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Control-M vs GoAnywhere MFT comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 13, 2026

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
6.4
Control-M's automation enhances efficiency and service speed, reducing costs and downtime, offering high ROI despite initial expenses.
Sentiment score
5.0
GoAnywhere MFT increases efficiency and ROI by automating tasks, enhancing security, and supporting compliance, optimizing resources without extra costs.
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
GoAnywhere can perform the work of three people, leading to a decrease in manpower needs for automation and file transfer.
Tech Consultant at BTPL
There is a drastic improvement in time; at least a 50% to 60% improvement in terms of effort.
IT Engineer at Cohesity
In terms of percentage, for the amount of volume we are doing with GoAnywhere MFT and its functionality, I would estimate it has provided about a 50% return in four years.
Manager Managed File Transfer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
BMC Control-M's support is praised for responsiveness and expertise, but consistency and timeliness need improvement according to users.
Sentiment score
6.3
GoAnywhere MFT customer service is praised for expertise and professionalism, despite some users highlighting occasional response time delays.
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
It's not a situation where you raise a ticket and wait for 48 hours to get a response; it's immediate.
Product Marketing Manager at OJCommerce, LLC
They not only help you resolve issues but also ensure that you feel comfortable managing them in the future.
Technology Lead at Infosys
We can also email them, so through live chat I asked my questions and they cleared them, providing good technical support.
Software Engineer Intern at a university with 11-50 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Control-M excels in scalability across industries, though some users note high costs and challenges with cloud integrations.
Sentiment score
6.7
GoAnywhere MFT offers scalable architecture and high availability, accommodating enterprise growth with support for high transaction volumes.
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
The scalability is ten out of ten because it works effectively even with many users, large files, and a lot of data moving at once.
Customer Service Manager at techmastiff
I would rate the scalability of GoAnywhere MFT as a ten.
Manager Managed File Transfer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Stability is excellent, downtime is rare, and even large files can be transferred completely without any problem.
Senior Software Engineer at Opcito Technologies
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Control-M is highly stable, with minor issues usually due to external factors, and users rate its stability highly.
Sentiment score
7.0
GoAnywhere MFT provides stable performance with minimal downtime, high reliability, quick bug resolutions, and handles large file transfers efficiently.
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
The stability of the application itself is excellent.
Observability & Monitoring Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Stability is excellent, downtime is rare, and even large files can be transferred completely without any problem.
Senior Software Engineer at Opcito Technologies
It works very well, especially when kept up to date.
System Administrator at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek improved reporting, cloud features, GUI, module compatibility, automation, support, cost, and AI in Control-M.
Suggestions for GoAnywhere MFT include UI updates, faster support, enhanced security, better documentation, AI integration, and workflow 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
That's the only thing that could help if the application could log what caused the error for us to prevent it.
Tech Support II at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We had to reach out to GoAnywhere support, and they were quick to provide support within a day, so we were able to complete that use case.
IT Engineer at Cohesity
when the application runs on a server and encounters problems, it doesn't provide detailed information on the server issues, which could help users troubleshoot better.
File Transfer Analyst at IG Group
 

Setup Cost

Control-M's pricing is considered expensive, but its comprehensive features often justify the investment for larger enterprises.
GoAnywhere MFT offers flexible, customizable pricing, seen as affordable and cost-effective compared to competitors, with optional add-ons.
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
Azure is significantly more expensive.
Enterprise Application Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
There are approximately 30% to 40% savings.
IT Engineer at Cohesity
It is cost-efficient.
Software Engineering Manager at State Street
 

Valuable Features

Control-M offers robust integration, automation, and monitoring features to enhance workflow efficiency and streamline operational processes.
GoAnywhere MFT simplifies secure, automated file transfers with robust features, integrations, and user-friendly design, enhancing efficiency and security.
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
If I have a staff that operates Control-M on Windows Server, they will easily pick it up if they need to run it on Unix or mainframes. It's the same interface, saving time and improving efficiency.
IT Guy at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
It provides multiple cipher options for HTTPS and SFTP protocols, utilizing AES-based algorithms for secure communication and data transfer.
Tech Consultant at BTPL
I can produce reports for security and have full control over secure protocols allowed on the system, making it easy to comply with security standards such as Sarbanes-Oxley.
Enterprise Application Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Before, we had to write scripts and manually update them to move data around, encrypt files, or rename files. Now we just use the GUI to set the modules for transfers, encryption, renaming, and copying, allowing us to set it and schedule it to run without any user interaction.
Tech Support II at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Control-M
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
182
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (2nd), Workload Automation (1st), AI IT Support (1st)
GoAnywhere MFT
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
88
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category, the mindshare of Control-M is 7.1%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GoAnywhere MFT is 10.2%, up from 7.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed File Transfer (MFT) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
GoAnywhere MFT10.2%
Control-M7.1%
Other82.7%
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.
AB
DevOps Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Has enabled secure, centralized file sharing while saving significant time and resources
The best features in GoAnywhere MFT are that it's fast, reliable, and secure. First, the improvement is that we have resolved one of our security points with compliance. So that compliance point we resolved. And also it's a centralized file sharing system. All the users are able to access the file. There is no one-to-one sharing. It's improved about 80 to 85%. It saves about 80 to 90% resources. In terms of time, we can say 90 to 95% time is also saved because it avoids the one-to-one sharing and simply a user can put one centralized directory and all the users are able to access this solution and access the file. So it's 95%.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Insurance Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise140
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business57
Midsize Enterprise18
Large Enterprise42
 

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?
From what I know about pricing, I would probably put Control-M in the expensive category, but you do pay for what you get; you are paying for a premium product.
What do you like most about Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?
GoDrive eliminates the need to use the exchange server for file sharing.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?
The pricing of GoAnywhere MFT is fair. I don't have any complaints about it. It feels really reasonable, and for the automation features that they provide, it is nice. It may feel high for basic ne...
What needs improvement with Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?
The UI/UX of GoAnywhere MFT feels somewhat cluttered. Some of the options I need are in a very cluttered space, and I need to search for them frequently. If the interface could be more simplified, ...
 

Also Known As

Control M, BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer, BMC Australia CTM
HelpSystems GoAnywhere MFT, GoAnywhere MFT, GoAnywhere 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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