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RepliWeb Managed File Transfer [EOL] vs Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct comparison

 

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RepliWeb Managed File Trans...
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
4
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Sterling Commerce Connect:D...
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Managed File Transfer (MFT) (8th)
 

Featured Reviews

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…
reviewer1955103 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Has delivered robust secure file transfer with exceptional encryption features
Based on experience, the one area IBM can improve for Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct is the support mechanism. While support is available 24/7 whenever required, the solution time during American hours can take longer. In general, during American hours, the resource availability is not up to the standard. However, availability of support staff during UK timings or GMT timings is very good; they are supportive and helpful. Functionality-wise, they can make additional improvements to Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct. They recently improved by adding a GUI for configurations on Windows as well as UNIX platforms, which is very helpful. However, the web client is cumbersome and not as interactive as it should be. The CLI part is comprehensive, but the GUI needs improvement.

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

Pros

"We successfully migrated over 1500 websites using these products."
"This product helped me a lot for deployments day and night."
"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."
"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."
"Automation is the most valuable feature."
"Security is the most valuable feature of this product."
"The most valuable feature is that it provides 100% reliability for file transmission."
"The Security Plus feature of this solution is excellent, and allows you to send encrypted files very securely to remote destinations."
"Connect Direct offers Check Point functionality to ensure data integrity during transfers."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the security."
"The most valuable feature is that it provides 100% reliability for file transmission. It ensures that files get delivered in a secure manner. When you use Connect:Direct, your file 100% gets delivered to the next delivery location. If the log shows that a file got delivered, it will have all the transmitted data without truncation or other data issues."
"The product has been very stable."
 

Cons

"They should also study banking products for file transfers like Sterling Gateway Connect Direct/Express and incorporate it with them."
"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."
"It failed sometimes and I had to restart the services."
"The setup was complex for the administrators to get their head around how the templating worked."
"Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct could improve by adding some of the functionality that some other vendors have. For example, GoAnywhere has call agents, which are small clients that can be installed on the endpoints and can be handled by the central point on the server."
"The resources required for this tool are costly and not easily available in the market."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"User interface is not user friendly."
"They have File Agent, which is an additional utility and a component of Connect:Direct, for automated file transmission. In that utility, there is some issue with the file name."
"Technical support is difficult to work with."
"They have File Agent, which is an additional utility and a component of Connect:Direct, for automated file transmission. In that utility, there is some issue with the file name. There is a limitation on the file name, and that is being fixed by IBM."
"The technical support is the number one problem."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price and licensing of Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct is expensive."
"Annual licensing fee."
"The solution's licensing cost is too high."
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Financial Services Firm
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Manufacturing Company
7%
Construction Company
6%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

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What needs improvement with Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct?
Based on experience, the one area IBM can improve for Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct is the support mechanism. While support is available 24/7 whenever required, the solution time during American...
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The majority use case for Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct is for file transfer, specifically secure file transfer.
 

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