MOVEit Reviews

Our primary use case for this solution is data analysis for bank files. For example, when we receive a file from a bank in the production region, we don't touch the production because it is a live environment. We write a pull and push script in MOVEit and rename some files when we push the files from one server to another. Additionally, Windows Scheduler is integrated with MOVEit jobs. Once there is a signal in the Zena station, MOVEit is called, and the respective pull and push of script and the execution takes place there.

The ability to select and move a file at once is very valuable. Additionally, the convenience of renaming files and using time stamps to segregate them has been very valuable.

The front end of the MOVEit should have a utility where the user can check job failures that occur when integrating MOVEit with another tool, like the ASG-Zena workstation. There should be some utility where users can have a detailed view of the failed task that is not there at the moment. Additionally, the logs of particular tasks could be included in the next release.

We have been using this solution for approximately five years and are currently using version 3.4.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable. Approximately 40 people use this solution in my organization.

We contacted support when we had a glitch with the system in the deployment phase and the support team reached out to us in a couple of days and resolved it.

The initial setup is a bit difficult because not all the users are techies aware of the setup of MOVEit. Since we have to create, segregate and integrate an environment for the MOVEit application, it is a bit complex. However, if a person is aware of that complexity, it'll be easy for them to work on it.

Implementation was done in-house and took approximately nine weeks.

The licensing fees are charged yearly.

We chose this solution because we needed a product to transfer files, and MOVEit is a file transfer protocol and one of the most renowned tools in the market. We decided to use it instead of other tools.

I rate this solution an eight out of ten. The solution is good but can be improved by improving the integration tools available with the product.

It is mainly a gateway to receive or send files.

It supports multiple channels. We primarily rely on HTTPS and SFTP. So, it has been effective. 

The major advantage is moving files as part of a workflow. Moving files from one place to another, renaming file structures, and changing file formats on the fly. You have control, and it's easy to configure. Doing this on an application requires a lot of code and requires deployment, etc.

The configuration is user-friendly.

Pricing can be better. That's number one. 

The DR solution (DR recoveries) needs to be enhanced, I think.

If there are any problems with connectivity failures, etc., we engage the support team.

I have been using it for five years. 

I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. The reason I'm not giving ten is because it's still a Windows product.

It is scalable, but there are multiple factors involved. It depends on your requirements. So, it is scalable.

I would rate the scalability an eight out of ten. We have different teams involved. I mainly check the infrastructures, but in terms of maintainability, there's a different team that checks. 

It's not something I had a choice to choose. This was already evaluated by someone, and I just started using it. Eventually, I ended up maintaining, streamlining, and upgrading it. 

In the process, I understood more about the product. I did evaluate a couple of other options, but MOVEit is easier to use.

It's easy to deploy. 

Deployment time:

We don't frequently deploy. I've pretty much done a couple of deployments. It takes a couple of hours.

But in the process of getting ready with the deployment, data migration and all, it actually takes a lot of time. The pure software deployment is very easy, but when it comes to data migration, it is slightly complex.

Maintenance: 

There is no maintenance required. It's been like the last four years we moved to the cloud, so there's not much to do. It's a complete load off.

We use it as a managed service. It's under complete progress control. They must use Azure because it's Windows.

I'm well-versed with all the processes. In an organization, you have different roles. When dealing with the production system, you need to make sure there are no network issues. We'll engage the networking team, database team. So, we have a critical quorum mix, service delivery, SRE. Five or six members will be around, just in case.

But in general, we don't really need them. This is purely from a proactive point of view in case of unforeseen issues.

It is very secure. The way they support the channels and the configuration is user-friendly. 

It is a configuration-driven tool. So, the product is easy to understand and configure, making customization based on workflows easy.

Overall, I would rate it a nine out of ten. 

Hybrid Cloud

It's been used for different purposes. I'm not sure if there's a desktop application. However, I'm using it on the cloud. 

We are basically using VMware, the virtual machine, to get on the servers, and then we start with our work.

I've created different types of scripts in MOVEit. The files were specifically sent to a particular location, which we configure. We used the code, and we used to do the scripting part using MoveIt. The files are picked up and then delivered to a specific location whether any conversion is necessary or not. 

We are just building the scripts and maybe assigning a schedule to the scripts, like when the script should run, what time of the day and how many times, et cetera. That's the kind of work I have done. 

I am also doing the monitoring. I'm just monitoring the scripts using MOVEit, inside MOVEit, just to make sure we see if any file activities or any actual files are picked up or not. 

Especially at the time of monitoring, it's a nice way to take a look at the script and take a look at run time, which gives enough information for the files that are getting picked or not. In that way, it helps me during the monitoring process, so I can categorize the scripts that are actively running or not running. That is one thing I really like about MOVEit.

The solution is stable. 

The dashboard is very precise.

I'm not really sure what can be improved at this time. With the kind of work I'm doing, I'm able to achieve it. I'm able to achieve my goals using MOVEit. Whether someone else would like its capabilities totally depends on an individual's perspective towards using the software or the admin tool. Some people like to do free text coding or develop scripts using a free text application. 

I don't know about MOVEit, or how the server is set up, however, a lot of times, it used to go down, and I couldn't get onto the servers. I don't know if it's an internal thing or it's MOVEit servers. For example, if I'm developing a script and the scripts are really huge, it's too much to code, so sometimes, when you're in the middle of creating the script, it just goes down. When that happens, I have to wait for an hour. I'm not blaming MOVEit for this. I'm just not sure where the root cause is coming from. That is one thing I've experienced that can be a little frustrating for some users.

Since I have to monitor two times a day, it would be nice if they have script templates. 

For example, if I have 20 tasks and 20 scripts that I have to monitor every day, creating a template for the scripts would save time. I know there are templates for developing the scripts. However, I'm not sure if there are templates for monitoring the scripts.

That way, I would not have to keep track of it and manually go and copy the script name, paste it into MOVEit and see the status.

I've been using the solution for almost a year now.

It is stable., although we've had challenges before. It goes down, and it could be anything, including maybe a VPN issue, or, since we are using this on the cloud, maybe the client system. That said, as far as I know, and I've built a lot of scripts as well, it's stable enough to deal with.

The solution is kind of scalable. 

I'm not sure how many people are working on the product. 

We have a separate team that is working on it. We have an offshore team and an onshore team working on MOVEit. It's maybe 20 people in total.

Whether or not we expand totally depends on the client's scope of work. This work is outsourced to us. We are just consultants. If there's any new project or if there's anything that needs to be done, including additional workflows for setup, we are happy to do that.

We don't really have contact with support. 

We are not supposed to do this, however, whatever the client is doing something on our behalf, we cannot directly reach out. We have to reach out to the client for their network team or admin team to handle things.

I've worked in different healthcare applications, which are patient management systems. Those are the only applications and tools I've previously used.

I have this on a virtual machine where everything was set up for me, and everything was ready to go. I have to log in and start working. That's all. I haven't installed a MOVEit server on any system. All I have to do is get onto the web application and then log in and then hit the dashboard for MOVEit.

We've had some go live early, and it's quite challenging sometimes when any script is moved to a production environment. If it goes down over there, it's kind of hard to backtrack and do the whole thing again. You have to go through all the steps and life cycles to go live again. That was one thing that I heard. I haven't ever done it. However, I've only worked on the test environment.

I do monitoring and maintenance on shore, and we have a resource offshore as well. 

When we create scripts in the test MOVEit, we have to replicate the whole setup in production. That was really challenging. Sometimes reaching out to appropriate resources to ensure that we have read and write access to the file path is important. In the MOVEit script, there's a file path where the files will be picked up from and dropped to. We have to ensure that we have enough access during the go-live, so the files are written and read from that particular file location. Sometimes identifying those resources was a little bit challenging, however, whether this is an internal process or a MOVEit process, I don't know.

I don't have any details surrounding ROI.

I'm not aware of the licensing costs. It might be somewhere in the middle in terms of pricing. I'd rate it three and a half out of five in terms of affordability. There might be installation costs and then the costs surrounding renewal on top of the actual price. 

We are consultants and end-users. 

I would recommend MOVEit. It's a great integration tool, and I'm able to achieve whatever the requirements are. It's also secured since it's in a cloud environment, so there won't be any loss of information. Since this is file-based connectivity with the type of work I'm doing, it's well-secured around the workflow and everything, so there's hardly a transaction loss. For those dealing with healthcare data, like me, I would definitely recommend MOVEit.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

Private Cloud

I primarily used MOVEit to transfer files within the company and to third-party servers.

MOVEit's best features were the number of options available, like folder creation, and user-friendliness.

There were some drawbacks with MOVEit's scheduling. In the next release, MOVEit should include the ability to check file availability.

I used MOVEit for four-and-a-half years.

At times, we had connection issues with MOVEit, and it had a tendency to reboot without any reason.

Technical support is only available with a paid license.

MOVEit is a powerful tool, but it would be even better if it could enhance a few options. I would advise anybody thinking of implementing MOVEit to go through the options available and, before using it in production, test it within their non-production servers. I'd rate MOVEit nine out of ten.

On-premises

Our primary use case is for secure transfer. Within our organization, we have two different networks and there is no communication between these different networks. We use it if we need a file from one network to another network.

We also use it for the secure transfer of these files among the employees, which are not supposed to be shared over email.

It satisfies our requirements but they don't do new improvements as per the market.

With the new other vendors coming up, they come up with certain features, in addition to the file transfer. But MOVEit does not develop their product. That's why we are looking out for other solutions.

There should be more control. If you transfer some files, you can even include the person to whom you are sending this file. He can copy it, print it, and make changes into the file or not, so those permissions should be granted over that particular file, which are not as of now.

We have been using MOVEit for four years.

We don't have issues with stability or scalability.

Pricing is okay.

I would rate it a six out of ten.

In the next release, I would like to see more control over the documents when you send them out. I would also like to see increased file size and file extensions. They are very restricted file types that we can transfer using this solution.

On-premises

It is a secure managed file transfer using servers that allow exchange of large and sensitive data files. Good for sharing data in various kinds of files like spreadsheets, reports and software. The best part is the secure transfer using the managed servers as one does not have to worry about managing firewall ports to keep secure access. Data also gets encrypted on managed servers (at rest) and also during the transfer process (in flight).

Compressed data not managed very well. The reason for this is that the encryption logic does not work very well with the data that has been compressed using standard compression tools like zip, rar and gzip.

Makes sense for companies with large scale data sharing and transfer needs. With minimal setup one can establish secure file sharing and transfer access.