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Control-M vs Globalscape EFT comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 21, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.5
Control-M enhances efficiency by automating tasks, reducing costs, and improving resource allocation, particularly in large enterprises.
Sentiment score
7.0
Globalscape EFT offers cost reduction, increased efficiency, stability, and operational insights, leading to substantial financial and operational gains.
The main return on investment with Helix Control-M has been a reduction in downtime and minimization of manual interventions, which has improved our operational efficiency.
Cloud Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
You can run a million batch jobs or tasks at night when all of your highly skilled people are at home sleeping.
Account Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
By implementing automation tools, you can minimize human errors and improve efficiency.
Director of Sales at a tech services company with self employed
It has custom reports which are inbuilt, showing things such as how many files are going through, what the file sizes are, and if any invalid logins have happened.
Software Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Control-M support is highly rated for expertise and resources, despite occasional delays and repetitive inquiries, with overall satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.2
Globalscape EFT support is knowledgeable and collaborative, though response times vary; regional teams enhance service for specific zones.
They quickly evolve with changing technology trends, easily adopt new features, and incorporate them into the product.
architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The support is accurate, and BMC is always ready to help with queries and complex incidents.
Solutions Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The technical support is very polite, helpful, and available 24/7.
Cloud Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
A quicker response would be appreciated.
Technical Lead at Equifax Inc.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Control-M excels in scalability, flexibility, and adaptability, efficiently managing millions of jobs daily across various applications.
Sentiment score
6.6
Globalscape EFT excels in scalability, ease of expansion, and reliability, despite needing platform optimization and a web version.
Our license doesn't limit our ability to configure Control-M as needed, allowing us to easily create new agents or environments.
Control-M System Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
I am paying for a top-end tool which rarely experiences issues, with most problems stemming from the applications being managed rather than the tooling itself.
Senior Control-M Consultant at Ktsl
It can absorb more workload wherever needed.
Cloud/Devops Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
While I sometimes find difficulties with GCP, it works fine and flawlessly on AWS, especially since we have a large customer base and vendors where we send numerous files daily.
Transmission Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Control-M is praised for its stability and reliability, with issues typically arising from external factors, not the software itself.
Sentiment score
5.9
Globalscape EFT is stable generally, with occasional issues in on-prem deployments, scaling challenges, and rare slowness mostly resolved.
Control-M itself is robust, and it would receive a rating of 10.
Technical architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The downtime is higher compared to AWS.
Data scientist at Advarisk
The testing and development phases need to be more rigorous before releasing patches.
Associate Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sometimes we encounter error logging issues or the system goes down, requiring us to connect with the cloud engineer.
Transmission Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Control-M users seek improved reporting, integration, scalability, flexibility, cost-effectiveness, user interfaces, dashboards, and simplified setup and support.
Globalscape EFT struggles with cloud integration, large file handling, and requires interface, performance, auditing, and functionality improvements.
They could provide more documentation and tutorials to make the initial setup easier to understand.
Assistant professor at J.P. College of Engineering
We've experienced main problems with MFTE where having one setup means when an error occurs, the entire service goes down.
Control-M System Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Documentation should be maintained for all versions since they provided the application.
Sr Manager at Vodafone
If I'm transferring large batches, it takes them in threads. Globalscape EFT uploads the files on a threading basis, such as 100 files at a time, and the rest of the files will be in a queue system.
Software Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Globalscape EFT is prone to errors because one single click can lead to a file being sent to another vendor, and it doesn't give any warning if the code goes out of certain loops.
Transmission Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Control-M's high cost and complex pricing make it more suitable for larger organizations, despite its robust features.
Globalscape EFT is cost-effective with flexible licensing, appreciated for robust features, easy setup, and overall enterprise value.
The licensing cost is very high, and they often consider switching to IBM Workload Scheduler or other options.
Associate Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Control-M tends to be more expensive compared to other solutions, but users get great value from it.
Senior System Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Control-M is among the highest-priced solutions in the market.
Control-M System Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
It operates as a pay-as-you-go model.
Software Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Control-M enhances workflow management with cross-platform automation, cloud integration, real-time monitoring, and user-friendly features for diverse industries.
Globalscape EFT offers user-friendly interfaces, strong security, and integration features, ideal for high-volume, complex, and compliant data management.
Automation is more advanced, deployment is fast, and version control has been simplified.
Data scientist at Advarisk
The user interface is comprehensive and lets me view all my jobs on one page, monitor everything, and access the job history.
Cloud Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
It is easy to integrate Control-M with technologies for data ops or DevOps processes as things change, and it is not complex compared to other workload automation tools available in the market.
architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It is flexible because you can modify many aspects in Globalscape EFT.
Transmission Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Control-M
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
149
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (2nd), Workload Automation (1st)
Globalscape EFT
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
13th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category, the mindshare of Control-M is 4.2%, up from 4.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Globalscape EFT is 4.1%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed File Transfer (MFT) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Control-M4.2%
Globalscape EFT4.1%
Other91.7%
Managed File Transfer (MFT)
 

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.
RD
Software Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Seamless integration and enhanced automation streamline complex tasks while opportunities exist for improved batch file processing
The best feature of Globalscape EFT is that it has inbuilt encryption. We can use outside PGP encryption or we can use the inbuilt encryption as well, enabling us to do the encryption file transfer to the destinations. The other thing is that, by using the advanced workflow, we can make complex integrations for ease, and the workflow allows us to have alerts and everything by using email notifications through SMTP. We utilize the advanced automation capabilities, and we can also integrate to Azure. In one of the projects, we use Globalscape EFT as an intermediate integration and we use SAP BI where they send the files to Globalscape EFT. We take the files and push them to the banking system, where we get the response and return that back to the SAP system. Globalscape EFT can integrate with the Azure cloud systems as well. We can upload as many files as we can, and we can automate everything using SFTP software such as FileZilla, WinSCP, or any of the SFTP tools.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
6%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Healthcare Company
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise122
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise14
 

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Control-M?
Compared to other vendors, Control-M is quite costly. However, all good things come with a good cost. The features, speed to the market, and quality justify the higher expense. Control-M may need t...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Globalscape Managed File Transfer?
I never looked at the pricing for Globalscape EFT because it was at the management level where my line manager handled it. I was a team lead, so we only did the RFQs and everything. I never had a c...
What needs improvement with Globalscape Managed File Transfer?
Globalscape EFT is prone to errors because one single click can lead to a file being sent to another vendor, and it doesn't give any warning if the code goes out of certain loops. The user interfac...
What is your primary use case for Globalscape Managed File Transfer?
Currently, I'm working on Globalscape EFT 2020. The usual use cases for Globalscape EFT that we are applying involve imports and data that we send from our organization to different vendors, and so...
 

Also Known As

Control M
Globalscape GlobalSCAPE Managed File Transfer
 

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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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