2019-12-03T10:44:00Z

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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GN
Real User
Top 5
2023-09-28T08:01:00Z
Sep 28, 2023

I rate the solution's price a nine on a scale of one to ten, where one is low or really affordable, and ten is high or really expensive. It is a really expensive tool.

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IG
Real User
Top 20
2023-05-08T07:53:00Z
May 8, 2023

The solution is expensive.

Shirish Kamalapurkar - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 5Leaderboard
2023-02-22T12:04:54Z
Feb 22, 2023

Yearly licenses are based on the number of jobs.

Alan Arnold - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 10
2023-01-31T16:24:32Z
Jan 31, 2023

It was a little bit pricey. They were proud of the product. A particular module was not free. However, BMC was able to negotiate that particular module into our whole contract itself without having to negotiate an individual price for that module. All that was included in a one-time negotiation, and we've signed a five-year contract on that. I haven't had any other opportunities to work on pricing or anything like that with BMC. I'd rate it a seven out of ten in terms of pricing.

MR
Real User
Top 20
2023-01-03T14:47:41Z
Jan 3, 2023

I rate the pricing a seven out of ten because there is room for improvement.

MF
Real User
Top 20
2022-05-26T13:01:00Z
May 26, 2022

BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer is expensive. Because we are part of a company with subsidiaries all over the world, I can only provide an answer for Switzerland. At the moment, we are probably paying around $120,000 per year just for ourselves. But, they are attempting to restructure so that they can offer a global license, because, across Europe, we obviously have about 30 different companies that all have to do the same things. I speak with my colleague in Spain, who is experiencing the same issues with questions and having to visit the local BMC branch. We are all paying the same amount, but different countries have slightly different prices. In fact, prices can be quite high at times; obviously, Switzerland is not cheap. Our headquarters are in Germany, and I believe it would be better if they simply forget about everyone doing their own thing, and use this product all over, get a license through Germany and use it globally. Their pricing is really their weak point. It's pricey. I would give them a three or three and a half out of five for pricing and licensing. People do get value out of it, and the work it does quickly pays for itself. We pay for the file transfer module, which is an additional cost. They are not huge sums; perhaps you pay 20% more for the file transfer module, and you obviously have to host it on the platform. We are also paying for all the ancillary costs, but you have to pay extra Self Service, which is the website, which could be another 20% on top. If you said $150,000 for the year, that's about right. We do it per agent rather than per job, which is the difference between the two on-premise models. You can do it per agent or per job, and we only have a few agents, each agent handles a large number of jobs.

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AB
Real User
Top 10
2022-04-11T18:26:02Z
Apr 11, 2022

The license model is based on the number of tasks or jobs required. The price overall is expensive. In my country, we don't have any choice but to use them because no one can match their capability.

AR
MSP/MSSP
2021-12-14T11:19:00Z
Dec 14, 2021

The pricing of Control-M is a bit on the higher end, compared to any other tools that we have seen. Pricing will depend on the sales approach and agreement between the companies, but I think they give some discounts. They have their standards, but the pricing can be negotiable, and they are flexible regarding certain features.

SS
Real User
2021-11-09T16:50:40Z
Nov 9, 2021

The licensing is a bit more expensive than other tools, so if a client is focused on the cost, that would be something to consider. The licensing should be cheaper.

SS
Real User
2021-10-22T22:44:23Z
Oct 22, 2021

Licensing costs can be negotiated depending on what the count is or how big the implementation is. I've seen even small banks using the solution and I believe licensing costs are reasonable.

AR
Real User
2020-12-09T17:41:43Z
Dec 9, 2020

Its cost is high for small companies.

MF
Real User
Top 20
2019-12-03T10:44:00Z
Dec 3, 2019

Sign up for BMC Software's AMIGO program (help for new installs and migrations) and go for the license where based on number of total tasks.

Control-M Managed File Transfer is a market leader in the field of building, scheduling, and managing internal and external file transfers. Users of this solution are able to automate whole portions of the transfer process. They can set up a dynamic scheduling feature, which will activate once a transfer operation has concluded. This automatically updates the schedule of activities that your system is supposed to perform. However, this feature does not stop with simply setting a schedule....
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