Control-M vs. Redwood Reporting : Report2Web

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Control-M
Score 7.3 out of 10
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Control-M from BMC is a platform for integrating, automating, and orchestrating application and data workflows in production across complex hybrid technology ecosystems. It provides deep operational capabilities, delivering speed, scale, security, and governance.N/A
Redwood Reporting : Report2Web
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Redwood Reporting automatically delivers critical report output, when, where and how it is needed most. This is to eliminate the frustration, wasted time, and errors associated with manually accessing, calculating and mapping pieces of information from disparate systems and data sources. Redwood Reporting provides: Browser-based access to reports from virtually any application Push and pull options so that users have instant access to new and historical report…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
On-Premise
Contact Sales
SaaS
Contact Sales
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Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Top Pros
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Features
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Workload Automation
Comparison of Workload Automation features of Product A and Product B
Control-M
8.8
51 Ratings
7% above category average
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Ratings
Multi-platform scheduling8.751 Ratings00 Ratings
Central monitoring10.049 Ratings00 Ratings
Logging7.750 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts and notifications8.351 Ratings00 Ratings
Analysis and visualization8.748 Ratings00 Ratings
Application integration9.348 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise Content Management
Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Control-M
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Ratings
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9.1
1 Ratings
10% above category average
File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Document management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Records management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Content search & retrieval00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Content publishing & creation00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Automated workflows00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Mobile support00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Integration00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(51 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.3
(6 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(6 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Availability
6.4
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(8 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.3
(5 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.3
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.3
(1 ratings)
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Vendor post-sale
7.3
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.3
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
BMC Software Inc.
Control-M is a reliable and well-developed product with excellent vendor support that updates and expands the software often and offers a cloud-based deployment choice. When there are many Batch processes in IT operations that need to be monitored and controlled to ensure IT services, Control-M is ideally suited for centralized workload automation and task management.
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Redwood Software
The tool is very powerful for obtaining and scheduling reports; however, I believe that if the cost were lower, more companies could obtain it
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Pros
BMC Software Inc.
  • Control-M provides a single, centralized interface for monitoring and managing all batch processes in the organization. Nothing is hidden or left unattended in a timely manner.
  • The proper use of the BIM component has allowed the change of paradigm in the operation, adopting a proactive management instead of the typical reactive management in the event of production failures.
  • The use of Forecast and production simulations allows you to identify bottlenecks and focus first on managing those failures that have the greatest impact on production SLAs.
  • Control-M/Change Manager has arrived to shorten development cycles from requirements gathering to production testing. It has been a utility that monetizes the development of Jobs meshes.
  • The GUI is capable of efficiently handling more than 80,000 jobs per day. This is certainly a challenge in designing a good user experience. I don't know if there is a reasonable limit to this. One of my clients runs more than 80,000 Jobs daily and the GUI remains smooth all the time.
  • Job-As-Code is a DevOps accelerator that has just begun to be adopted. Its implementation will make workload management even more cost-effective.
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Redwood Software
  • [It] has [a] default report.
  • [It] has a section where you can create reports by making queries in SQL.
  • It has a Dashboard window where you can schedule reports in real time of the executions of the jobs or chains.
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Cons
BMC Software Inc.
  • As with most of the mainframe software products, documentation seems to be the weak link for the products - written by people and for people who already know what they need to do, not for people who are trying to figure how to use the product.
  • We are a large JES3 mainframe shop. As with all vendors who still provide software for mainframe systems, software is generally designed and developed for JES2 and is frequently not fully tested in a JES3 environment before being shipped out.
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Redwood Software
  • It has a positive impact for the different managements since they can obtain their reports on a daily basis and in case any job fails on a recurring basis they can make decisions.
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Likelihood to Renew
BMC Software Inc.
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.
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Redwood Software
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Usability
BMC Software Inc.
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.
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Redwood Software
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
BMC Software Inc.
We've had issues with a server crashing. The latest issue has the option for high availability which should help with that.
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Redwood Software
No answers on this topic
Performance
BMC Software Inc.
I've never seen a performance issue with Control-M.
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Redwood Software
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Support Rating
BMC Software Inc.
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.
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Redwood Software
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Implementation Rating
BMC Software Inc.
It is a good approach to define a distributed architecture when you have multiple control-m servers.
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Redwood Software
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
BMC Software Inc.
We last reviewed the market in 2001 (schedulers are long-term commitments!) and Control-M edged (by a very narrow margin) the Tivoli alternative, with Dollar Universe (now part of Automic) back in third place. We also tested the Tidal Software scheduler (now part of Cisco) but I cannot see that listed here. Control-M won out through reliability and cross-platform support. Since we made our choice it has become clear that Control-M has moved ahead of the alternatives.
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Redwood Software
No answers on this topic
Scalability
BMC Software Inc.
Control-M doesn't really use that many resources
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Redwood Software
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Return on Investment
BMC Software Inc.
  • I would expect this product to give a positive return on investment. Running jobs in cron for example would require a lot more scripting effort to ensure that the proper notifications are done on failures. With the built in functionality in Control-M the effort would be greatly reduced
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Redwood Software
  • The Redwood system by itself is a very good tool that can pay off the investment in a very short time.
  • It has a positive impact for the different managements since they can obtain their reports on a daily basis and in case any job fails on a recurring basis they can make decisions.
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