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Attribute Ratings
- IBM Tivoli NetCool Configuration Manager is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
AWS Config
87%
6 Ratings
10.0
IBM Tivoli NetCool Configuration Manager
100%
1 Rating
Performance
9.6
AWS Config
96%
4 Ratings
IBM Tivoli NetCool Configuration Manager
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS Config
It's really good if your infrastructure services is all in AWS, that means everything could be audited and monitored using AWS config. You also can create alarms to notify you or your team about any changes on your AWS resources which is very useful to prevent abuse if you have a fairly large team. It's also very useful whenever some third party wants to audit your AWS resources, if you have a fairly comprehensive AWS config configured, the auditing process will be easy since they only need to look at your AWS config setup.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Professional Training & Coaching Company, 11-50 employeesIBM Tivoli NetCool Configuration Manager
This is the best tool for monitoring purpose. We can associate Control-M with this tool(Netcool) for monitoring any activity on Control-M ( Like the jobs which got failed, the long running jobs, jobs that are not started yet, the node down alerts etc.)We can also link it with the drives to get the warning alerts on drive memory status. We receive a critical alert whenever C drive is more than 90% used. Likewise in other drives also.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesPros
AWS Config
- The ability to track changes in AWS is paramount, AWS config allows you to do this
- Allows the auditing of an AWS account
- Can view history of an account that has AWS config enabled

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Gambling & Casinos Company, 201-500 employeesIBM Tivoli NetCool Configuration Manager
- This is one of the essential monitoring tool i have ever used before.
- The best feature is its color code as per the priority. Black color alert - Extremely critical(P1), Red color alert- Critical(P2), Yellow color alerts- Major alerts(P3), Orange Color alert- Minor alerts(P4)
- We receive a heart beat alert every hour to know whether the tool is working fine or not. This is the best function of this tool.
- There is no additional training is required to use this tool as its coloring feature of the alerts make it more easy for the users.
- The best user friendly tool.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesCons
AWS Config
- It's only AWS, no third party.
- Not the most intuitive interface, but with a little getting used to it is OK.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Fund-Raising Company, 1001-5000 employeesIBM Tivoli NetCool Configuration Manager
- Since it is associated with the Control-M,there is a very small delay in throwing an alert on the Netcool console.
- I have never faced any as such issue in this tool where there is any area of improvement needed.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesPricing Details
AWS Config
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—IBM Tivoli NetCool Configuration Manager
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Performance
AWS Config
AWS Config 9.6
Based on 4 answers
Would rate lower for other workloads but for AWS workloads its simple to set up, cost effective and customisable. Primary use case is compliance from a governance perspective.

Verified User
Professional in Finance and Accounting
Information Services Company, 501-1000 employeesIBM Tivoli NetCool Configuration Manager
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Alternatives Considered
AWS Config
I do not know or have used any other product in AWS cloud space that matches what AWS Config provides. We have some custom built monitoring and governance, however that is there because AWS Config does not provide it currently.

Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesIBM Tivoli NetCool Configuration Manager
We have used the other monitoring tool as well like the monitoring tool associated with the Control-M itself but it not even close to the Netcool's features. In Control-M monitoring console we receive the only alerts which is associated to the unusual activity on the Control-M(Like job failure, long running job, jobs which are not started on its schedule time etc.) but in Netcool console we have diverse range of monitoring like drives notification, unusual activity on Control-M etc

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employeesReturn on Investment
AWS Config
- A "Big Fish" company that is more concerned about the security of their data came aboard with us more easily since they trust us with the AWS config setup
- Less time to debug or finding out issue on infrastructure whenever it happens
- Easy and fast to roll back whenever changes that caused issues happen

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Professional Training & Coaching Company, 11-50 employeesIBM Tivoli NetCool Configuration Manager
- This tool makes the work more easy and transparent. We can monitor the whole by this tool.
- This tool has best features like color coding as per the severity of the alert like P1, P2,P3 having the different color code.
- Since, this tool is actually based on the color coding, it requires no additional training for the new users.
- Its heart beat alert notification in every hour makes it more user friendly. This alert we receive every hour to know whether the tool is working fine or not.
- A very user friendly and an essential monitoring tool.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees