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320 Ratings
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Feature Set Ratings
Workload Automation

8.7
Control-M
87%

UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Control-M ranks higher in 6/6 features
Control-M ranks higher in 6/6 features
Multi-platform scheduling

8.5
85%
50 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Central monitoring

10.0
100%
48 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Logging

6.8
68%
49 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Alerts and notifications

8.5
85%
50 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Analysis and visualization

8.5
85%
47 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Application integration

10.0
100%
47 Ratings

N/A
0 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Control-M is rated higher in 4 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Usability, Support Rating
- Control-M and UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform are tied in 1 area: Implementation Rating
Likelihood to Recommend

10.0
Control-M
100%
50 Ratings

9.0
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
90%
191 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

8.2
Control-M
82%
6 Ratings

7.1
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
71%
6 Ratings
Usability

9.1
Control-M
91%
6 Ratings

7.8
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
78%
5 Ratings
Availability

6.4
Control-M
64%
1 Rating

UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
Performance

7.3
Control-M
73%
1 Rating

UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating

9.1
Control-M
91%
15 Ratings

8.6
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
86%
123 Ratings
Online Training

Control-M
N/A
0 Ratings

7.3
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
73%
1 Rating
Implementation Rating

8.2
Control-M
82%
8 Ratings

8.2
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
82%
2 Ratings
Product Scalability

7.3
Control-M
73%
1 Rating

UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Control-M
The use of Control-M is recommended for the following circumstances:
- Workload and batch processing automation.
- Backend automation based processes
- Silent execution of processes and no human intervention
- Execution of workflows that are too complex for a human to handle
- Massive operations on massive amounts of data
- Invasive, with access to the data layer and business logic
- Processes with focus on security, efficiency and reliability
- When you want to predict the duration of each job and of the complete flow
- In critical path management
- For proactive alerting of deviations and possible job failures.
- For workload simulation
- Capability for resource automation
Senior Workload Automation Consultant
Axity S.AInformation Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
UiPath Enterprise RPA is one of the most advanced robotic automation solution in the market and has capabilities lot more than a regular AI tool as it also take care of your unattended data and workflows equally efficient. This can be a very appropriate and useful tool for the organizations who have to go through management of set workflows and data in their routine business needs.
Technical Support Engineer
UfoneTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees
Pros
Control-M
- Control-M provides an easy-to-use and easy-to-interpret interface for users, with most of the screen options and field names being self-explanatory. The on-screen options provide for a full range of functionality for automating batch production requirements, with multiple options and flexibility.
- The vendor provides Control-M a wide range of utilities for extracting information from the dataset and providing with a minimal amount of training required for use.
- As the systems programmer for Control-M on the mainframe, the ease of installation is one of the nicest features. The installation is panel driven and can be used by a relatively inexperienced technician to install successfully in a matter of several hours.
- Again, as the systems programmer, I appreciate the level of expertise of the technical support personnel. Over the past 20+ years, I have come to know them well and find them to be knowledgeable and willing to provide assistance for any and all queries.
- The developers have always been willing to listen to requests for new functionality and enhancements to existing functionality and are working to have the same type of functionality across all platforms.
- We are a large mainframe shop, still heavily dependent on mainframes to support and develop new software for the mainframe.
- We have worked closely with BMC to participate in the beta testing program and have had the opportunity to have an impact on software development.

Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Government Administration Company, 10,001+ employeesUiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
- UiPath is very simple to learn.
- Any type of application can be automated (Desktop Application, Web Application and also applications reachable only via remote technologies such as Citrix, Remote Desktop and so on).
- The writing of a process code takes place entirely through the use of objects. In the event that there were no objects capable of solving a particular problem, it is possible to use some languages of the .net platform such as: VB.net, C#.
- It is easy to scale the solution by adding more robots to run a process in case the solution requires more performance in the future.
- It can also be used by functional analysts to design the flow to be automated.
- An academy is available online where basic and advanced courses can be taken. It is also possible to take a completely free basic certification.
RPA Architect
AtosInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees
Cons
Control-M
- The reporting provided with Control-M could have more functionality, Many users end up creating their own reporting based on the Control-M DB. I believe BMC are addressing this.
- Within the Advanced File Transfer (AFT) it would be useful to have an integrated FT server and not rely on the underlying SSH.
- All batch schedulers have issues with fully automating tasks in a Windows environment and Control-M is no exception. Userids and profiles are harder concepts to deal with in the Windows world but BMC are doing their best to address this and Control-M would be better at handling these scenarios than the alternative products.
Senior Systems Analyst
The Stamford Group (Stamford Consultants and Talentis)Banking, 201-500 employees
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
- As I mentioned, Excel automation is not very effective, there are a number of packages to add, but there is nothing as smooth as a good macro.
- Working with selectors is certainly challenging and UiPath does a good job with that, but there is room for improvement since the interface could be smarter in selecting the right attributes and warn the user if something is not properly setup.

Verified User
Manager in Finance and Accounting
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 10,001+ employeesPricing Details
Control-M
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
—UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Control-M
Control-M 8.2
Based on 6 answers
It is a great product plain and simple. We've had Control-M for 20+ years and the support that BMC Software provides is really second to none. There is always a situation that someone can think of where I have to say, "No we can't do that", however I'm confident that we've been able to meet and most of the time exceed our end user expectations with what the product can offer them.
Infrastructure Engineer II / Control-M
UnumInsurance, 10,001+ employees
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform 7.1
Based on 6 answers
This platform has so much potential and have been garnering a lot of attention by proving benefits in terms of saving operational and manpower costs. I am sure with minute efforts we were able to achieve our ROI and the same is the case with many of our customers whom we have been working around Digital Automation initiatives.
Practice Manager - Cognitive, IoT and AI
Miracle Software Systems, IncInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
Usability
Control-M
Control-M 9.1
Based on 6 answers
Control-M's overall usability is very good because it is simple to use. Control-M SelfService is an easy tool to give to some of the users who want to use a web interface. The training curve for most users is very short and most of the functions are very simple to figure out.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Packaging and Containers Company, 10,001+ employeesUiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform 7.8
Based on 5 answers
It's an easy to maintain and easy to use RPA Tool. It has a relatively low learning curve when compared to other RPA tools in the market. That is mostly due to it's Academy where the bulk of engineers gather their information from. And their Community Forum, is outstanding with support from around the world and almost, if not all, every topic imaginable in the RPA field.
The Community Edition is updated on a regular basis, and last year they even managed to release a build every month!
The Orchestrator, Platform, Go!, Academy is cloud based which makes access to information and data very easy.

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employeesReliability and Availability
Control-M
Control-M 6.4
Based on 1 answer
We've had issues with a server crashing.The latest issue has the option for high availability which should help with that.
z/OS system Programmer
MalamInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Performance
Control-M
Control-M 7.3
Based on 1 answer
I've never seen a performance issue with Control-M.
z/OS system Programmer
MalamInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Control-M
Control-M 9.1
Based on 15 answers
Although the product is very stable there have been a few incidents when I needed support. I have worked with technicians from all around the globe because of the rolling support. This gives me the quickest support when I need it most in those early hours of the morning. The technicians I have worked with have been very knowledgeable and if necessary got help when needed.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Packaging and Containers Company, 10,001+ employeesUiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform 8.6
Based on 123 answers
UiPath RPA has an exceptional studio interface. It has been a year and so since I am using UiPath RPA. Whether it is some my personal task to scrape information & links from the Journal or find a specific character string from multiple PDF collection using OCR, UiPath RPA has made its roots to our technological ecosystem
RPA DEVELOPER
UPESACMInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Online Training
Control-M
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform 7.3
Based on 1 answer
Video material supported by text. The training has evolved a lot in the past 3 years to become more attractive.Specific training tracks exist for the different roles in RPA development, where everyone is expected to learn basic development.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employeesImplementation Rating
Control-M
Control-M 8.2
Based on 8 answers
It is a good approach to define a distributed architecture when you have multiple control-m servers.
Analytics and Automation Tools Manager - Perú & Chile
EntelTelecommunications, 5001-10,000 employees
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform 8.2
Based on 2 answers
The implementation was quick and practical

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Mining & Metals Company, 10,001+ employeesAlternatives Considered
Control-M
I have been using this product for so long and it works so well we have not had the need to evaluate other job schedulers. I have occasionally looked to see what was out there but I have seen anything so far that would require me to go so far as to evaluate the products.
Senior System Administrator
Teranet Inc.Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
As compared to other products, we require programming knowledge and concepts to work but UiPath is for everyone. It provides us extensive event logging at various stages and effective exception handling for applications and business. It increases our agility and enhances the overall productivity further by using the source control SVC. The solution that we implemented is also very scalable in terms of incorporating new requirements.
The open source tools require lots of IT effort in order to set up and maintain over time. UiPath is like a complete package and customer service is also active in terms of solving issues arising while automating procession on a day to day basis.
Senior System Engineer
InfosysInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees
Scalability
Control-M
Control-M 7.3
Based on 1 answer
Control-M doesn't really use that many resources
z/OS system Programmer
MalamInformation Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Control-M
- While I cannot share specific numbers I can say that Control-M has provided a level of scheduling and integration over the system it replaced that has increased productivity and increased reliably in our system. It has reduced the number of hours spent on monitoring and troubleshooting jobs, on a per job basis.
.NET Team Lead
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance GroupInsurance, 201-500 employees
UiPath Enterprise RPA Platform
- It reduces the time to market by automating the day to day business processes.
- Improved the speed of execution of process. The automated processes can be easily reused.
- It eliminates the human error where processes involves complex calculations, excel data consolidation etc.
- It also supports integrating with various tools which makes it highly flexible to use.
- User can record the processes which is also a important feature.
Testing Specialist
FISInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees