Automic Automation vs Control-M comparison

Broadcom and BMC are both solutions in the Workload Automation category. Broadcom is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.7, while BMC is ranked #1 with an average rating of 9.0. Broadcom holds a 7.4% mindshare in WA, compared to BMC’s 25.5% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 98% of BMC users who would recommend it.

Automic Automation

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94% willing to recommend

Control-M

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98% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 24, 2024

We performed a comparison between Automic Workload Automation and Control-M based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

Ease of Deployment: Users of both solutions feel their installation and deployment are simple and straightforward.

Features: Automic Workload Automation users appreciate the predefined templates for application-specific jobs and the access for different users. Additionally, the architecture and the multi-tenancy make for a robust multi-client concept. Users feel the solution could be more user friendly, and that it lacks some documentation and monitoring features.

Control-M provides users with a unified view, where application workflows and data pipelines can easily be defined, orchestrated, and monitored. Users say Control-M is very useful in automating all critical and non-critical processes. It is also able to help them identify bottlenecks and discover appropriate corrective measures. Some users feel the architecture is old, and that the reporting should be improved.

Pricing: Users feel the pricing for both solutions is a bit expensive.

Service and Support: Users of both solutions are very satisfied with the service and support.

Comparison Results: Control-M comes out on top in this comparison. It is a very innovative and feature-rich solution and can be used to complete many diverse tasks and solve different issues, resulting in significant time savings and cost-effectiveness. Automic Workload Automation requires a bit of a learning curve, and some users tell us the web version is missing many of the solution's best features.

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Categories and Ranking

Automic Automation

Ranking in Workload Automation

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

101

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Control-M

Ranking in Workload Automation

1st

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

120

Ranking in other categories

Process Automation (3rd), Managed File Transfer (MFT) (4th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Workload Automation category, the mindshare of Automic Automation is 7.4%, up from 6.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Control-M is 25.5%, down from 25.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Peter Grundler

Senior Consultant at Tricise

Helps to move away from manual tasks and offers wide platform support and web-based interface

Customers want to move away from manual monitoring and checking processes. Automating these processes helps in time-saving and reduces human error. When you automate business processes, it reduces mistakes. It eliminates the risk of manual errors such as typos. There is a 20% to 30% reduction in human error. It fulfills all the needs when it comes to visibility and control across various operating platforms. It is the perfect product for managing processes that span multiple operating platforms. Automic Automation has the widest platform support compared to other products, such as Control-M, Tivoli from IBM, or Stonebranch. It definitely helps with compliance processes. We have had a lot of customers for two years with a focus on compliance, and it works. They were successful. Due to the fact that our customers can automate a lot of things, it reduces operating costs. It is hard to give a number because the savings are different for each customer. If a customer never had any automation, there could be about 80% savings after implementing Automic Automation, whereas for a customer who already has automated tasks, the difference will be less by adding Automic Automation. They might see 5% to 10% more savings. Automic Automation helps improve our ability to meet SLAs. In the recent versions, SLA management has been integrated, which previously was an external component. Because a lot of customers used it and asked Broadcom to implement SLA management into the workload engine, Broadcom included it. We see more and more customers running their SLA management via the Automic Automation product.

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Pedro Fuentes

System Engineer at Community Loans of America, Inc.

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.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"The solution helped us fix issues and optimize them. We now run with zero errors."

"It's allowing us to increase our overall volumes of data that we're working with, without actually increasing the overall amount of team that we need to monitor it."

"We have all of our payroll being done in the platform. There are a lot of different processes that need to be taken care of, and they all need to be linked together. When you put them into a workflow, and you know that you've built logic into that workflow, and you have alerting, it's something you can step back from. You don't have to be worried about every single piece of that puzzle. If something goes wrong, you have confidence that some alerting will let you know. It streamlines, it makes things go faster, less eyes on glass."

"It is technology agnostic. It works with all the different legacy solutions we have and it allows us to look at things in one location, as opposed to going to a lot of different places."

"The current upgrade process is straightforward. They have made the process much simpler. After we get to version 12 and any subsequent versions going forward, it should not require any downtime at all. "

"The most valuable feature is that I do not have to wait for one job to finish, then manually click on the next one to start. Automation is the best feature."

"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the tool. With a little bit of time and understanding, it is capable of completing any business use case we have encountered. There are many ways to achieve desired results without much issue."

"The initial setup was quite simple because they have a manual which tells you in a simple way of how to install it step-by-step."

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"Maintaining and monitoring of workloads have been and continue to be the most valuable feature in our environment."

"I find Control-M for SAP and Control-M for Informatica good. You can connect to the Linux or Windows servers, and you can run multiple jobs."

"We have a better picture of our auditability. When someone comes to us, and asks for sources, "How did the deltas occur?" We can provide answers quickly, or at least quicker than what we used to. We are actually sure of the information that we provide, where before it was like, "Hmm, I think it comes from over there. Let me double check, but it gets really convoluted over here and I think that is where it comes from." Now, if it is within the Control-M environment, it has a straightforward answer that we can provide with confidence."

"Promotions between environments, as well as local, mass update, versioning, and self-service."

"We use Control-M for maintenance on our Oracle and SQL Server databases. It automates maintenance on packages, including standard procedures on the databases themselves, snapshots, checking integrity, verifying the RDBMS of the databases, etc. It ensures they aren't clogged and that they are running smoothly and that there aren't any jobs stuck, eating up the performance of the server or any of the CPU cores."

"Before Control-M, we didn't have a centralized view and could not view what happened in the past to determine what will happen in the future. The Gantt view that we have in Control-M is like a project view. It is nice because we sometimes have some application maintenance that we need to do. So, in a single console, we can hold the jobs for the next hour or two. We can release that job when it is finished. This is a really nice feature that we didn't have before. It is something really simple, but we didn't previously have a console where we could say, "For the next two hours, what are the jobs that we will run? And, hold these jobs not to run." This is really important."

"The File Watcher utility, cyclic jobs, and email alert notification are valuable."

"The pressure on our operations and our maintenance has been reduced."

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Cons

"We would like a way to test our cloud-based automations on-premises, and then migrate them to the cloud after they have been tested, without needing an additional license."

"There are issues with compatibility when installing agents on legacy operating systems."

"Its dashboard can be improved. In version 12, they have already moved to a web-based interface from a UI. We are looking into this feature now. We are also looking for available APIs that we can use to interface the engine into our other systems. There should be a subservice facility that we can use to interface with Microsoft Teams and send out authorization on job executions. We have seen a feature like this in other products that we are looking into."

"The vendor support is really bad and should be improved."

"The frustration that we have probably had in the past is where CA tools run for a period of time, then they get deprecated, and you have to build a new one."

"We can't migrate the users from one master to another master or product to product. We have to do it manually."

"The tool lacks interoperability features."

"The versioning and support for the lifecycle of Automic's developed solution is what we were missing. However, this is coming in version 12.2, so I am looking forward to seeing how it works."

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"For installing or upgrading the PeopleSoft and SAP plugins, currently there is no way to do it via Control-M Configuration Manager. So, we are installing or upgrading the plugins, like PeopleSoft and SAP, manually. If BMC could provide an option via Control-M Configuration Manager to upgrade these plugins, it probably would reduce a lot of manual work as well as ease our work. This is one improvement that I personally want to see, because it would help our way of working."

"The company has been working with BMC on the MFT. There are still some things about MFT which don't work the way that we want with our needs. So, we would like to see that improved."

"The initial setup was complex, because I wasn't used to it."

"They could enhance the product's data flow, job processing speed, and efficiency."

"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."

"Consider adding a mobile application for remote management."

"Its initial setup is a bit complex. They could provide more documentation and tutorials to make the initial setup easier to understand. Enhancing the documentation could simplify the setup process."

"A developer sandbox could be very helpful to try out new features or experience them."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are different licensing fees for cases where high availability is important."

"You do not need any humans to start jobs, so you can save a lot of money."

"Pricing is competitive compared to other major vendors."

"The cost of the solution depends on the number of systems that are being orchestrated."

"We cannot use all the functions because they are too expensive."

"It has helped us reduce costs."

"Automic Automation's pricing is excellent, especially in comparison to similar solutions."

"The cost of arrays is high. If you want to buy an array for an application, and see value from it, you need about half a million dollars. That is too expensive."

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"we are more looking for a better cost/license/performance model because BMC, while we could say it's the best, is also the most expensive. That is what we are probably most annoyed with. We are paying something like €1,000,000 over three years for having 4,000 jobs running. That's expensive."

"Pricing is generally affordable, though some features cost a bit more."

"We have a license till 2024. We are good and satisfied with it."

"Pricing can be steep, but you get what you pay for."

"The pricing is reasonable. It's not an exorbitant amount. The licensing is pretty reasonable for the number of jobs that we run."

"Cost-wise, it is good."

"The pricing and licensing could be better. However, when I compare Control-M pricing with JAMS, Control-M is still better priced than JAMS enterprise."

"The cost is basically $100 a job, give or take."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

17%

Computer Software Company

12%

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

28%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Automic Workload Automation?

It is easy to manage complex workloads and use electronic workflow automation.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Automic Workload Automation?

The pricing model for Automic has changed from a host-based licensing model to one based on successful execution. I still prefer the earlier licensing model, but I understand that it was likely cha...

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What needs improvement with Automic Workload Automation?

There are certain areas in Automic that need improvement, such as the complexity of workflow dependencies. When you have workflows within workflows, it can become complicated. The existing options ...

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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...

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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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Control-M?

Pricing is generally affordable, though some features cost a bit more.

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Overview

Automic Automation is employed for migration assistance, digital business automation, integration with platforms, ITIL process workflows, batch processing, disaster recovery, scheduling ERP batch jobs, and automation within finance and telecom sectors.

Businesses implement Automic Automation across on-premises and cloud infrastructures, supporting SAP, mainframes, host systems, and other environments. Valued for its versatility and out-of-the-box integration capabilities, it enhances automation efficiency and reduces operational costs. The platform is known for its robust object-oriented workflow, zero-downtime upgrades, CI/CD pipeline integration, and multi-client architecture. Enhanced stability, scalability, user-friendliness, and compliance are notable benefits.

What are the key features?

Versatile Scheduler: Manage complex schedules effortlessly.
Object-Oriented Workflow: Robust and flexible workflow management.
Zero-Downtime Upgrades: Continuous operation without interruptions.
CI/CD Integration: Seamless incorporation into development pipelines.
Multi-Client Architecture: Supports diverse and multiple client environments.
Unique Scripting Language: Enhances customizability and automation.
Predictive Analytics: Improved job execution and performance insights.
Intuitive GUI: Simplifies job and workflow management.

What benefits or ROI should be evaluated?

Enhanced Stability: Reliable operations across environments.
Scalability: Easily adapts to growing business needs.
Reduced Operational Costs: Streamlined automation processes lower expenses.
Compliance Assurance: Ensures adherence to regulations and standards.

Automic Automation is widely used in finance and telecom industries, addressing unique challenges and demands. It integrates with Broadcom products and supports SAP environments, ensuring well-rounded automation and operational efficiency. While technical support and vendor assistance could improve, businesses find value in its scheduling, deployment options, and workflow visibility. The industry's capability to manage cloud systems and SaaS deployment helps in mitigating disaster recovery issues and facilitates smoother ITIL process workflows.

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Control-M is used for enterprise workload automation, orchestrating finance, retail, healthcare, and supply chain processes. It handles batch job scheduling, managed file transfers, cloud integrations, and compliance auditing across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

Organizations leverage Control-M to efficiently monitor and manage business-critical processes like payroll, HR, SAP, Informatica, and database tasks. It enhances visibility, security, and error resolution. Automating and optimizing workflows in data centers, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, Control-M supports diverse technological environments. The platform's robust capabilities make it suitable for effective centralized management of applications and data pipelines, ensuring enhanced collaboration and scalability.

What are Control-M's most important features?

Integration capabilities: Seamlessly integrates with various systems
Automation API: Facilitates automation through APIs
Managed File Transfer: Simplifies secure file transfers
GUI console: Intuitive graphical user interface
Role-based administration: Provides access control
Single-pane view: Centralized monitoring dashboard
Scheduling options: Flexible job scheduling
Workflow orchestration: Coordinates complex workflows
Reporting: Generates insightful reports
Monitoring: Tracks and manages tasks
Forecasting: Predicts future workloads
Self-service portal: Empowers users with self-service tools
Plugins: Extends functionality through additional plugins

What are the benefits or ROI of using Control-M?

Enhanced visibility: Centralized view of all processes
Ease of use: User-friendly interface
Error reduction: Minimizes manual errors
Improved collaboration: Facilitates teamwork
Scalability: Supports growth and scale
Support: Comprehensive customer support

Control-M is implemented in industries like finance to handle payroll and HR tasks, in retail for inventory management and supply chain processes, and in healthcare for compliance auditing and patient data processing. Organizations benefit from streamlined workflows and automated processes across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring efficient and secure operations.

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