be installed easily in a matter of minutes. I was not involved in the product's setup process. My colleague took care of the product's setup process. From what I know, I can say that the product's setup phase was straightforward. Some custom setups were to be done manually in the tool, but everything was well documented. I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. One of the benefits of the product is that it is a low-cost and stable solution that offers a lot of resources. I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The File Transfer component is quite valuable. The integration with products such as Informatica and SAP are very valuable to us as well. Rather than having to build our own interface into those products, we can use the ones that come out of the box. The integration with databases is valuable as well. We use database jobs quite a bit."
"Automation of the batch jobs is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the managing of file transfers and the product keeping up with technology."
"The monitoring tool is very good. It's very easy for expert and entry-level users to use on short notice."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting function. It allows us to pull up reports for specific information that the end-users are looking for."
"Control-M has improved our organization's functions by supporting high availability and integrating with CI/CD workflows."
"I would definitely recommend Control-M to every institute because it is extremely helpful to manage every task without any manual error."
"Helix Control-M has contributed to the overall stability of our applications and improved user experience."
"The most valuable feature is workflow automation."
"The product's integration is good, it works well with other programs and solutions."
"The implementation phase for vCenter Orchestrator was easy."
"I like the tool's DNS feature."
"The most valuable feature is that this solution is complete, and you don't need any add-ons."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is availability."
"The tool is very beneficial for automating workflow."
"The solution is pretty stable and reliable."
 

Cons

"The UI can be challenging for new users due to its learning curve."
"The MFT applications should have more functionality and flexibility within that tool. Having more flexibility with that tool for handling the one to many or many to one concept. Like being able to take data from one source and push it to many locations or pull data from many locations and bring it back into a single source. That's why we still use our TPS program for the file transfers just because we don't have some of those capabilities available to us within MFT."
"The biggest improvement they could have is better QA testing before releases come out the door."
"Its operations and infrastructure can be improved."
"The initial setup was complex, because I wasn't used to it."
"Consider adding a mobile application for remote management."
"Control-M doesn't have any dynamic reporting facilities or features."
"The next major release needs to focus on the lightweight web client."
"The solution needs to integrate with Cloud facilities like AWS and Azure."
"The only problem with the product is that it is very expensive, making it an area where improvements are required."
"After the change from perpetual licensing to subscriptions, the cost model changed."
"The only point for improvement is the price, which has increased by 135%, making it very expensive."
"The solution's price could be cheaper."
"The price of this product is high and could be improved."
"As we work towards more stability on the solution, sometimes we'll try something and it breaks and it's easier to restart the service. That's the only drawback. We've experienced this with other applications as well."
"The solution has a limited count of parallel executions, which can be a bottleneck for larger environments."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have account based licensing. There are two or three types of licensing. One of them is based on the number of jobs, so we a license close to 4,000 jobs per day. The cost is based on the different modules, which we buy from them. If we a buy a hardware module, which we are presently using and integrating, that is an additional cost, but I'm not sure of the amount. Each module comes with a different cost."
"The solution is not cheap, it comes with quite a hefty price tag. Control-M is the market leader, but we still want the price to be as friendly as possible."
"The pricing is reasonable. It's not an exorbitant amount. The licensing is pretty reasonable for the number of jobs that we run."
"Licensing costs are around $3000 a year."
"Its cost is a little bit higher than other solutions such as AutoSys or DAC. For the demo, there were some plans, such as start plan, scale plan, etc. Pricing was based on the plan."
"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."
"The cost of the hardware is high. Because you need to license each job, it is costly."
"It works on task-based licensing."
"I rate the product price a seven to eight out of ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
"vCenter Orchestrator is an expensive solution."
"We pay a yearly fee, based on our entries."
"This solution is expensive and the licensing is more attractive for Haveri."
"My company needs to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."
"The price is reasonable, and one of the reasons that this product was selected."
"We provide the VMware solution to our clients, for which they pay a perpetual license."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
6%
Computer Software Company
23%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Government
12%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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 do you like most about Control-M?
First of all, the shift from manual to automation has been valuable. We have a tool that can automate.
What do you like most about vCenter Orchestrator?
The stability of the product is very good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for vCenter Orchestrator?
We're running a low-profile budget. This is not our main focus on investment technology, so we're trying to reduce costs due to the change from perpetual to subscription licenses.
What needs improvement with vCenter Orchestrator?
After the change from perpetual licensing to subscriptions, the cost model changed. We are considering alternatives since we lost the perpetual aspect, and support is changing.
 

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Sample Customers

CARFAX, Tampa General Hospital, Navistar, Amadeus, Raymond James, Railinc
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